1. Lamar Vannoy
2. No Rules
3. The Freaks, Nerds, & Romantics
4. Argyle
5. All Of This And Nothing
6. The BMX Song
7. Quick Check Girl
8. Headlights Ditch
9. Here We Go
10. Born To Lose
11. Moon Over Asbury (Instrumental)
12. The Ballad Of Johnny X
Lamar Vannoy
He was only 16 and he knew he wasn't like anyone
else. Listening to his records in his room he knew something had
to change somewhere or he would go insane, but when some years slipped
by and he still felt the same. People and money came and went, but
the only thing that stayed the same were the feelings he felt when those
records played. He drinks till he falls down. Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi.
And his name is Lamar Vannoy. He's looking for something and he's
gonna find it. Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi. And his name is Lamar Vannoy.
Me and Lamar in NYC, on the avenue. Talking about nothing much with
a bag of brew. The New York wind will blow and he will wears his
engineer boots, motorcycle jacket, black jeans. Nowhere to go and
nothing to do. So much has gone wrong and so much is bad, but sharing
this music with Lamar there is so much we have. He drink's and think's
about a girl who lies. Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi. And his name is Lamar
Vannoy. He'll wake up and go to work with a swollen brain.
Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi. And his name is Lamar Vannoy. He drinks till
he falls down. Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi. And his name is Lamar Vannoy.
He's looking for something and he's gonna find it. Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi.
And his name is Lamar Vannoy.
No Rules
You gotta do what you gotta do. Sometimes
you eat what's in front of you. Yeah, so we'll drink a beer or two.
It's not what you say, it's what you do. No rules. It's not
what you say, it's what you do. No rules. No rules. It's
not what you say, it's what you do. We're not "nailed to the X" or
swill in the gutter. We just follow our hearts from one moment to
another. Punk is this and punk is that. Words are lame and
words are crap. Inhibitions repressed and correct. Vegan reich.
What the heck? No rules. No rules. It's not what you
say, it's what you do. No rules. No rules. It's not what
you say, it's what you do. No rules. No rules. It's not
what you say, it's what you do. No rules. No rules. It's
not what you say, it's what you do.
The Freaks, Nerds, & Romantics
i got a song stuck in my head walking down street
#9 i sing it out loud with my friends and were all having a good time we
all waited for weeks now we're hangin on the street in NYC we gotta go
to the show ever though were all underage. Outside the firehall in PA it
rained on 300 kids all day when the cops shut it down no one went away
we're gonna play no matter what they say. 3 or 4 people showed up in Alburquerque
the alternator died somewhere between Mankato and Rapid city Strangers
in some strange lands in LA the enchiladas made us sick but that's ok.
Growing up we didn't wanna be like them it was tough to know who were our
friends killing time playing basements way back when in a lot of ways nothing's
changed from now and then some say they've been left out i wonder why they
still hang around i wonder where these sure things could be then i realized
that somehow i found them in me we're gonna play no matter what they say.
Argyle
I know I'm not a bad guy when I try to do what's
right. Everyone who comes to me don't see my plight. Everything
I've ever done, all the plans I've had in sight always missed and gone
wrong in a way until i gave up and said alright. let me alone cause
no one wants to be hanging around with someone messin up like me i guess
my way isn't good enough when i try i just keep on wrecking stuff it seems
everybody knows but me how to go what to do and where to be everywhere
i go they all talk the same they don't even have to try they make me feel
so lame so lame so lame friends and jobs have come and gone no matter what
i do it goes on and on i wonder if you sometimes feel this way and do you
lay awake at the end of the day? When I lose everytime I win, cause
no one will ever be messin' up stuff doing things wrong quite like me.
No one will ever be like me. No one will ever be like me.
All Of This And Nothing
Know your enemy. Know your enemy. Know
your enemy. They try to tell you how thing's should be, how to think,
what to wear and what bands to see. Know your enemy. Revolution on
tv that's a bunch of shit to me they don't know about you or me.
