Twenty houses in a row 
eighty people watch a TV show 
paper people, cardboard dreams how unreal 
the whole thing seems 

Can we be living in a world made of paper mache
everything is clean and so neat 
anything that's wrong can be just swept away 
spray it with cologne and the whole world 
smells sweet 

Ice-cream cones and candy bars 
swings and things 
like bicycles and cars 
there is a sale on happiness 
you buy two and it costs less 

Can we be living in a world made of paper mache
everything is clean and so neat 
anything that's wrong can be just swept away 
spray it with cologne and the whole world 
smells sweet 

Read the papers keep aware 
While you're lounging 
in your leather chair 
And if things don't look so good 
shake your head and knock on wood 

Can we be living in a world made of paper mache
everything is clean and so neat 
anything that's wrong can be just swept away 
spray it with cologne and the whole world 
smells sweet 

Like paper mache