1. Urine Nation
2. Entertainment vs. Enlightenment
3. People Are Stupid
4. Play It By Ear
5. Constipation
6. No Compromise
7. Cheese
8. Bad Hair Day Punx
9. Sick Circle
10. Feel Like Morrissey
11. Out Of Breath
12. Nothing Is Cool
13. Grasp
14. Still Rock 'N Roll To Me (Billy Joel
cover song)
15. Punk Rocks In Your Head
16. Willing To Survive One Day At A Time
Urine Nation
I was eight years old at the astrodome waiting
in line to pee-pee the urinal line seemed to take forever and it all came
down to me I unzipped my toughskins and pulled out my little wee-wee some
drunk guy said, "hurry up, kid" but I couldn't spring a leak I can't pee
in front of you but you can pee in front of me I can't help that I get
stage fright I have urinary anxiety and so it has been for 15 years I can't
seem to shake my pee-pee fears I gotta have a lock on the bathroom door
before I can make the water fall on the floor I can't wait for those moments
in the shower hot water on my chest, full power laugh as the lemonade hits
the porcelain ha-ha-ha I can't pee in front of you but you can pee in front
of me I can't help that I get stage fright I have urinary anxiety I'm getting
better at breaking boundaries I'm learning to let myself be free but whether
Iíve won the war or not we'll just have to wait and see when I can whip
it out anywhere whether or not anybody's there when I can just relax and
pee then I can declare victory I'm on a mission I don't need your permission
I can pee in front of you you can pee in front of me I ain't got no more
stage fright no urinary anxiety.
Entertainment vs. Enlightenment
I know you want me to entertain don't want me to
be lame don't wanna hear me say stuff that might sober you up and make
you give a fuck too bad, you're out of luck! because Iím not that
funny of a guy, and besides Iíve got too many questions in my mind like
why do I so often resent the world Iím living in? and am I boring
you yet with the same old shit again? did you know that change is
within reach? and it starts with ourselves. the stuff we learn
and the stuff we teach! the willingness to be honest with ourselves and
everybody else is the first step to cooling this hell and did you know
that music is a very powerful thing? and lyrics can be more than
just mindless singing? and maybe you can't change the world, but
you can change yourself and the music should be fun, but sometimes there's
something else... entertainment vs. enlightenment you learn the words to
every single verse but it still doesn't make a dent somebody took the time
to write these lines so think about what they meant yeah, music is a very
influential thing and it's a lot more fun than sitting around whacking
(I don't know about that) and maybe you can't change the world, but you
can change yourself and music should be fun, but sometimes there's something
else... the things you call important are making me see red the patches
that you wear and the spikes on your head are nothing but a fashion show
and you judge everyone on a sliding scale of "punk" like you were the first
one you say music with a message is a fucking bore? I guess it takes
away from the punk points you score but you hate it cause it makes you
think I think you hate it cause it makes you think.
People Are Stupid
I'm surrounded by idiots everyday frustrated by
the games that people play confused by what the t.v. says I need lost in
space and ugly too people act like they've been sniffing glue never questioning
the things that they believe freedom of choice must be a joke just look
at all the people that cannot cope Iíve got something that I want to say
to them there's a lot of stuff that I can do that doesn't mean I have to
impose on you if you take offense to common sense, that's your problem
I can do what I want listen to some slayer and play nintendo all night
long racism sucks and so do you if you hate somebody cause they're not
like you and that goes for homophobia, xenophobia and classism too I can
sit around and masturbate have different colored friends that I don't hate
it doesn't matter if you don't approve! I can stick my finger up
my nose never take a bath or change my clothes and my underarms can ruin
someone's day I can ride a float in the gay parade terrorize the Christian
right for a day and sing "homophobes are pissed cause they can't get laid"
- propagandhi I can do what I want go to Sunday school and read the necronomicon
I can do what I want.
Play It By Ear
when what Iím building for tomorrow comes crashing
down today and what I put my effort into falls apart anyway when the seed
I planted dies and my roots have washed away and Iíve got nothing to say
when there's nothing left for me and everything is in my way will I be
broken like a chain with a weak link will I speak out and let the people
who hurt me know what I think? it's kinda hard to be what I wanna
be but Iím trying real hard cause I wanna believe and I can't help it if
you don't wanna understand so Iíll play it by ear and do the best I can
when everything that Iíve been taught has been proven wrong and the debts
that Iíve acquired have gone unpaid for way too long when I cause painful
division because of my stupid pride when the love I give to someone gets
taken for granted and brushed aside...
Constipation
I ate too many jalepanos Iíve got burning asshole
syndrome I am sitting on the pot a thousand farts that will not stop I
ate a little too much cheese my pants are down below my knees sitting on
a porcelain chair sitting in a lonely stall I read this on a bathroom walls
"here I sit all broken hearted tried to shit and only farted those who
write on bathroom walls roll their shit in little balls those who read
these words of wit eat those little balls of shit!"
No Compromise
you say I should be careful about everything I
say and do and that I should acknowledge what you say is truth Iíve got
my own ways to live my life and Iím gonna show you how to do things for
yourself not for the fucking crowd Iím sick of you, and you and living
out these lies Iím sick of you there's no compromise I don't seem to understand
what you call reality lying to yourself and the world doesn't seem that
real to me stand up and bed of who you are inside oh yeah, I forgot, you've
always got something to hide.
