Marginal Middle Class Lyrics - Dean Friedman

By dean friedman 

I wanna have a big backyard. 

I wanna have a mailbox and swings. 

I wanna have a welcome mat and a porcelain cat, 

And a doorbell that rings. 

I wanna have a burglar alarm 

To keep my family from harm, 

I wanna be marginal middle class, 

I wanna be respectable middle class, 

I wanna hire a kid to cut the grass, 

I wanna be marginal middle class. 

I wanna join the local lodge. 

I wanna have a two car garage. 

I wanna do a high school play with the p.t.a. 

I wanna have a new dodge. 

I wanna have a steady job. 

I wanna eat corn on the cob. 

I wanna be marginal middle class, 

I wanna be respectable middle class, 

I wanna hedge my bets, I wanna cover my ass, 

I wanna be marginal middle class. 

I don't wanna have a lot of dough, 

I just wanna be your average joe. 

I wanna have just enough to see an occasional broadway show. 

I wanna have a swimming pool. 

I wanna have a couple of kids. 

I wanna have a motorbike and a dog named mike 

And two guinea pigs. 

I wanna have a library card. 

I don't wanna have to work too hard. 

I wanna be "honey, can we eat out tonight ? " middle class, 

I wanna be "daddy, roger punched me on the nose." middle class, 

I wanna live right near the overpass, 

I wanna be marginal middle class. 

I wanna be marginal middle class.