Twenty houses
in a row
80 people watch
a T V show
Paper people
cardboard dreams
How unreal
the whole thing seems
Can we be living
in a world
Made of paper mache?
everything is clean
And so neat
anything that's wrong
Can be just swept away
spray it with colon
And the whole world
smells sweet ah~
Ice cream cones
and candy bars
Swings and things
like bicycles and cars
There's a sale
on happiness
You buy two
and it costs less
Can we be living
in a world
Made of paper mache?
everything is clean
And so neat
anything that's wrong
Can be just swept away
spray it with colon
And the whole world
smells sweet~ ah~
Read the papers
keep aware
While you're lounging
in your leather chair
And if things
don't look so good
Shake your head
and knock on wood
Can we be living
in a world
Made of paper mache?
everything is clean
And so neat
anything that's wrong
Can be just swept away
spray it with colon
And the whole world
smells sweet~
Ah~ ah~
like paper mache~