[Verse 1 - Jemaine]
Lives are like retractable pencils
If you push them too far they're gonna break
And people are like paper dolls
Paper dolls and people, they're a similar shape
Hmm hmm hmm

[Verse 2 - Bret (Jemaine)]
Love is like a roll of tape
It's real good for making two things one
(But just like that roll of tape)
Love sometimes breaks off before you were done
Another way that love is similar to tape
That I've noticed
Is sometimes it's hard to see the end

[Pre-Chorus - Bret (Jemaine)]
You search round the roll (search round the roll)
Search round the roll (searching round the roll)
Search round the roll (search)
With your fingernail, again and again
And again and again and again

[Chorus - Bret and Jemaine]
Whoa ah oh
Brown paper, white paper
Stick it together with the tape
The tape of love, the sticky stuff
Whoa ah oh
Brown paper, white paper
Stick it together with the tape
The tape of love, the sticky stuff
[Interlude- Bret (Jemaine)]
You know recently, I've been thinking about love
About mutual love, when two things love each other mutually
And, um, I guess I've realized that
Out of all the things we're given
That love is the very strongest adhesive, yeah
Jemaine! (I'm sorry, sorry, what were you saying?)
Ah, it's just, I just--I don't really wanna say it again

[Chorus - Bret and Jemaine]
Brown paper, white paper
Stick it together with the tape
The tape of love, the sticky stuff
Ooh, ooh-ooh

[Bridge - Jemaine]
People People, Paper Paper
Paper Paper, People People
People People, Pencil Pencil
Pencil Pencil, Paper Paper
Put the pencil to the paper
Give the paper to the people
Let the people read about the sellotape
Oh baby baby, yeah

[Chorus - Bret and Jemaine]
Brown paper, white paper
Stick it together with the tape
The tape of love
[Outro - Bret]
Stick, stick it together
Stick stick, stick it together
Ye-yeah