1. DISCLAIMER

Ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to the disclaimer
That's right, the disclaimer

This American apple pie institution
Known as parental discretion
Will cleanse any sense of innuendo or sarcasm
From the lyrics that might actually make you think
And will also insult your intelligence at the same time

So protect your family
This album contains explicit depictions
Of things which are real
These real things are commonly known as life
So, if it sounds sarcastic, don't take it seriously
If it sounds dangerous
Do not try this at home or at all
And if it offends you, just don't listen to it


2. THE MEANING OF LIFE

On the way
Trying to get where I'd like to say
I'm always feeling steered away
By someone trying to tell me
What to say and do

I don't want it
I gotta go find my own way
I gotta go make my own mistakes
Sorry man for feeling
Feeling the way I do

[Chorus]
Oh yeah, Oh yeah
Open wide and they'll shove in
Their meaning of life
Oh yeah, Oh yeah
But not for me I'll do it on my own
Oh yeah, Oh yeah
Open wide and swallow their meaning of life
I can't make it work your way
Thanks but no thanks

By the way
I know your path has been tried and so
It may seem like the way to go
Me, I'd rather be found
Trying something new

And the bottom line
In all of this seems to say
There's no right and wrong way
Sorry if I don't feel like
Living the way you do

[Chorus] (x2)


3. MOTA

Mota!

Everyday, well it's the same
That bong that's on the table starts to call my name
I take a hit and zone out again
I'll be paranoid and hungry by a quarter to ten

Watching reruns on my TV
I'm laughing off my ass at Three's Company
I don't know if I'm understood
Buy hearing Jimmy Buffett never sounded so good

Your memory's gone and so is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out just never felt so right
Your enemy's you and so is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out might feel okay all night

Mota!
I'm driving down to the barrio
Going 15 miles an hour'cause I'm already stoned
Give the guy a twenty and wait in the car
He tosses me a baggie then he runs real far

I take a hit but it smells like a clove
Oh fuck I got a baggie of oregano
This ritual is destroying me
But I guess it could be worse
It could be methedrine

Your memory's gone and so is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out just never felt so right
Your enemy's you and your couch is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out might take
Losing out might take you all night

Mota!

Your memory's gone and so is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out just never felt so right
Your enemy's you and so is your life your life
Mota Boy
But losing out might feel okay all night
Losing out might feel okay all life


4. ME AND MY OLD LADY

Me and my old lady
Lay in bed all day
And when I say I love her
Well she rolls the other way
But really she don't mean it
Everything she says
Still if I believe in love
There's nothing wrong
There's nothing wrong with my head

Me and my old lady
Sit and sip on wine
And when she says she loves me
Will I say that love is blind
But really I don't mean it
Everything I say
Still if she believes in love
There's nothing wrong
There's nothing wrong with her head

So what if we're making a scene now
You know she don't give a shit
When she's pawin' and grabbin' on me now
You know I don't mind a bit
It's all good and we
Ain't gonna change now
The world is unaware

So if you want to go on and stare
'Cause we don't care
We don't care

She ain't no ball and chain (x8)

Me and my old lady
Suck each other dry
And when in that position
I'm the luckiest man alive
Quenching our libidos
Passing time away
Now that I believe in love
There's nothing wrong
There's nothing wrong with my head

So what if we're making a scene now
You know she don't give a shit
When she's pawin' and grabbin' on me now
You know I don't mind a bit
It's all good and we
Ain't gonna change now
The world is unaware

So if you want to go on and stare
'Cause we don't care
We don't care

She ain't no ball and chain (x8)


5. COOL TO HATE

I hate a lot of things
I hate a lot of people that are lame
I like to hate stuff
'Cause then I don't have to try and make a change

I hate teachers
I hate school
I hate the cheerleaders
And anyone who's cool
I hate the office
I hate the Quad
Don't wanna learn nothing
I want to be a slob

It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
I don't like nothing and I like that fine
It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
Don't like nothing and I like that fine
Don't like nothing and like that fine
Yeah I hate everything
I even hate you too
So fuck you
I'm always thinking bad
I never have nothing good to say
I'd rather tear things down
Than build them up
It's easier that way

I hate the jocks
And I hate the geeks
I hate the trendies
But I also hate the freaks
I hate Dr. Martens
And Muscle T's
I'm only happy when I'm in my misery

It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
Liking something's just a waste of time
It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
Liking something's just a waste of time
Liking something's just a waste of time
Yeah I hate everything
I even hate you too
So fuck you

It's cool to hate (x4)
I'll cut you down and give you lip
Being positive's so unhip
I'll cut you down'cause I'm a fool
Being positive's so uncool (x3)

I hate the jocks
And I hate the geeks
I hate the trendies
But I also hate the freaks
I hate your band
And I hate TV
I'm only happy when I'm in my misery

It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
I don't like nothing and I like that fine
It's cool to hate
It's cool to hate
Don't like nothing and I like that fine
Don't like nothing and like that fine
Yeah I hate everything
I even hate you too
So fuck you


6. LEAVE IT BEHIND

Rage burns can't push it aside now
Can't forgive this grudge is alive now
All the rage eats you up inside

Can you leave it behind
Leave it behind

What a surprise
You're fucked with again yeah
It's a way of life you need to get over
All the rage just eats you alive

Can you leave it behind
Leave it behind

I don't know where it'll end
The sun has set
And I can't be friends
I don't know if I can forgive
The day is long
But you were so dead wrong

What a surprise
You're fucked with again yeah
It's a way of life you need to get over
All the rage just eats you alive

Can you leave it behind
Leave it behind

I don't know where it'll end
The sun has set
And I can't be friends
I don't know if I can forgive
The day is long
But you were so dead wrong

