Meet me where the city turns to trees and nothing comes for free
Lets see just how imposing you can be to me
So far from road-marks or homecoming games
Go on and drop your fucking names
Try to shift the blame
Watch me take a crowbar
To your brand new car
Without the things your daddy bought you
You won’t get very far
Without your plastic friends
And your odds and ends
Would you still be a star?
The idle rich cocooned away from earth
You’re cynical from birth
Tell me what you think your pride is worth to me
When all that you can do is call me gay
I’m sorry I don’t swing that way
And even if I did I’d still say
Do you think I’m scared to play your games?
Battle is my middle name
I hope that you’re insured


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    love this song.

    punkrockprincessson July 03, 2002   Link
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    max bitter at ex-gf? haha

    Armadaon May 16, 2004   Link
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    i actually heard that this was written about the olsen twins and their crowd.. not sure though, but i doubt its relevant now because im pretty sure hes friends with them now.

    trinketon April 13, 2005   Link
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    the Olsen twins called Max gay?

    pikkon006on August 04, 2005   Link
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    Um, it's not "odds and ends..." I'm pretty sure it's "obstinence."

    rocksolidgurlon September 23, 2006   Link
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    well idc who max is talking about

    this song is beautiful everyone knows someone with "Plastic friends" in fact usual they are fake themselves and i think deep down inside of every deeper person you want to take a crowbar to the fake peoples car

    but im just putting it out there

    minimoonon August 21, 2007   Link
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    When all that you can do is call me gay I’m sorry I don’t swing that way And even if I did I’d still say I'd take a CROWBARRRRRRRRR TO YOUR BRAND NEW CAR!

    This song is sick. It's the ultimate fuck you song to a spoiled bitch. Who gives a shit who it's about. It works for half of the girls on Staten Island

    todoublemon October 31, 2007   Link
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    There's a verse missing

    You think that you could take me now? Your only weapon is your namesake anyhow And if you think that you could take me now You got another thing coming... Think! Think! Think!

    I mite be wrong on this but that's what I think that verse says After the first chorus thing (watch me take a crowbar)

    floridamanon August 15, 2014   Link

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