The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #158927 Message #3762943
Posted By: michaelr
04-Jan-16 - 08:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nothing's Real Anymore (S Silverstein)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nothing's Real Anymore (S Silverstein)
January 2nd, 1993 I woke up near the end of another century Feeling fit and fine and ready to play And this is how I start my day:
I put some I-can't-believe-it's-not butter On my low-cal, no-cholesterol bread Took some eggs out of the fridge and I put `em back Scrambled up a cup of EggBeaters instead I put some (???) Cremora in my decaf Drank it from a styrofoam cup Then I put on my extra-strength lubricated condom Yo baby, I'm ready for love
CH: Nothing's real anymore Nothing is the way it was before Nothing feels the way it felt Nothing smells the way it smelt Nothing's real anymore Nothing's real anymore Nothing tastes the way it did before And it really is pathetic Life and love are all synthetic Nothing's real anymore
After safe sex, instead of cigarettes We laid back and shared some nicotine gum And I opened up two non-alcoholic brews She said, Oh how humdrum my life has become When I blamed my mood on her silicone boobs She screamed that she wanted me gone I threw some (???) shirts in my naugahyde bag And went to sleep out on the astroturf lawn