Masterfade

Well, you sure didn't look like you were having any fun

With that heavy-metal gaze they'll have to measure in tons

And when you look up at the sky

All you see are zeros

And all you see are zeros and ones

You took my hand and led me down to watch a kewpie doll parade

And we let the kittens lick our hair and drank our chalky lemonade

It's not that I just didn't care, I must admit I was afraid

And I'm awfully glad my finger's resting gently on the masterfade

The masterfade, I could have played along

The masterfade, I could have played Mah Jongg

But it just takes too long

And I just can't remember which way the east wind blows

Does it matter? If we're all matter

What's the matter?

Does it matter if we're all matter when we're done

When the sky is full of zeros and ones?

I saw you standing all alone in the electrostatic rain

I thought at last I'd found a situation you can't explain

With GPS, you know it's all just a matter of degrees

Your happiness won't find you underneath that canopy of trees

And if the green grass is six and the soybeans are seven

The June bugs are eight, the weeds and thistles are eleven

The ones just hold their place, the zeros make a smiley face

When they come floating down from the heavens

You took my hand and led me down to watch a papillon parade

And we let the kittens lick our hair and drank our chalky lemonade

You squeezed my hand and told me softly that I shouldn't be afraid

'Cause all the while your finger's resting gently on the masterfade

The masterfade, I could have played along

The masterfade, I could have played Mah Jongg

But it just takes too long

And who the hell can remember which way the east wind blows

When you're lying on the ground staring up at that inverted compass

I mean, Christ, who knows?