We got a drug 
We're gonna try it out on you 
Won't make you die 
It'll getcha just a little bit sick 
(chorus) 
Got a head cold 
Got a chest cold 
And it's three days old 
(Goin' on forever) 
Make you hazy 
Make you lazy 
Drive you crazy 
For days and days and days and days 
And years 
Barely got the time now
To stay on the job 
Double up the dosage in your water supply 
Make you even sicker 'til you're slippin' away 
Getting all depressed 
It's getting all your friends 
You can't get up 
For nothing that'll rock the boat 

The Government Flu 
The Government Flu 
The Government Flu 

Slip it abroad 
Keep a-slowin' down the USSR 
But meanwhile 
We'll keep an eye 
On what it's doin' to you 

(chorus) 
Got a head cold 
Got a chest cold 
And it's three days old 
(Goin' on forever) 
Make you hazy 
Make you lazy 
Drive you crazy 
For days and days and days and days and days 
And days and days and days and days and days 
And days and days and days and days and days 
and years 

The Government Flu 
The Government Flu 
The Government Flu 
Flew 
Through 
You 

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TERMINAL PREPPIE

I go to college 
That makes me so cool 
I live in a dorm 
And show off by the pool 
I join the right clubs 
Just to make an impression 
I block out thinking 
It won't get me ahead 

My ambition in life 
Is to look good on paper 
All I want is a slot 
In some big corporation 

John Belushi's my hero 
I lampoon and ape him 
My news of the world 
Comes from Sports Illustrated 

I'm proud of my trophies 
Like my empty beer cans 
Stacked in rows up the wall 
To impress all my friends 

No, I'm not here to learn 
I just want to get drunk 
And major in business 
And be taught how to fuck 

Win! Win! 
I always play to win 
Wanna fit in like a cog 
In the faceless machine 

(chorus) 
I'm a terminal terminal terminal preppie 
Terminal terminal terminal preppie 
Terminal terminal terminal terminal 
Terminal terminal terminal terminal 

I want a wife with tits 
Who just smiles all the time 
In my centerfold world 
Filled with Springsteen and wine 

Some day I'll have power 
Some day I'll have boats 
A tract in some suburb 
With Thanksgivings to host 

(chorus) 
I'm a terminal terminal terminal preppie 
Terminal terminal terminal preppie 
Terminal terminal terminal preppie 

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TRUST YOUR MECHANIC

TV invents a disease 
You think you have 
So you buy our drugs 
And soon you depend on them 

Pain is in your mind 
Gotcha comin' back for more 
Again and again and again and again 
Gonna rip you off 
Rip you off 

Doctor says you need surgery now 
Feelin' good 'til the side effects 
Fuck up something else 
You're ensnared by the medicine man 
Paying up the ass 

Again and again 
Gonna rip you off 
Trust your mechanic to mend your car 
Bring it in to his garage 
He tightens and loosens a few spare parts 
One thing's fixed, another falls apart 
And the rich eat you 

A magazine says your face don't look quite right 
Unless you wear our brand new wonder cream tonight 
Never look right again 
Unless you grease your skin 
Again and again and again and again 
Gonna rip you off 

Told you're depressed 
So of course you see the psychiatrist 
Right when you reach your neuroses' roots 
He confuses you 
He fucks your head up worse 
Gotcha feelin' helpless 
You're comin' back for more 
Again and again 
Gonna rip you off 
Rip you off 

Trust your mechanic 
To make you well 
You're seeing an awful lot of him now 
The quicker he makes your life fall apart 
The more money you put in his pockets 

Trust your mechanic 
To plug your holes 
Trust him to make more 
Somewhere else 
Trust your mechanic 
He'll always come through 
And rip you off 

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WELL PAID SCIENTIST

You're a well paid scientist 
You only talk in facts 
You know you're always right 
'Cause you know how to prove it 
Step by step 
A PhD to show you're smart 
With textbook formulas 
But you're used up 
Just like a factory hand 

(chorus) 
Something is wrong here 
You won't find it on a shelf 
You're well paid 
You're well trained 
You're tied to a rack 

Company cocktails - gotta go 
Say the right thing 
Don't fidget, jockey for position 
Be polite 
In the pyramid you hate 
Sip that scotch 
Get that raise 
This ain't no party at all 

(chorus) 

Cringe and tense up 
Grind your teeth 
And wipe your sweaty palms 
Close your windows driving past 
The low life company bar 
They're making fun of you 

Ahhh 
Even you 
You've gotta punch the clock 
Too scared to punch your boss 
When will you crack 
When will you crack 
When will you crack 
When will you open your eyes 

Pull up to your sterile home 
You're drained 
Bite the heads off of your kids 
Chew them well, they taste like you 
Just slam the door 
Assigned here cause your company owns the land 
All your colleagues live here too 
Private guards in golf carts 
Keep you safe at home? 

