You could be so cool

Conformity

You could be so cool

I can teach you the way,

There’s just a few rules

You will have to obey:

Don’t listen to bluegrass,

Don’t listen to jazz,

Just buy all the CDs

That everyone has.

Don’t wear what is different

And make rich kids stare

Better buy magazines

To learn what to wear.

These say what are cool clothes

And you better get in

They’ll show the new style

And you better fit in.

Do what we all do

And don’t be unique;

Just get into herd thinking

Or your chances are bleak.

So do not watch Star Trek,

Do not collect stamps,

Take walks in the forest,

Go to scholastic camps,

Don’t watch foreign movies,

Films in black and white,

Just slapstick and action

Where macho guys fight

Or a straightforward romance

With quick, easy sex

Or films that are simple

With special effects.

Don’t read science fiction

Or weird fantasy

Or musty old classics

Better just watch TV.

Don’t do all that weird stuff!

Don’t be such a fool!

Be an assembly-line product

And you will be cool.