There's a kind of shrewd deceiver preying on the weak and the slow
There's a kind of true believer - mad, bad and dangerous to know
But here's a kind of Hollywood ending - they'll be the first ones to go
Waving and smiling
Scratching and climbing
Nickle and diming
Waving and smiling
There's a kind of pure obsession easier to start than stop
Your own personal house of Usher, crackin' up from bottom to top
You walk the streets like David Duncan waiting for the other shoe to drop
Waving and smiling
Scratching and climbing
Nickle and diming
Waving and smiling
With a mind like a roller-coaster, careening from career to corrupt
This rickety architecture is all that's holding it up
Offer your arms up to heaven and pray to god it all stays up
Waving and smiling
Scratching and climbing
Nickle and diming
Waving and smiling