[verse]
well, I know you can't work in fast food all your life
but don't sign that paper tonight, she said,
but it's too late.
And I don't remember what I read,
don't remember what they said,
I guess it doesn't matter,
I guess it doesn't matter anymore.
[chorus]
you're gonna go to the record store
you're gonna give 'em all your money
radio plays what they want you to hear
they tell me it's cool but I just don't believe it...
sell out, with me oh yea, sell out, with me tonight
record company's gonna give me lots of money
and everything's gonna be (all right).
[verse]
no more flippin' burgers puttin' on my silly hat
you know I don't want that no more,
And I didn't ask when we'd get paid, I quit my day job anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter, I guess it doesn't matter anymore
[chorus]
You're gonna go to the record store,
you're gonna give 'em all your money,
radio plays what they want you to hear,
they tell me it's cool, I just don't believe it
sell out, with me oh yea, sell out
with me tonight, the records company's only give me
lots of money and everything's gonna be.
[bridge]
I don't think it'll be so bad
I know it won't be so bad
cause the man said "that's the way it is"
and the man said "it don't get better than this" no no no noo
[chorus]
so I signed on to the record company,
they say they're gonna give me lot's of money,
if I play what they want you to hear
they tell me it's cool, and I sure believe it...
sell out, with me oh yea, sell out, with me tonight
the record companies gonna give me lots of money and
everything's gonna be (all right).
everybody's
doin' the fish
yea! yea! yea!
everybody's doin' the fish, yea, yea,
yea...
it's not so bad bein' trendy
everyone who looks like me is my friend
please don't hate me because i'm trendy
they're not gonna laugh at me again.
everybody does it
why don't you?
everybody does it...
maybe you should too,
cause you don't wanna be left out
you wanna be cool.
it's not so bad bein' trendy
everyone who looks like me is my friend
please don't hate me because i'm trendy
(i'm gonna do it because it's trendy)
they're not gonna laugh at me again!
everybody's makin' fun of me
cause they say, i'm so trendy
cause i do what others do
they'll make fun of me
they'll make fun of you
i don't wanna be left
out...
i wanna be cool!
(makin' fun of trendy people
is the trendiest thing of all.
was gonna call my friends and get 'em all together
i was gonna go and start a band,
but everything i wanna do has already been done.
why would i wanna go and do it again?
everybody...plays guitar.
she's so cute (if you know what i mean)
she's the cutest little
girl, that i've ever seen.
maybe she'll like me if
i play guitar
maybe she'll like me if i'm
the lead singer yea,
oh yea! there's so many
bands, and we all look the same...
i just saw them, up on stage
and i don't
remember how good they played.
he can't sing,
but i'd pay just to see her face,
yea, yea, yea, yea...
everybody's in a band yea,
yea, yea
have you heard of my band?
oh, ooh, ooh
we try to be different
but i guess that's nothing
new.
she has a girlfriend now
she has a girlfriend now
she has a girlfriend now, she said
"guys don't do no more for me"
"you never loved me, like i wanted you to"
"i loved you baby, what do you want me to do?"
she said she found someone who's gonna hold her hand
she said she found someone who's gonna understand
she don't need nobody to be her man
she don't need nobody to be her man
i never thought it would end like this
just because i've got no tits
i'll shave my legs,
i'll wear a bra
i'll even cut my &%#!$
off for you...
she has a
girlfriend
now.
i just couldn't believe it,
when i turned on
the radio, try to run, try to
hide, try to keep it inside,
they were playin' that song
and i thought about her
snoop doggy dog, snoop doggy dog
so much trouble in the LBC
livin' without her's gonna drive me
crazy...she's so
don't you just wanna kill me, cause you're talkin'
behind my back, well i love the band. they're a
great bunch of guys, but lookin' at her brings
tears to my eyes, i'm watchin' her shake
she gonna give a heart attack now, baby
snoop doggy dog, snoop doggy dog
maybe i don't want her back, you know?
maybe i just can't let her go...i'm so
well i, turn the radio off...
i don't want no part, try to make me a big star?
i don't wanna be a big star.
everybody's mad they wanna kick me in the head
was it somethin' i did, was it somethin' i said?
i would try to tell you but i just don't
wanna lie
it really shouldn't matter but it
makes me wanna
cry, i wish i didn't care, i
wish i didn't care...
but i do. snoop doggy dog
(she said) snoop doggy dog
please don't tell me it'll be
ok cause i know
i'll never never never get my
way...
and so.
