It's Only Entertainment

Richard is important to Richard and
 his most important friends
 He doesn't take phone calls he sits in
 his office and pretends
 He's Atticus Finch, he's everybody's mensh
 When It comes to clients he counts
 himself among the very best
 But when it comes to stature he only counts
 the size of other mens desks
 He's counting every inch, he's counting every inch
 CHORUS: And It's only entertainment
 It's only entertainment
 Don's make it so hard
 Don't make it so hard
 Amanda of the underground brings high art
 to her lo-fi sound
 Her nifty hipster friends agree a band's
 only as good as its scene
 Save us Polly Jean, we know not what we mean
 CHORUS
 BRIDGE:
 Freddie's demographic grows,
 angry boys in baggy clothes
 As critics eulogize the songs,
 and record store clerks mourn along
 And the years go by and the chords don't change
 We're all Pat Boone by different names
 CHORUS
 Dishes
 She gets off work the other side of evening
 She counts her tips and tells me that she's leaving
 I scrape the plastic plates and dry the glasses
 My apron is a testament to madness
 Years of washing dishes and she's gone
 Her boyfriend brags how many ways he's had her
 The busboys and the lines cooks crack with laughter
 And I pretend I don't know what they're saying
 And they pretend our fate is not the same thing
 Years of washing dishes and we're gone