Offspring Lyrics
These were generously donated by Derek Yates (s-yates@pfs01.cc.monash.edu.au):
All lyrics by the OFFSPRING except for "Killboy Powerhead" by the
Didjits and "Hey Joe" by William M. Roberts
This is a lyrics guide to (hopefully in the future) all Offspring songs
from thier published albums, EP's and singles. This is my first attempt
at something like this so if you have any comments EMAIL me at the above
address. I have attempted to include a FULL list of lyrics to the songs
and attempted to include all the OHhh's and AHhh's as well so that is
what all the other crap in the songs is. This is for all of the songs
except those from Baghdad which are copied word for word from the lyrics
(yes even though only about 10% of them are actually sung). Anyhow here
is a guide to the system I used for the lyrics (If you could call it that).
= Words from lyrics sheet but not sung
= Words or sounds sung that are not on lyrics sheet
(basic idea only)
= Can't tell from lyrics exactly what words are (guess)
= Words or sounds that are continued but can't really be
communicated in text form. (ie. I cant be bothered typing them)
- or ~ = Lyrics that are sung at the same time as the
lead lyrics and/or by another person (usually indented)
Also if anyone has a copy of the Offsprings first album or their
first 7" I'd really apreciate it if someone could send me a copy
or the lyrics so I can add them here.
Thanks heaps for bothering to read this
-Derek Yates
Melbourne, Australia.
Recordings so far:
1. ? 7" (Under construction)
2. Baghdad 7"
3. The Offspring (Under construction)
3. Ignition
5. Miscellaneous (Under construction)
1. Get it right
2. Hey Joe
3. Baghdad
4. The Blurb
GET IT RIGHT
I've been told to get what you want
You just gotta give what you can
But I know
For what I want it don't come as easy as that
They say 'look out boy
Tomorrow comes
And things will look better by then'
But I'll look out the window
Then look in the mirror
At The same old me again
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
And for I know
I swear I never will
Do you think, you'd sell your soul
Just to have one thing turn out right?
When for the thousandth time
You turn and find
That it just makes no difference to try
Like Holden Caulfield I tell myself
There's got to be a better way
Then I lie in bed, and stare at the ceiling
And dream of brighter days
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
And for I know
I swear I never
No way out
Same old stuff always drags me down
No way out
Never gonna get it
Swab where
you going with that cosmopolitan gun
in your hand Hey
Joe where you chromate chunky
going Nora with
that gun in Loas your hand Said I'm
gonna shoot my obnxious armchair
lady down Caught soy messing around
gay with deafen another man Said
I'm porcelain gonna shoot
pumpkinseed my old lady down
Caught her messing around on me
Hey Joe I heard sec you shot your old adherent
confisatory lady
down Hey corrigable Joe I heard you caught your
old aim abominable lady slutting
some other guy
whee and you shot her down
Yes sulky Helga I
did I shot gleeful her down So pith Hey
paralysis Joe where You hugging
gonna run to now towhead indoctrinate
Where you gonna go when p's
you gonna run Where you gonna hide
Well, I said I'm going way down south
Mexico way forthwith No one's gonna
put a noose around me I said
I'm going monkey flower
way down south Mexico way Where
Nostradadomus can be free
Yeah Right. I'm not crazy.
In your plane in the blue sky
You roam around
Worlds that echo in your mind
Make your heart beat faster
'This is no Vietnam
We will win in Iraq'
The president said, 'Let it ride'
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad
Warrior, the time bomb's about to go
What will you feel
Will you even wonder
If the man that's in your sights
Ever kissed his girlfriend good-bye
The Captain said, 'Kill or die'
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad
Great satan, our flags are burning
Now America has found its young men
In the sand
Where their casualty
Is just another number
The president said, 'Let it ride'
You will be damned
Make your last stand
In Baghdad
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1. Session
2. We Are One
3. Kick Him When He's Down
4. Take It Like A Man
5. Get It Right
6. Dirty Magic
7. Hypodermic
8. Burn It Up
9. No Hero
10. L.A.P.D.
11. Nothing From Something
12. Forever And A Day
I don't know when
It got this way
I don't know how long she's gonna stay
Every week
It's the same
In her room,
that's why I came
(I go again)
Our rendezvous' never seem to end
(I) Know where I'll be
I'll make this confession
Back in her bed (for) another goddamn
I'll never learn
God knows I try
Keep coming back
for session and I don't know why.
