In the Big House

So you’re in the big house With the big car The big driveway And the big yard With the big pool The big fortress of high hedges Between you and your foes You had big plans And big dreams Big promises And big schemes A premise for every square-inch Since the day you were born, They raised you to “think big!” You were indoctrinated with big ideals Big concepts and big half-truths The dogma about a man in the sky Pervading your consciousness You’ve grown to love the big comforts A glutton for luxury, a co-dependent Creature of dangerous habits A fiend for the sixty-hour work-week And a junky for distraction Once the big lifestyle got in your system, There’s no excising it now They might as well take a scalpel to your heart And a scissors to your spirit You fell hook, line and sinker For the big lie, the big funny business The next big thing – the Big Time, Bill! What’s the big idea? Hey, bigger is better Try to be the bigger person All big diamonds and big deeds, Your big stick of opulence shining in the Little Big Room We got bigger fish to fry, here Don’t make too big a deal out of it Gee, you look so much bigger in person.