Take a Number

I am a teacher, spouting facts I�ve learned in books, and
I am a chef who�s learning how to cook.
I am a surgeon, keeping scalpels clean and
I am the scene that everybody�s seen before.

Take a number, I�ll tell you when your order�s ready.
Don�t sell yourself short by trying to be first,
Take a number, �cause everything�s been done already,
It�s just a matter now of who wants it the worst.

I am a demon, playing Devil�s Advocate,
I am a fool, who thinks that he can rhyme,
I am a verb, who wants to be a predicate,
I am a slogan, �Be Kind and Rewind�

This is a song to turn the people on,
Maybe to forget that everything is wrong,
It�s not meant to bring a mighty revolution,
Just to help the weary carry on.

Take a number, I�ll tell you when your order�s ready.
Don�t sell yourself short by trying to be first,
Take a number, �cause everything�s been done already,
It�s just a matter now of who wants it the worst.

I am a bastard, sired in my mother�s kitchen,
I am a freak, who gets his freaky on,
I am wide eyes that think that everything is bitchin,
I am a monk who likes to bang a gong.

Turning into something, that�s what I tried to do,
When they called my number, I thought that I was screwed.
But I am everywhere and everyone and everything,
And I know that I am nothing new.

This is a song to turn the people on,
Maybe to forget that everything is wrong,
It�s not meant to bring a mighty revolution,
Just to help the weary carry on.

Take a number, I�ll tell you when your order�s ready.
Don�t sell yourself short by trying to be first,
Take a number, �cause everything�s been done already,
It�s just a matter now of who wants it the worst.