I'll never learn
I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on
Gotta got a hold on me
Some might say
It's a fling
For all I know it don't mean a thing
Either way
I can complain
Ain't no strings (I) Guess I got it made
I go again
Our (rendezvous)
never seem to end
(I) know where I'll be
I'll make this confession
Back in her bed (for) another goddamn
I'll never learn
God knows I try
Keep coming back
for session and I don't know why.
I'll never learn
I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on
Gotta got a hold on me.
I go again
Our (rendezvous)
never seem to end
(I) know where I'll be
I'll make this confession
Back in her bed for another goddamn
I'll never learn
God knows I try
Keep coming back
for session and I don't know why.
I'll never learn
I'll never see
Just tell me why these sessions got a hold on
Gotta got a hold on me.
WE ARE ONE
We are one with ourselves
Don't give a shit about no one else
We'll it wont be (wrong)
(until) our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are one
We are free
We are heading for obscurity
We are one
We are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct
We are one
You know it's true
Don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you
It's a mentality that kills the best
We better stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are one
We are free
We are heading for obscurity
We are one
We are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct
(We're gonna let it go)
(It's real )
We are one and it wont be news
(When we) Hang ourselves in one collective noose
We'll it won't be (wrong)
(until) our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down
We are one
We are free
We are heading for obscurity
We are one
We are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
(The) Bigger they (are the) , harder they fall.
KICK HIM WHEN HE'S DOWN
'Hey you're a riddle' I say as I move aside
Like I really need your advice
But you won't leave it alone
Little men try but don't get a lot done
Living in sin doesn't move me either way
I get a feeling your so vague
Like I said before
Little men come when anything goes
When the rain comes I sit home and prey
Make it all numb
I wish it all away
All I really need is somewhere to hideaway
-Kick him when he's down
Here alone I'll put up and fight
Beat me all the way
I'll take it all night
-Kick him when he's down
Hey, don't worry I'll get along home alright
Hey everybody's supposed to be the same
So how come there so lame
It's like taking a fall
Keep on running back into that wall
Awake in a dream
Get up and go to work
But I'm felling like such a jerk
Like I said before
Little men come when everything goes.
Little men come when anything goes
When the rain comes I sit home and prey
Make it all numb
I wish it all away
All I really need is somewhere to hideaway
- Kick him when he's down
Here alone I'll put up and fight
Beat me all the way
I'll take it all night
- Kick him when he's down
Hey, don't worry I'll get along home alright
'Hey you're a riddle' I say as I move aside
Like I really need your advice
But you won't leave it alone
Little men try but don't get a lot done
Living in sin don't move me either way
I get a feeling your so vague
Like I said before
Little men come when anything goes
TAKE IT LIKE A MAN
When you wont go along
Some will feel like you can't find your way
Heaven knows
Heaven knows I've seen it all before
Now don't get me wrong
I've seen many a life go astray
When someone goes
All your bows
Won't make it better so let it go
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good
We'll take you by the hand
'Cause you need a little more
Maybe no one will say it
Maybe no ones aware it goes on
All I know
All I know it's like going off the deep end
Could you make a decision?
Could you think for yourself and go on?
Everyone knows
Everyone knows you've got to fit into the mainstream
So save your woes
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good
We'll take you by the hand
'Cause you need a little more
Close your eyes
Look away now
Make believe why you can
Shut up and take it like a man
You need us to get a life
For your own good
We'll take you by the hand
'Cause you need a little more
So you'd best go along
Don't let on if you can't find your way
Many more do it for you
Because heaven knows
Heaven knows it's like playing with fire
Your life's a throw.
GET IT RIGHT
I've been told that to get what you want
You just gotta give what you can
(But for all) I know
For what I want it don't come as easy as that
(They say) 'look out boy
Tomorrow comes
And things will look better by then'
But I'll look out the window
Then look in the mirror
(At) The same old me again
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
And for I know
I swear I never will
Do you think, you'd sell your soul
Just to have one thing turn out right?
