Big Ideas (In the Shrinking World)
The economy is shrinking
Our money is a joke
We should go back to trading seashells
And just admit that we're broke
And our food supply is shrinking (Yeah, yeah)
But we continue happily (Yeah, yeah)
Building condos on farmland (Yeah, yeah)
And dumping sewage in the sea (Yeah, yeah)
Someone's talking 'bout a big idea
Someone's talking 'bout a higher vision
Everybody's on the run
Lookin' out for number one
And your big ideas don't fit
Big ideas in the shrinking world
Big ideas in the shrinking world
Big ideas in the shrinking world
Well, you make us real nervous
With your big ideas
Our water is shrinking
All the pipes are in decay
But don't think of it as water
It's more like "soup of the day"
And our air supply is shrinking (Yeah, yeah)
The sky is turning brown (Yeah, yeah)
We're getting cancer of the cancer (Yeah, yeah)
Just from walking around (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, someone's talking 'bout a big idea
Someone's pointing to the Savior of the Ages
Everybody's busy just takin' care of business
And your big ideas don't fit
Big ideas in the shrinking world
Big ideas in the shrinking world
B-b-b-big ideas in the shrinking world
Now we don't wanna hear
About your big ideas
Ladies and gentlemen
Dueling bagpipes!
Bagpipes? I hate bagpipes!
Our sanity is shrinking
From Argentina to Iran
It seems like everybody's itching
To get a nuclear tan
And our compassion is shrinking (Yeah, yeah)
It's the ultimate crime (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause we could save the starving millions (Yeah, yeah)
But we can't seem to find the time (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, someone's talking 'bout a big idea
Someone's pointing to a Light in the darkness
Everybody's trying to keep their heads above water
And your big ideas are rocking the boat
Big ideas in the shrinking world
B-b-b-big ideas in the shrinking world
B-b-b-big ideas in the shrinking world
Well, you make us real angry
With your big ideas
Now we don't wanna hear
About your big ideas
Uh, we're too busy to get cosmic
With your big ideas
I don't wanna hear about it
I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna hear about
What you even think of it
I don't wanna hear about it
I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna hear about
What you even think of it...
Oh, no, no, oh, no, no
These ideas, they don't fit
There's no business like show
I mean your ideas don't fit, oh, no, no
I don't wanna hear about it
I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna hear about
What you even think of it
I don't wanna hear about it
I don't wanna talk about it
I don't wanna hear about
What you even think of it...
Oh, no, oh, no, no, no, no
Shut him up!! I can't stand it!