he was only 16 and he knew he wasn't like anyone else listening to his records in his room he knew something had to change somewhere or he would go insane but when some years slipped by and he still felt the same. people and money came and went but the only thing that stayed the same were the feelings he felt when those records played he drinks till he falls down and his name is lamar vannoy he's looking for something and he's gonna find it oi oi oi oi and his name is lamar vannoy. me and lamar in nyc on the avenue talking about nothing new with a bag of brew the new york wind will blow and he will wears his engineer boots motorcycle jacket black jeans nowhere to go nothing to do so much has gone wrong and so much is bad but sharing this music with lamar there is so much we have he drink's and think's about a girl who lies and his name is lamar vannoy he'll wake up and go to work with a swollen brain.

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NO RULES

you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes you eat what's in front of you. yeah so we'll drink a beer or two it's not what you say it's what you do no rules it's not what you say it's what you do. were not "nailed to the x" or swill in the gutter we just follow our hearts from one moment to another punk is this and punk is that words are lame and words are crap inhibitions repressed and correct, vegan reich? what the heck! no rules! it's not what you say it's what you do.

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THE FREAKS, NERDS AND ROMANTICS

i got a song stuck in my head walking down street #9 i sing it out loud with my friends and were all having a good time we all waited for weeks now we're hangin on the street in nyc we gotta go to the show ever though were all underage. outside the firehall in pa it rained on 300 kids all day when the cops shut it down no one went away we're gonna play no matter what they say. 3 or 4 people showed up in albequerque the alternator died somewhere between mankato and rapid city strangers in some strange lands in la the enchiladas made us sick but that's ok. growing up we didn't wanna be like them it was tough to know who were our friends killing time playing basements way back when in alot of ways nothing's changed from now and then some say they've been left out i wonder why they still hang around i wonder where these sure things could be then i realized that somehow i found them in me we're gonna play no matter what they say.

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ARGYLE

i know i'm not a bad guy when i try to do what's right everyone who comes to me don't see my plight. everything i've ever done all the plans i've had in sight always missed and gone wrong in a way until i gave up and said alright let me alone cuz no one wants to be hanging around with someone messin up like me i guess my way isnt good enough when i try i just keep on wrecking stuff it seems everybody knows but me how to go what to do and where to be everywhere i go they all talk the same they don't even have to try they make me feel so lame friends and jobs have come and gone no matter what i do it goes on and on i wonder if you sometimes feel this way and do you lay awake at the end of the day when i lose everytime i win cuz no one will ever be messin up stuff doing things wrong quite like me no one will ever be like me.

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ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING

they try to tell you how thing's should be, how to think, what to wear and what bands to see. know your enemy. revolution on tv that's a bunch of shit to me they don't know about you or me. know your enemy. they don't know about you or me no matter what they say to be they don't know about you or me the contradictions and hypocracy they don't know about you or me.. know your enemy. they don't know about you or me no matter what they say to be they don't know about you or me.

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THE BMX SONG

if i had money i'd buy a new bmx it's a long walk through the city in the rain it's along walk from train to train. we'll build a ramp and do some tricks and try to impress some chicks then we'll put on some really dark shades and run over all the dorks with rollerblades... crossups, tabletops, endos curb endos, timmy judge! get rad! if i had money i'd buy a new bmx.

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QUICK CHECK GIRL

the first wedensday i saw her there smiling at me with here blue eyes and curly hair i couldn't wait till next week to make the stop see her at the quick check paper drop. every wedensday we'd count the papers we'd have a laugh at the people in their suits no one seemed to notice how she was different but i did and i knew. another wedensday came and it seemed it was right so i wrote her a note that i hoped she would like dear kiah would you like to go with me to the boardwalk what fun it will be we'll eat cotton candy and we'll get french fries with vinegar and get a plate of funnel cake then we'll go on the zipper look out on the ocean and puke it all up all the people will scream we can have a laugh what do you say? that's what it said in the note. another week went by and she never called another week came and she wished she had she just broke up with her fiance and things were kinda crazy with her i said i understood, another week went by and she never called but i thought about the way she looked at me and said to myself maybe.. i pulled into the quick check at 6am to see the sun coming up when i walked in kiah wasn't there. the manager said she quit she isn't here do you want me to help you count the papers?.

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HEADLIGHTS...DITCH

i want a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette and i want it now i want a girl and i want her now i want these thing's from time to time i want these things and i don't ask why i want these things and i want them now i want these things and i want them now i want a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette and i want it now i wanna play a show and i want to now i want a girl and i want her now.

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HERE WE GO

we were riding north to chicago on route 65 we'd played the first show on a tour of 45 limey shawn and bryan rode in the truck 16 miles away me shal pete and lamar thumbed down the ramp of exit 158 the smell of farm and diesel fuel it burned in the 3:00 sun 16 miles to the garage with a bottle of water and our thumbs. dead bottle caps buds and birds we passed on the way who's gonna pick up 4 punks in indiana on sunday here we go! "the diagnosis wasn't good" is what don the ford guy said. stuck in indiana for a week cuz the bus was dead. 24 hour white castle 25cent refills for a while we know what to do with no money riding down the jewel of the denial. loaded with our sleeping bags we hitched a ride to town we ran into some punky kids bought some beers they showed us around under a bridge by the river we got drunk and sang clash songs we were saved just in time by the sonic iquana here we go!.

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BORN TO LOSE

born to lose i've lived my life in vain all my dreams have always caused me pain. all my life i've always been so blue born to lose and now i'm losing you. born to lose it seems so hard to bear how i always long to have you near you were all the happiness i knew born to lose and now i'm losing you. born to lose i can't believe your gone it's so hard to face that empty dawn all my life i've always been so blue born to lose and now i'm losing you there's no use to dream of happiness all i see is only loneliness all my life i've always been so blue born to lose and now im losing you.

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THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY X

johnny says he's bound by only six stirngs to this world johnny says he keeps them always one turn out of tune johnny never listens to the kids that say johnnyx ain't never done the right thing anyway johnny wears his leather like a crown of thorns johnny spends alot of time wishing he was never born johnny waits at journal square and tells himself again johnny you're the patron saint of spitting in the wind' johnny's got all the scars but he'll never learn from them johnny's past is his guide but he can't remember where he's been. johnny looks up through the steam of his caffine and says "life a train i barely caught just to find out i ain't got the fare" i got my records of the king to keep me the red red wine in the air is drifting four chords and the spite to use them and just enough wisdom to ignore the truth.

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