For the thousandth time
You turn and find
That it just makes no difference to try
Like Holden Caulfield I tell myself
There's got to be a better way
Then I lie in bed, and stare at the ceiling
And dream of brighter days
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
Still can't get it right
And for I know
I swear I never
No way out
Same old stuff (just)
drags me down
No way out
Never gonna get
No way out
No way out
No way out
No way out
Get it right now
Get it right now
Get it right now
Get it right right right right
No I can't get it, right
Still can't get it, right
Still can't get it, right
But for all I know
Never, never
Never, never
DIRTY MAGIC
In my own simple way
I think she want's me only
She says 'come over right away'
But she's just not that way
Her little sole is stolen
See her put on a brand new face
Pull the shades
Razor blades
Your so tragic
(I) Hate you so
(But) Love you more
(I'm) So elastic
(The) Things you say
Games you play
Dirty Magic
I should know better than
To think I'd reach inside her
It's all a cloudy kind of daze
She's not so sweet today
She mocks me
I'm no fighter
seems like such a waste
Pull the shades
Razor blades
Your so tragic
(I) Hate you so
(But) Love you more
(I'm) So elastic
(The) Things you say
Games you play
Dirty Magic
It's oversimplified
It's oversimplified
It's oversimplified
Pull the shades
Razor blades
Your so tragic
(I) Hate you so
(But) Love you more
(I'm) So elastic
(The) Things you say
Games you play
Dirty Magic
HYPODERMIC
When your feeling low
Hypodermics where you go
When your with yourself
(You) Wish you could be someone else
Can't you see like you saw any more
Can you feel like you felt like before
Can you face anything any more
When life's a waste
Your life's a waste
Once you get a ride
Doesn't matter where you lied
Once you shoot it in
Doesn't matter who you've been
Can't you see like you saw any more
Can you feel like you felt like before
Can you face anything any more
When life's a waste
Your life's a waste
Your reaching in
But you don't know where to begin
All your dance and song
Won't matter when your gone
Can't you see like you saw any more
Can you feel like you felt like before
Can you face anything any more
When life's a waste
Your life's a waste
BURN IT UP
I think I'm burning up inside
I think I'll take a little ride
I think I'm gonna light up everything in sight
I'll drive on by your yard
And throw a molotov cocktail at you car
Then another one in the local bar
They call it an obsession
I think it's kinda bitchen'
I think it's kinda neat
Yeah, I'm I pyro
I wanna burn it up
Yeah, I'm a pyro
Tonight this hood will be a pyre
I'm gonna set your house on fire
I'll dance around the pretty flames
Such a wonderful game
I want to make a tiki torch
I'm gonna throw it on your porch
Then I'm gonna run away
And come back another day
So many houses
So little time
So many reasons I'm not a crime
I'd like to set you up
I'd like to set you up
Once you said
You'd stick to it until the end
I guess you lied
They call It suicide
Now your gone
What was so wrong
That you couldn't find a way to carry on
Second guess
Did I do my best
There was a friend I had
Johnny was a weirdo
So what did you expect
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just living day by day
I should have known
You went through it alone
I wonder why
Did you even try?
You could have come to me
I would have helped you see
You could have found a way to carry on
Second guess
Did I do my best
There was a friend I had
Johnny was a weirdo
So what did you expect
I ain't no fucking hero
I'm just living day by day
Johnny's strange behaviour was a tip off they say
But I ain't no fucking saviour
I'm just living day by day
Little things
Little lies
Hanging till the end
I say it don't really mean nothing
Telling truth
Telling lies
I used to have a friend
I say it don't really mean nothing
And I can't let this feeling go
Let this feeling go
Let this felling gooooo
When cops are taking care of business I can understand
But the LA story's gone way out of hand
Their acts of aggression
They say it's justified
But it seems like an obsession
Has started from the inside
There shooting anyone who even tries to run
There shooting little kids with their toy guns
Take it to a jury
But they don't give a damn
Because the one who tells the truth is always a policeman
Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) LAPD
The city of LA
Feels like a prison
With helicopters overhead
Bullets whizzing by
Martial law ain't no solution
Police brutality's just social pollution
Beat all the white trash
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) LAPD
They say their
Keeping the peace
But I'm not buying it
Because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier
'Protecting your freedom'
