Outers got away;
Someone's gotta pay:
The fall guy.
Took one for the coot,
His boss, did Scoot
The fall guy.
Was sticking to the lie
So the Dick wouldn't get a
Stretch; Libby might net a
Stick in the nethers.

Fitz didn't pursue
The real crooks, it's true,
Just fall guy
(Fall guy).
Didn't aim too high
'cause it's easy, that's why,
Get fall guy
(Fall guy).
And though fall guy
Begged, "Please, your honor,
Leniency!"
Scoot's a goner.
Although I am believin'
A pardon's receivin',
Fall guy.

Scooter had a shattered pinion
And had to hop.
Patsy, sap, a minion for creep at the top
Who's got a nasty face,
Makes evil quacks,
And pull the strings on the nattering hacks.

Po' tumble-down man
Was on the stand,
The fall guy
(Fall guy).
Handed the blame
For blown cover of Plame,
Po' fall guy
(Fall guy).

Scooter does time in the graybar.
Are the guys who did the crime happy?
They are!
There's just one man today
Who can pardon, he may,
The fall guy.
(He just may.)

Or will they let him stay
In jail to rot away,
The fall guy?
(He'll be sore.)

The real crooks got away,
So Scooter had to play
The fall guy.