Memphis Blues Again

[Verse 1]

Functionalism's a bore

Modernism's a chore

Bauhaus school makes me snore

Why do people adore

Steel tubes bent to a frame

All their shit looks the same

Le Corbusier's a shame

Yeah he's mostly to blame

Peter Shire built a chair

And he called it Bell Air

Critics said "too much flair"

Peter Shire didn't care

Minimalism's absurd

To me its just a word

I wished i'd never heard

Dont you know there's a third

After function and form

Makes you feel nice and warm

Makes you question the norm

Lets your stray from the swarm

Yes emotion makes three

It makes objects complete

Go ahead take a seat

In Michele de Lucchi

Why should it not have dots?

Why should it not have lots?

Will you tell me why not?

Are you artists or cops?

[Chorus]

We're stuck inside

The Salon of Mobile

We're stuck inside

With the memphis blues again

[Verse 2]

Ettore is my name

Furniture is my game

Thinking frees has been my claim

Since 1917

Symmetry is the past

I prefer the contrast

Critics said that it clashed

Time will tell who outlasts

Picture this on your wall

It's not meant to appall

Yeah that chair has got a ball

It's about eight feet tall

No need to be a grouch

Have a seat on my couch

Makes it easy to slouch

With the arms pointing out

This lamp looks like a bird

Yeah its kind of absurd

No you haven't misheard

This lamp looks like a bird

Don't confuse what i meant

No malicious intent

I'm just trying to invent

Press this key to indent

On my typing machine

It's called the valentine

Comes in blue, red and green

Thank you much Perry King

Why should it not have stripes

There's a few different types

Up and down side to side

Must it be made of pipes

[Chorus]

We're stuck inside

The Salon of Mobile

We're stuck inside

With the memphis blues again

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