The external covering of an animal body
Especially when soft and flexible…
That’s what Mr.Webster says it is;
That’s what Mr.Webster says it is..
But it’s hanging at the newsstands
And it’s popping outta shirts all over town …
Everybody’s got it.
Everybody’s covered with it
It’s stretched clear across everybody’s bones.
Tell me what’s the big thing, what’s the big thing
What’s all the tears and the fuss gonna bring
What’s the big thing, what’s the big thing
What’s the big thing about–

Put on your cold cream, put on your moisturizer.
Put on your apricot granular scrub.
Put on your leather mask with the galvanic current,
Time to wear some mud–

The pull on a body in the earth’s sphere toward the earth’s center
Is what they call gravity
That’s what Mr. Webster says it is
That’s what Mr. Webster says it is
But if it can pull down a mountain, pull down a tree.
It’s your foe, your Hitler, your enemy
No matter how pretty you might start off,
You get bags and sags and wrinkles and stuff.
Tell me what’s the big thing?
What’s the big thing?
What’s all the tears and the fuss gonna bring?
What’s the big thing
What’s the big thing
What’s the big thing about…..
Skin….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)