Now We Are 21
Now we are 21
Now we have to get things done
We can't watch Brady Bunch
We can't eat Captain Crunch
Aaaah!
When I was 17
I used to watch TV
but now I'm 21
I have to
get things done
every day we have to take
everything seriously
I just can't handle it
I still feel like a kid
When I was 10 years old
I didn't drink at all
But now I'm 21
and I drink way too much!
21 Now we are 21
We try but it's no use
Just lost our last excuse
And we'll be on the run
Now that we are 21
21 Now we are 21
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Don't Know What I'll Do If You Don't
Well, I've been thinking, dear, and I feel pretty
weird-and it's your fault. Thinking of you and me, how
you accuse me of all kinds of things-and it's terrible.
But then I think of you and I don't know what to do.
Oh yeah.
Cause I love you and you know that I don't know
what I'll do if you don't...
I really need you now, but you don't want to help me
out-you don't get it. And I call out your name. You
look at me like I'm insane. But I'm not.
I just love you and you know that I don't know what
I'll do if you don't...love me toooooo.
So what do I do now that you refuse to help me
out-can't do
nothing. Just think of yesterday and I'll let my imagination
run away.
'Cause I love you etc...
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Predictable
I know what you're gonna say
You say it every day
And I won't try to understand this time
'Cause you're so predictable
Oh baby you're so predictable
I've heard that speech before
And I've been keeping score
Of what I heard and I can mouth the words
All night we fight
You might as well be still
I know what you're gonna say
You'll say it anyway
Don't scream Don't shout
Cause I'll just tune you out
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A Mind is a Terrible Thing
I'm thinking yes I am
I'm talking with my hands
trying to get you to understand
your brain thinks awful thoughts
wish I could switch it off
we'd both be better off
a mind is a terrible thing
I love you yes I do
I want to be with you
but you don't want me too
a mind is a terrible thing
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Skatin' Cows
This song is instrumental
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Go Away
I don't know why you have to go away
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What is Punk?
Had a dream I was on TV
Phil Donahue meets Mr. T
I came on stage, sat down, and cracked a beer
Phil said, "I really love the band.
My daughter is your biggest fan.
But there is just one thing I've got to hear:
"What is punk?"
I said, "we drink a lot of Stroh's,"
and Alex punched him in the nose
"we see your daughter after every show"
then we set fire to his hair
and stole his pen and broke his chair
He said, "There's just one thing I want to know:
What is punk?"
We scrawled the walls with MTX
while Byron grabbed him by the neck
Frank said the seven words you shouldn't say
Then Alex started looking pissed
and said, "I hope we're paid for this"
and Phil said, "Thank you, guys, you made my
day-but:
What is punk?"
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The History of the Concept of the Soul
Homer didn't have a comprehensive word for mind.
the psyche and the conscious self had not yet been combined.
He understood events as repetition of the past,
and individual consciousness was not a part of that.
But early Greek thought played a role in the complicate history
of the concept of the soul.1
By the time of Plato these ideas had taken shape.
The Phaedo and Timaeus are works which demonstrate
the consious separation of the knower from the known
and the dual nature of the body and the soul.
Modern thought was possible:
the complicated history of the concept of the soul.
Whoa!
Pythagoras and Orphic doctrines all came into play,
because Plato was a mystic in his own Platonic way.
The pre-Socratic Naturalists saw things in terms of "stuff".
But Plato's metaphysics showed that this was not enough.
This is the incredible complicated history of the concept of the soul.
Rock and roll.2
1 For an interesting discussion, see E.R Dodds,
The Greeks and the Irrational, Berkeley, 1953, pp. 45-150.
2 ibid.
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Say Goodnight
It's time to say goodnight
To leave it all behind
to take a long walk home
and know you'll be alone
leave it all behind
close your eyes and
say goodbye
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
when there is no one there
my thoughts go everywhere
I try to drown thm out
and end up freaking out
thought for food
2 more years and
nothing's gonna move
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
say goodbye
Nothing's gonna move
you know it's true
goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
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Velveeta
Sugar-coated girlfriends don't mean anything to me
This song's about a girl who's soft and warm and cheap
when I held her close to me she melted right away
Velveeta was her name
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...
