In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
We're going hunting with imaginary guns
Shooting little balls of color
When they see us, everybody runs
The lawyer loved it and he gave us all cigars
And he took us to a restaurant
The waiters looked like movie stars
Haaa-aaah! Cat got your tongue?
I'm coughing up a piece of my lung
Think about my choice of careers
Man, it's been a couple of years
I'm giving everything, but still it's not enough
Now their calling all the markers in
I'm calling off this blind man's bluff
They called us wonderful
It's strictly alphabetical
They thought it was phenomenal
We're punking out of medical
HA-HA, talk about sheep
I'm hanging out with Little Bo Peep
You better bring a good pair of shears
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, you're pulling my leg
I think I found some face in my egg
We count on the support of our peers
Man, it's been a couple of years
And you'll often find me at the lost and found
Cuz I'm always leaving parts of me around
HA! Cat got your tongue
I'm coughing up a piece of my lung
I think about my choice of careers
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, you're pulling my leg
I think I found some face in my egg
I count on the support of our peers
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, talk about sheep
I'm hanging out with Little Bo Peep
You better bring a good pair of shears
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA HA HA
HA HA HA
HA HAA HAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
Shooting little balls of color
When they see us, everybody runs
The lawyer loved it and he gave us all cigars
And he took us to a restaurant
The waiters looked like movie stars
Haaa-aaah! Cat got your tongue?
I'm coughing up a piece of my lung
Think about my choice of careers
Man, it's been a couple of years
I'm giving everything, but still it's not enough
Now their calling all the markers in
I'm calling off this blind man's bluff
They called us wonderful
It's strictly alphabetical
They thought it was phenomenal
We're punking out of medical
HA-HA, talk about sheep
I'm hanging out with Little Bo Peep
You better bring a good pair of shears
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, you're pulling my leg
I think I found some face in my egg
We count on the support of our peers
Man, it's been a couple of years
And you'll often find me at the lost and found
Cuz I'm always leaving parts of me around
HA! Cat got your tongue
I'm coughing up a piece of my lung
I think about my choice of careers
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, you're pulling my leg
I think I found some face in my egg
I count on the support of our peers
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA-HA, talk about sheep
I'm hanging out with Little Bo Peep
You better bring a good pair of shears
Man, it's been a couple of years
HA HA HA
HA HA HA
HA HAA HAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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