Become What You Are
1. Supermodel (2:52)
2. My Sister (3:22)
3. This Is The Sound (3:01)
4. For The Birds (4:14)
5. Mabel (4:09)
6. A Dame With A Rod (2:55)
7. Addicted (3:16)
8. Feelin' Massachusetts (4:11)
9. Spin The Bottle (2:23)
10. President Garfield (4:38)
11. Little Pieces (3:05)
12. I Got No Idols (2:16)

All songs written by Juliana Hatfield except 'I Got No Idols' by Juliana Hatfield/Todd Philips
1993 Juliana Hatfield Music (BMI).


Supermodel

The highest paid piece of ass
You know it's not gonna last
Those magazines end up in the trash
Yeah!

What's the big idea?
None of that stuff is even real.
Wanna know how they really feel?
Yeah!

Five thousand dollars a day
Is what they pay my baby
For her pretty face

Five thousand dollars a day
Is what they pay my baby
For her pretty face

I came over as soon as she called
'Cause she's a living doll
And she's famous for nothing at all
Yeah!

She's living life like a dream
With a false sense of self-esteem
I wish she'd trade places with me
Yeah!

Five thousand dollars a day
Is what they pay my baby
For her pretty face
Five thousand dollars a day
Is what my baby gets paid
For being just another pretty face.

My Sister

My sister...

I hate my sister
She's such a bitch
She acts as if she doesn't even know that I exist
But I would do anything to let her know I care
But I am only talking to myself
'Cause she isn't there

My sister...

I love my sister
She's the best
She's cooler than any other girl that I have ever met
She had the greatest band, she had the greatest guy
She's good at everything and doesn't even try

She's got a wall around her nobody can climb
She lets her ladder down for those who really shine
I tried to scale it, but to me she's blind
So I lit a firecracker, went off in my eye

I miss my sister
Why'd she go?
She's the one who would have taken me
To my first all-ages show
It was the Violent Femmes and the Del Fuegos
before they had a record out, before they went gold
And started to grow

I miss my sister
I really miss her


This Is The Sound

Up above the floor so high
A reflection in his eye
Fell in love again last night
Had a chance but I got stage-fright

I can't dance in front of you
I never used these dancing shoes
They won't even go up stairs
Take me up to meet you there

This is the sound
Of a tree falling down
Like me giving up
To the ground
is the sound
Of a wave breaking down
To be all washed up

I can't think of things to say
Would if I could find a way
Grab something and hold it tight
Even if it's just one night

Why are simple things so hard?
Nothing ever goes too far
I roll it over in my mind
For the hundred-thousandth time

This is the sound
Of a tree falling down
Like me giving up
To the ground
is the sound
Of a wave crashing down
To be all washed up
Bridge!

Up above the town so high
Watching gasses in the sky
I can't stop thinking of that guy
How do you can't see smog at night

I don't even know his name
But if it's ever gonna rain
Will it ever be the same?
Will he come back here again?

This is the sound
Of a tree falling down
Like me giving up
To the ground
is the sound
Of a wave breaking down
To be all washed up


For The Birds

I really had to go downtown
Go downtown and hang around
Was not prepared for what I found
A baby bird was lying on the ground

Lying there in front of my feet
Dying there right next to the street
I picked it up and felt its heat
I tried to wake her up but she wanted to sleep

I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
But I can't get away from the thought
It's dying, it's dying, it's dying
And it's something that I couldn't stop
You're lying, you're lying, if you say
it's gonna make it 'cause I know that it's not

Hanging on a telephone line
Witnessing a million crimes
I've been alone all this time
I'd call someone but I don't have a dime

I don't care for boys or girls
I'd rather hang around with the birds
Humans only wreck the world
They'd kill your whole family for a string of pearls

I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
But I can't get away from the thought
We're dying, we're dying, we're dying
Our insides are starting to rot
You're lying, you're lying, if you say
we're okay, 'cause maybe we're not

If I had wings I'd try to fly
But they don't make it harder to die
You can take it up to the sky
But no one ever stays that high

I'm trying, and I'm trying, and I'm trying
But I can't get away from the thought
I'm dying, I'm dying
I already gave away all that I've got
I'm lying, I'm lying, if I say
that I'm cool 'cause really I'm not


Mabel

Who are you? I can't remember your name
Where am I? What was I gonna say?
What's the time? What day is it today?
I feel fine, I'll probably be okay

Hi, banana, hi, spaghetti, hi
Mommy's back, she's gonna tuck you in tonight
Mommy's sorry she gave you such a fright
Mommy's home, she's gonna be all right

Check out that lady,
she's talking to herself

Check out that lady,
she's gonna go to hell

Realize she's in a different place
Realize her lack of social grace
She can take the smile off his face
He wants to take her somewhere she'll be safe

Set the table dancin' on the table
Clear her place because she is unable,
Mabel
He looks at her and he wonders where she is
She smiles a little and she tells him she is his

Check out that lady
They're taking her away

Check out that lady
The devil made her pay


A Dame With A Rod

Give me your hand
Get in the van
Do you understand?
He's got a plan
He's got a room for one night
So don't try to fight
He's got a knife
No respect for your life
Is it for real?
How does it feel?
We made a deal
Even paid for your meal
She's got a pain in her head
Her eyes are red
Touch her again and you're dead
You heard what she said

