"Team Dresch: Captain My Captain"TEAM DRESCH: "CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN"
1) UNCLE PHRANC (Jody) Hey Phranc!
Hey Jod!
What's happening?
My girl's taking a bath
Oh Phranc, remember what you told me the last time I called?
Jod, what did I say?
My mom says she loves me
But I know its not yes yes yes she does
Cause she doesn't treat me
Like you treat someone you love, you love
But I can choose my own family, I'll take one Uncle Phranc.
She's seen what it is to feel, and be called crazy, I love my Uncle Phranc
She told me if I go in the ocean, I've got to know it's the shark's world.
She told me not to fuck with straight girls, she told me not to take pills.
Not to take pills
Take one Uncle Phranc, take one Uncle Phranc.
My mom says she loves me but I don't think it's love
Cause she only loves me when I act just like she does
And that's emotional blackmail
Take one Uncle Phranc, take one Uncle Phranc.
2) 107 (Kaia) You want it it's coming
Only it's just the time before fall
Hand me your jacket now I am yours
I missed the first step
Fell and cut my lip I've been eating too much sugar
There's no cover there's a truth in it definitely
If I'd known where I was it was too
Dangerous too unbalanced to try and walk the ledge
Take one step back it's one step forward
Give me your word I'll go steady with you baby
Comfort bound turn off the light won't go back to sleep
Until I read 5 more pages then I'm gonna set them on fire
Watch them leave watch my words disappear
Watch me from inside my room
Crouched down on all fours
Take one step back it's one step forward
Give me your word I'll go steady with you baby
Watch it, it's coming
Only it's just the time before fall
Hand me your jacket now I am yours
She is everything
3) MY DIRTY HANDS ARE MINED (Jody) Tried to warn my neighbors about my inner plot
The girl next door with no conscience what a dreadful thought
Now I'm a politician, not smart enough to lie
I'll cut the space program, and have your check by 5
Please don't forget me, cause I was bound to lose
She said my greatest strength, is my greatest weakness
Some things are probably better kept to myself
But some scared part of me tells everything as if that could help
There is no quiet, no quiet is rewarded,
Inertia keeps you moving or standing still
Stay alive carpenter, you can laugh if you fail,
Don't get behind the gun, just to hope you get killed
A girl with no conscience, fuck right you should be scared
Don't be a whore
4) THE COUNCIL (Kaia + Jody) The council less rated clean intent
I'll trade you the first one called the last one picked
You'll suave fast but you'll miss
Whose tractions trains slipping
Your traction aims slipping
The first one called the last one picked
A hunger for continuity a hunger for continuity the last
Am I next let's meet there between the core and the mantle the last
Is it fine? it's OK it's inaudible it gets through sometimes
Is it fine? it's OK am I butch or femme can I register?
I hear all the things they say about me
I hear all the things and I wonder how they
Know all these things I don't know about me
If you know so much would you mind sharing it please?
5) DON'T TRY SUICIDE (Jody) I'm scared to leave the house, I'm scared to go to sleep
And when I do, I wake up feeling scared
My girlfriend cuddles me and holds me when I cry
I tell her that I'm scared, ask if she thinks I'll die
She tells me I'm OK, I don't believe her,
But it makes me feel better anyway
Can't get myself to eat, trick myself and watch TV
Even when it works, I end up puking scared
My girlfriend cuddles me and holds me when I cry
I tell her that I'm scared, she says that I won't die
She tells me I'm OK, I don't believe her,
But it makes me feel better anyway
6) TO THE ENEMIES OF POLITICAL ROCK (Jody) Look out, look out look all around
Seems like the only job in town
Here it is in 1996,
You'd think everybody'd be sick of this bullshit
But we're not, we just want to smoke pot
You can kiss my ass, just give me some grass
Do it yourself means do it for me,
I don't give a shit just get my video on MTV
You know exactly what you want,
So don't hide your greed behind me
Just own it you little slacker fuck,
Didn't you hear, there's no free money
It's not magic it's work, yeah it's cool and it's work
And it can feel like a choice between pleasure and existence
7) TAKE ON ME (Kaia) She said I'd really like to but I've got a lot to think and write about
Why don't you go back home and I'll stop by tomorrow
She said you know I'd really like to but I've got so much to think and write about
Why don't you go back home and I'll stop by tomorrow
