Lyrics of
Fake Plastic Trees

The song Fake Plastic Trees, composed by Radiohead, tells the story of an artificial world and the frustrations of modern life. It was inspired by Thom Yorkes experience in a supermarket and also reflects feelings of alienation and a longing for authenticity.


Her green plastic watering can
For her fake chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out It wears her out
It wears her out It wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do sur - gery
For girls in the eight - ies
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out It wears him out
And it wears him out It we-ear - err - ers

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceil - ing
If I just turn and run

And it wears me out It wears me out
It wears me out It wear - err - ers me out

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time All the time
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