Regina Spektor - The Ghost of Corporate Future (Lollapalooza 2007)

The loveliest version of one of the truest songs I've ever heard. Lyrics provided below.

Regina's whole Lollapalooza performance in the order of the setlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DCDD78C98F2EBE1E

If you're interested (and you should be because it's awwwwwwesome), I uploaded the entire show as one large video file here: http://www.multiupload.com/P4CWSCNS2F

Lyrics:

A man walks out of his apartment
It is raining
He's got no umbrella
He starts running beneath the awnings trying to save his suit
Tryin to dryin to tryin to dry but no good

When he gets to the crowded subway platform he takes off both of his shoes
He steps right into somebody's fat loogie
And everyone who sees him says "ewwww"
Everyone who sees him says "ewwww"

But he doesn't care cause last night he got a visit from the Ghost of Corporate Future
The Ghost said take off both your shoes whatever chances you get
Especially when they're wet
He also said

Imagine you go away on a business trip one day
And when you come back home
Your children have grown
And you never made your wife moan

And people make you nervous
You'd think the world was ending
And everybody's features
Have somehow started blending
And everything is plastic
And everyone's sarcastic
And all your food is frozen
It needs to be defrosted
You'd think the world was ending
You'd think the world was ending
You'd think the world was ending right now

Well maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee
And never ever watch the 10 o'clock news
Maybe you should kiss someone nice or lick a rock or both
Maybe you should cut your own hair cause that can be so funny
It doesn't cost any money and it always grows back
Hair grows even after you're dead

People are just people
They shouldn't make you nervous
The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going
If you don't toss your plastic
The streets won't be so plastic
And if you kiss somebody
Then both of you'll get practice

The world is everlasting
Put dirtballs in your pockets
Put dirtball's in your pockets
And take off both your shoes
Cause people are just people
People are just people
People are just people like you

People are just people
People are just people
People are just people like you

The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going
The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going
It's coming and it's going

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Regina
• Spektor
• Ghost
• Corporate
• Future
• Live
• Lollapalooza

[inutzel]

I love how everytime she hears the applause after a performance she seems genuinely surprised and so happy. Oh Regina, may your reign over us be everlasting!

[0cicer0]

Kiss someone nice OR lick a rock. I VOTE BOTH.

personal hair cutting to commence following rock licking and people kissing.

[gm2gabriel]

Amazing!

Weeds bring me here.

[chuchunezbie]

@inutzel It's amazing! Her modesty is beautiful.

[vickyg690]

i love her laugh

[NerdMan9000]

looks like someone confused the word "dislike" for "like"

[vinisuxxx]

She's so cute and gorgeous... She still surprises me when she sings... that's why I simply love her songs

[mmoody34]

This is too fast for this song! I know she is under time constraints for her set, but why play the song at all if you cannot give it what it deserves? Still, Regina is always amazing.....

[biokiky]

she makes me feel sooooo gooood inside....

[atatski1]

always a "holy moment" with regina...

[carlybea]

there is so much in this song. beautiful as always.