Lyrics

PAPER PAPER PAPER
Gary O’Driscoll © 2026
CHAPEAU ROUGE MUSIC (SOCAN)

[Chorus]
Paper, paper, paper
Paper everywhere
Paper on the table
Paper on the chair
Paper on the day-bed
Paper on the floor
Paper on the walls
I am buried that’s for sure

[Verse 1]
My Selectric is a-humming - click click click
My fingers they are snapping - flick flick flick
I’m licking envelopes - lick lick lick
Processing paper till I’m - sick sick sick

[Chorus]
Paper, paper, paper
Paper everywhere
Paper on the table
Paper on the chair
Paper on the day-bed
Paper on the floor
Paper on the wall
I am buried that’s for sure

[Verse 2]
Hours in the archive I am - bored bored bored
Nuns they are a-praying - dear Lord Lord Lord
Bureaucrats are saying - not a word word word
Bills are piling up I can’t - afford ford ford

Chorus]
Paper, paper, paper
Paper everywhere
Paper on the table
Paper on the chair
Paper on the day-bed
Paper on the floor
Paper on the walls
I am buried that’s for sure

[Verse 3]
Waiting in line but no one - come come comes
Beat my head against the wall till it’s - numb numb numb
Try to send a letter just can’t - send send send em
try to break the rules but I can’t - bend bend bend em

Chorus]
Paper, paper, paper
Paper everywhere
Paper on the table
Paper on the chair
Paper on the day-bed
Paper on the floor
Paper on the walls
I am buried now for sure