Worm Quartet - C Is For Lettuce lyrics

I've listened to you b**h, I've listened to you whine But you couscous-eating yuppie jerks have gone too far this time! Your kids are getting fatter and the outlook's rather bleak Despite you putting them on three fad diets every week So do you take the blame, and make a change at home? No dammit, you're American! You're born to b**h and moan! And just like every problem, your solution is the same: Your v-chipped cable-ready babysitter is to blame! Cuz every single character in every single show Must be shaped and molded perfectly to help your children grow Cuz if they're not ideal role models and beacons for good health You might just have to be one -- yourself! And who has time for that? So with your pen of judgment, you turn on your TV Prepared to write down ev-e-ry indecency you see There's a googly-eyed Muppet with a coat of navy blue He grabs a plate of something -- hey, that don't look like tofu! And with a ghastly "Om nom nom" the cookies disappear And suddenly the reason for your offspring's size is clear This gluttonous monster's brainwashed them and driven them to gorge! Someone must stop this Toll-House-fueled, sloth-inducing scourge! Because you're far too busy, you can't teach your kids to see That reality is different from what's broadcast on TV So you know that they'll just emulate the things the puppets do And that might reflect badly on you! Now you're Screaming for the blood of the Cookie Monster Evil puppet demon of o-be-si-ty Time to change the tune of his fearful ballad -- C is For Lettuce, That's Good Enough For Me! So now you start to think, your kid may be depressed Even though each day he sees a different therapist So you go to his cla**room, which is looking rather stark Cuz their funds were voted down last year to build a baseball park The teacher says he's failing English, history and math And suddenly it's clear what's led him down this darkening path You can't call it, "Failing!" That's such a scathing word! We'll just call it, "Success that's temporarily deferred!" Cuz language can be powerful, to raise and to depress That's why we no longer have "Shell Shock" we have "Post-Traumatic Stress" And the only way to keep our precious darlings out of jail Is to make them think that they can never fail! And now you're Screaming for the blood of the underpaid teacher After all your taxes pay her yearly 12-G You can't change the world, so just change what you call it -- F is For Almost, That's Good Enough For Me! (Bridge!) No one understands just how brutal you have it You wake up each morning and have to fight traffic Then spend all day chained to your laptop and beeper Kiss some client's a** and then play some minesweeper Then hightail it over to your yoga lessons Then lattes, pilates, and therapy sessions Where you whine and ramble and dab your eyelids And complain that you never get time with your kids! Spoken voice 1: Can you tell me, how to get... how to get to hypocrisy street? Spoken voice 2: Uh, yeah, that's kinda heavy-handed, there, don't you think? Spoken voice 1: Uh, yeah, so's this whole song, so, I'll try it -- why not? You've b**hed your yuppie heart out, and meddled with the best But your brooding fata** offspring keeps deferring his success So what the hell's the problem? It surely can't be you! It must be all the violence on his PlayStation 2! Just look at this atrocity! There's hoodlums, thugs, and skanks And chronic-tokin' gangstas running hookers down with tanks There's nudity and blood and guts and chainsaws cutting people And that's just in the new updated 3-D Tetris sequel! And sure there's labels on the games that say that they're, "Mature" But now honestly, just who the hell reads labels anymore? Tell me, wouldn't it be easier for parents 'cross the land If games that aren't for kids were all just banned? Now you're Screaming for the blood of the game programmer Gaming should just be a children's industry Pixellated actors should be role models -- M is For Censored, That's Good Enough For Me! Screaming for a new place to point your finger Won't rest 'til the whole world is rated "PG" Don't stop to think what those letters really stand for "M" is for "Censored" "F" is for "Almost" "C" is for "Lettuce," That's Good Enough For Me!