"Pretty Packaging" lyrics

Pretty packaging don't really mean a thing
It's what seems to matter most of all these days
In a world where supermodels set the bar
Politicians still look great flat out lying to your face
You can be a star if you'll just look the part
It's all an image thing you'll come to understand
Set some joker up on stage and watch him fall
As you're picking up the tab for his designer clothes

So here's your present
I had to wrap it in the funnies
Don't have a lot of money
So I give you my songs
You can take 'em, and you can make them your own
And you can bring 'em along
For that cold and lonely day

Pretty packaging don't really mean a thing
It's what's inside what matters most of all you know

Corporate radio ain't got no soul
It was sold a few years back
And now they break for songs
The folks on Music Row, they all but ran me out
They didn't like my looks, never mind my song

So here's your present
I had to wrap it in the funnies
Don't have a lot of money
So I give you my songs
You can take 'em, and you can make them your own
And you can bring 'em along
For that cold and lonely day

Pretty packaging don't really mean a thing
It's whats inside what matters most of all you know