that's a new shopping mall they're buildingright across the street

my friends make fun of me
you are balding they say
nothing like it, you punks:
scalp rash, it's a treatable condition

then i find out fighting hair loss ain't cheap
i ask for samples, get none, you wouldn't believe
how much a full set of capsules is so yeah,
punks, i have to live with this balding patch

caterpillar construction machines outside
dig from early in the morning, i can't sleep
the landlord is balding as well and tells me with a sigh
that's a new shopping mall they're building right across the street

i wouldn't feel so bad if i hadn't seen that picture of you on facebook
well, i just don't care it will bring eons of bad luck
but i'm breaking the bathroom mirror for good
and god help me please

gerd philips (Saint Paul, MN, 1975)