they had a courtyard pool at the hotel delight
i decided to sun myself there was no one in sight
just a small patch of sunlight left over there
that's where i placed my chair
then a woman came out and she placed her chair right smack in front of me
so close i could've touched her hair
she had her back to me
i thought 'man this is weird. she's pretending i'm not here.'
then she lit up a cigarette and the secondary smoke poured over her shoulders
and right down my throat
but she didn't notice
she didn't even care
she had stolen my sunlight and cut off my air...
(chorus... this part is sung)
what kind of person would do you like that?
what kind of person would do you like that?
what kind of person would do you like that?
well it's a mean old world when you have to live
with incompetence and indifference
it's like a bad cup of coffee filled to the brim
with incompetence and indifference
smile for me one time
smile when you really wanna cry
try for me one time
even though i know it's a lie
the electrician came by and fixed my wires
he told me straight away i'd be charged by the hours
spent the whole day just poking around
looking for the ground
when he did start in he rewired this and he undid that
and he probably took a nap
because a week went by before he said it's fixed and he left with my check
now the microwave turns on the big screen tv
which cuts off the bathroom lights intermittently
and i'd love to take a shower but i'm afraid to try
i'm afraid i'll fry...
(chorus)
so i thought i'd try a second electrician
only this time i looked under crook
but what really got my goat was when i picked up the phone
(female recorded voice)
'if you'd like to play a game, please press 1
to continue, please press 2
if you have all day to wait, please press 3
to continue to wait, please press 4
if you'd like to speak to a human being, we're sorry
that service has been discontinued
to stay on hold, please press 5
and you can talk to yourself for as long as you like
what kind of person would do you like that?
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Lyrics submitted by david.