They asked me if I'd go out to the laser show.
Heard about it on the radio,
now here we are in steaming summer.
Lasers can shape your corneal contour
but they can't make poor Emerson Lake and Palmer better.
Is something wrong when I'm not put off by this?
The stars shine on to Petty Floyd and Kiss.
’Cause I've got an awkward smile
just right for nights like this.
Plastic cups and pent up discontent.
I try not to forget just where my keys and ID are.
The beams, they bend and curve.
All of the strains are heard.
Familiar refrains emerge,
from “Urgent" into "Drive My Car."
Is something wrong when I'm not put off by this?
The stars shine on to Petty Floyd and Kiss.
’Cause I've got an awkward smile
just right for nights like this.
Shouts of irony turned serious.
We have been severed from our moorings.
What we shared has been made clear to us,
out of the night into the morning.
The lights come on.
People move along.
Just us and these old songs, here in FM ecstasy.
Lasers are useful for tattoo removal,
but to be truthful,
you can't improve on nights like these.
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