[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]
[Intro]
What’s that thing
(Over there?)
Fancy little widget
(Becoming scarce… rare!)
Is it useful?
(Is it not?)
Does it matter
(What you’ve got?)
[Verse 1]
A widget is a wonder
A doodad with a name
A gizmo with a purpose
(For just a bit of game)
But add a little fashion
And suddenly you bet
You’ve got a brand-new creature…
(What’s a widgette?)
[Refrain]
What’s a widgette?
(A female thingamabob)
As in a Rockette?
(A placeholder…)
(… for an economic job)
With fashion… bolder!
[Verse 2]
Could be supply and demand
Could be something on the shelf
Could be something you invented
(Just to entertain yourself)
[Pre-Chorus]
Put a price upon it
(Make it form a habit!)
Give it color and style
(So you’ll wear it for a while)
Call it what you want to
But when the money’s due…
(That little widgette
Might be looking back at you!)
[Chorus]
Widgette!
(What’s she got?)
Widgette!
(Quite a lot!)
Fashion, function
Price and pose
Who decides
(Who really knows?)
Widgette!
(Strut your stuff!)
Widgette!
(That’s enough!)
[Verse 3]
Maybe she’s a Rocket
Maybe she’s a Rockette
Maybe she’s a market
That hasn’t happened yet
She’s dancing through the data
She’s stepping through the stats
… pure accounting at the roots…
(In high-heeled combat boots!)
Price elasticity
(Shake it!)
Marginal utility
(Take it!)
Supply curve
(Dip!)
Demand curve
(Flip!)
[Bridge]
Is she a product?
(Is she a price?)
Is she a person?
(That don’t sound right!)
Is she an idea?
(Is she a threat?)
Or just a funny little…
(Thingamabobette!)
[Break]
Pick!
(Choose!)
Buy!
(Use!)
Sell!
(Trade!)
Who made…
(The grade?)
A!
(B!)
C!
(D!)
None of the above!
(Better stick to love)
[Instrumental]
[Fashion runway groove]
[Strutting bass]
[Piano and synth]
[Catwalk percussion]
[Verse 4]
Now fashion gets bolder
And economics gets weird
The labels get fancy
(The margins disappear!)
A widget becomes a widgette
A thing becomes a brand
A placeholder becomes somebody
(With a purse in her hand!)
And suddenly the market
Has something new to sell…
(Well, what do you call it?)
Well, well, well
[Final Chorus]
Widgette!
(What’s she got?)
Widgette!
(Quite a lot!)
Function, fashion
Price and pose
She’s whatever
(Who knows?)
Widgette!
(Strut your stuff!)
Widgette!
(That’s enough!)
[Final Refrain]
What’s a widgette?
(A female thingamabob)
As in a Rockette?
(A placeholder…)
(… for an economic job)
With fashion… bolder!
What’s a widgette?
(Do I get to pick and choose?)
Maybe she’s a widget
(With a different pair of shoes!)
With fashion…
(BOLDER!)
[Outro]
Thingamabob…
(Widgette!)
Economic job…
(Widgette!)
Don’t ask me what she is…
(I dunno!)
Wow! There she goes
(Oh, oh, oh)
She’s got style…
(Makes the shoppers smile!)
From the album “I Dunno“