Poster Child

Melle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bell When someone heard a rebel yell, I think it was an infidel Adam Ant and Robert Plant, the banter of a sycophant Enlisted by Ulysses Grant to record at the Record Plant Islamabad is on the nod, Havana and the riot squad And if you want to be a Mod, you'll have to meet me at the quad You got the best of my loco I'll take the rest of your showboat You got the best of my Yoko I'll take the rest of your low note Parliament's Atomic Dog, the hats were filling up with fog Talk about the life and death of every penny analogue The '70s were such a win, singing the Led Zeppelin Lizzy looking mighty thin, the Thompsons had another twin I thought I won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me Ramones had a lobotomy, so spin me like your pottery I will be your poster child You know the world is ours for a little while And then, I will be your poster child tonight La, da-da-da, bum-bum ba-dum A funky feast of Sandinista, Neon mono Mona Lisa Judas Priest, the sweet barista, motherload was named Teresa Bubble gum, I cum Bazooka, Dirty Dan, Dean and Deluca Smoked banana in your hookah, now I know the brand is RVCA Bernie Mac and Caddy Shack were dusty as the brickerbrac And if you ask me for the time, I'll tell you that the future's back You got the best of my loco I'll take the rest of your showboat You got the best of my Yoko I'll take the rest of your low note Steve Miller and Duran Duran, a joker dancing in the sand Van Morrison, the Astral man, a festival they have in Cannes Speak of Chico and the Man, the silence of a certain lamb MC5 kick out the jam, a poncho full of contraband Dairy Queen was on the scene The EveryKid teen magazine The Motorhead and Mr. Clean, my piston needed Valvoline I will be your poster child You know the world is ours for a little while And then, I will be your poster child tonight La, da-da-da, bum, bum, ba-dum You got me on this Well and I can't get off With no one else but you You turn me on too Well, then I can't get up For no one else but you Cream Magazine, a Love Supreme, the ballad of a Billie Jean And now we know the status quo, but God will never Save The Queen Dave Mushegain, Copenhagen, cowboy ghost of Ronald Reagan Dollar save was Flavor-Flavin, cosmic rays of Carl Sagan Hammer fist a double kiss, unlisted number purple mist, and Chubby Checker do the twist, and everyone's a narcissist You got the best of my loco I'll take the rest of your showboat You got the best of my Yoko I'll take the rest of your low note The waterbed was taking meds, Devo with their hats of red A fatty for the Natty Dread, a pocket full of talking heads Maya's making paper planes, addiction to the days of Janes My Slurpee's made of purple rain, ten fingers in the lion's mane Giant squid, Karate Kid, Sid Vicious and the katydid The planet that we must forbid, The English Beat are in Madrid I will be your poster child You know the world is ours for a little while And then, I will be your poster child tonight La, da-da-da, bum-bum, ba-dum I will be your poster child You know the world is ours for a little while And then, I will be your poster child tonight La, da-da-da, bum-bum, ba-dum