I don't know where it'll end
The sun has set
And I can't be friends
I don't know if I can forgive
The day is long
But you were so dead wrong


7. GONE AWAY

Maybe in another life
I could find you there
Pulled away before your time
I can't deal it's so unfair

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
The world has grown cold
Now that you've gone away

Leaving flowers on your grave
Show that I still care
But black roses and Hail Mary's
Can't bring back what's taken from me
I reach to the sky
And call out your name
And if I could trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
The world is so cold
Now that you've gone away

I reach to the sky
And call out your name
And if I could trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
The world is so cold
Now that you've gone away


8. I CHOOSE

Look at me I'm fallin'
Off of a cliff now
I can still hear my mama yelling "No No No"
But the words mean nothing
Can't catch up to me now
And the view is so beautiful
All the way down

When I was a little boy
Suckin' juice from a bottle
Believing my perceptions were oh so real
But I don't know nothing
Still knowing nothing
Was just enough for me to know the way I feel

[Chorus]
This is life
What a fucked up thing we do
What a nightmare come true
Or a playground if we choose
And I choose

Look at me I'm swollen
Like a banana fish now
I'm never gonna make it out of my hole
But I keep on laughing
Doesn't really matter
There's dozens of reasons for explaining my soul

When I was a teenager
Suckin' booze with the Vatos
Discussing who was gonna live to be 21
They said they wouldn't make it
They didn't make it
We're all naked when the day is said and done

[Chorus]

Don't know who made this all come true
But now while you're here
You just gotta do what you gotta do

Now if I wasn't such a weenie
Do you think you'd still love me
Pretending I'm an airplane on the living
Room floor
But like a lovely generator
You stand right by me
And if words were wisdom I'd be talking
Even more

So I keep on falling
As I'm looking back above me
Watching as my mama just becomes a little dot
Now I'm like DeNiro
I'm amarillo
And I'll never know when I hit the ground

[Chorus]


9. INTERMISSION

Welcome to intermission
Yeah.... Intermission
Ahhhhhhhh......
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh......


10. ALL I WANT

Day after day your home life's a wreck
The powers that be just
Breathe down your neck
You get no respect you get no relief
You gotta speak up
And yell out your piece

[Chorus]
So back off your rules
Back off your jive
'Cause I'm sick of not living
To stay alive
Leave me alone
I'm not asking a lot
I just don't want to be controlled
That's all I want (x4)

How many times is it gonna take
Till someone around you hears what you say
You've tried being cool you feel like a lie
You've played by their rules
Now it's their turn to try

[Chorus]

I said it before
I'll say it again
If you could just listen
Then it might make sense

[Chorus]


11. WAY DOWN THE LINE

[Chorus]
Nothing changes 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again
Way down the line

There is a chain that's never broken
You know the story it's sad but true
An angry man gets drunk and beats his kids
The same old way his drunken father did
What comes around well it goes around

[Chorus]

At 17 Shannon is pregnant
As young as her mom when she had her
Her kid is never gonna have a dad
The same old way that Shannon never had
What comes around well it goes around

[Chorus]

And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again
Way down the line

And welfare moms have kids on welfare
And fat parents they have fat kids too
You know it's never gonna end
The same old cycle's gonna start again
What comes around well it goes around

[Chorus]

And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again
Way down the line


12. DON'T PICK IT UP

I saw a little kid
As he walked around
He picked a candy bar up
Off the ground
He chowed about a half
Then his face turned blue
Turned out that candy bar was doggy-doo

Don't pick it up I say
Unless you can throw it away
Don't pick it up I say
You're gonna be bummed that you went that way

You're out there makin' bacon
No scrutiny
You mess around too much
And you got VD
You know you never think
And you're sore today
You're gonna take it back to California

Don't pick it up I say
Unless you can throw it away
Don't pick it up I say
You're gonna be bummed that you went that way

My friend was kinda hurtin'
For a girl to try
He saw one that looked like Pat
On Saturday Night Live
It had a pair of thingies
But a mustache too
Not clearly male nor female
So now what to do

Don't pick it up I say
Unless you can throw it away
Don't pick it up I say
You're gonna be bummed that you went that way


13. AMAZED

Sometimes I think I'm gonna drown
'Cause everyone around's so hollow
I'm alone
Sometimes I think I'm going down
But no one makes a sound
They follow
And I'm alone

[Chorus]
Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed
Just to find tomorrow
One more day and I'd be amazed
Just to see it waiting
And if I make it I'm still alone
No more hope for better days
But if I could change
Then I'd really be amazed

And when you know you can't relate
To one more shiny face
Your heart breaks
No one cares
And when you know you can't go on
'Cause everything is wrong
Your heart breaks
But no one's there

[Chorus] (x2)


14. CHANGE THE WORLD

I see the way the salesmen stare into the sun
I stood and watched them as they fell off one by one
And everyone's so blind
They're not to help mankind
Reach into your bag of tricks and pull another one

[Chorus]
You don't want to change the world
Like you say
You're in it for yourself
No one else
You're ready
Saving yourself
You're gonna change the world
You're ready
Saving yourself
You're gonna change the world

Now when the day is set they'll line up all the same
And those that need the most will never get or gain
The ones you call your friends
Are failing you again
Reach into your bag of tricks and make it go away

[Chorus]

And since you ain't what you say
Then just go away
'Cause some don't lie
Some don't lie

Go on now they won't tell
Go on now and save yourself
Go on now they won't tell
Go on now and save yourself
Go on now they won't tell
Go on now and save yourself
Go on now they won't tell
Go on now and save yourself

[Chorus]