Offspring


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


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


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


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


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
On 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

Original Prankster
You can do it!


Until the break of dawn
Life, Life, cannot go by the letter
Time, Time, Prozac can make it better
Noise, Noise, any kind will do
Can you feel it slip away, when it's all on
you


Crime, crime, rockin' like Janet Reno
Time Time, 18 and life in Chino
Freud, Freud all along it's true
Well you'll see there comes a day catches up to
you


Knock down the walls -
It's alive in you
Knock down the place -
You're alone it's true
Knock down the world -
It's alive in you
You gotta keep your head up through it all
You're gonna
Bust out on it - Original Prankster
Break out yeah -
Original yeah
Bust out on it -
Original Prankster
You never stop now, stop now
That's what the main men say
You can do it!


You know it smells like shit, goddamn
Tag team the double header
Son of Sam fire always makes it better
Navigate with style and aplomb
Cause wherever you're at that's the tip you's
on


Lies lies says he's down in the Bahamas
Tries tries bangin' little hoochie mamas
No way, none of this is true
Well he'll see there comes a day when the joke's
on you yeah


Hey!
You can do it!
Dime, Dime, so good to see ya
Nine, nine don't want to be ya
Crime, crime fine sensimilla


She's Got Issues


I'm seeing this girl and she just might be out of
her mind
Well she's got baggage and it's all the emotional
kind
She talks about closure and that validation bit
I don't mean to be insensitive, but I really hate
that shit
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She thinks she's the victim
Yeah
Now I know she'll feel abandoned
If I don't stay over late
And I know she's afraid to commit
But it's only our second date
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She thinks she's the victim
But she takes it all out on me
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door
Now she talks about her ex nonstop, but I don't
mind
But when she calls out his name in bed
That's where I draw the line
You told me a hundred times how your father left
and he's gone
But I wish you wouldn't call me daddy
When we're gettin' it on
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She's playing the victim
And taking it all out on me
My god she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
If you think I'm controlling
Then why do you follow me around
If you're not co-dependent
Then why do you let others drag you down
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the door


Want You Bad


If you could only read my mind
You would know that things between us ain't right
I know your arms are open wide
But you're a little on the straight side I can't
lie


Your one vice
Is you're too nice
Come around now
Can't you see


I want you
All tattooed
I want you bad
Complete me
Mistreat me
I want you to be bad


If you could only read my mind
You would know that I've been waiting so long
For someone almost just like you
But with attitude, I'm waiting
So come on


Get out of clothestime
Grow out those highlights
Come around now can't you see


I want you
In a vinyl suit
I want you bad
Complicated
X-Rated
I want you bad


Dont get me wrong
I know you're only being good
But that's what's wrong
I guess I just misunderstood


I want you
All tattooed
I want you bad
Complicated
X-Rated
I want you bad
I mean it
I need it
I want you bad


The Kid's Aren't Alright


When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big and not be beat


Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives


Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams


Jamie had a chance, well she really did
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot


Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality


Why Don't You Get A Job


My friend's got a girlfriend
Man he hates that bitch
He tells me every day
He says "man I really gotta lose my chick
In the worst kind of way"


She sits on her ass
He works his hands to the bone
To give her money every payday
But she wants more dinero just to stay at home
Well my friend
You gotta say


I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way, no way
Why don't you get a job


I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
To keep her bill collectors at bay
I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
Cause that girl's got expensive taste


I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way, no way
Why don't you get a job?


Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all
But hey man free rides just don't come along
every day


Let me tell you about my other friend now


My friend's got a boyfriend, man she hates that
dick
She tells me every day
He wants more dinero just to stay at home
Well my friend
You gotta say


Pretty Fly(For A White Guy)
Give it to me baby uhuh uhuh - 3 times
And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a
white guy
You know it's kind of hard
Just to get along today
Our subject isn't cool
But he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue
And he may not have style
But everything he lacks
Well he makes up in denial
So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
He's gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least you'll know you can always go on ricki
lake
The world needs wannabe's
So do that brand new thing
Give it to me baby uhuh uhuh - 3 times
And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a
white guy
He needs some cool tunes
Not just any will suffice
But they didn't have ice cube
So he bought vanilla ice
Now cruising in his pinto, he sees homies as he
pass
But if he looks twice
They're gonna kick his lily ass
Now he's getting a tattoo
He's gettin' ink done
He asked for a '13', but they drew a '31'
Friends say he's trying too hard
And he's not quite hip
But in his own mind
He's the dopest trip
Give it to me baby uhuh uhuh - 3 times
So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
He's gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least you'll know you can always go on ricki
lake
The world needs wannabe's
The world loves wannabe's
So let's get some more wannabe's
And do that brand new thing

Gotta Get Away


I'm 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 they're closin' in
Too fast or a bit too slow
I'm paranoid of people and it's startin' to show
There's one guy that I can't shake
Over my shoulder is a big mistake


CHORUS
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 tell you somethin' just ain't right
My head's all loose but my shoes are tight
Avoiding my friends cause they all bug
Life is like a riddle and I'm really stumped
I just wanna be who I wanna be
Your own pre-occupation is where you'll go
I think I'm being followed, I look around
It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground


CHORUS


Gotta get away from me
Gotta get away from me


CHORUS

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