Let Me Tell You I Get No Respect

Let Me Tell You I Get No Respect

What's wrong with society today let me say
 It's not fashionable anymore to hold open the door
 You just nod your heads and claim that was so 1964
 Through field and stream were living in the land of mean
 Snap shot moments of celebrity's in their prime
 It was the 80's and everyone was dropping and doing a line
 Let me tell you I get no respect said the famed of Rodney D,
 Flip flops were all the rage with hair spray in the ladies braids
 Regarding those times we would often stand in line
 The high gas prices & hostages being held in Iran
 We waited for somebody with a voice to stand
 Waiting in the sidelines for a fitting master plan
 Graves were being dug many people in the trenches
 I called suicide pevention & they put me on hold
 Now you will do as you are told until the rights to you are sold
 Theatres being filled with the likes of Jaws & Star Wars,
 People were getting busy while on the dance floor at Studio 54
 Warhol had his campbell soup cans one man with a plan
 Let me tell you I get no respect in a new wave culture in a mess
 Shattered dreams filtered through the scene filled with evil schemes
 The likes of Frank Sinatra was still the thrill of us all
 Back then all the heads stayed put at their local mall
 Take me back to those days of the past so much fun that it would last
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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