(chorus) 
When will you crack 
When will you crack 
When will you crack 
When will you crack 

The dark shattered underbelly 
Of the American dream 
Avoid it like the plague 
It stares you from the bathroom mirror 
Drown 

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BUZZBOMB

Buzzbomb buzzbomb 
Macho-mobile 
The road's my slave 
That's how I feel 

I cruise alone 
I cruise real far 
I don't love you 
I love my car 

'Cross Nevada 
At 110 
Highway 50 
And there's nobody there 
Sign says, "Next sign 30 miles" 

I work all week, each penny saved 
Buys more escape from my home 
I'd rather cruise around all day 
Than save up for a move 

Plow through rest area san-o-lets 
Splat! goes the lonely salesman 
Wanking in the men's room 

Buzzbomb buzzbomb 
Tape up loud 
Blue piss clinging to my windshield 
Faster faster in my car 

Buzzbomb is my pride and joy 
King of the trailer court 
Waiting for the perfect chick 
Who'll love me for my car 

I tell her why I'm cool 
She coos back just what I like 
When I pretend she's near 

Zip through Ely 
Where Pat Nixon was born 
The cops 'round here sure looking bored 
Flashing sirens - State Patrol 

They're scratching up my gorgeous paint job 
Shooting at my tires 
Ain't no way to go to heaven 
Buzzbomb cornered at the 7-11 

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FOREST FIRE

No junk food, just earthly goods 
I ate weird berries in the woods 
Now I'm seeing colors, I'm getting higher 
I think I'll start a forest fire 

There's a forest fire climbin' the hill 
Burnin' wealthy California homes 
Better run run run run run 
From the fire 

But some of us stay and watch 
And we think of your insurance cost 
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh 
At your lives 

Windows covered with bars 
Security guards 
Is that a house or a fortress 
Against the world 

Windows covered with bars 
Security guards 
Is that a house or a prison 
How you gonna get out? 

Electric bull and your tennis courts 
Pink sports cars and your boat 
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried 
By the fire 

Windows covered by bars 
Floodlights for the yard 
It's a pleasure to watch you 
Watch it all melt 

But hey! 
What about the cocaine 
Stockpiled in the basement 
Be a hero and save it 
You know you're gonna need it 

Where's your brand new pretty wife 
She might still be inside 
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire 

But the gates and doors are locked 
Cause the burglar alarms went off 
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh 
At your lives 

Windows covered with bars 
Fences spiked with barbed wire 
Never looked so helpless 
Engulfed in flames 

Cameras watchin' the walls 
Don't forget the dogs 
Now you're trapped in your prison 
How you gonna get out 

See the gerbil 
Run run run run run run run run 
Run run run run run run run run 
Run run run run run run run run 
From the fire 

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HALLOWEEN

So it's Halloween 
And you feel like dancin' 
And you feel like shinin' 
And you feel like letting loose 

Whatcha gonna be? 
Babe, you better know 
And you better plan 
Better plan all day 

Better plan all week 
Better plan all month 
Better plan all year 

You're dressed up like a clown 
Putting on your act 
It's the only time all year 
You'll ever admit that 

I can see your eyes 
I can see your brain 
Baby nothing's changed 
(repeat) 

You're still hiding in a mask 
You take your fun seriously 
No, don't blow this year's chance 
Tomorrow your mold goes back on 

After Halloween 

You go to work today 
You'll go to work tomorrow 
Shitfaced tonight 
You'll brag about it for months 

Remember what I did 
Remember what I was 
Back on Halloween 

But what's in between? 
Where are your ideas? 
You sit around and dream 
For next Halloween 

Why not everyday? 
Are you so afraid 
What will people say 
(repeat) 

After Halloween 

Because your roll is planned for you 
There's nothing you can do 
But stop and think it through 
But what will your boss say to you 

And what will your girlfriend say to you 

And what will people out on the street they might glare at you 
And whadya know? You're pretty self-conscious too 

So you run back and stuff yourselves in rigid business costumes 
Only at night to score is your leather uniform exhumed 
Why don't you take your social regulations 
And shove 'em up your ass 

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WINNEBAGO WARRIOR

Roughin' it in the great outdoors 
Guidebooks tell us where to go 
Winnebego Warrior 

Slow down traffic climbing hills 
30 gallons to the mile 
Honey, quick, the Polaroid 

(chorus) 
Winnebago Warrior 
Brave as old John Wayne 
Winnebago Warrior 
A true yankee pioneer 

Stop at Stuckey's for a meal 
Blab all day on the CB 
Winnebago Warrior 

Littered campgrounds, folding chairs 
Feed Doritos to the bears 
Honey, quick, the Polaroid 

(chorus) 

Kill some fish down by the creek 
Hang their picture by the sink 
Show your grandson who's the boss 

Tie your two tote-goats to the fronts 
U-haul trailer full of souvenirs 
That you buy along the way 

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RIOT

Rioting - the unbeatable high 
Adrenaline shoots your nerves to the sky 
Everyone knows this town is gonna blow 
And it's all gonna blow right now... 

