Snakes and Ladders

He
In a shopping mall
Finally met the perfect girl
She is all that matters
The only one in all the world
Like a barbie doll
Oh, love is snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

She
Just to have and hold
Is the perfect air-brushed angel
Makes you hot just looking at her
Stapled into all his brain cells
Like a centerfold
Oh, love is snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), buy the townhouse
(Get to the top and slide back down), call the preacher
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)
(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), set up credit for the lovely creature
(Get to the top and slide back down), the lovely creature
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)

He
On a corporate climb
Set his sights on power for her
On a silver platter
He gave up happy hour for her
Perrier and lime
Oh, love is snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

She
In a handsome world
Put her mind to social graces
All the privileged chatter
Setting pretty table places
For the girls in pearls
Oh, love is snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), buy the car phone
(Get to the top and slide back down), call the broker
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)
(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), buy the wife a diamond choker
(Get to the top and slide back down), a diamond choker
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)

(True love, true love, true love), he's so nervous
(New love, new love, new love), when he's with her
Oh, he's wasting away
(True love, true love, true love), it's so curious
(New love, new love, new love), just to kiss her
To kiss her, to kiss her, to kiss her
To kiss her, to kiss her, to kiss her
To kiss her, he has to shave

She
In the gilded mirrors
In the swing of fancy places
Where the black ties flatter
Started seeing other faces
Young-fogie-financiers
Oh, love is snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

See
In the crimes of time
How the seasons steal away
How the rungs are shattered
First you're green then you're grey
Still the snakes unwind
Still playin' snakes and ladders
Snakes and ladders

(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), sell the vineyard
(Get to the top and slide back down), call the lawyer
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)
(Get to the top and slide back down)
(Get to the bottom, climb back up), gather garbage to destroy her
(Get to the top and slide back down), to destroy her
(Get to the bottom, climb back up)

(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the perfect girl
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the paper chase (love is snakes and ladders)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the social whirl
(Ladders, ladders), the rat race (barbie doll)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the perfect girl
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the paper chase (love is snakes and ladders)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the social whirl
(Ladders, ladders), the rat race (barbie doll)

(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the perfect girl
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the paper chase (love is snakes and ladders)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the social whirl
(Ladders, ladders), the rat race (barbie doll)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the perfect girl
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the paper chase (love is snakes and ladders)
(Ladders, ladders, ladders), the social whirl
(Ladders, ladders), the rat race (barbie doll)