Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too

mightybackwardfall is right. the lyrics are impossible to make out so you're forced to look at the sleeve notes and take notice of Alexanders little bit of social commentary, which sticks in your head because you've read it rather than listened to it.

very clever

just wish i knew how to do the baboon

This is a great song but I wish someone could post the real lyrics. (the lyrics here aren't the ones actually sung)

i have no idea what the real words are in this song...does anyone know?

i want the real lyrics too! :(

The real words are not important I think. I think the lyircs in the booklet are for you to read while listening to the song and the singing in the song is just there for "backup". this is some really deep shit

i'm not sure there are 'real' lyrics. i think very few actual words are sung.

The real lyrics:

I come, you're there when I call you. I come, turn me around, baby, inside, yeah. I come pickin' my fight, back just around you, yeah. I come, don't matter why, yeah. You stay around, yeah. You're runnin' outta space. You run, you're down, you thumb it in my face. Your soul is black. Just carry'n it around and I, yeah, ho. I call, it's over the phone, again too soon, choo, choo. I'm you and me, I'm all the answers. I am the bim bum bim. Ooh, you make me wild, yeah. You and me. My only desire is to hide. Keep up, keep up. Ooo, na ooo, na, ooo, no, ooo, na. Ooo, na, ooo, na, ooo, na, ooo, na. Ooo, da, ooo, da hoo, lay, oh. You're set for doin' my new dance, the baboon, the baboon, the baboon, yeah. Heh, heh. Shit on it. Come on, its you. You're ridin' on the floor. It's out back. It's out the door. It's here, it's there, but baby, it's ev'ry where buy I hide. Whatever makes you live, whatever makes you high, whatever makes you smile. You make me feel wild, yeah. You make me feel child, ooh, yeah. You make me feel wi-ild, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa , whoa, ooh. Well, no matter what I will be there for you. In awhile we're gon' try.

The real lyrics:

I come, you're there when I call you. I come, turn me around, baby, inside, yeah. I come pickin' my fight, back just around you, yeah. I come, don't matter why, yeah. You stay around, yeah. You're runnin' outta space. You run, you're down, you thumb it in my face. Your soul is black. Just carry'n it around and I, yeah, ho. I call, it's over the phone, again too soon, choo, choo. I'm you and me, I'm all the answers. I am the bim bum bim. Ooh, you make me wild, yeah. You and me. My only desire is to hide. Keep up, keep up. Ooo, na ooo, na, ooo, no, ooo, na. Ooo, na, ooo, na, ooo, na, ooo, na. Ooo, da, ooo, da hoo, lay, oh. You're set for doin' my new dance, the baboon, the baboon, the baboon, yeah. Heh, heh. Shit on it. Come on, its you. You're ridin' on the floor. It's out back. It's out the door. It's here, it's there, but baby, it's ev'ry where buy I hide. Whatever makes you live, whatever makes you high, whatever makes you smile. You make me feel wild, yeah. You make me feel child, ooh, yeah. You make me feel wi-ild, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa , whoa, ooh. Well, no matter what I will be there for you. In awhile we're gon' try.

Any ideas why they chose to sing a completely different song to the one written in the book? Or maybe it's summed up in the post script: "So cynical, so hip, so full of shit They told us to shut the fuck up and write another hit"

i agree with svenny g, i think the "real" lyrics aren't that important, and the music is just a setup for a really good poem that is the lyrics in the cd cover