The Cootees - "Let's Play House" (TND1062)
1. (blank)
Me & Tom sat down one night, our goal was to write a
song.
Didn't want it to be too short, but we didn't want it too long.
We can write about politics.
We can write about the world.
We can write about ourselves.
We can write about girls.
But what went through our heads...
Was to write about this song instead.
Tom picked up his guitar & he started playing a tune.
Some words went through my head
& I started singing them too.
We can write about our friends.
We can write about being blue.
We can write about something else.
We can write about being without you.
But what went through our heads...
Was to write about this song instead.
2. Shut Up
AH SHUT UP, AH SHUT UP, AH SHUT UP, AH SHUT UP, AH SHUT UP, AH SHUT UP OR I'LL GET PISSED OFF!
You think you know everything
but you're not right all the time, you're a human being.
You think you're perfect
but I know deep inside you're hiding from what is real.
And you can tell me...
What are you doing tomorrow or today.
The answer to that question, not a thing.
When are you gonna think about what you're doin',
or when to quit.
3. Mike's Waiting
I keep telling myself, I don't need anybody,
I don't need anybody else.
But I guess that's not true, I'm always blue
& that's because I don't have you.
I fantasize then realize, it's make believe.
I am no good, why do I try? Can't I see?
You're in your world, I'm in mine, but I don't care.
I'm not quite sure what to think, I know it's there.
Well it might be good, & it might be bad,
& it might be what I was waiting for.
Well you're the greatest thing, since the telephone,
so call me up when you're alone.
4. Roses Are Red
Roses are red & violets are blue,
I was alone until I met you.
For so long I was lost, bit now I've been found.
It brightens up my day when you're around me.
Well I know you're far away,
but I think of you each day.
& it's safe to say that you're always on my mind.
The day we met, I must admit,
since then I think about you all the time.
You're the sunshine that would brighten up my day.
& now it's been raining since you went away.
If I could have all my wishes come true.
Then I wouldn't have to cause I'd be with you.
5. School Girl Fantasy
I was sitting in my classroom,
trying to do my homework,
when this girl sat in front of me.
Whe was cute & she was clean,
off the cover of a magazine.
My school girl fantasy.
Don't ask me what she's thinking.
Is she thinking of me?
My school girl fantasy.
36-24-36 I'm on the floor with her.
Oh, if that were true.
Want that girl to marry me,
late @ night it's her I see.
Oh, I don't know what to do.
6. D.D.F.
Can't believe what you see with your eyes
the disguise that's put on
when you look @ her from far away.
& she looks good when you're just driving by
then I cry when I notice up close she don't look the same.
So just be careful about what you see.
Don't believe anything until you get a second look
& just make sure that you always check out the bait.
before you take the hook. Yeah
Distance distortion factor, it's not a pretty sight. Let's
go!
D.D.F. it makes a great difference to me.
You gotta make sure you know exactly what you see.
D.D.F. you can't just look passing by.
You never know, it might turn out to be a guy.
D.D.F. it's just so hard to decide
what's wrong from far away & what is right.
D.D.F. it makes a great difference to me.
You gotta know what you see now.
7. No Cure For The Cootees
You got the cooties, I can tell by looking @ you.
You got the cooties, there's nothing you can do.
We're gonna crawl all over you
& get inside your brain.
Will take control of you
& drive you insane.
You can't get rid of us cause there's no cure for us.
8. What You Hate
You think I'm better off by acting just like you.
I tell you what I wanna be & what I wanna do.
But you say you don't care it's not good enough for you.
You think I should start over with something new.
You think I'm better off if I act just like you.
But I do what I want & I do what you hate.
I make my own decisions, do what I wanna do
& I do what I wanna do & I do what you hate.
You think I'm better off by acting just like you.
I tell you what I wanna be, you tell me I'm a fool.
& I say, "I don't care what you say
I'll do what I want to do anyway.
9. Dirty Punk
I am a punk, I'm in a "punk band".
When I eat breakfast, I eat the "punk brand".
I go to school, my friends are "punks" too.
We go to "punk shows", we do what "punks" do.
I am a "dirty punk". I look & smell like junk.
& I'm "punk".
I go to work, work @ a "punk store".
Live in apartments, sleep on the "punk floor".
