Nellie McKay
"Identity Theft"


Because I'm tired of maturity
Airport insecurity
Running from the thought police
Fighting with the go-betweens
Hold up let me steal a breath
Cause we're dealing with identity theft

You need an education
I don't see why I got to
You need a good degree
As to assimilate
So little time
So much to be bored by
If no one trod along Harvard lawn
No one'd make a nuclear bomb
They don't teach you how to care
Empathising if you dare
Euthanize your sense of fair play
Better to obey
No child is free
Why it's queasy to see
Is that an elementary or a penitentiary
Huh geez

Get off my back
Beat it
Take it to town
Man idiots go to college to get dumbed down

Oh it leaves you bereft
Oh identify theft
I may be wrong
I don't know why
I may be wrong but I'll try

Because I'm sick of the insanity
Watching horny manatee
Feeling like a libertine
Dealing with the death machine
Hold em up
It's a street arrest
And we're dealing with identity theft

You need a publication
I don't see why I got to
You need a press release
As to assimilate
Journo-fascist profiteers
Pornotastic pioneers
Bonbonbastic puppeteers
Get away from me
How can you write what we read
That ain't my reality
You disabuse humanity humility and fealty
Oh you guess you got an edge
Hiding your hedge from the feds
Putting down the little veg
Ignorance is a right, not a privilege

I'm finished done and had it
And while you fuckers are at it
As far as I'm concerned
Pluto's still a planet

Oh you die a quick death
Oh identity theft
I may be wrong
I don't know why
I may be wrong but I'll try

Because I'm sick of all the sabotage
Where's my female entourage
Looking for some kinda closure
All I'm finding is Ray Bolger
Hold up, hell yeah I'll confess
Cause we're dealing with identity theft

You need an occupation
I don't see why I got to
You need a boss to please
Blah blah blah blah blah you're late
Yakety yak
Don't look wack
Nellie you're a heart attack
Murder murder on the wall
Who's the butchest one of all
Where'd you get that vegan dress
A flea market
Oops I forgot
You design for target
Shun violence and religion
Don't ever play with nuns
But I punched a man on Broadway
Just to watch him cry
Every guy I went to try
Said I fight him but I can't think why

Bent unhinged and singed
I cringe to watch the main event
But in the end there's no success like revenge

Oh it leaves you bereft
Oh identity theft
I may be wrong
I don't know why
I may be wrong but I'll try

Because I'm tired of the hypocrisy
Is it them or is it me
If Jesus Christ is left in ruin
Satan buddy how you doing
Hold em up it's a street arrest
And we're dealing with identity theft

Because I'm tired of being sweet and nice
Fuck you once and fuck you twice
Show your passport
Get that stamp
Funny like a Nazi camp
Hold em up, hell yeah I'll confess
Cause we're dealing with identity theft