you shoulda seen the looks on their faces
when i jumped up on the big stage
i was smiling and laughing and crying happily
because i had finally come of age
everything that started happening
was very very very nice
everyone began applauding
it was surely worth admission price
and i said
thank you
thank you
thank you
thank you
thank you very much
thank you very much
thank you very much
thank you very much
so i woke up and saw how stupid i'd been
to believe in such a dumb dream
that could never happen to me
not in a million years, it would seem
so i cast a gaze upon the clock
to see what i had thrown away
i did not know how to read the thing
what was the actual time of day?
i don't know if it is time to go to work
or is it time to play?
or is it where my work is playing
with the lyrics that i have to say?
©1978 r.stevie moore
as appears on
the north