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Poster Child

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Poster Child

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Melle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bell

When someone heard a Rebel Yell, I think it was an infidel

Adam Ant and Robert Plant, the banter of a sycophant

Enlisted by Ulysses Grant to record at the Record Plant

Islamabad is on the nod, Havana and the riot squad

And if you want to be a mod, you'll have to meet me at the quad

You got the best of my loco

I'll take the rest of your showboat

You got the best of my Yoko

I'll take the rest of your low note

Parliamеnt's Atomic Dog, the hats were filling up with fog

Talk about thе life and death of every penny analogue

The seventies were such a win, singing the Led Zeppelin

Lizzy looking mighty Thin, the Thomson's had another Twin

My daughter won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me

Ramones had a lobotomy, so spin me like your pottery

I will be your poster child

Ya know the world is ours for a little while

And then, I will be your poster child tonight, ow

La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

A funky feast of Sandinista, Neon mono Mona Lisa

PJudas Priest the sweet barista, mother load was named Teresa

Bubble gum I cum Bazooka, Dirty Dan, Dean and Deluca

Smoked banana in your hookah, now I know the brand is RVCA

Bernie Mac and Caddy Shack were dusty as the brickerbrac

And if you ask me for the time I'll tell you that The Future's Back

You got the best of my loco

I'll take the rest of your showboat

You got the best of my Yoko

I'll take the rest of your low note

Steve Miller and Duran Duran, a joker dancing in the sand

Van Morrison the astral man, a festival they have in Cannes

Speak of Chico and the Man, the silence of a certain lamb

MC5 kick out the jam, a poncho full of contraband

Dairy Queen was on the scene, the EveryKid teen magazine

The Motorhead and Mr. Clean, my piston needed Valvoline

I will be your poster child

You know the world is ours for a little while

And then I will be your poster child tonight

La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

You got me on this

Well and I can't get off

With no one else but you

You turn me on to

Well then I can't get up

For no one else but you

Cream magazine and Love Supreme, the ballad of a Billie Jean

And now we know the Status Quo, but God would never save the queen

Dave Mushegain, Copenhagen, cowboy ghost of Ronald Regan

Dollar save was Flavor Flavin’, cosmic rays of Carl Sagan

Hammer fist a double kisse unlisted number purple mist

Chubby Checker do the twist, and everyone's a narcissist

You got the best of my loco

I'll take the rest of your showboat

You got the best of my Yoko

I'll take the rest of your low note

The water bed was taking meds and Devo with the hats of red

A fatty for the Natty Dread, a pocket full of Talking Heads

Maya's making paper planes, addiction to the days of Janes

My Slurpee’s made of Purple Rain, ten fingers in the lion's mane

Giant squid, Karate Kid, Sid Vicious in the katydid

The planet that we must forbid, the English Beat are in Madrid

I will be your poster child

You know the world is ours for a little while

And then, I will be your poster child tonight

La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

I will be your poster child

You know the world is ours for a little while

And then, I will be your poster child tonight

La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

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