And we'll clean your room pretend you're here
Take you to the corner i'll take you out for drinks
I'll take you to my room and you can take on me
I've got it figured out hold on one second
I've got it figured out wish i was riding bikes with you
I've sat down on the middle of this mess
I've made of letters and clothes wish i was anywhere with you
I've sat down on the middle of this mess i've made of letters
And if you were here pretend you are not 2,000 miles away
8) YES I AM TOO, BUT WHO AM I REALLY? (Jody + Kaia) Don't tell us we only care about the dykes and fags,
Don't try to find fake reasons to hate us
Some people get it, lots more people need it
Freedom is freedom, it's for all or it's all for nothing
It's been hours it's on strike
I'll turn it around i'm a contradiction
I don't want to be a man
You can be what you want with me
I want to watch you lose control
Sometimes I'm the Fonz mostly I'm a puppy
You're sexy boss me around please I want you to
You can be what you want with me
What you want is what I want you to tell me to boss you around
Sitting in the back of the not room enough for me to turn around
And get the fuck away with their stupid interrogations
It's been hours or 5 years no reunion that implies a thing
That never existed something that never existed
Hey you're sexy come here and boss me around
Chain me to the bed now unchain me from the bed
It's what we choose to say, and how certain things are said
And what we choose to say, and how certain things are said
9) I'M ILLEGAL (Jody + Kaia) I'm afraid walking down the street
Holding hands with my girlfriend
That some cop gonna arrest me (Uh, excuse me ladies)
Sometimes I think i've even done something wrong
Invite me in show me around make me feel safe
I am illegal I'm nearly gone
I have this vivid memory of being in a boat with a friend
I was 11 I said girls can't get married to each other
I remember thinking how fucked up that was
You say you have a ban on affection did I hear you right?
I am illegal
What do you think cuz I'm not sure
whether I didn't get that job (we hired someone else)
Because my hair's parted on the wrong side
Or because i'm a flaming SM rubber dyke (whack!)
10) MUSICAL FANZINE (Kaia + Jody) She wants to embrace her, however the world will change
She wants to feel, but she can only describe it
Don't let the monster stay under the bed (x2)
Hey you, say what she needs to hear
It's just like Donna said, it depends where you're at in your head
You find what you need maybe it's finding
A very secret space to hide your copy of Rubyfruit Jungle
Maybe you're writing your own
There's a wig wearing boy named psychic Al
What he's looking for, he won't find in school
He stays up late, flipping through tapes
Listening to songs he's heard a hundred times,
But nothing's there
Hey you, say what he needs to hear
Queer sex is great, it's fun as shit
Don't worry Jesus is dead and God don't exist
And swearing is fun, it's funner than piss
That it's stupid is a cruel and classist myth
Queer sex is great, it's fun as shit
Don't kill yourself cause people can't deal with your brilliance
Sometimes I can't remember why I wanna live
But I think of all the freaks and I don't want to miss this
It's just like Donna said, it depends where you're at in your head
11) REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE (Jody) Take notes from a movie box
Make a list of what I need
Remember who you are, remember who you are
But then I can't feel good about anything
And just when I get something started
I read or hear something, that makes me forget
My confidence, and honesty
What are my motives are they selfless enough,
Are they righteous, righteous enough?
Then before I get started I get all fucked up
Can't get sick of thinking about meaning or language
Or anything that gets me hot.
Make up who you are, it makes up who you are
Then I found myself dancing alone in my room
I was writing in my journal, playing records
When I felt my shoulders slide from side to side
I found the bass in my hips
Being alone brings courage and strength of mind
Take off your shirt and watch TV
Remember who you are and make up who you are
But then I just want a public place
Where girls can meet each other stare
Sometimes that's what it takes to know you're alive
To feel yourself burning just from some girl's stare
My that's a strange costume
Slip your fingers under my belt
Put up signs to make up who you are
Send out signals about who you are
Transmit messages telling who you are
No matter who you are
Last modified on June, 8th 1998. Send corrections to Moe
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