作曲 : Jonathan Fire Eater They say that good is too often the enemy of the best I think of Peter in his cowboy vest Under the Marble Arch way down in the square He was yelling at the mimes for them to beware He said "you're nothing so precious, you're nothing so rare You're quite common I can see you everywhere I see you in my church when you mime your prayers You're wearing pearls and your hair is grayer" Hey everybody plays the mime sometimes Are you married to an unfaithful world where you carry the flags if they come unfurled? Are you locked into a projection booth that shows the films of your troubled youth? Hey everybody plays the mime sometimes So don't start to pout or I will take you to task Your sailor stripes and your white powder mask You mimic the wino with the silver flask It's the transient child and his eyes that you lack Your world is a tundra so painfully, painfully bare Are you married to an unfaithful world where you carry the flags if they come unfurled? Are you locked into a projection booth that shows the films of your troubled youth? Hey everybody plays the mime sometimes Yes your world is a tundra so painfully bare Of the roses in the silk scarves they wear in their hair Have they turned you to the German, German au-pairs? They spoon-feed their princes apples and pears Yeah they spoon-feed their princes cooked apples and pears Oh they spoon-feed their princes apples and pears Oh they spoon-feed their princes cooked apples and pears Hey everybody plays the mime sometimes