Extra Executives

[Verse 1]

Blowing kisses off his face

Like flies—like little flies

Blowing like a grouper fish

Floating through the reefs

His card says executive

But it mumbles just a salesman

He's not sure just who you are

But you might be a good connection

[Chorus]

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

General desire (I want)

General desire (I want)

He took a course in sales

He's never been the same

[Verse 2]

A certain way to do things

Respect for expectations

His bank gets a promotion

But his brain gets a vacation

He's looking over your shoulder

At the party for a person

Who will change his life

Reward him somehow

Hey... I'm talking to you

[Chorus]

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

General desire (I want)

General desire (I want)

He took a course in sales

He's never been the same

[Bridge]

One time I asked him if he liked grouper fish and he didn't know what I wanted to hear: that he ate them or just admired them. And if he said "Yes, I think they're delicious" I would align him with a [?] and award him with a dinner invitation. Or maybe if I had enough sense I went out on a glass-bottom boat one afternoon and I saw these colorful fish swimming around the coral reefs. And I asked the black man that's piloting the boat, "What kind of fish are these?" "Grouper fish." And I said, "Aren't they beautiful? Who would ever want to eat them?" And so this guy tried to be vague and to lift his always-dress-as-if-you're-successful cuffs over all the traitorous clouds of non- and true information. And I stood there with an indecipherable expression, swirling the ice cubes in my martini. And finally, he turned red and blew up!

[Verse 3]

Everything's an exercise

For the extra executive

He's not sure just who you are

But you might be a good connection

Blowing kisses off his face

Like flies—like little flies

Blowing like a grouper fish

Floating through the reefs

[Pre-Chorus]

Waiting for that special deal in the sky

That he never has to trade in

The telephone call that never comes

The letter's not in the letter box

The handshake that will close the deal

The telegram that will change his life

[Chorus]

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

Extra executives with a general desire (I want, I want)

General desire (I want)

General desire (I want)

He took a course in sales

He's never been the same