Now you can smash all the windows that you want 
All you need are some friends and a rock 
Throwing a brick never felt so damn good 
Smash some more glass 
Scream with a laugh 
And wallow with the crowd 
Watch them kicking peoples' ass 

But you get to the place 
Where the real slavedrivers live 
It's walled off by the riot squad 
Aiming guns right at your head 
So you turn right around 
And play right into their hands 
And set your own neighborhood 
Burning to the ground instead 

(chorus) 
Riot - the unbeatable high 
Riot - shoots your nerves to the sky 
Riot - playing into their hands 
Tomorrow you're homeless 
Tonight it's a blast 

Get your kicks in quick 
They're callin' the National Guard 
Now could be your only chance 
To torch a police car 

Climb the roof, kick the siren in 
And jump and yelp for joy 
Quickly - dive back in the crowd 
Slip away, now don't get caught 

Let's loot the spiffy Hi-Fi Store 
Grab as much as you can hold 
Pray your arms won't fall off 
Here comes the owner with a gun 

(chorus) 

The barricades spring up from nowhere 
Cops in helmets line the lines 
Shotguns prod into your bellies 
The trigger fingers want an excuse 
Now 

The raging mob has lost its nerve 
There's more of us but who goes first 
No one dares to cross the line 
The cops know that they've won 

It's all over but not quite 
The pigs have just begun to fight 
They club your heads, kick your teeth 
Police can riot all they please 

(chorus) 

Tomorrow you're homeless 
Tonight it's a blast 

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BLEED FOR ME

You've been hanging 'round 
With an enemy of the state 
Come with me to the building 
That no one stops to watch 

(chorus) 
C'mon bleed 
C'mon bleed 
C'mon bleed 
Bleed for me 

We'll strap you to a pipe 
Electrodes on your balls 
C'mon scream 
C'mon writhe 
Face down in a pool of piss 

(chorus) 

In the name of world peace 
In the name of world profits 
America pumps up our secret police 
America wants fuel 
To get it, it needs puppets 
So what's ten million dead? 
If it's keeping out the russians 

We're well trained by the CIA 
With Yankee tax money in Ft. Bragg 
The Peace Corps builds us labor camps 
When they think they're building schools 

Hah 

When cowboy Ronnie comes to town 
Forks out his tongue at Human rights 
Sit down enjoy our ethnic meal 
Dine on some charbroiled nuns 
Try a medal on... 
Smile at the mirror as the cameras click 
And make big business happy 
Anytime 
Anywhere 
Maybe you'll just disappear 

(chorus) 

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I AM THE OWL

I am your plumber 
No I never went away 
I still bug your bedrooms 
And pick up everything you say 
It can be a boring job 
To monitor all day your excess talk 

I hear when you're drinking 
And cheating on your lonely wife 
I play tape recordings 
Of you to my friends at night 

We've got our girl in bed with you 
You're on candid camera 
We just un-elected you 

(chorus) 
I am the owl 
I seek out the fowl 
Wipe 'em away 
Keep America free 
For clean livin' folks like me 

If you demonstrate 
Against somebody we like 
I'll slip on a wig 
And see if I can start a riot 
Transform you to an angry mob 
All your leaders go to jail for my job 

But we aren't the Russians 
Political trials are taboo 
We've got our secret 
Ways of getting rid of you 
Fill you full of LSD 
Turn you loose on a freeway 

(chorus) 

Send you spinning 
Send you spinning 
Send you spinning all over the freeway 
Spinning on the crowded freeway 
Spinning on the freeway 
Spinning on the freeway 
Spin... 
Spin... 
Spin - Lookout 

The Press, they never even cared 
Why a youth leader walked into a speeding car 
In ten years we'll leek the truth 
By then it's only so much paper 

Watergate hurt 
But nothing really ever changed 
A teeny bit quieter 
But we still play our little games 
We still play our little games 
We still play our little games 
We still play our little games 
We still play a lot of games 
I am the owl 

(chorus) 

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DEAD END

Once I had a close friend 
I knew him for quite a while 
He seemed all right to me 
We had this deal together 
Tied up my money and time 
And then he went away 
Taking all that was mine 

(chorus) 
Oh, well, things crumble to an end 
Hell, we all die in the end 
Die in the end 

Once it was fun to worry 
About who was in control 
Could look into the future 
But now it don't seem right 
Passion is filling the air 
Profits and better than life 
And things are harder to beat 

(chorus) 

It's a dead end 
Dead end 
Dead end 

Once I had a lover 
I knew her for quite a while 
She seemed all right to me 
But then she was gone 
She took my lovin' and my time 
Taking all that was mine 
And leaving me far behind 

(chorus) 

It's a dead end 
Dead end 
Dead end 

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MOON OVER MARIN

The crowded future stings my eyes 
I still find time to exercise
In uniform with two white stripes 

Unlock my section of the sand 
It's fenced off to the waters edge 
I clamp a gas mask on my head 

(chorus) 

On my beach at night 
Bathe in my moonlight 

Another tanker's hit the rocks 
Abandoned to spill out its guts 
The sand is laced with sticky glops 

O'Shimmering moonlight sheen upon 
The waves and water clogged with oil 
White gassed steam up from the soil 

(chorus) 

I squash dead fish between my toes 
Try not to step on any bones 
I turn around and I go home 

I slip back through my basement door 
Switch off all that I own below 
Dive in my scalding wooden tub 

My own beach at night 

Electric moonlight 

There will always be a moon 
Over Marin 

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