Temporary Tango
By Brenda Sutton
© 1991

Tedium--I am a victim of tedium
This job of mine is truly trés humdrum
And when I'm done
I go home, I eat, I sleep, and then it all repeats

Monotony--I should have gotten a lobotomy
A ripe tomato's what I ought to be
Not degreed!
For this I studied Plato?  I feel like a potato!

Bridge:
Repetition is hypnotic.  My synapses are so automatic
I'd be better off were I robotic
I tried some meditation...it soon became sedation

Slavery--I thought they'd done away with slavery
They get much more than what they paid for me
Set me free!
I'm sinking in depression with this goddamn recession

Fantasy--my mind is wandering in fantasy
All this excitement's overcoming me
Lethargy
No, the work is not hard...you just need a donor card

Thank God that it's temporary or I know I'd commit hara-kiri
It's not bad, it's just so ordinary
I'm really a musician...How'd I get to this position?

Laudanum--I could do all my work on laudanum
I do the same damn thing ad nauseum
Without pauseum
Alas!  It's the Temporary Tango!

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