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April 7, 2007
"Some Guy Wearing Light Blue Dockers Pants"
I'm a bit more positive about it than they are, I suppose. I agree that the album lacks a true knockout single, and I also agree that you can sometimes hear the craft behind the tunes. But their craft is just so impossibly good that I have a hard time holding it against them.
Favorite tune at the moment: "This Better Be Good:"
I saw you holding hands
With some guy wearing light blue Dockers pants
And I thought that I might just give you a chance to explain
What the hell is in your brain
You know you pretend you're going to Sea Bright
For the long weekend but something don't seem right
And your best friend Renee keeps on saying she saw you at the Gap with somebody in a baseball cap[refrain] And you know
This better be good
This better be good
Yeah, this better be good now baby
Cause you sure don't act like you should
This better be good
GoodI thought you could be trusted
But I guess you can fess up
You're totally busted
Cause I swear you were sharing a hot dog with mustard after work with that same old polyester jerk[refrain]
[bridge] I know you'll deny It
But don't even try It
Your half-baked alibi's so full of holes
I think you might want to stop in at the donut shop
They might buy it
I sure won't[guitar solo]
[refrain]
Posted by Eric at April 7, 2007 12:24 PM
Comments
Not too shabby. Still, that kind of scenario calls for a much more assertive message, something closer to the Beatles' "Run For Your Life" from the "Rubber Soul" Album.
I get the impression that John wrote the lyrics with the attitude that, no matter what he wrote, all those screaming and swooning girls will keep screaming and swooning just because they are the Beatles. Even if he threatens them.
First three verses and the fifth.
Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl
than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
or I won't know where I am
You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl
Well I know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life
trying just to make you toe the line
Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead
Um, just kidding. Those are the real lyrics though. This is around the time they quit touring. This is a marked difference from their earlier song in the same genre, "No Reply" from "Beatles for Sale." There may be a Beatles influence in Fountains of Wayne, at least that was my first impression from reading the lyrics.
Last four verses
I nearly died
I nearly died
'cause you walked hand in hand
with another man
in my place
If I were you
I'd realize that I
love you more
than any other guy
And I'll forgive
the lies that I
heard before
when you gave me no reply
I tried to telephone
They said you were not home
that's a lie
'cause I know where you've been
I saw you walk in
your door
I nearly died
I nearly died
'cause you walked hand in hand
with another man
in my place
Posted by: Tim at April 11, 2007 11:12 AM