Ixnay On The Hombre


Ixnay On The Hombre


Artist: The Offspring 1997 Columbia Records

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 Buy 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 & 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


Intermission


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