Josh Joplin Group - It's Only Entertainment lyrics

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 mensch 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 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 And It's only entertainment It's only entertainment Don's make it so hard Don't make it so hard 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 And It's only entertainment It's only entertainment Don's make it so hard Don't make it so hard 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 gla**es 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