[Lyric] C. E. O. / The Ballad of a Chief Executive Officer (The Mourning Sickness)

[Verse]
Castles made of glass and steel
Whip those cogs, turn those wheels
Nothing more than resources
Use them like they were workhorses
Pick a fight with competition
Cut wages for ammunition
Take them with hostility
Business, not civility

[Chorus]
Downsize!
Rightsize!
Compromise!
Sterilize!

[Verse]
Despite the periodic layoffs
They'll keep the bonuses and payoffs
With funding for that new Corvette
Or fuel for the corporate jet
But wait now, something's just not right
Profits have vanished, they're out of sight
Where's the Chief in these troubled times?
At Pebble Beach on the back nine
[Chorus]
Downsize!
Rightsize!
Compromise!
Sterilize!

Downsize!
Rightsize!
Compromise!
Sterilize!