If Every Guy Were Harry

If Every Guy Were Harry

Could you just imagine if the world were all the same?
What if every guy were Harry and each girl named Elaine!
Think of just how tasteless all your trips would be
If everyone were faceless or they looked exact like thee!

Do you think that you could stand it if when walking down your street
Every house was white with shingles and each the same square feet?
Suppose each home had in it just two parents and two kids,
a dog a cat, a fish bowl, and a white-haired Aunt name Midge?

Or, what if after shopping you walked out to find your car
And saw a thousand like it, so you searched for twenty hours?
Suppose you had a sickness and strolled down to see the Doc,
But each door said Doctor Johnson --then you'd know not where to knock.
What if your son were fighting with the bully kid next door
 Yet you'd know not who to punish or to drag home through your door.

If your daughter's name were Gerry and her friend was Gerry too
And each one had a boyfriend by the name of Gerry too!
And say you called the baker to deliver up some pies
But when you rang the doorbell you saw yourself before your eyes!!
Oh my, it would be crazy if the world were all the same
With every guy called Harry and each girl named Elaine!!

But wasn't God so clever, cause He made us each unique
Tall or short or fat or thin or with size 11 feet!
So when inclined to censor everyone you know
Be thankful that if your name is Butch and his is just plain Joe.

Jeri Milici Mork
written May 2003