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