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 the movie show Yelled "Fire 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!
I tell ya Cellophane Mister Cellophane Shoulda been my name Mister 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 one 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...
I tell ya Cellophane Mister Cellophane Shoulda been my name Mister Cellophane 'Cause you can look right through me Walk right by me And never know I'm there Never even know I'm there.