Little Plastic Castle - Wallis Bird

In a coffee shop in a city

Which is every coffee shop in every city

On a day which is every day

I picked up a magazine

Which is every magazine

Read a story, and then forgot it right away

They say goldfish have no memory

I guess their lives are much like mine

And the little plastic castle

Is a surprise every time

And it’s hard to say if they’re happy

But they don’t seem much to mind

From the shape of your shaved head

I recognized your silhoutte

As you walked out of the sun and sat down

And the sight of your sleepy smile

Eclipsed all the other people

As they paused to sneer at the two girls

From out of town

I said, look at you this morning

You are, by far, the cutest

But be careful getting coffee

I think these people want to shoot us Or maybe there’s some kind of local competition here

To see who can be the rudest

People talk

About my image

Like I come in two dimensions

Like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind

Like what I happen to be wearing

The day that someone takes a picture

Is my new statement for all of womankind

I wish they could see us now

In leather bras and rubber shorts

Like some ridiculous team uniform

For some ridculous new sport

Quick someone call the girl police

And file a report

In a coffe shop in a city

Which is every coffee shop in every city

On a day which is every day