Living in the Future Lyrics
Jehosaphat the mongrel cat Jumped off the roof today Some would say he fell, but I could tell He did himself away His eyes weren't bright like they were the night We played checkers on the train God bless his soul, he was a tootsie roll But he's a dead cat just the same
We are living in the future I'll tell you how I know I read it in the paper Fifteen years ago We're all driving rocket ships And talking with our minds And wearing turquoise jewelry And standing in soup lines We are standing in soup lines
Jake the barber's lonely daughter Went down to her daddy's shop She plugged herself to the barber pole And took a little off the top There was pressure on the left, pressure on the right Pressure in the middle of the hole I'm goin' to Maine on a forty-foot crane I'm gonna use it for a fishin' pole See upcoming rock shows Get tickets for your favorite artists
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We are living in the future I'll tell you how I know I read it in the paper Fifteen years ago We're all driving rocket ships And talking with our minds And wearing turquoise jewelry And standing in soup lines We are standing in soup lines
Old Sarah Brown sells tickets Down at the all night picture show Where they grind out sex And they rate it with an "X" Just to make a young man's pants grow No tops, no bottoms, just hands and feet Screaming the posters out on the street Strangling the curious and the weak We give 'em what they want to see-o Give 'em what they want to see
We are living in the future I'll tell you how I know I read it in the paper Fifteen years ago We're all driving rocket ships And talking with our minds And wearing turquoise jewelry And standing in soup lines We are standing in soup lines
