strlght

I Am Just a Potato
by Strlght

My name is Mr. Potato Head
And once I was brand new.
I was built and packaged nicely
and given as a gift to you.
I remember how your eyes lit up
and you cried a happy tear.
You said I was what you always wanted
as you grinned from ear to ear.
We played together day and night
You sang me a happy song.
Then you tucked me up under your arm
and held me all night long.
You changed my lips, my ears, my nose
and put on my floppy hat.
But soon I guess you grew bored with me
so on the shelf I sat.
I watched you get excited
when a new toy came along.
I listened as you sat and rocked
singing to him OUR song.
Your new toys are much better than me,
that I can't deny.
I don't have lights, or whistles, or bells,
and I definitely cannot fly.
I know that compared to them
I must look petty dumb.
But I never stopped believing
that I was your favorite one.
Over the years you took me down
for other kids to play.
They put my ears where my eyes belong
and told me I was gay.
The baby swallowed one of my eyes
and the dog chewed up my shoe.
My white rimmed glassed vanished years ago,
and my mustache too.
I guess maybe I was foolish
thinking you could still love me.
After all I'm just a chunk of plastic
hollowed out and empty
My name is Mr. Potato head,
I'm sad and all alone.
No one has any use for me
now that all my parts are gone.