Now that's just a lie
It's an excuse for power
That's more like an alibi
Law and order don't really matter
When your the one getting bruised and battered
Take it to a jury
They'll throw it in your face
Because justice in LA comes in a can of mace
Beat all the niggers
Beat whoever you see
Don't need a reason
(We're) LAPD
NOTHING FROM SOMETHING
Things are coming down on me
They never seem to let it be
It seems like everything I say just starts another fight
The pressures building up inside
I gonna let it out tonight
Shattered glass will cure my ills and make me fell alright
Gonna break it
And never stop running
Making nothing from something
Making nothing from something
Making nothing from something
Cut me for a lions share
It's mindless but I don't care
'Cause no matter what I say
I'm in another fight
Take more shit
I've had enough
Tonight I'm gonna rip it up
Broken windows cure me ills and make me feel alright
FOREVER AND A DAY
Look at me while I look at you
Seeing eye to eye is something we can never do
You try to tell me what is right
I may not no a lot but one thing I know
If you've got the answer
Then I don't want to know
If you've got the answer
Just keep it your own
I wonder why our world is ablaze
Sometimes I speak aloud
To hear what people have to say
I try to have an open mind
But your brain and mouth must not be connected
If you've got the answer
Then I don't wanna know
If you've got the answer
Just leave me alone
I would be patient
But it takes so long
I don't want all this misinformation
All the words that you say
Lean on me
While I lean on you
If we destroy each other
Then it just might save a live or two
A little sun
A little shine
Separates us both
By forever and a day
If you've got the answer
Then I don't wanna know
If you've got the answer
Just keep it your own
If you've got a vision
Then I don't wanna see
If you've got a notion
Don't waste it on me
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1. Time To Relax
2. Nitro[Youth Energy]
3. Bad Habit
4. Gotta Get Away
5. Genocide
6. Something To Believe In
7. Come Out And Play [Keep 'Em Separated]
8. Self Esteem
10. It'll Be A Long Time
11. What Happened To You?
12. So Alone
13. Not The One
TIME TO RELAX.
Ahhhhh....
It's Time to relax
And you know what that means
A glass of wine
Your favourite easy chair
And of course
This compact disc playing on your home stereo
So go on and indulge yourself
That's right
Kick off your shoes
Put your feet up
Lean back and just enjoy the melodies
Music soothes even the savage beast
NITRO [YOUTH ENERGY].
Our generation sees the world
Not the same as before
We might as well just throw it all
And live like there's no tomorrow
There's no tomorrow
There's no tomorrow
We are the ones
Who are living under the gun every day
You might be gone before you know
So live like there's no tomorrow
-Ain't gonna waste this life
There's no tomorrow
-you ain't gonna live it for me
There's no tomorrow
-Ain't gonna waste this life
There's no tomorrow
-you ain't gonna live it for me
Hey, Believe it
The official view of the world has changed
a whole new way
Live fast cause if you don't take it
You'll never make it
So if you understand me
And if you feel the same
Then you will know what nitro means
You'll live like there's no tomorrow
-Ain't gonna waste this life
There's no tomorrow
-you ain't gonna live it for me
There's no tomorrow
-Ain't gonna waste this life
There's no tomorrow
-you ain't gonna live it for me
There's no tomorrow
BAD HABIT.
Hey man you know I'm really OK
The gun in my hand will tell you the same
But when I'm in my car, don't give me no crap
Cause the slightest thing and I just might snap
When I go driving I stay in my lane
But getting cut off it makes me insane
I open the glove box
Reach inside
I'm gonna wreck this fuckers ride
I guess I got a bad habit
blowin' away
I got a bad habit
And it ain't goin' away
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Well they say the road is a dangerous place
If you flip me off (I'm the danger you'll face)
You drive on my ass
Your foot on the gas
And your next breath is your last
'Cause I got a bad habit
Of blowin' away
I got a bad habit
And it ain't goin' away
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Drivers are rude
Such attitudes
But when I show my piece
Complaints cease
Something's odd
Feel like I'm god
You STUPID DUMBSHIT GODDAMN MOTHER FUCKER
I open the glove box
Reach inside
I'm gonna wreck this fuckers ride
'Cause I got a bad habit
Of blowin' away
I got a bad habit
And it ain't goin' away
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Yeah Yeah heh heh
Yeah Yeah heh heh
GOTTA GET AWAY
Getting edgy all the time
There's someone around me just a step behind
It's kinda scary the shape I'm in
The walls are shakin' and there closing in
Too fast or a bit too slow
I'm paranoid of people and it's starting to show
One guy that I can't shake
Over my shoulder is a big mistake
Sitting on the bed
Or lying wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take
I think I'm on a roll
But I think It's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is
I gotta get away from me
Tell you something just ain't right
My head is lose but my shoes are tight
Avoiding my friends 'cause they all bug
Life is like a riddle and I'm really stumped
If you reason, don't you know
Your own preoccupation is where you'll go
I'm being followed
I look around
It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground
Sitting on the bed
Or lying wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take
I think I'm on a roll
But I think It's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is
I gotta get away from me
Gotta get away from me
Gotta get away from me
Sitting on the bed
Or lying wide awake
There's demons in my head and it's more than I can take
I think I'm on a roll
But I think It's kinda weak
Sayin' all I know is
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me
I gotta get away from me
Our lives run in different ways
Through the rain I see you in the sun
Our star shines anyway
If you wish upon it we are one
1, 2, 3, 4,
Dog eat dog
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get buy
Hope you like my genocide
I find it such a shame
Through the pain I see things as they are
We're served up on a plate
Pedestal is high enough to fall
And if in time
We can see the errors of our ways
Would anyone change it anyhow
Our time is up
1, 2, 3, 4,
Dog eat dog
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get buy
Hope you like my genocide
Dog eat dog
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get buy
Hope you like my genocide
I bet you'd only run
If you saw what goes inside...Our own
I bet you'd lead the way
If it were up to you to decide
But it's Not
Dog eat dog
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get buy
Hope you like my genocide
Dog eat dog
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get buy
Hope you like my genocide
Like a silver flame
Like suicide
?Like I did before?
