Big Break

Try to stand out wear a loud shirt
Or a white suit like Tom Wolfe
Make sure it's flameproof
There's no rules to it anymore
Ask Tipper Gore
Second best wins and makes L Bush FLOTUS
Elmo's mouth's gotta be worked by someone
I'm someone and I'd go back to college
Learn how to work a muppet
Fuck it I'll say marionette
I can dream of it while slurping my vanilla briquette or ice cream sundae
Yeah someday I could be the next Jim Henson
Cash in the pension
Move to LA
Punch and Judy shows outside the movies
Who is Judy anyway?
And what year is this?

The smell of summer nights drifts through the window
The smell of summer nights wafts through the back door

You say you're sure you saw my face before
I doubt it, I mean I don't really get out much
You're probably mistaking me for your neighbour's grandson
She thinks he's handsome
I'm not so certain
Most nights this week I've sewn my own curtains
Buttoned-backed, blackout fabric and tab tops
It's usually a conversation stopper
Now I've read 57 books this year
Most with big pictures read out loud to my nephew and niece
Rhys and Bernice
Distilled truths told by animal families
Ignoring the fallacy they'd be each others' dinners
A crocodile taught me about sharing
A dinosaur expanded my vocabulary
A dog sold me a lie about how he could fly and still

The smell of summer nights drifts through the window
The smell of summer nights wafts through the back door

This could be my big break
Maybe she'll up her own place
Advance tickets to Kings Cross
In Camden Town I got lost
But this could be my big break
This could be my big break
Set up some meetings
Put off the bill for the heating
This could be my big break
This guy called Neil reckons he can get me a publishing deal
Needs some cash in advance for the work though
But he loves my rhymes and unusual flow
Says it sounds a bit shite and that's what he likes
And this could be my big break
Maybe she'll give up her own place
This could be my big break