He wished to right the wrongs, he sang religious songs,
He kept the private he under a lock and key,
Heat keeps rising in an age of passion, shakes a conscience to the core,
Stopgap, hand-slap, take a tongue-lashing,
My poor soul can't take any more.

On the fritz,
On the fritz,
There he sits,
On the fritz.

He kept his ego there, it was a sad affair - on the fritz,
The inner circle knows, and so the story goes - on the fritz,
Airborne rumours chip away the image, but you knew the stakes were high,
First they get you thinking you're a prophet, now they've got you living a lie.

On the fritz,
On the fritz,
There he sits,
On the fritz.

So the crowds grew, and their praise did too, and the mailing lists sent you money,
So, they love Jerry Lewis in France, does that make him funny'
It's too late for apologies when trust has been betrayed,
Now victims of your double life are naming names.

He kept his ego there, it was a sad affair - on the fritz,
The public's had enough, they've come to call your bluff - on the fritz,
Small talk breeds where kingdoms come crashing, rumour conquers where it wills,
No one hears you, go ahead and cash in,
If you don't die to yourself, pride kills.

On the fritz, (ah, on the fritz)
On the fritz, (ah)
There he sits, (yeah, fritz)
On the fritz,
On the fritz, (on the fritz) (on the fritz)
On the fritz, (yeah)
There he sits, (on the fritz) (on the fritz)
On the fritz,
On the fritz, (on the fritz)
Hey, pride kills on the fritz, (on the fritz)
There he sits, (on the fritz) (yeah fritz)
On the fritz,
On the fritz, (on the fritz)
Living a lie on the fritz, (on the fritz)
There he sits, (on the fritz) (on the fritz)
On the fritz,
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