Allan Sherman - Here's To The Crabgrass lyrics

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Here's To The Crabgrass<br />

Here's to the crabgrass,<br />

Here's to the mortgage,<br />

In fact, here's to Suburbia.<br />

Lay down your briefcase,<br />

Far from the rat race,<br />

Where nothing can disturb ya.<br />

Uncomplicated,<br />

It's what we waited<br />

For so long in this city.<br />

Come let us go there,<br />

Live like Thoreau there,<br />

A life of sweet simplicity.<br />

Did you set the thermostat?<br />

No, I don't know where it's at.<br />

Tuesday the Cub Scouts meet again.<br />

Walk the dog and cut the grass,<br />

Take the kids to dancing class,<br />

Jim's Little League got beat again.<br />

Can't keep a maid here,<br />

No matter what they're paid here,<br />

The place has bad publicity.<br />

Why did we move here?<br />

Don't you remember?<br />

To live in sweet simplicity.<br />

Here's to mosquitos,<br />

Clam dip and Fritos,<br />

To golf and bridge and scuba there.<br />

Men wearing knee pants,<br />

Women in Capri pants,<br />

Discussing what's with Cuba there.<br />

Each big appliance<br />

Treats you with defiance,<br />

Until it finally falls apart.<br />

Call the repairman,<br />

In a week he's there, man,<br />

To knock your kitchen walls apart.<br />

Tommy's got a bloody nose,<br />

Gotta fix the garden hose.<br />

Book Of The Month Club came today.<br />

Didn't read the last one yet.<br />

Yes you did, but you forget.<br />

Oh well, they're all the same today.<br />

Here's Mrs. Ritter,<br />

She's the baby sitter.<br />

Tonight we're going joyously<br />

Back to the city,<br />

Where life is gay and witty,<br />

Back to the noise there,<br />

That everyone enjoys there.<br />

Back to the crush there,<br />

Hurry let us rush there,<br />

Back to the rat race,<br />

Don't forget your briefcase,<br />

Back in the groove there,<br />

Say why don't we move there.<br />

Away from all of this<br />

Sweet simplicity