Ixnay On The Hombre

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.

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

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

But 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!

Losing out might feel okay all night

Yeah losing out might feel okay all life

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

She ain't no ball and chain

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

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 havae 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

(Liking something's just a waste of time)

It's cool to hate

It's cool to hate

I don't like nothing and I like that fine

(Liking something's just a waste of time)

I don't like nothing and like that fine

(Liking something's just a waste of time)

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

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

I hate the jocks

Annd 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

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

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

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

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 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

WAY DOWN THE LINE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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