The Deal

I'm saying the people in this town have to be locked up

All of 'em

We have to leave and these people have to be locked up

D'ya know what I mean?

I'm going to LA

Check into a quiet, groovy hotel

Get myself a tan

By the sleepy pool

Meet a pretty girl

Walk her down the strip

And chill out in the bar

Then I will rent a car

An open-top Mustang

To cruise around the beach

And I'll check out all the babes

While the sun goes down

By then I will be ready

To party and that's cool

When I'm emotionally refreshed

Relaxed and confident

I'll hit Rodeo Drive

And drink a cappuccino

And depending how I feel

I'll grab a piece of action

At the Beverly Hills

And get myself a deal

Isn't wonderful, marvelous

Utterly surreal

Totally fabulous, fraudulent

Bogus and unreal

This is my lucky day

I'll travel to LA

And get myself a deal

Today I'm a bullshit millionaire

As good as anyone

Better than I was

In dreary Anglaterre

Real but disillusioned

Traveling on the tube

Riding on the bus

Now I'm full of self-belief

Pretend to be somebody

While the credit's good

I will rent a mansion

Somewhere in Bel Air

Confidence abounding

Looking really awesome

Truly debonair

It'll be wonderful, marvelous

Feeling really fake

Feeling so fabulous, fraudulent

A counterfeit on the make

Today I'm gonna get my break

Go to LA

Strike myself a deal

And be part of the American Dream

It'll be wonderful, marvelous (wonderful, marvelous)

Hey Ray, what's the haps?

Yeah, what's the deal, Ray?

What's the deal?

It's been a while

I haven't seen you for at least a year or more

Or is it unless I can't be sure

But anyway

You must've heard about the troubles that I had

Still I got through, I always manage to

And I [inaudible]

(Ooh, marvelous)

How is your life?

How is it goin'?

People in this town have to be locked up

Hey Ray, what's the deal?

Yeah, what's the deal, Ray?

The deal is (marvelous)