The Rubber Glove Generation

The television is the lantern of the modern generation

lighting up the path leading to the world's disentegration

heating up cars and curling irons in our electric cubes

on the window sill a can of frozen apple juice

 

projectors showng us the treadmill that we all should use

walking, walking, getting nowhere with holes in our shoes

plant a spark plug in the garden, see if a light bulb grows

all the dead fish are wearing ear plugs because the wind blows

 

If the world is a fish bowl then we're all floating at the top

or swimming at the bottom near the sand

If the world is a fish bowl then we're all floating at the top

and even if we're swimming we're only moments from being canned

 

Lightning bolts that we have wired on the sky's hair triggers

Don't respect anything that we could make an inch bigger

Airplanes flying next to parks where frisbees own the sky

recliner with a built in pacemaker so he won't die

 

If the world is a fish bowl then we're all floating at the top

or swimming at the bottom near the sand

If the world is a fish bowl then we're all floating at the top

and even if we're swimming we're only moments from being canned