Living In A Plastic Bubble (Big Red Balloon) Synchronize me Cotterize me Standardize me Is this America Numeralize me Classify me Dehumanize me Is this America Play it again Sam Your Propaganda Memorandums Mimicking me with your laughter Patronizing all my fears Limiting me when all I'm after Is sanctuary from my tears Living in a plastic bubble All these years All these long and lonely years I can't go on and on and on this way I can't go on and on and on this way Illusions that we've held since youth Sorry to pop your big red balloon Illusions that we've held since youth Sorry to pop your big red balloon Segregate me Educate me Evaluate me Is this America Systematic Bureaucratic Power fanatic Is this America Mimicking me with your laughter Patronizing all my fears Limiting me when all I'm after Is sanctuary from my tears Living in a plastic bubble All these years All these long and lonely years I can't go on and on and on this way I can't go on and on and on this way Illusions that we've held since youth Sorry to pop your big red balloon Illusions that we've held since youth Sorry to pop your big red balloon I'll drive a shiny sportscar I'll have a pretty wife I'll live in a big house I'll live in paradise Fooling yourself Fooling yourself Fooling yourself Fooling yourself They sold me a plastic dreamworld They said It'd be alright I tried so hard to open An empty box Gift-wrapped with lies © 1990 John Mendenhall
