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darlin' don't you go and cut your hair
do you think it's gonna make him change?
"i'm just a boy with a new haircut"
and that's a pretty nice haircut
charge it like a puzzle, hit me wearin' muzzles
hesitate to die, look around, around, the second drummer's drowned
his telephone is found

music scene is crazy, bands start up each and every day
i saw another one just the other day
a special new band
i dont remember lying
i don't remember lies
i don't remember what
but i don't care, i care, i really don't care
did you see the drummer's hair?

advertising looks and chops a must
no big hair!!
songs mean a lot
when songs are bought
and so are you-
bitch, rant down to the practice room
attention and fame so
career, career, career....
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theinvisibleone On Jan 08, 2002
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he says both. He starts with career and then transfroms it to Korea.

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steve-o has the lyrics right

malkmus' take: "It begins with me iimagining some girl bummed out on her boyfriend. 'What am I going to do?' she's asking herself. 'Cut my hair!' It could be anything, really- whatever you try to do to get a man or woman to like you. It nevers works. Someone's always got the upper hand. The it goes on to how the music world's the same, the way it concentrates on little outside things that seem cool, like your thrift-shop clothes or the amount of stubble you have on your chin. These are the things that seem to make one band different from the next- how long their hair is. It's not mt saying 'Get short hair!' I'm totally into long hair. I'd have it if I could, but it looks bad on me."

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my 3rd favorite pavement song

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Also - second drummer drown part. Nastonovich, their second drummer, always used to take baths and talk on the telephone while doing so. Strange but true, from the biography. Malkmus thought it was funny, threw that random bit in this song.

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"Jaws are like a puzzle" not Charge it like a puzzle

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Is Malkmus saying Career or Korea????

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yeah--you'd think it was about the inconsistent and annoying music industry...and how hard it is to maintain a 'career' in that....but, then again, Malkmus will swear he says "korea", not career...that crazy genius...

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nuke troop is right

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i disagree with a couple of the above interpretations...what do you think...

'hit me where it muscles'

'i remember lyin, but i don't remember lyin'...i don't remember a word but i don't care....etc'

'advertising looks and chops of must' ie. old, recycled guitar

lastly, i know that it's 'face right down to the practise room' cause i rember reading a malkmus interview where he said, 'i thought it was kinda funny, face right down to the practise room'

anyways that's what i've always sung along

@seasonedass "advertising looks and chops a must. No big hair!" Is referring to music papers where bands uses to advertise for players. Chops means skill on the guitar or whatever instrument you played. No big hair is the emphasis that you were looking for big hair metal type of players. Since this used to occur in the late 80's it was necessary to clarify that hair metal was NOT what you were looking for. Chops a must was a common phrase too.

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it's not Charge it like a puzzle

it's JUDGE it like a puzzle...makes more sense.