House Plant Lyrics

This nameless potted specimen

Appears about to die

Perhaps the wilted browning stem

Thank God it cannot cry

Is starving for a richer soil

Or just a larger pot

A plant needs little room to toil

But even less to rot

Perhaps the shriveled leaves need light

Uncut by mini-blinds

And air that's not conditioned quite

So centrally by minds

Averse to nature's crude extremes

The spice of a plant's life

And what bird's song like human screams

Cuts through roots like a knife

Don't wanna be

Ain't gonna be

Don't wanna be

I'll never be a house plant

Don't wanna be wanna be

Ain't gonna be

I'll never be never be

I'll never be a house plant

Perhaps the shriveled leaves need light

Uncut by mini-blinds

And air that's not conditioned quite

So centrally by minds

Averse to nature's crude extremes

The spice of a plant's life

And what bird's song like human screams

Cuts through roots like a knife

Don't wanna be

Ain't gonna be

Don't wanna be

I'll never be a house plant

Don't wanna be wanna be

Ain't gonna be

I'll never be never be

I'll never be a house plant

Don't wanna be wanna be

Ain't gonna be

I'll never be never be

I'll never be a house plant