Imitation - Kid Creole And The Coconuts, August Darnell, Coati Mundi

Some people live off other people’s dreams

Reciting lines in someone else’s scene

They reach the sky, never touch the dirt

Some other guy does all the work

Imitation

Imitation

Some people crave uncle’s pumpkin pie

They got the fruit, ain’t got the spice

Do all they can, take the recipe

Then take the prize for originality

Imitation, oh no, it’s not for me

Imitation, oh no, it’s not for me

Monkey, don’t mess around with me

Flunky, what’s mine is mine to keep

I got a '45 that’s itching to release

Some people see with other people’s eyes

They wish they came from a different drive

Spent so much time, taking from afar

They never know just who they are

Imitation

Imitation

Some people think similarity

Is just a form of flattery

I’m sorry man, I cannot agree

I’m not impressed by the common thief

Imitation, oh no, it’s not for me

Imitation, oh no, it’s not for me

Monkey, don’t mess around with me

Flunkey, what’s mine is mine to keep

I got a '45 that’s itching to release

Boom, boom!

Imitation