What Have We Become - Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott

'What have we become?'

Said the mother to her half-ton son

Chicken wings have replaced the thumb

That’s what we’ve become

'What have we become?'

Second row in some free market scrum

These pizza boxes blocking out the sun

That’s what we’ve become

And it’s outlet after outlet after outlet after mall

Burgers and T-bones and coffee is all

Hello convenience, goodbye market stall

When the eagle has landed, three lions must fall

So it’s awesome after awesome after awesome after great

We’re so busy lovin' it, we’ve forgotten to hate

When everything’s amazing, you’ll eat the whole plate

Opinionless, sad and overweight

What have we become?

Listen up to the song they strum

No message, just a tune to hum

That’s what we’ve become

What have we become?

Strips of pork bathin' in the sun

Barb wire holdin' in our bum

That’s what we’ve become

And it’s plastic after plastic after plastic after fake

Celluloid and silicon, is all that we make

When the world is made of botox, there’s no heart to break

So full of sugar, we’ve no will to bake

Sad and overweight…

And you’ll actually love your kids less

As they take you from a 10 to a size 16 dress

A clean-shaven chest above a six-pack moon

This earth has gotta crash soon

Sad and overweight

Sad and overweight

Sad and overweight