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A FANTASY AT WORK

Lyrics

NAME PLATES AND DOUBLE CUBES
VOICE MAIL AND COMPUTERS, TOO
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVE
AS YOU SPIN AROUND IN THE SAME OLD GROOVE
AND YOU SWARE TO GOD YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE
BUT YOU'RE SCARED TO GOD WHAT YOU MIGHT LOSE
SO YOU STICK IT OUT IN YOUR LITTLE CUBE
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT DO

COFFEROOM AND VENDING MACHINE
CAFFEINE AND CHOCOLATE ARE MY FLINGS
AND SOME ARE NICE AND SOME ARE MEAN
AND SOME ARE OLD AND SOME ARE GREEN
BUT EVERY MAN HAS HIS DREAM
WHEN MELANIE WALKS ON BY.

MELANIE, MELANIE
YOU MOVE JUST LIKE A MELODY
YOU'RE SO TAN, WILD AND FREE
AND EVERYONE STOPS FOR MELANIE.

CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND QUATERLY MEASURES
I 401-K FOR DEFERRED PLEASURES
POLITE FIGHTS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM
AND SMILE AWAY IN AN 8x8 TOMB
I TALK TO PEOPLE 'LECTRONICALLY
I LISTEN TO PEOPLE I NEVER SEE
THEY KNOW MY NAME BUT DON'T KNOW ME
THERE'S SOME OTHER PLACE I'D RATHER BE
WHEN MELANIE WALKS ON BY

MELANIE, MELANIE

MELANIE, MELANIE
WON'T YOU STOP AND CHAT WITH ME
SO EVERYONE CAN PEEK AND SEE
THAT I'M THE ONE WITH MELANIE

ANNIVERSARIES, NEW CAMPAIGNS
OLD IDEAS WITH BRAND-NEW NAMES
BUT DON'T COMPLAIN, DON'T BE A HASSLE
JUST QUIETLY BUILD YOUR PAPER CASTLE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WANTED TO TRAVEL
I STATE AT A SCREEN AS MY DREAMS UNRAVEL
AND ALL I SEE IS THE TOWER OF BABEL
I WAS A ROCK THAT WAS TURNED TO GRAVEL
THEN MELANIE WALKED ON BY

MELANIE, MELANIE
IS YOU SMILE JUST FOR ME?
WE'LL ESCAPE ACROSS THE SEA
WHEN YOU TALK WAY WITH ME

MELANIE, MELANIE, MELANIE

COME AND GO FROM THE SAME LOCATION
COUNT THE DAYS TO THE NEXT VACATION
DON'T STRAY TOO LONG
MAN YOUR STATION!
YOU'LL GET YOUR RAISE
JUST BE PATIENT!
AND I'M GONNA RISE ABOVE THE CHATTER
AND WEAR MY TIES UP THE CORPORATE LADDER
AND SIT AT MY DESK WHILE I GET FATTER
TILL I'M AS CRAZY AS A MAD HATTER
IF MELANIE WON'T STOP BY

MELANIE, MELANIE
YOU'RE THE SOUND OF HARMONY
YOU'RE SO WILD, TAN AND FREE
AND EVERYONE STOPS FOR MELANIE

MELANIE, MELANIE
I THINK WE COULD BE A TEAM
WE'D ARRIVE WITH A GLEAM
AND NOTHING WOULD SEEM SO ROUTINE
AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE SUPREME

WHEN YOU RUN AWAY WITH ME

MELANIE,
SAVE ME!