They all compete for your love
But I don't need to fuck with that
If you don't believe, it's your loss
It's your loss

I don't mind what they say
And I don't need what they got
If you don't like what I say
Put it in your blog
I promise no one even gives a damn

I never need your sympathy
'Cause I got my own money
And there ain't nothing you can do me
'Cause I've eaten off the floor before
And we go sha na na na na na
We don't give a damn about
Sha na na na na na
So go on and scream and shout
Sha na na na na na
And I may be rude, but I'm the truth, yeah

And I'll let you watch me fall down
'Cause I got no shame in that
He's just a face in the crowd
So watch out

You don't mean what you say
You don't roll how you act
I'm the same off the stage
What you see is what you get
Maybe you don't know what you lookin' at

I never need your sympathy
'Cause I got my own money
And there ain't nothing you can do me
'Cause I've eaten off the floor before
And we go sha na na na na na
We don't give a damn about
Sha na na na na na
So go on and scream and shout
Sha na na na na na
And I may be rude, but I'm the truth, yeah

I never need your sympathy
'Cause I got my own money
And there ain't nothing you can do me
'Cause I've eaten off the floor before
And we go sha na na na na na
We don't give a damn about
Sha na na na na na
So go on and scream and shout
Sha na na na na na
Sha na na na na na
And I may be rude, but I'm the truth, yeah


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    From booklet:

    They all compete for your love But I don't need to fuck with that If you don't believe, it's your loss

    I don't mind what they say I don't need what they got If you don't like what I say Put it in your blog I promise no one even gives a fuck

    I never need your sympathy 'Cause I got my own money And there ain't nothing you can do to me 'Cause I've eaten off the floor before

    And we go: "Sha na na, sha na na We don't give a damn about so go on scream and shout" Well Imay be rude, but I'm the truth

    And I'll let you watch me fall down 'Cause I got no shame in that He's just a face in the crowd, so watch out

    You don't mean what you say, you don't roll how you act I'm the same off the stage What you see is what you get Mybe you don't know what you lookin' at

    letsXgoXswimmingon August 10, 2009   Link

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