well i'm starving for attention
and i'm looking for perfection
and my only opposition
is my lack of motivation
i'm looking for an in
but i'm pissin' in the wind
and if i had a towel
i'm sure i'd throw it in
i'm fishing for a valid excuse
and when i think of one
i will put it to good use
am i a freight train or am i a caboose
too much time tied to the rails
fuck no
gotta find a reason to go
i'll never have nothing to show
can i borrow some ambition
or a box of ammunition
need a new direction
like a positive regression
i could use a new excuse
need an ace, but drew a duece
i will do the world a favor
and i'll never reproduce
i'm starving for attention
i'm looking for perfection
and my only opposition
is my lack of motivation
i'm looking for an in
but i'm pissin' in the wind


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    Guttermouth can be so clever sometimes! it's awesome...the world's is lacking some inteligence on music...and also, I think everone can easily relate to the lack of motivation and hopelessness...this song rocks.

    shelkaliciouson November 08, 2004   Link
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    I'm not all that crazy for Guttermouth but I liek this song

    saves_the_day_girlon May 03, 2002   Link
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    Im not that big of a guttermouth fam neither. I like how the lyrics rhyme perfectly, but I dont really like the high pitched voice of the chrorus singer "fishin for a valid excuse", "fuck no, never have nothin to show" but the songs pretty good

    riotgrrlon June 12, 2002   Link
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    General Comment

    im kinda a big guttermouth fan there funny and i love there lyrics good song although covered in ants wasnt that great but a few not many songs were awsome

    badreligionpigeonon July 26, 2002   Link
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    heh i love this song :D they always manage to cheer me up when i listen to their songs

    pretty-in-punkon August 19, 2002   Link
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    General Comment

    Oi! this song is farkin pro. Guttermouth are an awesome band. Keep the good shit up

    UnkoPunkon March 30, 2003   Link
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    it sounds like cartman singing the chorus

    fateworksbothwayson September 29, 2006   Link
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    Memory

    This is the song by then that I heard first. I was instantly hooked. Been loving their shit ever since.

    apunkron January 06, 2020   Link

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