All my friends keep telling me
"Frank, you must be sick.
How can you have fun with a gooey processed chick?"
But she's much more than that
she's got a heart of gold
and she does what she's told
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...
I want to tell her that I'll never go away
but she keeps showing me her expiration date
Girls may come, girls may go, but I know one thing for sure
they stock Velveeta at the local grocery store
and she'll be on the shelf until the end of time
when we have to say goodbye
Velveeta, Velveeta, Velveeta...
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She Did Me In
I met her in the bathroom of some sleazy club
She looked like she was Just My Type; I thought I was in love
If god sent her to punish me for my life of sin
Then he was right on target-because she did me in
She did me in
I didn't think she'd mess with me, I didn't think she'd lie
I thought she wouldn't take it from just any guy
She looked so sweet and innocent, but I found out too late
It turned out she was wanted in 27 states.
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Wearing Out
We used to be so happy
Now it's wearing out
that's why they say I have
To break with the past
do something new
Sounds so good
I wish I could
Cause now it's wearing out
I always say
We'll find a way
Doesn't matter now
Cause it's wearing out
And I'm wearing out
I wish tht I had another try
Without wearing out
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No Milk Today
Originally by Herman's Hermits.
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know the palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
As music played the faster did we dance
We felt it both at once, the start of our romance
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Becomes a shrine when I think of you only
Just two up two down
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn
No milk today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why
How could they know just what this message means
The end of my hopes, the end of all my dreams
How could they know a palace there had been
Behind the door where my love reigned as queen
No milk today, it wasn't always so
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Oh all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
Oh all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
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Slagbag
That girl is fucking crazy
She's so god damn amazing
words are not enough
you know her from the paper
she comes in forty flavors
makes me want to throw up
You can say "but seriously folks..."
you can write her nasty notes
but you know you're gonna choke
anyway
After all you know she's just a SLAGBAG
Look at yourself, you know you're a SLAGBAG
How many times have you called her a SLAGBAG
What would you do if I called you a SLAGBAG
She thinks she's really something
but she is less than nothing
and there is no doubt
they said I should've known her
how she would fuck me over
but it's too late now
you could say she's good in bed
you could say she gives good head
but you know that you'll regret
everything
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A Zillion Years
It'll take a zillion years
that's a long time
we'll all be dead, past our prime
it'll cost a zillion dollars to pay the debt
and a zillion other details
that haven't been thought of yet.
A zillion years. I won't be waiting
A zillion years, that's a long long time
A zillion years. What are you waiting for?
A zillion years, that's a lot of lies.
It'll take a zillion years
that's over-kill
nothing ever changes, nothing ever will
a zillion cups of coffee in a zillion shaking hands
a zillion alcoholics, a zillion hardcore bands
You can take your quaaludes
you can drink your beers
you won't feel better in a zillion years
a zillion cups of coffee
a zillion bags of drugs
a zillion tubes of toothpaste still won't be enough.
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Itching Powder in Sleeping Bags
Once you were my only friend
now I see that's at an end
and all I want is revenge
I used to sing songs to you
I used to have sex with you
now there's nothing I can do
itching powder in the sleeping bags
Now I don't know what to do
I can't be alone with you
always have to leave the room
you used to mean so much to me
now I think you're sickening
and it's so embarrassing
Why can't I understand
the things you do, the way you act
and why can't I just face the facts
All I do is think of those
old obnoxious TV shows
guess that's just the way it goes
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Dick With Ears
I got no ambition
I got no position
I got nothing but a
father and a mother
they keep telling me
that I must earn my keep
and I know they are right
so I can't sleep at night
I got education
finest in the nation
Mr Know-it-all
but all I do is stall
I took lots of classes
I kissed lots of asses
I made a lot of friends
but I don't really know them
1-2-3-4-5
years of school went by
and I'm still alive
but I don't know what for
My girlfriend said she
would not put up with me
If I can't get a job
and don't know what I want
over 21
not getting any younger
now we'll see if I'll
lose at rock and roll
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I Ain't Gonna Be History
No, no we're never gonna take it
No, no we're never gonna fake it
C'mon now, get in line
Put your life right on the line
You're only gonna end up ashes in a jar
Said, I ain't gonna be history
I ain't gonna be history
Don't cry for me
Won't be real ?
