Perfect Babies

Brochure babies strong and smart
Custom features a la carte
Look here honey-let’s leave nothing to fate
They’ll soon be sending an insurance rebate

Now that it is incentivized, it’s time for us to synthesize
The perfect baby
The perfect face
A perfect runner for the coming race

If we can foolproof operations and risky populations
No more undesirables
A cause for celebration
You’ve lovely blue eyes but your nose is wrong

My legs are sturdy but my feet are too long
Your mother’s poor vision and my dad’s aching back
And all up the tree
Strokes and heart attacks

They’ll redesign our DNA and mix it up to conjugate
Our children’s lives could be enchanted
We owe them the advantage
Before they miss their chance in line we have an obligation

In such extraordinary times a parent sure is in a bind
You can’t be sitting on a fence
Fearing the unintended consequence
And soon the perfect generation

Will lead the strongest nation
It’s us or them once again
A zero sum equation
Perfect babies