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Mr. Cellophane

Billy Joel

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Mr. Cellophane

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If someone stood up in a crowdAnd raised his voice up way out loudAnd waved his armAnd shook his legYou'd notice himIf someone in a movie showYelled "fire in the second row,This whole place is a powder keg!"You'd notice himAnd even without clucking like a henEveryone gets noticed, now and then,Unless, of course, that personage shouldInvisible, inconsequential me!CellophaneMister cellophaneShould have been my nameMister cellophane'cause you can look right through meWalk right by meAnd never know I'm there!I tell yaCellophaneMister cellophaneShould have been my nameMister cellophane'cause you can look right through mewalk right by meAnd never know I'm there. . .Suppose you was a little catResidin' in a person's flatWho fed you fish and scratched yourears?You'd notice himSuppoose you was a woman wedAnd sleepin' in a double bed beside one man for seven yearsYou'd notice himA human being's made of more than airWith all that bulk, you're bound to seehim thereUnless that human bein' next to youIs unimpressive, undistinguishedYou know who. . .Should have been my nameMister cellophane'cause you can look right through meWalk right by meAnd never know I'm thereI tell yaCellophaneMister cellophaneShould I bend my nameMister cellophane'cause you can look right through meWalk right by meAnd never know I'm thereNever even know I'm there
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