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Richie and Ruben Lyrics
They opened up a bar called Living Hell
Right from the start it didn't go too well
They didn't have the vibe or quite the right clientele
They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed
They got robbed blind by half the wait staff
Six short weeks and they were forced to sell
Richie and Ruben
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little out of their minds
Don't give 'em a dime
They'll blow through your dough
Just like they blew through mine
Oh woh oh woh oh oh, oh woh oh woh oh oh
Where did the money go?
Where did the money go?
They opened a boutique they called Debris
Together with some kid from FIT
Though later it turned out he never quite got his degree
Eleven hundred bucks for a ripped up shirt
That came pre-stained with bleach and black dirt
Seemed just a little bit too steep to me
Richie and Ruben
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little out of their minds
Don't give 'em a dime
They'll blow through your dough
Just like they blew through mine
And ever since the seventh grade
They've been sayin' that "We've got it made"
And I still haven't gotten paid, gotten paid at all
Oh woh oh woh oh oh, oh woh ooh woh oh oh
Where did the money go?
Richie and Ruben
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little...
They're both a little...
They're both a little...
Out of their minds
Right from the start it didn't go too well
They didn't have the vibe or quite the right clientele
They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed
They got robbed blind by half the wait staff
Six short weeks and they were forced to sell
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little out of their minds
Don't give 'em a dime
They'll blow through your dough
Just like they blew through mine
Oh woh oh woh oh oh, oh woh oh woh oh oh
Where did the money go?
Where did the money go?
Together with some kid from FIT
Though later it turned out he never quite got his degree
Eleven hundred bucks for a ripped up shirt
That came pre-stained with bleach and black dirt
Seemed just a little bit too steep to me
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little out of their minds
Don't give 'em a dime
They'll blow through your dough
Just like they blew through mine
They've been sayin' that "We've got it made"
And I still haven't gotten paid, gotten paid at all
Oh woh oh woh oh oh, oh woh ooh woh oh oh
Where did the money go?
Don't know what they're doin'
Richie and Ruben
Are both a little...
They're both a little...
They're both a little...
Out of their minds
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This is why you have to love FOW. Richie and Ruben have big dreams -- endlessly -- but they always screw up . And yet the song's narrator has stuck by them anyway. Maybe he's finally learned his lesson, which is why he's now warning you to stay away, but you can tell that he can't bring himself to hate them. Their only problem is that they don't know what they're doing, and they're both a little out of their minds. But the tone of the song is affectionate resignation, not bitterness. The singer is saying to himself, "Why do I never learn?"
My favorite line is "They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed". They say so much in nine words.