a rhapsody!
    contestants in disguise
    a nation of desire
    but who will win the prize?
    the people stand united,
    reluctantly aligned
    copying and lying
    are the favorite past-time
    you've got a chance
    to confront the world today
    desperate romance
    is the curse of castaways
    what good is skill
    if you don't make it to the dance?
    despite circumstance
    you've got a chance
    common life, depicted on afternoon tv,
    is spiked to give the
    miserable a vogue identity
    hate your neighbors,
    cheat your friends,
    they don't discriminate
    popularity and fame don't care
    if you're a reprobate
    I'm tired of all this
    shakespearean misinformation
    I want to win the game
    you've got the right intentions
    but who's got time to think?
    you've got a noon appointment,
    you've got to hit the links
    you're talking in the stratosphere,
    you're curled up on the floor
    with such a wealth of information,
    why are you so poor?
    you've got a chance
    to be relevant today
    desperate romance
    is the curse of castaways
    what good is skill
    if you don't make it to the dance?
    (don't you believe what the
    wise men have to say)
    despite circumstance
    you've got a chance