A song about getting ahead in business. A field in which we have absolutely no experience. Enjoy!
lyrics
Four years at Harvard for a business degree
And everything you've learned
All those ivy league credentials aren't important or essential
To competing and succeeding in this firm 'cause
No one can teach you the method to sell so well the one that I know
It's the way to move some units when you're hopin' for promotion
And everything must go
Just give the people what they want, if you make it free
They might just stick around, long enough to see
What you're trying to sell, and if it all goes well
Then you might be rich by the end of this sales pitch
Now corporate's so impressed that they move your desk
To an office on the fifteenth floor
Your sales are great and you just might make
Executive after just one more but
The boss is gettin' nervous, 'cause the mid-year reports
Come up short, and you're facing termination
Before you clean out your desk, listen here, lend an ear
If you don't want to lose your paid vacation
Just give the people what they want, if you make it free
They might just stick around, long enough to see
What you're trying to sell, and if it all goes well
Then you might be rich by the end of this sales pitch
At 80 years, your stellar career in sales is too good to believe
On the verge of retiring with a story so inspiring
Your biographer writes for the world to read
The secret to beating the messes and stresses
of playing the corporate game
It's the key to success in sales that never failed
And won you your fortune and fame
Just give the people what they want, if you make it free
They might just stick around, long enough to see
What you're trying to sell, and if it all goes well
Then you might be rich by the end of this sales pitch
Just give the people what they want, if you make it free
They might just stick around, long enough to see
What you're trying to sell, and if it all goes well
Then you might be rich by the end of this sales pitch
credits
released September 20, 2013
Douglas Horne: Guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, kazoo
Janelle deMent: Bass guitar, Kazoo