Don't cry for me, don't cry for me!
No, no we're never gonna take it
No, no we're never gonna fake it
C'mon now, get in line
Put your life right on the line
You're only gonna end up ashes in a jar
Say, I ain't gonna be history
I ain't gonna be history
I ain't gonna be history
I ain't gonna be history
1, 2, 3, 4
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Kenny Smokes Cloves
Kenny smokes cloves, and everybody knows
a great big cloud of smoke, oh my god, there it goes
Kenny smokes cloves
Kenny smokes cloves
Things that smell so bad, it makes me really sad
Get another stick of gum, oh my god, here it comes
Kenny smokes cloves
Kenny smokes cloves
and everybody knows
Think it through, think it through, think it through, think it through
Bad for you, bad for you, bad for you
Kenny smells all the time, Kenny was a good friend of mine
I know better because, I understand that ?
Kenny smokes cloves
Kenny smokes cloves
and everybody knows
Think it through, think it through, think it through, think it through
Bad for you, bad for you, bad for you, bad for you, bad for you, bad for you,
bad for you, bad for you, bad for you, bad for you, bad for you
Kenny smokes cloves
Kenny smokes cloves
and everybody knows
That now he's a Marlboro man.
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Time For Your Medicine
I used to sit here thinking, 'bout the weird things that I'd see,
And it confused me.
But I have to say, one thing's gotten very clear,
since I've been in here.
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
The doctors keep me here, so I can let them know
If I escape tonight, where will I go?
Sometimes I sit here thinking, 'bout the way things ought to be,
and who is killing me.
But I have to say, one thing's gotten very clear,
I know my enemy.
Time for your medicine medicine medicine
Thanks for the medicine medicine medicine
Take it Frank...
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Boredom Zone
I live in the boredom zone
I'm never goin' home
everything is sterilized
everything is twice my size
and I wish it was
and it's all because
I live in the boredom zone, boredom zone
I live in the boredom zone, I'm never goin' home
I live in the boredom zone.
I'm bouncing off the walls
I'm making paper dolls
I'm talking to myself,
hoping something will come up
but it never does
and it's all because
I live in the boredom zone, boredom zone
I live in the boredom zone, I'm never goin' home
I live in the boredom zone.
'cause I live in the boredom zone, boredom zone
I live in the boredom zone, I'm never goin' home
I live in the boredom zone.
Boredom zone, boredom zone.
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Gilman Street
Seems like it was only yesterday nothing to do and nowhere to play but then we
could go down to Gilman Street and see Op Ivy every week no violence drugs or
alcohol just maximum rock and roll at Gilman Street it's the place to be it's
the seat of the punk rock scene cause we got the beat and we don't eat meat
it's a club it's a place it's a thing and if the band is hell of rad Tim will
start to bounce his head all the kids will jump on the stage and they'll hit
the microphone in your face and you will get a fat lip in the pit at gilman
it's a safe retreat for a zillion punk rock bands cause they've got the club
and it's not enough but at least it's not Bill Graham it's Gilman Street
Radley does the sound Honey watches the door and James McKinney sweeps the
floor Isocracy made a mess we demand nothing less and if you've got nothing
better to do there's a meeting every sunday afternoon and you can make a
speech you can rant you can rave you can preach at Gilman Street it's
democracy it's just one big family it's a bunch of geeks it's a load of freaks
it's a club it's a place it's a thing it's Gilman Street.
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