[Nofx Cover]
Possesions never meant anything to me
I'm not crazy
Well that's not true I've got a bed
And A guitar
And a dog named Bob who pisses on my floor
That's right I've got a floor
So what? So What? So What?
I've got pockets full of lint and holes
Where everything important to me
Just seems to fall right down my leg
And onto the floor
My closest friend, linoleum...linoleum
Supports my head, gives me something to believe
That's me on the beachside combing the sand
Metal meter in my hand
Sportin' a pocket full of change
That's me in the street with a violin under my chin
Playing with a grin
Singin' jibberish
that's me on the back of the bus
that's me in the cell
that's me inside your head
that's me inside your head


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Linoleum Lyrics as written by Michael John Burkett

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    WTF, this isn't Shai Hulud. It's NoFX "Linoleum". Rightio, well there ya go.

    deja_vu_dreamson August 26, 2002   Link
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    this is a cover song doofus. i saw them last night and they played it.

    givingintoautumnon September 14, 2002   Link
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    yeah it's a cover song, and Shai Hulud fuckin plays it better than nofx ever could

    fukshtupon September 24, 2002   Link
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    covering a band that covers as much as NOFX, and doing it a hundred times better than they every could, that seems like it should be ironic

    evilempire324on October 15, 2002   Link
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    yeah shai hulud fuckin rocks this song.

    LoganNYCon November 14, 2004   Link
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    they said "suck my balls, fat mike!"

    LoganNYCon November 14, 2004   Link
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    this cover is ridiculously sick. Any cover sh does is sick. bc they are fucking shai hulud! what else would you expect? and if you are going to cover a nofx or bad religion song...you obviously have to bring it.

    kariannyouon July 18, 2008   Link
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    Best fucking band ever.

    Ocean Soulon March 26, 2010   Link

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