Hey Bert, is this it??
-Joe Offer-

PLASTIC

(Shel Silverstein) Hollis Music, Inc (BMI)
(on "The Best of the Serendipity Singers" - Mercury CD)

Well, a little bitty termite, he come a knockin'
Knockin' on my front door;
Well, he walked right in, sat right down,
Started nibblin' on the kitchen floor.
Well, he chewed on the walls, on the ceilings in the halls,
Lord knows he tried,
But he kept gettin' thinner, never got no dinner,
Finally, he sat up and cried,

He said, "It's plastic, I know it's plastic
Well, I know it ain't no wood, and it can't do me no good,
Because it's plastic, I say it's plastic
Everything's gonna be plastic by and by."

Well now, early one day in the month of May,
I went down to the beach
There were cuties and beauties in their little bathing suities,
And all of them within my reach.
Now a 38-24-36 miss just happened to be walkin' my way;
I said, "Please don't think me nervy, but you look so very curvy,
Tell me how you got that way!"

She said, "It's plastic. Oh, yes, it's plastic
It's as pretty as can be, but ya know that it ain't me
Because it's plastic, I say it's plastic
Everything's gonna be plastic by and by."

They say that someday soon, we'll have a plastic moon,
Shinin' through the plastic trees.
There'll be plastic ladies with plastic babies,
Bouncin' on their plastic knees.
Now, you may not agree that it's all gonna be,
And this record may make you sore;
But if you have a desire to throw it in the fire,
Or smash it down on the floor

Remember, it's plastic, I know it's plastic
Yeah, you can boil it, fry it, or bake it
Well, you know you just can't break it
Because it's plastic, you know it's plastic
Everything's gonna be plastic by and by."