John Kander - Mister Cellophane lyrics

If someone stood up in a crowd And raised his voice up way out loud And waved his arm And shook his leg You'd notice him If someone in a movie show Yelled "fire in the second row This whole place is a powder keg!" You'd notice him And even without clucking like a hen Everyone gets noticed, now and then Unless, of course, that personage should be Invisible, inconsequential me Cellophane Mister Cellophane Should have been my name Mister Cellophane Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I'm there I tell ya Cellophane Mister Cellophane Should have been my name Mister Cellophane Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I'm there Suppose you was a little cat Residin' in a person's flat Who fed you fish and scratched your ears You'd notice him Suppose you was a woman wed And sleepin' in a double bed beside one man for seven years You'd notice him A human being's made of more than air With all that bulk, you're bound to see him there Unless that human bein' next to you Is unimpressive, undistinquished You know who Should have been my name Mister Cellophane Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I"m there I tell ya Cellophane Mister Cellophane Should have been my name Mister Cellophane Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I'm there Never even know I'm there