Little Boxes

"Little Boxes," by Malvina Reynolds
(audio available here)

Little boxes on the hillside,
little boxes made of ticky-tacky.
Little boxes on the hillside,
little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
and a blue one and a yellow one,
and they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
and they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses
all went to the university
where they were put in boxes
and they came out all the same.
And there's doctors and lawyers
and business executives,
and they're all made out of ticky-tacky
and they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf-course,
and drink their Martinis dry,
and they all have pretty children,
and the children go to school.
And the children go to summer camp,
and then to the university,
where they are put in boxes
and they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business,
and marry and raise a family,
in boxes made of ticky-tacky,
and they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
and a blue one and a yellow one,
and they're all made out of ticky-tacky
and they all look just the same.

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