Paul Heaton - What Have We Become lyrics

[Verse 1] 'What have we become?' Said the mother to her half-ton son Chicken wings have replaced the thumb That's what we've become 'What have we become?' Second row in some free market scrum These pizza boxes blocking out the sun That's what we've become [Pre-Chorus 1] And it's outlet after outlet after outlet after mall Burgers and T-bones and coffee is all Hello convenience, goodbye market stall When the eagle has landed, three lions must fall [Chorus] So it's awesome after awesome after awesome after great We're so busy lovin' it, we've forgotten to hate When everything's amazing, you'll eat the whole plate Opinionless, sad and overweight [Verse 2] What have we become? Listen up to the song they strum No message, just a tune to hum That's what we've become What have we become? Strips of pork bathin' in the sun Barb wire holdin' in our bum That's what we've become [Pre-Chorus 2] And it's plastic after plastic after plastic after fake Celluloid and silicon, is all that we make When the world is made of botox, there's no heart to break So full of sugar, we've no will to bake [Chorus] Sad and overweight... [Outro] And you'll actually love your kids less As they take you from a 10 to a size 16 dress A clean-shaven chest above a six-pack moon This earth has gotta crash soon [Chorus] Sad and overweight Sad and overweight Sad and overweight