Heres To The Crabgrass

<br>+Here`s To The Crabgrass<br>Here`s to the crabgrass,<br>Here`s to the mortgage,<br>In fact, here`s to Suburbia.<br>Lay down your briefcase,<br>Far from the rat race,<br>Where nothing can disturb ya.<br>Uncomplicated,<br>It`s what we waited<br>For so long in this city.<br>Come let us go there,<br>Live like Thoreau there,<br>A life of sweet simplicity.<br>Did you set the thermostat?<br>No, I don`t know where it`s at.<br>Tuesday the Cub Scouts meet again.<br>Walk the dog and cut the grass,<br>Take the kids to dancing class,<br>Jim`s Little League got beat again.<br>Can`t keep a maid here,<br>No matter what they`re paid here,<br>The place has bad publicity.<br>Why did we move here?<br>Don`t you remember?<br>To live in sweet simplicity.<br>Here`s to mosquitos,<br>Clam dip and Fritos,<br>To golf and bridge and scuba there.<br>Men wearing knee pants,<br>Women in Capri pants,<br>Discussing what`s with Cuba there.<br>Each big appliance<br>Treats you with defiance,<br>Until it finally falls apart.<br>Call the repairman,<br>In a week he`s there, man,<br>To knock your kitchen walls apart.<br>Tommy`s got a bloody nose,<br>Gotta fix the garden hose.<br>Book Of The Month Club came today.<br>Didn`t read the last one yet.<br>Yes you did, but you forget.<br>Oh well, they`re all the same today.<br>Here`s Mrs. Ritter,<br>She`s the baby sitter.<br>Tonight we`re going joyously<br>Back to the city,<br>Where life is gay and witty,<br>Back to the noise there,<br>That everyone enjoys there.<br>Back to the crush there,<br>Hurry let us rush there,<br>Back to the rat race,<br>Don`t forget your briefcase,<br>Back in the groove there,<br>Say why don`t we move there.<br>Away from all of this<br>Sweet simplicity.