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The Overachievers Lyrics
I bought a house with you
We settled down with cats
There wasn't much to do
So we just sat and watched the TV
And smoked weed
We drove a biocar
'Cos we all love the earth
It didn't get us far
And always sounded like a walrus
With ulcers
L-A-L-A
We surfed at Malibu
So we could see the stars
And when the sun fell off
We'd drive back slowly
to Topanga
L-A-L-A
Then once that wasn't enough
We gave up on our jobs
And bought back all our time
To spend it walking in the forest
L-A-L-A
HELP! ME!
HELP! ME!
L-A-L-A
I bought a house with you
We settled down with cats!
There wasn't much to do
So we just sat and watched the TV
We settled down with cats
There wasn't much to do
So we just sat and watched the TV
And smoked weed
'Cos we all love the earth
It didn't get us far
And always sounded like a walrus
With ulcers
So we could see the stars
And when the sun fell off
We'd drive back slowly
to Topanga
We gave up on our jobs
And bought back all our time
To spend it walking in the forest
HELP! ME!
We settled down with cats!
There wasn't much to do
So we just sat and watched the TV
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This is the first song that really grabbed my on Sisterworld; but I love all of it now. This song is about the boredom in their lives. Basically just a travelogue, listing what they're doing in LA, or "Hell A"?
Sounds like an anti-hipster anthem
Sounds like an anti-hipster anthem
the irony of the title "the overachievers" when most of the activities in the song accomplished very little in reality