If you have an obsession for possessions | 1 |
You ask for it, you got it | 2 |
I learned this lesson from a session | 3 |
With my TV set | 4 |
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What should I ask for, I asked the box | 5 |
And though it offered no belief | 6 |
Oh what a relief it was | 7 |
To find out where’s the beef. | 8 |
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But longer lasting freshness | 9 |
And a tiger in my tank | 10 |
Cost a bit of money | 11 |
So I went down to the bank | 12 |
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I’m asking for it now I said | 13 |
And the teller said get lost | 14 |
I don’t mind getting that, I said, | 15 |
but tell me, what’s that cost? | 16 |
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Leave right this moment the teller cried | 17 |
You’re guilty of a crime | 18 |
It appeared to me all I could be | 19 |
Was just slightly ahead of my time. | 20 |
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So I took a licking but kept on ticking | 21 |
Down the boulevard | 22 |
A preacher was there, he had big hair, | 23 |
It was a great place, a great place to start | 24 |
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I said how can I fly the friendly skies | 25 |
When milk does a body good | 26 |
The preacher said for twenty dollars | 27 |
He’d help me all he could. | 28 |
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So in his cup I placed my bucks | 29 |
For the relentless pursuit of perfection | 30 |
But I had richness worth a second cup | 31 |
And he demanded more for his collection. | 32 |
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Anticipation making me wait | 33 |
I asked what was the answer | 34 |
He said that I should not smoke | 35 |
Or it would give me cancer. | 36 |
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That’s the message from beyond? | 37 |
I broadcast to this phony | 38 |
Then I reached out and touched someone | 39 |
And took back all my money. | 40 |
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I’d like to teach the world to sing | 41 |
in perfect harmony | 42 |
But it’s everywhere you want to be | 43 |
And I can’t believe I ate the whole thing. | 44 |