He   In a shopping mall  Finally met the perfect girl   She is all that matters  The only one in all the world   Like a Barbie doll  Oh love is snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  She   Just to have and hold  Is the perfect air-brushed angel   Makes you hot just looking at her  Stapled into all his braincells   Like a centerfold  Oh love is snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Buy the townhouse  Call the preacher  Get to the bottom climb back up  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Set up credit for the lovely creature  The lovely creature  He   On a corporate climb  Set his sights on power for her   On a silver platter  He gave up happy hour for her   Perrier and lime  Oh love is snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  She   In a handsome world  Put her mind to social graces   All the privileged chatter  Setting pretty table places   For the girls in pearls  Oh love is snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Buy the carphone--  Call the broker  Get to the bottom climb back up  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Buy the wife a diamond choker  A diamond choker  True love--true love--true love  He's so nervous  New love--new love--new love  When he's with her  Oh--he's wasting away  True love--true love--true love  It's so curious  New love--new love--new love  Just to kiss her  To kiss her--to kiss her--to kiss her  To kiss her--to kiss her--to kiss her  To kiss her he has to shave  She   In the gilded mirrors  In the swing of fancy places   Where the black ties flatter  Started seeing other faces   Young-fogie-financiers  Oh love is snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  See   In the crimes of time  How the seasons steal away   How the rungs are shattered  First you're green then you're grey   Still the snakes unwind  Still playin' snakes and ladders  Snakes and ladders  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Sell the vineyard  Call the lawyer  Get to the bottom climb back up  Get to the top and slide back down  Get to the bottom climb back up  Gather garbage to destroy her  To destroy her  Ladders--ladders--ladders  The perfect girl  Ladders--ladders--ladders  The paper chase Love is snakes and ladders  Ladders--ladders--ladders  The social whirl  Ladders--ladders  The rat race   Barbie doll  ©1988 Crazy Crow Music BMI