You better watch out you better not cry
You better put out records DIY
Cause it's not what you've done it's what you've been
If you fuck up I'm telling Tim
Take you out of book your own life part six
You won't play again at ABC
You're gonna get ostracized like Lawrence
When I tell Time I'm telling Tim
I'm telling Tim telling Tim
You better put out records DIY
Cause it's not what you've done it's what you've been
If you fuck up I'm telling Tim
Take you out of book your own life part six
You won't play again at ABC
You're gonna get ostracized like Lawrence
When I tell Time I'm telling Tim
I'm telling Tim telling Tim
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"You're gonna get ostracized like Lawrence"
Lawrence Livermore, head guy at Lookout Records, used to be a columnist for MRR, but there was a falling out with the zine over an incident where he screwed George Tabb and his band Furious George over in a contract dispute.
"You won't play again at abc"
ABC = DIY punk venue in NYC.
I have a friend who was in an unsigned DIY punk band named "Johnny Crackeye" out of Chicago. They had a listing for an upcoming show in Volume 6 of the magazine. The listing described them as:
"in the vein of NOFX, with much bigger balls."
If listened to closely, the second verse may have the following lyrics vaguely audible shouted in the background after the "Take you out of book your own life vol. 6" lyric:
"I'm not Crackeye"
A couple reasons why they would've bashed JohnyCrackeye in a song:
--the magazine said they had bigger balls than NOFX
--they some letters to NOFX bad-mouthing the band after not receiving a response about their press kit.
According to my source, he met Fat Mike years later who "circumvented" the question.
Nexus7 has it all right, it is about the late Tim Yo.
Though I think this was before his band mates sued him, so not to sure why he was added in the song. On a side note, if you watch GG Allin's dvd Live and Pissed, towards the end of the show you can see Jello and Mike hanging out in the crowd, then again talking to GG.
green day have a song called "86" where they sing about being kicked out of gilman street because they went to a major label.
i think the original version refers to green day.
well done.