I am a punk, I'm in a "punk band".
When I eat breakfast, I eat the "punk brand".
10. Lisa's Clean
Lisa is a girl I know.
She's always clean wherever she goes.
Oh no, even @ the punk show.
Lisa yeah, she's doin' fine.
She's got problems & it's worse than mine.
She's clean, if you know what I mean.
I never said that Lisa's mean.
All I said "Well Lisa, yeah she's clean".
I know that Lisa could be
just as dirty as you & me.
She's clean, if you know what I mean.
Lisa yeah, she don't care,
she's got purple underwear.
She's clean, no she's not mean.
11. Coke Song
Caffeine in my system makes me feel so good inside.
Yeah, it wakes me in the morning
when I take that caffeine ride.
I am so thirsty, my throat's so dry I choke.
This is no question & this is no joke.
I need some COKE!
Looking in the mirror, I start jumping all around.
Yeah, I fear that dreadful moment
when the caffeine high goes down.
It's what I need. Liquid satisfaction.
Won't you buy it for me. COKE!
12. I'm OK You're OK
What's going on tonight? Is everything all right?
I hope that nothing's wrong. I haven't seen you in so long.
I'm away, you're here to stay & I'm away & you're ok.
You're here to stay & I'm away, you're here to stay & I'm ok.
What exactly do you do, when I'm not with you?
What exactly do you say, all the time that I'm away?
Tell me nothing's wrong.
Seems like I've been gone oh so long.
Nothing seems to have changed.
Yet the familiar things seem all so strange.
13. Jocks Don't Like Us
Jocks don't like us. Cause they're not like us.
Jocks don't like us. We don't wear Nikes.
You can't believe. You won't turn it around.
You don't understand, what it makes you.
Jocks don't like us. Cause they're not like us.
Jocks don't like us. We don't wear jock straps.
14. I Want The World
I am all alone & I can't be without you.
Can you feel the pain that's in my heart?
It's been so long since I've had you near me
& it's tearing me apart.
I wanna be with you, I wanna change my life.
I wanna help somebody, you know I've got the time.
I know there's pain inside you, don't want another girl.
You don't like the earth we live on?
Then I will change the world.
& it's true that I can say I love you
with all that's left inside my soul.
You're the only one that makes me laugh instead of cry.
You're the only one that makes me whole.
I want the world, I'll take control.
I'll try to make things right, I won't turn out the lights.
I won't turn my back on you.
When things go down, I'll turn it all around.
Turn a smile from a frown, that's what I'm gonna do.
15. Deadbeat
You give me rules that you tell me I must obey.
But I don't want to follow what you have to say.
I'm old enough to make decisions for myself.
& that's what I'm gonna do, not you.
& I know I can't fight.
The fact that you were wrong & I am right.
I have to change my life to make you happy.
& I feel so incomplete.
I feel dead, I feel beat.
I have to get out & be me to bring myself up again.
You tell me no, I tell you yes. That's how it's always been.
Your rules are like aluminium, they're so easy to bend.
I'm old enough to make decisions for myself.
& that's what I'm gonna do, not you.
16. Beach Party
There's a party & it's @ the beach.
Well, the food is good & the chicks are neat.
Sittin' round, feelin' swell.
I saw a girl & I said "what the hell".
I was bored & the night was young.
I wanna go out & have some fun.
I saw a girl, she was groovy.
"Hey baby, wanna go to the movies?"
Beach party, yeah.
We're @ the beach. The chicks are neat.
I'm feelin' swell. I say "well what the hell".
The night was young & we're, we're havin fun & I'm,
I'm feelin' groovy, yeah.
17. Now The Beach Sucks
Screaming kids are in my way, yeah what a lousy day.
Muscle-head jocks they're all the same,
they make my beach so lame.
Now the beach sucks.
Ugly girls with cellulite make me scared to sleep @ night.
Now it's raining Diet Coke.
This beach is such a joke.
18. They Don't Know
I don't know what I'm doing but I'm sure of myself.
Everything will work out fine but people have their doubts.
Fire in the hole, there is nowhere to go.
& they don't know.
Fire in the hole, there is nowhere to go.
When I gain control.
Everyone is tellin' me how to live my life.
They think they know how to live mine.
19.
Instrumental song.