Barbie

Barbie said to Raggedy Ann,
"dye your hair and get a tan."

"Okay," said Ann, "okay, okay."
Maybe someone will love me this way.


Barbie said to G.I. Joe,
"the war is over, don't you know?"

"I know," said Joe, "I know, I know."
But where else is there for me to go?


Barbie said to the Gumby doll,
"Green's not really your color at all."

"I guess," said Gum, "I guess, I guess,"
Maybe that's why I'm so depressed.


Barbie said to me one day,
"You'd look better starved away."

"Oh yes," I said, "oh yes, oh yes,"
I could survive on so much less.


Barbie said to the Earth one day,
"I think you'd all look good my way."

"Of course," we said, "of course, of course,"
Wrecking us didn't take much force.

We starved ourselves, we dyed our hair,
and Barbie's out there smiling somewhere.