Statement of Vindication Mirror, mirror On the wall Who's the fairest Of them all? I don't, I don't really care, y'know I don't, I don't really care I don't, I don't really care Like it's not important at all You made the rules You wrote the script out Don't blame me When you fuckin' lose (Don't put the blame on me) Don't put the blame on me Don't put the blame on me Don't put the blame on me You try to make me crazy (Don't put the blame on me) You try to make me scared (Don't put the blame on me) You try to make me crazy (Don't put the blame on me) I think you're a fuckin' drag (Don't put the blame on me) You are your own worst enemy Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na [back to top] Capri Pants If you see me If you see me Just go away Just go away If I run If I run Don't follow me Just go away 'Cause I, yeah, I like you But baby, it's all wrong If I run Don't you think you know what I want? 'Cause I, yeah, I like you But baby, it's all wrong And baby, it's so wrong And baby, it's so wrong It feels good It's all wrong It feels good It's all wrong It feels so good It must be wrong It feels so good It must be wrong I, 'cause I like you But baby, it's all wrong [back to top] Jet Ski Ain't got no more No more candy for you I'm not your rocketship, or your motorboat Your movie set, or your cartoon show Not your fuckin' VCR, not your avant-garde postcard idea I'm not your oil well I'm not your blood bank I'm not your bulletproof vest or your Visa card Ain't got no candy for you Ain't got no candy for you Ain't got I ain't got no candy for you Oh, I said I'm not your vacation spot I'm not your footnote, freakshow, or your latest cause I'm not your view to a kill I'm not your background tune I'm not the nutty story That your neighbor's been tellin' to you Ain't got no candy for you Ain't got no candy for you Ain't got I ain't got no candy for you, oh I said I'm not your oil well, I'm not Your dimestore novel or your prison cell I'm not Ain't got I ain't got no candy for you, oh [back to top] Distinct Complicity [Vocals by Tobi Vail] Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many separations So controlling and understated Determined today by those of us Who refuse to conquer hesitation And I don't see anything else in this room I don't think so Uh-oh, uh-oh You're already 22 Don't waste your time in school You could go back anytime And I wanna see you on tour Determined by many situations Seemingly random considerations Determined tonight by those of you Who decide to do more than Just sit on the floor I don't see anything else in this room I don't see you, no, not at all I'm walking down the street I'm skating to the show I wanna see your band play But there's no one here I know Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many Determined by many separations So controlling and understated Determined today by those of us Who refuse to conquer hesitation And I don't see anything else in this room To prove me wrong [back to top] False Start [Vocals by Kathi Wilcox] On a point in time Present undefined And it's getting cold outside Situation statistical For reasons you don't know Just short of indecision And it's getting cold outside And it's getting cold outside For your own trepidation Refer to new perspexion See yourself so others can see you In reverse red can appear blue Wanna go outside? Don't you wanna go outside? Been stuck inside your room So stranded-like and full of doom all year Time out for good behavior Adds up to what you want it to What you wanna What you wanna do What informs a motivation Casual or obligation Fictitious circumstance Suspending all your future plans Wait for you outside If this false started motion Believes its own propulsion Transcending space and time Then I'll wait for you outside Then I'll wait for you outside Been so long since I've seen you So much has changed, you sound the same We're meeting at this place I wanna see you, see your face again We're all waiting We're all waiting here [back to top] R.I.P. (Rest in Pissed Off-ness) I can't say everything about it In just one single song I can't put how I feel in a package To sell it back to everyone But wait There's another boy genius who's fucking gone I hope the food tastes better in heaven I know there's lots of rad queer boys up there And I hope every time that they talk to you They know they're lucky to be your friend 'Cause look There's another boy genius who's fucking gone And I wouldn't be so fucking mad So fucking pissed off If it wasn't so fucking wrong It's all fucking wrong It's not fair It's not fair It's not fair It's not fair But no one said life was easy Yeah, but no one said No one said that nothing's supposed to happen, right? No, no one told me anything To prepare me for fucking this There's another boy genius who's fucking gone Don't tell me it don't matter Don't tell me it don't matter Don't tell me I've had three days to get over it It won't go away It just won't go away [back to top] No Backrub Lung cancer No time Lots of stress More fear Self-pity Headache Lots of guilt No sleep These are the things I give myself These are the things I give myself No pleasure No time Don't need to Feel fine Dirty kitchen Broken car Trying to breathe in Through a scar These are the things I give myself These are the things I give myself Loads of execution Loads of execution Loads of execution Loads of execution Loads of execution, say it Loads of execution, say it Loads of execution, say it Loads of execution, say it These are the things I give myself These are the things I give myself Been programmed to self-destruct [back to top] Bloody Ice Cream The Sylvia Plath story is told to girls who write They want us to think That to be a girl poet means you have to die Who is it that told me all girls who write must suicide? I've another good one for you We are turning cursive letters into knives [back to top] For Only [Vocals by Tobi Vail] An image from a long, long time ago Is haunting me It plays itself with picture-perfect Clarity A certain walk A certain talk Forever 23 For only me to see I watch it like a movie The details so consume me What's real will surface when it's gone And then it's gone By now you've heard the news What is there left to do? I watch it like a movie The details so consume me What's real will surface when it's gone And then it's gone Your face looks so familiar Unwashed and quite peculiar No, I can't say that I recall I guess it's gone [back to top] Tony Randall Tony Randall Mary Tyler Moore Molly Ringwald Rerun shows Robotic nation False history Spit out another picture of a girl with a gun to Bore me, yeah yeah Cartoon girl Hallmark card I see a punk club He sees a strip bar, yeah yeah Not for girls Or Hallmark cards This is a punk club Not a strip bar, yeah yeah yeah yeah Some things can't be photographed Some things can't be photographed [back to top] Reject All American Regimented Designated Mass acceptance Overrated Lip sync Apology Lip sync Salutations Lip sync Teen anthem Lip sync Obligation If you work hard You'll succeed A starring role On Nothing Incorporated, Incorporated Reject all-American Reject all-American Reject all-American Reject all-American Gets good grades Plays guitar He's all the rage On Nothing Incorporated, Incorporated, Incorporated, Incorporated Gets good grades and plays guitar Thinks he's cool but really is not Reject sportscar Reject mausoleum Reject sportscar Reject mausoleum Reject all-American Reject all-American Reject all-American Reject all-American [back to top] Finale Red light stop Green light go I'm hearing voices On my stereo They wanna tell me something They wanna tell me now They wanna tell me something They wanna tell me now We're the girls with the bad reputations We're the girls gonna make you pay We're the girls with the bad reputations We are gonna have our say Time to go Time to go Time to go Green light go! 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