Oh, every person represents an awful lot of effort
An awful lot of effort someone took
Every person represents an awful lot of effort
No matter how unsavory they look
The world can seem to be a nasty nest of vipers
But someone had to come along to change the viper's diapers
Every person represents an awful lot of effort indeed
I don't mean everyone was loved or had a saintly mother
Or snuggled in a cozy little bed
It might have been a total wreck, but one way or another
Somebody had to see the wreck was fed
Somebody had to grow the baby, someone had to birth it
Though when I ride the L Train, I'm not sure that it was worth it
All those nimrods represent an awful lot of effort indeed
Now that I'm a parent, I know the thing that only we know
It makes it hard for me to enjoy the films of Quentin Tarantino
'Cause Michael Madsen represents so many dirty bottles
And tissues used to wipe his little snot
And Steve Buscemi represents the "shushes" and the swaddles
It makes it such a shame when he gets shot
And in the real world, when someone kills a person
That's years of work that cannot be replaced
So if you're gonna kill someone, just think of all the effort
'Cause that's the real human life you waste