Go Simple

Lyrics

The pope the president the prime minister Mom and Dad and me The collar the chain the electric fence The service the bill and the paycheck The spouse and the spy and the traitor To toil for the purchase of some pleasure To kill the few remaining hours To turn your back and forget your state address The bus and the train and the plane The guitar and the pen and the pick-ax The door the lock and the key The ape and the dog and the centipede The nerves and the veins and the ligaments The bureau the department and the agency The sedan and the coupe and the wagon Neptune and Pluto and Saturn The pew the gas and the therapy The flame and the worm and the leech Beelzebub the lamp stand and the housefly The torch and the tablet and the archive Delaware Michigan and Oklahoma The heart and the hands and the feet Purple pink and green The lease and the contract, the receipt