Twenty houses in a row

eighty people watch a TV show

paper people, cardboard dreams

how unreal the whole thing seems



Can we be living in a world

made of paper mache

everything is clean and so neat

anything that's wrong

can be just swept away

spray it with cologne

and the whole world smells sweet



Ice-cream cones and candy bars

swings and things like bicycles and cars

there is a sale on happiness

you buy two and it costs less



Can we be living in a world

made of paper mache

everything is clean and so neat

anything that's wrong

can be just swept away

spray it with cologne

and the whole world smells sweet



Read the papers keep aware

While you're lounging in your leather chair

And if things don't look so good

shake your head and knock on wood



Can we be living in a world

made of paper mache

everything is clean and so neat

anything that's wrong

can be just swept away

spray it with cologne

and the whole world smells sweet



Like paper mache