[Verse]
When we sing, our voices are part of a machine
In a great big factory
manufacturing songs for radio and TV
It's a form of repetition, just recycled of parts
It's a form of invitation to the top of the charts
It's a form as your phrase repeat over and over again That can make us or break us again.
[Chorus]
You gotta have the hits, baby, you gotta have the hits
You gotta sell a melody, we're all that you can get You gotta have the hooks, baby, you gotta have the lines
You gotta reel them in if you're gonna survive
You gotta have the hits.
[Verse 2]
When we play, we're nothing short of fanning the flame
The furnace of the industry's game, yeah
But we continue to play.
[Bridge]
(t's an normal consequences, striving for success)
It's unnerving how we sing the songs that they flag best
(It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again)
It's a four that can make us or break us again.
[Chorus]
You gotta have the hits, baby, you gotta have the hits
You gotta sell a melody, we're all that you can get You gotta have the hooks, baby, you gotta have the lines
You gotta reel them in if you're gonna survive
You gotta have the hits.
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
(It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again)
It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again
(It's a four letter word that can make us break us again)
It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again
(It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again)
It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again
(It's a four letter word that can make us break us agaaaain).
[Chorus]
You gotta have the hits, baby, you gotta have the hits
You gotta sell a melody, we're all that you can get You gotta have the hooks, baby, you gotta have the lines
You gotta reel them in if you're gonna survive
You gotta have the hits, baby you gotta have the hits
You gotta take a listen just from every single send
You gotta have the hooks, baby you gotta have the lines
You gotta reel the biggest ones in you survive.
[Bridge]
(It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again)
It's a four letter word that can make us break us again
(It's a four measure phrase, repeat over and over again)
It's a four letter word that can make us break us agaaaain.