It`s Only Entertainment

<br>Richard is important to Richard and <br>his most important friends <br>He doesn`t take phone calls he sits in <br>his office and pretends <br>He`s Atticus Finch, he`s everybody`s mensh <br>When It comes to clients he counts <br>himself among the very best <br>But when it comes to stature he only counts <br>the size of other mens desks <br>He`s counting every inch, he`s counting every inch <br><br>CHORUS: And It`s only entertainment <br>It`s only entertainment <br>Don`s make it so hard <br>Don`t make it so hard <br><br>Amanda of the underground brings high art <br>to her lo-fi sound <br>Her nifty hipster friends agree a band`s <br>only as good as its scene <br>Save us Polly Jean, we know not what we mean <br><br>CHORUS <br><br>BRIDGE: <br>Freddie`s demographic grows, <br>angry boys in baggy clothes <br>As critics eulogize the songs, <br>and record store clerks mourn along <br>And the years go by and the chords don`t change <br>We`re all Pat Boone by different names <br><br>CHORUS <br><br>Dishes <br>She gets off work the other side of evening <br>She counts her tips and tells me that she`s leaving <br>I scrape the plastic plates and dry the glasses <br>My apron is a testament to madness <br>Years of washing dishes and she`s gone <br><br>Her boyfriend brags how many ways he`s had her <br>The busboys and the lines cooks crack with laughter <br>And I pretend I don`t know what they`re saying <br>And they pretend our fate is not the same thing <br>Years of washing dishes and we`re gone