The Reoccurring Dream

This is the reoccurring dream
Born in the dreary gap between
What we have now
And what we wish we could have
<i>More fulfilling—and less frustrating!</i>
Out of the envy in our eyes
<i>Look!</i>
Glamorous pictures, people rise
<i>Radiant!</i>
Gleaming us down from screens and pages
<i>Ooh—glamour—before your very eyes!</i>
Isn’t it true—isn’t it true?
<i>Good question—I know—who cares</i>
Look, here they tell you
If you had this
If you had that
<i>Latest styles and colors</i>
If we had that for us <i>mmm</i>
Wouldn’t it be fabulous?
If you had that house, car, bottle, jar
Your lovers would look like movie stars
<i>Order your youth secrets of the stars
Call now—just $9.99.</i>
Our discontent is their delight
They offer relief for the purchase price
Love in a bottle
Love on four wheels
<i>Is that our new car, Charles?</i>
Isn’t it true—isn’t it true?
<i>We guarantee it—pick up your phone and dial</i>
See, here they sell you
If you had this
If you had that
<i>I want a new truck!—More power!</i>
If you use this shampoo
True love will come to you
If you had that house, car, bottle, jar
Your lovers would look like movie stars,
Movie stars, movie stars, movie stars.
<i>Hollywood’s greatest legends</i>
<i>Recognize this?</i>
Dreamer
<i>Soft sexy hair</i>
Dream on
<i>Latest styles and colors</i>
Oh, dream on, dream on, dream on
<i>The fashion looks you’ve been hoping for
Sexy—sexy</i>
<i>Recognize this?</i>
Dreamer
<i>So special</i>
Dream on
We will have happiness in heaven
<i>The place you dreamed of retiring to—
Who cares</i>
<i>Recognize this?</i>
Dreamer
<i>I know that glamour is—sexy</i>
Oh, dream on, dreamer
<i>What could go wrong?</i>
Dream on
<i>Who cares!</i>
<i>Recognize this?</i>
Dreamer
<i>I’m afraid I can’t go below two million</i>
Dreamer
Life would be easy if I had this new appliance
<i>Food processors for all of us
Who cares!</i>
<i>Recognize this?</i>
Dreamer
<i>There are lots of strings</i>
Dream on
We can solve everything in science
<i>Naturally</i>
Science
<i>It’s a picture of how to get what you want
out of life</i>
Recognize this?
<i>I love it</i>
Dreamer
<i>Isn’t there some other way?
Who cares!</i>