She called me late last night to say she loved me so
It didn't matter anymore
I'll say she never cared and that she never will
And do it all again, I guess I'll have to wait until then
And if I get drunk, well, I'll pass out
On the floor now, baby
You won't bother me no more
And if you're drinkin'
Well, you know that you're my friend and I'll say
I think I'll have myself a beer
Woo-hoo-hoo
Woo-hoo-hoo
She called me late last night to say she loved me so
But I guess she's changed her mind
Well, I should have known it wouldn't be all right
But I can't live without her, so I won't even try
And if I get drunk, well, I'll pass out
On the floor now, baby
You won't bother me no more
And if you're drinkin'
Well, you know that you're my friend and I'll say
I think I'll have myself a beer
Maybe someday, I'll think of what to say
Maybe next time I'll remember what you do
She looks like heaven, maybe this is hell
Said she'd do it all again, she promised not to tell!
And if I get drunk, well, I'll pass out
On the floor now, baby
You won't bother me no more
And it's okay, boy
'Cause you know we'll be good friends and I'll say
I think I'll have myself a beer
I think I'll have myself a
there's a ska band on my street, a little ska band
everybody thinks that they're so $#&%!# neat,
there was nothin' on the radio
was gonna make my own band, play my own shows
but that don't work so i' givin' up again,
she said she loved me cause i played guitar
that's ok, i didn't love her at all and i say...
i'm givin' up
i know everything sucks, and this is gonna be the last
time you hear me complain
well, i went down to the show
everybody was there, i didn't wanna go
cause everything they do is so $#&%!# cool, every
song is a hit and the girls like 'em too, i can't
do that so
i'm givin' up again...i don't know why i learned
to play guitar, nobody's gonna know who we are and
i say...
i'm givin' up
i know everything sucks
and this is gonna be
the last time you hear
me complain
she said, some day,
we'll get back
together maybe
she said, some day
things'll be much
better baby
but i don't believe her
and i don't think
i need her anymore...
i know everything sucks
and this won't be the last
time you hear me complain.
BRA Stick'm
Ha Ha-Ha-Ha Stick'm
BRA Stick'm
Ha Ha-Ha-Ha Stick'm
What ever happened to suburban rhythm?
Why did Ed and Scott quit?
Please don't go, Suburban Rhythm!
All the other bands are just shit!
A real big fish en de la mer because
I start a record company that's gonna repair
They mess up all the lyrics and they got no style
I say, "They're gonna get it right, but it might take a while"
(Do Wah!)
Don't touch that dial
I've never been told if we're that good
And I said I'd never, never play with a ska band again
I guess I never showed up
What ever happened to suburban rhythm?
Why did Ed and Scott quit?
(Would you please drop some bass and shit?)
Please don't go, Suburban Rhythm
All the other bands are just shit
(You said it!)
watchin' you sleep,
i'm lookin'
in your window,
everyday i drive past
your house
standin' in your front yard,
why don't you come out?
watchin' you sleep...nowhere to hide,
one of these days i'm gonna come inside
it must be love,
what else could it be?
$#&% you $!% i love you i'm not crazy!
walkin' up to her, now she's walkin' away
i just wanna talk to you!
maybe she's got better things to do
don't be afraid...to feel my touch,
don't worry babe i won't hurt you much.
it must be love
what else could it be?
$#&% you $!% i love you i'm not crazy!
i'm gonna make you love me!
i'm gonna make you love me!
i'm gonna make you love me!
no matter what you say, now here i come.
Why can't she make up her f*ckin' mind
I'm just sittin' here wastin' so much time
I know it's my fault but it's not my problem anymore,
Some day maybe she'll come back to me and
I'll say "why don't you go f*ck yourself!"
But everybody's talkin' they know that I'm lyin'
She gave me everything, all I want is more
I wrote this song for her. but it won't
Make up for anything. I know it's too late
So why do I wait? it's not my problem
Anymore
Some day, maybe she'll come back to me and
I'll say, "why don't you go f*ck yourself!?"
