Plastic Songtext
von Shel Silverstein

Oh, a little bitty termite
You know he come a-knockin′
Knockin' on my front door

Well, he walked right in, sat right down
Started chewin′ on the kitchen floor
You know he chewed on the walls
On the ceilings and the halls
Lord knows he tried
But he kept gettin' thinner
And he never got no dinner
And finally he sat up and cried


He said it's plastic
He said it′s plastic
Well, I know it ain′t no wood
And it can't do me no good
Because it′s plastic
He said it's plastic
You know that everything is gonna be plastic by and by

Yeah, and early one day
In the month of May
I went down to the beach
You know there were beauties and cuties
In their little bathing suities
And all of them within my reach
Then a 38-24-36 miss
Just happened to be passin′ my way

I said, "Please don't think I′m nervy
But you look so very curvy
Please tell me how you got that way"


She said it's plastic
She said it's just plastic
She said it′s pretty as can be
Oh, but you know that it ain′t me
Because it's plastic
She said it′s plastic
You know that everything is gonna be plastic by and by