1, 2, 3, 4.
SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN
I believe that reality's gone
Dissolutions real
I believe that morality's gone
And there's nothing to feel
If you take all the sacred things
The things we hold dear
Empty promise is all you'll find
So give me something
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
I believe in a changing of the guard
Put our feet on the ground
See it happen in your own backyard
Everything breaks down
Do you accept what you are told
Without even thinking
Throw it all and make your own
And give me something
Something to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
**Some thing to believe in
Where they lead
You will follow
That's just the way it goes
And if you look away
You'll be doing what they say
And if you look alive
You'll be singled out and tried
If you take home anything
Let it be your will to think
The more cynical you become
The better off you'll be
Something to believe in.
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
Some thing to believe in
COME OUT AND PLAY [KEEP 'M SEPARATED].
You gotta keep 'm separated
Like the latest fashion
Like a spreading disease
Kids are strappin' on the way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake out stake out their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
If one guys colours and the others don't
There gonna bash it up
bash it up
bash it up
bash it up
Hey, man you talking back to me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
(If) Your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guys wasted and the others a waste
It goes down the same as a thousand before
No ones getting smarter, no ones learning the score
The never ending spree of death and violence and hate
(Your) gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie your own
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, man you talking back to me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
(If) Your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
It goes down the same as a thousand before
No ones getting smarter, no ones learning the score
The never ending spree of death and violence and hate
(Your) gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie your own
Hey, man you talking back to me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
-Take him out
~You gotta keep 'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play.
SELF ESTEEM
I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
But she came over, and I lost my nerve
I took her back and I made her dessert
Now I know that I'm being used
That's ok man 'cause I like the abuse
I know she playing with me
That's ok 'cause I've got no self esteem
We make plans to go out and night
I wait till two then I turn out the light
(All) This rejection's got me so low
(If) She keeps it up I just might tell her so
When she's saying
that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying
that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care....Right?
Now I'll relate this little bit
Happens more than I like to admit
Late at night she knocks on my door
She's drunk again and looking to score
Now I know I should say no
But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self esteem.
When she's saying
that she wants only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying
that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care....Right?
I'LL BE A LONG TIME
All this time has whittled away
Like so many days in one
Back and forth the leaders sway
Backing it up with guns
Superpowers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed
While citizens bleed
It's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've a feeling It'll be a long time
When will the truth come into season
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
All they want is what they can defend
Before their time is up
Make the same mistakes all again
Heard it all before
Super powers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed
While citizens bleed
It's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've a feeling It'll be a long time
When will the truth come into season
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
Well if they tried
Maybe they'd see
It'll do a little good to let the world be free
Handshake and a smile
Gets you on through
Then turn it all around with the suicide move
But you know it's not fooling anyone but me
You gotta make yourself see what you wanna see
But you know it's not fooling any one but me
You gotta make yourself see what you wanna see
Super powers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed
While citizens bleed
It's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've a feeling It'll be a long time
When will the truth come into season
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
I've a feeling it'll be a long time
KILLBOY POWERHEAD
He's a pistol grip
And a lightning rod hammer step
He always bust's his knuckles
When he's wrenching up his shit
He's (just a) Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead..yeah
You know I saw his woman
She was writing his name in blood
You know I saw his woman
Hard as a rock
She said she was his baby
(Who) Looked just like the Hoover Dam
You know I saw his woman
Hard as a rock
He's just a Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead...yeah
He's a pistol grip
And a lightning rod hammer step
He always bust's his knuckles
When he's wrenching up his shit
He's (just a) Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead..yeah
Killboy Powerhead..yeah
Killboy Powerhead..yeah
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
What in the world happened to you?
