Альбом Suburban Legends

I stayed out late last night
Why am I such a fool?
My alarm did not go off
Now I'm late for school
I sneak slowly into class with professional agility,
"Yer not saved by the bell," yells Mr. Peabody

Some people think that I should do my best,
Why should I when I just flunked my last test
Just Say No
To Popular Demand
Cuz everyone you know is workin' for the man
Just Say No
To Popular Demand
Walk when they say run, and sit when they say stand

The faculty is all against me
The Government is too
Ferris Bueler you're my hero
You'd know what to do
Live each day as if it was your last, that was always my philosphy
No! Try harder than the rest, that's what they yell at me

Again we're stuck in gear
And lost, but you don't care
How can it be that we've agreed to start again
Agreed that maybe this time it'll be the end

It's just a state of mind
And you are looking at the ground
But it's not raining, look at the sky
But it's hard when you're not looking very high

I wanted everything but this
When all I want is happiness
Alone in life, Alone in love (I wanted more)
You show the side of you that's not
The side of you, you show a lot
All I want is something else
To hold onto

I sit here all alone
Writing words to show
The thoughts and feelings I have towards you
Have we come this far just to figure out there's nothing new
Between us

I used to fall apart
And wait for that fire to spark
But now it's over
I know I lost
It's just so easy to break

I wanted everything but this
When all I want is happiness
Alone in life, Alone in love (I wanted more)
You show the side of you that's not
The side of you, you show a lot
All I want is something else
But you're not letting go


I sit back and watch the sunset
Nothing else could ever calm me down
I write words of so sweet breath
Composed to make your world go 'round
I like things that make me smile
Your personality can't give me that
And when you frown I think of why we'll
Never be the same

It's not cool to play ska music
It's not cool
It's not cool to play ska music
It's not cool

I pulled the microphone from her lips and said, She told me I don't date guys in a band
"I don't ever wanna be like this" And besides

Ska doesn't pay
Ooooo It's not cool
To play ska music
But I do it anyway

Cuz I wanted more than this
Times are changing stop complaining
It's not the person you have left behind
Maybe I'm someone else that you can live without

When I was a little-bitty boy
Just above the floor
I used to play doctor
With the girls from next door
They said, "Show me yours, I'll show you mine."
From then on in that's how I spent most of my time.

Some people call me Tim
Where did that come from?
I am to be no other than
Don Juan

Ever since that fateful day
When I became a man
I've broken hearts of girls
From Guam to Japan
Could it be my savoir-faire, My personality
All I can say is that there is no one who can resist me

Well I believe that alternative is dead
I used to be a grunge-rocker man
Corporate greed has choked the scene
Making it all dumb and trendy
I believe that alternative is dead and it ain't coming back

It ain't what it used to be
All these dumb kids crowding all around me
Jr. highers, grabbing the flyers
Going to the shows I want to see
Well, I believe that we'll learn from what happened before
So all the bands we see now
Won't end up in a Tower Records store
Old Man's a-prowling, searching for a brand new baby face
To fill Eddie Vedder's job
Well, I believe that job's not for me
Go pick on someone else

What the hell is wrong with me?
I'm in a band, ladies can't you see
Please don't judge me by the car that I drive
Or the fact that I haven't had a date since '95

Come on, don't go away
Don't listen to your friends when they that I am gay
I try so hard but I just can't get no play
Don't have any STDs
Come on, I'm begging on my knees
Come on get close just ignore the fleas

We will take anything that walks . . .
Because we're desperate

I know I'm not a handsome man
Cuz I look like an ogre with a farmer's tan
And every time the ladies see me and I'm walking their way
They say, "Brian smells, everybody stay away"

Oh ladies, can't you see
I can't help it because I'm ugly
But I'm in a band, don't that count for something
Come on now, don't delay
Cuz if you don't call then I'll probably rent-a-date
And my tab keeps rising, cuz I do it every day
Oh ladies, can't you see
I'm in a band, why aren't you attracted to me?
I don't care if you're underage
Just as long as you'll be seen with me in a public place
What's it gonna take? (What's it gonna take?)
For you help me bake cookies?
Doo-Wah-Doo
Cuz I need to know
I'm all hot and ready
And I got to go . . .
Because we're Desperate

Why oh why must I have this rash
No girls talk to me they just step back
Should I lift weights? Would that make me more sexual?
Maybe wear glasses would that make me intellectual?
Come on lets do it fast
Cuz I'm all hot and ready and it just wont last
And I got 20 dollars what can I get for that?