| It was a hot June day, and my ass was sticking to the seat of my girlfriend’s | 
| car | 
| Staten Island traffic in the summer, baby | 
| And when you stuff yourself into a suit and tie | 
| Do you think the judge can see through the sweat | 
| As he gives you your fine for a post-panic attack speeding ticket | 
| On a 90 degree day in New York | 
| And yeah, you’re gonna drive home for three hours | 
| To work in a basement for tribute bands making posters | 
| To pay about a fifth of that price | 
| It’s just Staten Island traffic in the summer. | 
| Oh! | 
| That orange ball | 
| That burning orb of fire in the sky is gonna explode and we’re all gonna die! | 
| Except for the foolish few who will «think ahead» | 
| And drive their SUV’s to their bomb shelters | 
| Complaining about no air conditioning | 
| Because «baby, we ain’t got no more electricity.» | 
| They wanna rise when it’s done, be a leader with a gun | 
| Be a leader of what? | 
| Like a hundred and one? | 
| Well, fuck it, I’m gonna hang out on the rooftop when it comes | 
| Cause when it’s dark, it’ll be night time, baby | 
| And I’ll get my ass on up out of this mess | 
| The only stores that are open, baby | 
| They gonna sell beer, and they’re gonna sell ice cream | 
| And we’ll drink drink drink and get drunk drunk drunk | 
| And we’ll talk talk talk about how much fun we had, yeah, when | 
| We were fuckin' the world | 
| Through the glares on our windshields, we can’t see each others eyes | 
| Just McDonalds cups and wrappers that they’re throwing at full speed | 
| And yes, I long for a shadow. | 
| And yes, I always appreciate the irony | 
| That the only cool comfort that allows us to see is a goddamn billboard. | 
| Sing it with me | 
| A BILLBOARD IS THE ONLY THING PREVENTING US FROM BLINDLY CRASHING | 
| And we’ll never see a city not marred by advertisements | 
| And we’ll NEVER have a future not working for those companies | 
| And it’s sure as shit not getting better so we might as well accept it now, oh | 
| And that really doesn’t cheapen anything because, baby, we’re all born to be | 
| businessmen | 
| Every Fugazi record has a catalog number and a price tag and every independent | 
| label is selling you another goddamn product | 
| But, NO, WE’RE not slaves to the music (no, no, no) | 
| Oh no, WE’RE not slaves to the company, baby (no, no, no) | 
| We do what we’re born and raised to do and when you create something | 
| You’re producing something and that act of producing is the creation of a | 
| product | 
| Cause when it’s night, it’ll be night time, baby | 
| And I’ll get my ass on up out of this mess | 
| The the only stores that are open, baby | 
| They gonna sell beer, and they’re gonna sell ice cream | 
| And we’ll drink drink drink and get drunk drunk drunk | 
| And we’ll talk talk talk about how much fun we had, yeah, when | 
| We were fuckin' the world | 
| Yeah, we were fucking the world | 
| Yeah, we were fu (fu) cking (cking) the (the) world (world) | 
| When the sun drops, you ain’t gonna be hungover the next day | 
| When the comet hits, you ain’t gonna have no bills to pay | 
| When the bomb hits, it’s gonna be a four day weekend. | 
| Hey hey! | 
| When it’s all done I’m gonna feel great finally | 
| And when I finally got to work today | 
| I ate my Subway sandwich | 
| And I drank my Coca-Cola Classic | 
| And then I ate my Sunchips | 
| And I thought about the weekend | 
| When I’d fill up my Ford van | 
| With Mobil brand gas | 
| And drive to the Clear Channel venue | 
| And I’d drink myself a Budweiser | 
| And play my Fender guitar | 
| Through my Fender amplifier | 
| And tell the kids with a straight face | 
| Through a Shure microphone | 
| And JBL speakers that corporate rock is for suckers | 
| Uh, yeah |