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