But everybody's talkin', they know that I'm lyin'
She won't do anything and I'll always wait for her
Some day, maybe she'll come back to me and
I'll say, "why don't you go f*ck yourself!?"
Everybody's talkin', they know that I'm lyin'
She gave me everything
But all I want is more
All I want is more
All I want is more
everytime i try so hard i get
nothin' (nothin')
they say try and you won't fail, i
get nothin' (nothin')
i did all that i could i got nothin'
(nothin')
i tried so hard, for nothin' (nothin')
i never wanted it that way, guess
there was nothin' i could say
i don't know what i want. but i know
i don't want this
i give up, i give in, i know i'm
never gonna win
i know it's really not your fault
i'm gonna blame you anyway
you say you're sorry, but i know it
won't do no good
i give up, i give in, i knowi'm
never gonna win.
i don't $#&%!# care, i don't
$#&%!# care
i don't $#&%!# care anymore
it's gonna be all right
cause i don't $#&%!# care anymore.
she's not eatin' bacon, not
eatin' sausage,
and she won't eat eggs,
not eatin' chicken
not eatin' turkey, she
won't have a steak,
but i just can't help feelin'
sorry
for this poor little lettuce head
you know, i can't stop cryin' cause i
know this broccoli's dead
vegetarian? i'm not a vegetarian,
vegetarian...she's a
poor little cow, little sheep,
little fish
how can I sleep? when carrots
are bleedin'
plants are screamin' and tomatoes cry,
you say "it's not so bad, they're only
vegetables", that's what you said
maybe i'm a murderer, but i'm hungry
and they're better off dead.
save a plant, eat a cow,
i want beef, i want it now!
i'm gonna eat it cause it's red!
i'm gonna eat it cause it's dead!
maybe i should eat it raw let the
blood run down my jaw
i'd eat people if it was legal,
i'd eat people if it was legal!
Everybody's lookin' at me
Thought I saw my face on MTV
Or a magazine that she won't read, stole
Her heart but it's not my fault, lookin' at
My picture she forgot about her boyfriend, yea
I'll never be... a rock and roll star
I'll never be... anything, anything at all
Drives me crazy, can't get away
Somebody tell me... when do we get paid?
Everybody's lookin' at me
Thought by now I'd be on MTV
Or a magazine like seventeen or rolling stone
And I won't be alone with your
Money in my pocket and face on your T-shirt yeah
I'll never be... a rock and roll star
I'll never be... anything, anything at all
Drives me crazy, can't get away
But I try and I try and I try and I try
Every day
Every day
Said I'll never be, a rock and roll star
I'll never be... anything, anything at all
well, i see you up on stage and
i don't know just
what you're sayin', but you're my hero...
and a guy just kicked me in the head,
a little girl
just passed out dead, i'm in between a big jock
and a sweaty skinhead but i love you
whatever that means...but i don't wanna talk
to you, cause i know i'd just say some thing
stupid and i know you've got better things to do.
hey, little alternative girl
don't you wanna be my friend?
you know i'm singin' all my songs to you
it's all right if you don't understand.
maybe i shouldn't be so serious, tellin' you that
everything sucks cause i don't wanna bring
you down
but it never ever works out right, i'm gonna lose,
give up the fight, i won't get what i want
won't get anything but i love you...whatever
that means.
and they don't wanna talk to me cause they know
what i'll turn out to be, i said i was cool
but i can't lie to you (but i do)
hey, little alternative girl
don't you wanna be my friend?
you know i'm singin' all my songs to you
it's all right if you don't understand.
and i don't wanna start again cause i know
it'll be the same in the end
i didn't like it the first time anyway.
Turn the Radio Off is the second album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records.
The single "Sell Out" both received extensive radio airplay and had mainstream success during 1997. "Sell Out" also appeared on the soundtrack to the video games FIFA 2000, Aggressive Inline, and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure. KROQ air personality Jed the Fish appears on the album cover held at gunpoint by frontman Aaron Barrett's then-girlfriend. The album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Reel Big Fish later released a song titled "Turn the Radio Off" on their album We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy, named after this album.
A limited press of the album was released on Vinyl on 13 May 2014. The rerelease was exclusive to Enjoy The Ride Records, with copies also being available through Hot Topic.