What Do You Want From Life

Album: The Tubes (1975)
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  • What do you want from life?
    To kidnap an heiress
    Or threaten her with a knife?

    What do you want from life?
    To get cable TV
    And watch it every night

    There you sit, a lump in your chair
    Where do you sleep
    And what do you wear
    When you're sleepin'?

    What do you want from life?
    An Indian guru
    To show you the inner light

    What do you want from life?
    A meaningless love affair
    With a girl that you met tonight

    How can you tell when you're doin' alright?
    Does your bank account swell
    While you're dreamin' at night?

    How do know when you're really in love?
    Do violins play when you're touching the one
    That you're lovin'? oh

    What do you want from life?
    What do you want from life?
    Someone to love
    And somebody you can trust

    What do you want from life?
    What do you want from life?
    To try and be happy
    While you do the nasty things you must

    What do you want from life?
    What do you want from life?
    What do you want from life?
    What do you want from life?

    Well, you can't have that
    But if you're an American citizen, you are entitled to
    A heated kidney shaped pool, a microwave oven
    Don't watch the food cook
    A Dyna-Gym, I'll personally demonstrate it
    In the privacy of your own home
    A king size Titanic unsinkable
    Molly Brown water bed with polybendum

    A foolproof plan and an airtight alibi
    Real simulated Indian jewelry
    A Gucci shoetree, a year's supply of antibiotics
    A personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
    And Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number
    A beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick
    Rosemary's baby
    A dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams

    A new Matador, a new mastodon, a Maverick
    A Mustang, a Montego, a Merc Montclair
    A Mark IV, a meteor, a Mercedes, an MG
    Or a Malibu, a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati
    A Mac truck, a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped
    A Winnebago, hell, a herd of Winnebagos
    We're giving 'em away
    Or how about a McCulloch chainsaw

    A Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce
    A solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot
    Or a baby's arm holding an apple?
    Writer/s: MICHAEL ASH EVANS, WILLIAM EDMOND SPOONER
    Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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