Pretty People

The news is full of crime And people love to hear it They hang on every line Even though they fear it As long as it is someone else Who's suffering the pain They'll suck their beer and belch And watch the blood pour like it's rain But people tell me why it's so When a man kills his pregnant wife It becomes a prime time show If they're living in the high life They'll change the channel just like that When they're drowning in the ninth ward But they're hypnotised by some cat Who killed a beauty queen in his yard I can tell you what i think But the news just won't admit it Pretty people did it Yeah pretty people did it Seems murder only lasts a minute When it's poor or red or black They always have a way to spin it When the big chiefs get bushwhacked If your child goes missing you got to know You better put out some flyers Unless you're rolling in the dough You won't get much help through the wires Here's the newsflash here's the scoop Here is why your story bit it Pretty people did it Pretty people did it Yeah pretty people did it