SUCKY POETS SOCIETY

this wasnt supposed to be, was it
why? this never happened in movies
how shall i deal with this now
i never seen this in my movies
i need ta watch more of em
i need to learn what to feel like

take a tall glass with 1/3rd of whisky
2/3rd soda, leave space for two cubes of ice
dad said johnny  walker’s is the best whisky in the world
i’m tired of dressing up
like the hindi-movie-heroes of your times, dad
i dont think it make me look decent anymore
i have my own movie-looks to copy

you said 555 cigarrettes are the best
but you’ve let me down now, i discovered camels are much better
i think even yak is better, dad
stop judging me by what cigarrettes i smoke
or what shirt i wear,
how many times must i explain
your movie heroes, your idols have grown old
they dont twist their hips and sync their lips anymore
they are swollen and sit at the back row of movie-awards now
didnt i tell you, i have my own movie looks to follow
i gotta be more wes-ter-nised dad
its not me, its just the movies i watched growing up
but seriously, i think i’m cooler
you oughtta watch american movies more often, dad
then you’ll understand
why i dress up as i do

dad, this aint no ramayan or mahabharat
let’s stop acting priggish
dad, let’s raise our hands in the air
and give in, this cultural war
let’s be defeated, our worthless values based on your 60s and 70s hindi movies
let’s be won over and colonised, so that i can get my new cool jeans
those new SF jeans torn at the knee and the crotch
seriously, dad i think they are cool

buddy, we need a revolution
cuz i need more imported beer
i need more bangkok leather shoes with tags of made in italy
and t-shirts and jackets made in the underbelly of indrachowk
that copy the latest LA street swing
buddy, we need a big revolution
i want more big-breasted ladies to pose on the front of my magazines
i want more scams and celebrity hook-ups to make my life more interesting
buddy, we need ta burn those libraries cuz we need change in our values
let’s get done over with that past generation
let’s wipe out their backwardness
we need to burn down their houses and libraries
because i am "a free man", as they say
no wait, i am my own hindi-movie hero
an updated version of their self-righteousss nitwit clone
hollywood-rip-off-imagination of a hindi-movie producer
i have become the consciousness
of the more recent time-of-my-life hindi-movie heero

i need more movies
i dont know how to react to this anymore
i am puzzled aghast
i need some serious tutoring sessions in "feeeling"
i need the old comfort of my soft-porn hindi-movie-song videos
help, i want my movies
cuz i dont know what to feel anymore