I'm gonna want to see myself with someone too
Friends I don't pay are friends I never knew
So I took the chance and got some help from a few
And got a long and skinny friend to talk to
Cause I have the time and the liberty
To play with my pet sally
Please don't go away, sally please
No more lonely showers and uneaten foods
My salamander has hygiene too
And he thinks of me the way I think of you
The only next step is for him to say I do
Sally please don't go away
I won't be living in yesterday
The lonely nights
Getting beat up by gays in bar fights


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    No actually emoguy is right supprisingly. I just saw something on blink 182 on MTV2 and Tom went to his high school and stopped by the room of the teacher who always gave the most detentions and she said " I heard about that song you wrote about me" and then the back case of Buddha flashed across the screen with My Pet Sally highlighted and Tom's like "uhhh yea..." So hes pretty much right. Oh and this song is really good.

    skater41182on June 05, 2004   Link
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    i go to poway high where they went too yeah its about sally. and yeah shes a security guard there. and yeah shes 300+ lbs =]

    fuckkrbcutieon September 06, 2007   Link
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    It's about a worker named Sally at their highschool. They were trouble makers but they seemed to suck up when "Sally" was around

    EmoGuy89on May 07, 2002   Link
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    it's about how his pet salamander is his only friend.

    inkon July 11, 2002   Link
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    Wow emoguy, its so sad that you can try to make up a lie like that to make this song look cool...............when it's really not

    Jinxon April 01, 2003   Link
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    What the hell does "getting beat up by gays in bar fights" (one of their best ever lines) have to do with high school? The words are self-explanatory.

    Regos the Saneon April 11, 2004   Link
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    bahahahh u guys HAVE NO IDEA WHAT UR TALKING ABOUT!!!!! its:"This is about having someone that you don't have that much time to get together with, but you still want them to stay." CHEESE AND RICE if u dont know what its about DONT SAY ANY THING!

    blinks not gay u ron April 17, 2004   Link
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    dude no skater41182 thats peggy sue that yor think of i saw that too its peggy sue not my pet sally

    blinks not gay u ron June 06, 2004   Link
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    nah it is my pet sally... i've seen an interview with the lady who worked at tom's school... her name was sally. That's what she thinks its about anyway. Her.

    youallsmellbadon March 07, 2005   Link
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    and trust me she aint skinny

    youallsmellbadon March 07, 2005   Link

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