Lyric discussion by LittleUnicornBoy 

Cover art for Dragonfly Pie lyrics by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

I agree with a lot of this user's ideas, but this is how I would do it:

"Of all my stoned digressions Some have mutated into the truth Not a spoof You are the born expression of all your parents' flaws Which you parsed There's no Oz

Can't be what you oughta be Gotta be what you wanna be

Take it with pride and Like a dragonfly Dragonfly wants a piece of pie Be he is so strung out

Shake me off the knife because I want to go home (x4)

Cursed to being named after jazz songs Highschool principle Show and tell Preach and yell

Ghostly Iraqi and starship Ghostly ???? van Gogh No more signs No more lines

Can't be what you wanna be Gotta be what you oughta be

Take it with pride and Like a dragonfly Dragonfly wants a piece of pie But he is so strung out

Shake me off the knife because I want to go home (x4)"

The one thing I'm not sure about is the "ghostly ???? van Gogh". Doesn't sound like any word I've ever heard. At first I thought I heard "I, Tina" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Tina)