Before you started tokin'
You used to have a brain
But now you don't get even the simplest of things
I can draw a little picture
Or even use my hands
I try to explain but you just don't understand
Man your really losing it
And you've really done a lot of junk now
But you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
It's bad enough you do it
You do it to yourself
But taking someone with you
Well you know it's something else
I say I'm not that kind of person
I'm not that kind of man
I try to explain but you just don't understand
Man your really losing it
And you've really done a lot of junk now
But you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
Man your really losing it
And you've really done a lot of junk now
But you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to you?
I might be sympathetic or cut a little slack
I thought you were willing to give a little back
But you do it in the morning
You do it in the night
You lie to refrain just facing your life
So I'll see you man tomorrow
You'll be gackin' up again
I'll see you in a coffin by the time your wad is spent
I think of all the times that I tried to lend a hand
I try to explain but you just don't understand
Man your really losing it
And you've really done a lot of junk now
But you keep on abusin' it
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to you?
Look at the crowd and tell me whether
All are surrounded but none are together
If your awake, look all around
At all of the people
Still your so alone
So alo..one
If I could make a suggestion
Without sounding preachy
Or begging the question
Melt with your minds
Melt with each other
Don't be surrounded
Don't be so alone
So alo..one
NOT THE ONE
I'm not the one who made the world what it is today.
I'm not the one who caused the problems started long ago
But now I deal with all the consequences that troubles our times
I carry on and never once have even questioned why
I'm innocent
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
I'm innocent the battles stated are far from over
We're not the ones who leave the homeless in the streets at night
We're not the ones who kept minorities and women down
Still we grow and then the problems they become our own
We carry on without even realising why
We're innocent
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
We're innocent
But the battles left us are far from over
We're innocent
But the weight of the world is on our shoulders
We're innocent
But the battles left us are far from over
We're not the ones who's pollution blackened our skies and ruined our streams
We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs that threatened our lives
We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands
We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night
And even if we try and not become so overwhelmed
And if we make some contribution to the plight we see
Still our descendants will inherit our mistakes of today
They'll suffer just the same as we and never wonder why
Head over heals I've fit in before
Now I don't want to do it no more
I've held it all in with blood on my face
Built it up man, so bad you can taste
I don't slag no one
I don't even judge
Don't give a shit cause I'm not gonna budge
I just wanna be who I wanna be
Guess that's hard for others to see
I'm not a trendy asshole
I do what I want
I do what I feel like
I'm not a trendy asshole
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you
Cause I'm alive
Smash is the way you feel all alone
Like an outcast your out on your own
Smash is the way you deal with your life
Like an outcast your smashing your strife
Head over heals I've fit in before
Now I don't want to do it no more
I just want to be who I want to be
Guess that's hard for others to see
I'm not a trendy asshole
I do what I want
I do what I feel like
I'm not a trendy asshole
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you
Cause I'm alive
Head over heals I've fit in before
Now I don't want to do it no more
I just want to be who I want to be
Guess that's hard for others to see
I'm not a trendy asshole
I do what I want
I do what I feel like
I'm not a trendy asshole
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you
I'm not a trendy asshole
I do what I want
I do what I feel like
I'm not a trendy asshole
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you
Cause I'm alive
Miscellaneous
Jennifer Lost The War - from 'Self Esteem' single and "The Offspring" album
Smash It Up - from 'Batman Forever' soundtrack
JENNIFER LOST THE WAR
Jennifer lost the war today
They'll find her burned and raped
Through it all she must have wondered
What have I done?
But nobody really cares today
The worlds a busy place
Guess she must have really sinned
I guess were all just soldiers
And she was only six years old
Left to die by strangers
Her family waits
And if were all just soldiers
Is it so wrong to be afraid
Jennifer Lost the war
Phoebe lost the war today
There must be some mistake
??? said and done
Little miss 15,65
Her soul remains unclaimed
Guess she must have really sinned, really sinned
Morality wont help her as she lies silent in the morgue
All her sorrows ???
But will the morning headlines
Even say that it's a shame
What are we heading for
Jennifer lost the war
Seen it all before
Saw it on the ground as he's walking away
And I wonder how many more
Everybody taking like I got nothing to say
But I have
Jennifer lost
Lost lost lost the war
Now I guess were all just soldiers
And she was only six years old
Left to die by strangers
Her family waits
And will the morning headlines
Even say that it's a shame
What are we heading for?