Know your enemy. They don't know about you or me no matter what they say
to be they don't know about you or me the contradictions and hypocracy
they don't know about you or me... know your enemy. They don't know about
you or me no matter what they say to be they don't know about you or me.
The BMX Song
If i had money i'd buy a new BMX it's a long walk
through the city in the rain it's along walk from train to train.
We'll build a ramp and do some tricks and try to impress some chicks then
we'll put on some really dark shades and run over all the dorks with rollerblades...
crossups, tabletops, endos, curb endos, timmy judge! get rad!
if i had money i'd buy a new BMX.
Quick Check Girl
The first wedensday i saw her there smiling at
me with here blue eyes and curly hair i couldn't wait till next week to
make the stop see her at the quick check paper drop. Every wedensday
we'd count the papers we'd have a laugh at the people in their suits no
one seemed to notice how she was different but i did and i knew. Another
wedensday came and it seemed it was right so i wrote her a note that i
hoped she would like dear Kiah would you like to go with me to the boardwalk
what fun it will be we'll eat cotton candy and we'll get french fries with
vinegar and get a plate of funnel cake then we'll go on the zipper look
out on the ocean and puke it all up all the people will scream we can have
a laugh what do you say? that's what it said in the note. Another
week went by and she never called another week came and she wished she
had she just broke up with her fiance and things were kinda crazy with
her i said i understood, another week went by and she never called but
i thought about the way she looked at me and said to myself maybe... i
pulled into the quick check at 6am to see the sun coming up when i walked
in Kiah wasn't there. The manager said she quit she isn't here do you want
me to help you count the papers?
Headlights Ditch
i want a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette
and i want it now i want a girl and i want her now i want these thing's
from time to time i want these things and i don't ask why i want these
things and i want them now i want these things and i want them now i want
a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette and i want it now i wanna play
a show and i want to now i want a girl and i want her now.
Here We Go
We were riding north to chicago on route 65 we'd
played the first show on a tour of 45 limey Shawn and Bryan rode in the
truck 16 miles away me Shal Pete and Lamar thumbed down the ramp of exit
158 the smell of farm and diesel fuel it burned in the 3:00 sun 16 miles
to the garage with a bottle of water and our thumbs. Dead bottle
caps buds and birds we passed on the way who's gonna pick up 4 punks in
indiana on sunday here we go! "the diagnosis wasn't good" is what
Don the ford guy said. Stuck in indiana for a week cuz the bus was
dead. 24 hour white castle 25 cent refills for a while we know what
to do with no money riding down the jewel of the denial. Loaded with our
sleeping bags we hitched a ride to town we ran into some punky kids bought
some beers they showed us around under a bridge by the river we got drunk
and sang clash songs we were saved just in time by the sonic iquana here
we go!
Born To Lose
Born to lose i've lived my life in vain all my
dreams have always caused me pain. All my life i've always been so
blue born to lose and now i'm losing you. Born to lose it seems so
hard to bear how i always long to have you near you were all the happiness
i knew born to lose and now i'm losing you. Born to lose i can't
believe your gone it's so hard to face that empty dawn all my life i've
always been so blue born to lose and now i'm losing you there's no use
to dream of happiness all i see is only loneliness all my life i've always
been so blue born to lose and now im losing you.
Moon Over Asbury (Instrumental)
Dedicated to the east coast surfer...
The Ballad Of Johnny X
Johnny says he's bound by only six stirngs to this
world Johnny says he keeps them always one turn out of tune Johnny never
listens to the kids that say Johnnyx ain't never done the right thing anyway
Johnny wears his leather like a crown of thorns Johnny spends alot of time
wishing he was never born Johnny waits at journal square and tells himself
again Johnny you're the patron saint of spitting in the wind Johnny's got
all the scars but he'll never learn from them Johnny's past is his guide
but he can't remember where he's been. Johnny looks up through the
steam of his caffine and says "life a train i barely caught just to find
out i ain't got the fare" i got my records of the king to keep me the red
red wine in the air is drifting four chords and the spite to use them and
just enough wisdom to ignore the truth.