Cheese
punk is dead, punk is dead I peed on it's ugly
head and if punk's not dead let's kill it please pass the cheese.
Bad Hair Day Punx
Iím dealing with it everyday it just keeps getting
in my way Iíve seen it from every angle and it's always in a tangle at
first I tried to dippity doo now Iím using elmers glue but I just cannot
fight the funk because Iím a bad hair day punk! I'll spend my time
consumed by junk cause Iím a bad hair day punk! manic panic's on
sale at the mall punk in a jar, kids, let's not stall we'll show our colors
on weekends cause we've got nothing to defend let's get drunk, and smash
the state (as long as we're not home too late) Iím going backwards, I don't
care as long as I have cool nose rings as long as I have punk rock hair
just like I saw on MTV as long as there are punk rock bands Iíll just keep
my head in the sand Iíll spend my time consumed by junk cause Iím a bad
hair day punk!
Sick Circle
those friends of yours they're pulling you down
they don't want you to get up they're content just to hang around no attention
is paid to you they ignore your dreams but make it a move to stand on your
own you'll hear them scream you should bail out now while you still can
cause you don't fit into their plan those friends of yours, they don't
care about you it's a game of love and hate pushed back and forth this
friendshipís an affliction what is it really worth to you? it's such
a sick circle.
Feel Like Morrissey
I was a happy idiot I didn't know what pain meant
thanks for showing me the deal I hurt so bad that I can't feel I was a
happy idiot now I'm in a world of shit thanks a lot, I needed that now
will you stop kicking my ass? now I feel like morrissey band-aids
on my nipples cause I feel like morrissey everyday is like Sunday I wish
I would have just stayed home I wish you would've left me alone and now
look at what I've got I had a joy division attack now all I wear is black
opened my heart, you kept your shut and now you left me on my butt now
I'm a lonely idiot hope I don't always feel like this hurt me so bad that
I can't see and now I feel like morrissey last night I dreamt somebody
loved me I will never marry sing me to sleep, cause I feel like morrissey
girlfriend in a coma never had no one ever is it really so strange?
I know it's over there is a light that never goes out please, please, please,
let me get what I want angel don't take your life some people have got
no pride they do not understand the urgency of life but I love you more
than life.
Out Of Breath
the more I shut it out the harder it comes back
Iím sick and tired of always feeling under attack and I don't know about
you but I don't care about you and I just can't live like this anymore
just the thought of it puts more weight on my chest I try to sleep but
I have no success Iíve already died 1000 deaths and Iím running out of
breath and I can't live like this anymore can you take a hint? is
there anybody listening? I don't know who will be more sorry, me
or you? try not to blame yourself I tried to listen to my old records
today I just couldn't make them sound the same all meaning is lost in a
haze of personal politics and heartbreak by association so many times Iíve
come close to the end now you send your love. I have nothing to send I
won't play this confusing game anymore! this time Iím closing the
door can you take a hint?
Nothing Is Cool
we always sit around with our thumbs up our ass
ain't going nowhere too caught up in the past easy to commiserate and break
your heart again leave it all behind let the healing begin you won't look
at me I won't look at you no communication I guess we're through it comes
as no surprise typical human race talkin' shit behind our backs but never
face to face we could move forward with just a little talk but we've got
too much pride so off the plank we walk I won't look at you you won't look
at me the joke's on us four eyes can't see we could push it back and forth
and find someone to blame as if admitting we were wrong would bring us
to shame I could hang the rope and you could tie the noose I guess we just
love the abuse your feelings are hurt mine are hurting too if we don't
get past the anger what the fuck are we gonna do I love you but I love
me, too and I won't sit and wait to be screwed.
Grasp
a love that is hidden does more than hate to trample
the flowers in the garden of fate I feel you destroy all you create a thousand
hours spent laughing with me together in happiness we found comfort in
we then we run from our feelings from our eternity take what is offered
gather all you can grasp to fuck with destiny reaps a terrible wrath.
Still Rock 'N Roll To Me (Billy Joel cover song)
Punk Rocks In Your Head
you've got all the right patches none of your records
have scratches you've been to all the hip shows and you're wearing just
the right clothes and when I see you at the show the conversation doesn't
flow something is wrong and I can't see just why you have to be so mean
you used to be nice now you've got punk rocks in your head we started out
knowing nothing a bunch of dorks new to "the scene" we all bitch about
"the scene" but now there's something in between you're just like everybody
else you're not thinking for yourself just like everybody else you're just
another dumbass with punk rocks in your head what is so different about
you? exactly what do I have to do to measure up to your standards
to escape your slander? forget it, you can save your breath your
stupid game bores me to death and I know you'll never get it your attitude
just makes me sick you're such an asshole now you've got punk rocks in
your head you used to be nice now you've got punk rocks in your head (sigh).
Willing To Survive One Day At A Time
she got so stressed from all the nonsense she tried
to look the other way she said that life is like a never ending cycle and
she's gonna break free and get away work like hell to pay some bills and
try to find some extra time but she never gave up she kept her pace and
always had her pride her name's not the issue it's her will to survive
taking life as it comes one day at a time yesterday's over tomorrow's a
blur somehow she's gonna make it work sexism, misogyny, things some men
don't understand objectified, abused and lied to love taken for granted
her selfless giving of love meant nothing to the men that ruined those
years and now she's standing all alone a tower of strength and tears.