Regina Spektor - Ghost Of Corporate Future lyrics

a man walks out of his apartment

it is raining, he's got no umbrella

he starts running beneath the awnings

trying to save his suit

trying to dry but no good

when he gets to the crowded subway platform

he takes off both of his shoes

he steps right into somebody's fat loogie

and everyone who sees him says, ewww

but he doesn't care cause last night he got a visit from

the ghost of corporate future

the ghost said, take off both your shoes

whatever chances you get

especially when they're wet

he also said,

imagine you go away

on a business trip one day

and when you come back home

your children have grown and you never made your wife moan, and

people make you nervous

you think of the world as ending

and everybody's features

have somehow started blending

and everything is plastic

and everyone's sarcastic

and all your food is frozen, it needs to be defrosted

you'd think that the world was ending right now

well, maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee

and never ever watch the ten o'clock news

maybe you should kiss someone nice

or lick a rock, or both

maybe you should cut your own hair

cause that can be so funny

it doesn't cost any money

and it always grows back, hair grows even after you're dead, and

people are just people

they shouldn't make you nervous

the world is everlasting, it's coming and it's going

if you don't toss your plastic

the street won't be so blasted?

and if you kiss somebody then both of you'll get practice

the world is everlasting

put dirtballs in your pocket

put dirtballs in your pocket and take off both your shoes

cause people are just people

people are just people like you

the world is everlasting

is coming and is going