Here's To The Crabgrass
Here's to the crabgrass,
Here's to the mortgage,
In fact, here's to Suburbia
Lay down your briefcase,
Far from the rat race,
Where nothing can disturb ya
Uncomplicated,
It's what we waited
For so long in this city
Come let us go there,
Live like Thoreau there,
A life of sweet simplicity
Did you set the thermostat?
No, I don't know where it's at
Tuesday the Cub Scouts meet again
Walk the dog and cut the grass,
Take the kids to dancing class,
Jim's Little League got beat again
Can't keep a maid here,
No matter what they're paid here,
The place has bad publicity
Why did we move here?
Don't you remember?
To live in sweet simplicity
Here's to mosquitos,
Clam dip and Fritos,
To golf and bridge and scuba there
Men wearing knee pants,
Women in Capri pants,
Discussing what's with Cuba there
Each big appliance
Treats you with defiance,
Until it finally falls apart
Call the repairman,
In a week he's there, man,
To knock your kitchen walls apart
Tommy's got a bloody nose,
Gotta fix the garden hose
Book Of The Month Club came today
Didn't read the last one yet
Yes you did, but you forget
Oh well, they're all the same today
Here's Mrs Ritter,
She's the baby sitter
Tonight we're going joyously
Back to the city,
Where life is gay and witty,
Back to the noise there,
That everyone enjoys there
Back to the crush there,
Hurry let us rush there,
Back to the rat race,
Don't forget your briefcase,
Back in the groove there,
Say why don't we move there
Away from all of this
Sweet simplicity