Automatic for the Office Monster

Mar 14 '03 (Updated Mar 15 '03)    Write an essay on this topic.


The Bottom Line Songwriting rule #1: think of a good title and use it. I bet there's a rule #2 out there too. What's important is, I'm helping you make informed decisions.

Verse
Hear the lovely voice,
polite ambition beckoning.
The grease is on its way,
squeak your vote of seconding.
Oooh: miscalculation.
Sh*t damn heck-oning.
A thousand more days of
"Right you are, I reckon"ing.

Chorus
Murmur a new document of life's dead reconstruction.
Fall on mediocrity of obfuscated function
of the ways and means to an end of the innocence abroad
jump shout, knock yourself out of time, which marks
impending deadlines, bottomlines, flatlines, go.

Verse
Said you'd been saving up
for a pageant of adventures.
Reveal a life of mutual funds,
insurance and debentures.

Bridge haikus in 13/4 time
Superman is glum,
bar-coded and analyzed:
feeling very whelmed.

Superman is glum,
overcompartmentalized:
feeling very whelmed.

Chorus
Murmur a new document of life's dead reconstruction.
Better type semicolon close-parentheses ;) when you talk of self-destruction,
count me in for a dime, in for a dollar dis count five alive,
but, ten dead air between your ears of
corn flakes, blandness makes the world ache.
(corn flakes) Blandness makes the world ache.

Coda
You're on automatic for the office monster.
You're on automatic for the office monster.
You're on automatic for the office monster.

***************
(As i have a talent for writing melodies but no talent at all for playing melodies, i would be happy to assist any musicians in the mood to use these lyrics, in the blessedly odd event that you know any. And yes, i realize the second chorus needs work. Bye-bye!)

Read all comments (5)|Write your own comment
Write an essay on this topic.

About the Author

voxpoptart
Epinions.com ID: voxpoptart
Member: Brian Block
Location: Greensboro, NC
Reviews written: 210
Trusted by: 285 members
About Me: Epinionator emeritus: a fancy term meaning "Occasionally I'll post something, then vanish again". Enjoy?