at some point, you're supposed to be hitting your stride, right?
at some point, you don't have all this bottled up inside, right?
yeah, at some point, you are moving on up into a brand new double-wide, right?
isn't that what it says in this brochure?
there's supposed to be a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow
but they don't tell you the trip will be fraught with misunderstandings and pain, though,
I guess they were not kidding when they said no pain, no gain, yo.
I mean, I think that's what it says in this brochure.

just look
just look
lemme pull it out and show ya
you can look,
just look
don't let the creases and dogeared edges throw ya,
you should look,
just look
at all the attractive and exciting and successful friends just waiting to get to know ya
reality is the disease and this here is the cure
you'll find what you are seeking in this tri-fold color brochure

aren't there supposed to be hotcakes and sausage for breakfast?
and a policy of no sucker punches to your solar plexus?
aren't you supposed to be forgiven for things you did and said when you were dumb and young and reckless?
I thought I read something about that in this brochure
at some point you're supposed be getting a lot more mature, right?
at some point you're supposed to stop being so damned insecure, right?
at some point your life is supposed to look more like the pages of that brochure, right?
I thought that's what it said in this brochure.
Lemme check the fine print of that brochure...

I mean, look
just look
those well-dressed people look contented
just look
you should look,
see, every skin color and hairstyle is clearly represented,
you should look
just look
their teeth are white, their smiles are genuine and no-one looks demented
reality is a disease and this here is the cure
you'll find what you are seeking in this tri-fold color brochure

I mean see the glossy photos and the fancy graphic design?
the firm yet flexible paper on which it's printed feels so fine,
the photos where everybody's good looking, and enjoying fancy food and wine
nobody screws things up like I did and has to go back to the end of the line
I wanna make that good life mine
I wanted to make that good life mine
but the daily grind is what I find most likely to endure
And with each passing day it less and less resembles that brochure

because what were once just some charming minor peccadilloes
have hardened into calcified habits like petrified armadilloes
sometimes when I look at the way things have gone I'd really really like to kill those
people who printed up this extremely fanciful brochure.
but I understand that the choice was mine all along, though
I coulda worn my earplugs and turned down the siren song, though,
nobody pushed me to dive in so deep and swim so strong, for so damn long, so
that all I have left is this waterlogged brochure
this frickin' waterlogged brochure

I mean, look
just look
don't that lap of luxury look oh so comfy and inviting
you can look,
just look
all those parties with those pretty people look so damned exciting
you should look,
just look
everybody's rich and famous, and there's always lovely lighting
reality is the disease and this here is the cure
you'll find what you are seeking in this tri-fold color brochure