If someone stood up in a crowd And raised his voice up way out loud And waved his arm and shook his leg You'd notice him
If someone in a movie show Yelled, fired in the second row This whole place is a powder keg You'd notice him
And even without clucking like a hen Everyone gets noticed, now and then Unless, of course that personage should Be invisible, inconsequential me
Cellophane, Mr. Cellophane Should have been my name, Mr. Cellophane 'Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me and never know I'm there
I tell ya, cellophane, Mr. Cellophane Should have been my name, Mr. Cellophane 'Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me and never know I'm there
Suppose you was a little cat Residin' in a person's flat Who fed you fish and scratched your ears? You'd notice him
Suppose you was a woman wed And sleepin' in a double bed Beside a man for seven years You'd notice him
A human being's made of more than air With all that bulk, you're bound to see him there Unless that human bein' next to you Is unimpressive, undistinguished, you know who
Should have been my name, Mr. Cellophane 'Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me and never know I'm there
I tell ya, Cellophane, Mr. Cellophane Should have been my name, Mr. Cellophane 'Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me and never know I'm there Never even know I'm there