I am a heroine
He tried to do her in
I gave it back to him
He won't do it again
I'm a heroine
He tried to do her in
I gave it back to him
He won't do it again

Give me your hand
Get in the van
Do you understand?
Act like a man
He got a room for one night
So don't try to fight
He's got a knife
No respect for your life
Is it for real?
How does it feel?
We made a deal
Even paid for your meal
She's got a pain in her head
The bed is red
Touch her again and you're dead
You heard what I said

I'm a heroine
He tried to do her in
I gave it back to him
He won't do it again
I'm a heroine
He tried to do her in
I gave it back to him
He won't do it again

Don't try to run
You did what you done
I've got a gun
And no mercy for scum
You're gonna rot in the ground
not come back around
You pushed yourself down
and outta my town

I'm a heroine
He tried to do her in
I gave it back to him
He won't do it again


Addicted

I think I'm addicted
Gotta have it every day
I think I'm addicted
Digging up what I threw away

My body is a shell
A broken empty shell
A chemical well
A little private hell

I can't take this lying down
I can't handle this waiting around
Karl Wallenda said it right:
'Walking a wire is the only life'

I think I'm addicted
I got an insatiable need
I think I'm addicted
Finally it happened to me

The skeleton trees
Remind me of me
They've got no leaves
To make the air we breathe

I can't take this lying down
I can't handle this waiting around
Hack another year off my life
Take my money, take my knife

I don't wanna die
Don't watch me cry
I don't wanna die

I can't take this lying down
I can't handle this waiting around
Hack another year off my life
Take my money, take my knife


Feelin' Massachusetts

Tell me something I really wanna know
Take me somewhere I really wanna go
Introduce me to someone really cool
Not another crazy fool

Feed me something hot enough
Don't be afraid to treat me rough
I just wanna be entertained
I wanna feel alive again

I walk around
This little town
I spit on the ground
And wait for the sky to fall down
Show me the way to the door
Show me out 'cause I'm so...

Give me something to take away the pain
Give me something that lets me sleep all day
Play me some music that lifts me to my feet
Not another ripped-off beat

Take me to the ocean and leave me there
Leave me all alone with the sun and the air
I'll float around all day long
It won't be long before I'm gone

I float around
I'm sinking down
Feel like I'm gonna drown
In this stinking town
Show me the way to the shore
Throw me out 'cause I'm
so bored

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose burning mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast

I walk around
This little town
I spit on the ground
And wait for the sky to fall down
Show me the way to the door
Show me out 'cause I'm
so bored


Spin The Bottle

He's a movie star
only drives rented cars
Met him in a bar
said 'I know who you are'
Took him to my party
as the games were starting
Bottle's on the ground
When it comes to me
I'm gonna be ready
It's my turn in a minute
gonna put my message in it

Five minutes in the closet with you

He's in a bunch of movies
really stupid movies
It's not entirely his fault
he can't control it all
I am not afraid
I can hardly wait
Truth or dare, I don't care
Tell the truth I dare you

When it comes around

Do you feel it too
what I feel for you?
If it was just us
would you do what I do?

Everybody's watching
Everybody's looking
She's such a sucker
He don't want to fuck her
He is gonnna kiss me
if he doesn't miss me
I am ready for it now
Already on the ground

Five minutes in the closet with you

Spin it 'round again


President Garfield

Every time that truck goes by
I think of you
You drove right through the wall
And now the kids all wanna follow you
I don't smoke, so why am I smoking?
Took a hit and now I'm choking

He wrote a book about himself
I keep it on my shelf
And when I was in Washington
I walked down all the streets of which he wrote

I can't sing, I'm not a singer
I swear I'm gonna kill myself if you bring her
Her

Iron will
iron hand
Neck like a tire
iron man
Iron fist
pump that jam
Iron eye
iron gland
Iron face
iron plan
Fill that empty coffee can
Iron bar
metal band
Pumping iron man

I am only human, I am weak
I want his power inside of me
And I'm not talking about a piece of meat
I'm saying something really deep


Little Pieces

You left the state without me
Shows how much you care about me
I could call, but you could hang up
You could take my loving cup
But I don't wanna share
I don't wanna care
I don't wanna bare it all

You've got a life without me
Don't know a thing about me
It's no wonder I can't get through
On the phone he said 'I love you'

I don't wanna talk it over
Never cried on anyone's shoulder
More and more as I get older

Take a look and see
How alone and free
Anyone can be

Just never let 'em see you sweat
Little pieces, all they get
So why do you still feel like shit?

Feels like a heartbreak
but it's nothing near that great
I never came that close
not even an only ghost
And on and on it goes
Nobody knows
My heart's on fire,
But my blood is frozen

Take a look and see
How alone and free
Anyone can be

Just never let 'em see you sweat
Little pieces, all they get
So why do you still feel like this?

It's a mystery
How I seem to be
Something less than myself


I Got No Idols

Love me love, but just don't touch
I don't like to be touched
You might think we all need that stuff
But I don't think about it much
And when I do, I have to leave the room
I'm scared of what I might do

I got no idols

I'm a goddess in your eyes, and I will never die
I was born of people's needs
and what they don't wanna believe
But I am a liar, that's the truth
Go home and think it through
That's the harm in mystery
All you know is what you see

I got no idols