Hey, some people are made of plastic
And you know, some people are made of wood
Some people have hearts of stone
Some people (Some people)
Are up to no good, ah
But baby, I’m for real
I’m as real as real can get
If what you’re looking for is real lovin’
Then what you see is what you get
Ha!
Whatcha see (Whatcha see)
Is whatcha get (Is whatcha get)
Whatcha see (Whatcha see)
Is whatcha get (Is what you get)
I said, what you see (Whatcha see)
Is whatcha get now, baby (Is what you get)
And the real thing (The real thing)
Is the best thing yet (The best thing yet)
I’m looking through you, where did you go?
I thought I knew you, what did I know?
You don’t look different, but you have changed
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same
We were on the top and the world was spinning
We were only young in the whirlpool of warning
Communication lost in the thundering rain style
A shelter from the storm in the early beginning
Where did you go?
Immaculate friend
For a lifetime I’m grateful
And it’s only seconds away
I’ve been awake for awhile now
You’ve got me feeling like a child, now
Cuz every time I see your bubbly face
I get the tingles in a silly place
It starts in my toes, and I crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes, I always know
That you make me smile, please stay for a while now
Just take your time, wherever you go
Oh, I would tell you why
The ocean’s near the shore
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I’d sit and think some more
I would not be just a nuffin’
My head all full of stuffin’
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain
Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
Reveal yourself all now to me now, while you’ve got the strength to speak
`Cause they’re waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask
And don’t call for your surgeon even he says it’s too late
It’s not your lungs this time, it’s your heart that holds your fate
Don’t give me my money back, don’t want it anymore
It’s not that nursery mouth I came back for
It’s not the way you’re stretched out on the floor
I’ve broken all your windows and I’ve rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to fight my wars?
And you should know that’s true (I came for you)
Yes you should know that’s true, I came for you
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
Wooden ships on the water, very free (and easy)
Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be
Silver (people) on the shoreline, let us be
Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy
Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don’t need us
Just go out for a breath of air,
And you’ll be ready for medicare.
The city streets are really quite a thrill.
If the hoods don’t get you, the monoxide will.
Pollution, pollution,
Wear a gas mask and a veil.
Then you can breathe, long as you don’t inhale.
It’s six o’clock, it’s quitting time, I’m done for the day
Out on the streets, I overheard a lady say:
“We now have everything, or so people say
But now this emptiness haunts me every day”
We seek the lion’s share, never knowing why
Come alive, spread your wings and fly
'Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality
It never fails
And he’s oh, so good
And he’s oh, so fine
And he’s oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He’s a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
Another suburban family morning
Grandmother screaming at the wall
We have to shout above
The din of our Rice Krispies
We can’t hear anything at all
Mother chants her litany
Of boredom and frustration
But we know all her suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There’s only so much more that he can take
Kids are different today
I hear every mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she’s not really ill
There’s a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter
Of her mother’s little helper
And it helps her on her way
Gets her through her busy day
Somebody said to me,
“Why do you do this to you?
Why not sit back and relax?
Go to the islands and forget it all!
Slow down, you’re moving too fast
You seem afraid it won’t last
Take my advice, go straight and settle down.”
Thank you for caring, but
Tonight, the lights will take me where I long to be
Just like a thousand nights before
I can’t explain; it gives me something
Got a feeling inside (Can’t explain)
It’s a certain kind (Can’t explain)
I feel hot and cold (Can’t explain)
Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can’t explain)
I said (Can’t explain)
I’m feeling good now, yeah, but (Can’t explain