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Ladies, Women and Girls

by Bratmobile

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1.
Once upon a time there were two little girls And they said, "How are we gonna make it in this world?" We're eating toothpaste and blue Play-Doh We got a dress up box with no place to go Alright, now it's your turn It's alright, and we're taking that turn You're telling everyone I had too many shoes A paradise with parents that we never got to choose Well you never knew about the life I had Worst of all you'll see someday Is the things in life that get taken away But you can't feel how hard this is You don't know what it's like to be me You just know what it's like to be mean Don't come to my shows no more, no Don't come near me, no no no Alright, now it's low tide It's alright, and I'm surfing that tide It's nothing glamorous to you Fighting and throwing up, a gun for two Silence and shame, no one to blame We grew up all-girl somehow If feels like men crawling over me now My body, my brain, my fingernails We don't like you anymore And we don't care now what's the score We can see you hiding there In sold-out shows, but I don't care Alright, now it's your turn It's alright and we're taking that turn Alright, now it's low tide It's alright, and we're surfing that tide You don't know what it’s like to be me You just know what it's like to be mean Don't come to my shows no more, no Don't come near me, no
2.
Gimme Brains 02:16
I want you to go I want you to know that I hate you so And all the fucking boys in the fucking bands Just shut up and get outta my car Nothing you know won't get you Far enough the hell away from me, oh no All the girls can see what you really are So don't mind me Now that little boy genius thinks he's a star You think you're so cool, breaking every rule A boy that drools And they all say that I knew better than this Well hell, of course I did Gimme brains for breakfast, baby And gimme more for lunch Throw me a bone for dinner, yeah yeah A girl could starve on a boy like you With nothing left to offer so that means that we're through And yeah so that also means that we're not friends, alright? Call call call call call You don't know me at all So don't try to talk About how old is Fitz and that your daddy's sick A boy is good for nothing, can't give you nothing I'm sick of nothing And all the girls that sing along go, "Yeah yeah yeah'' Don't call me for charity you lack Just watch your back You got all the girls with fangs, now it's a shark attack You think you're so cool, breaking every rule A boy that drools And all they say is that I knew better than this Well hell, of course I did Gimme brains for breakfast, baby And gimme more for lunch— yum! Throw me a bone for dinner, yeah yeah A girl could starve on a boy like you With nothing left to offer, so that means that we're through And yeah so that also means that we're not friends, alright
3.
So the word on the street is that I'm fucking with you But did you ever think I don't think about you? Could it be love? Now could it be true? Or did you think I don't got nothing better to do? I work all day and I think of you I dream all night and you're there too I'll wipe your ass and do your dishes too You know it's all I ever wanted to do I can say you lied And you could tell me that you tried You can say you tried And I could say I know you lied There's just one thing that I want you to know If you think something, don't let it show There's nothing to say, and there's nothing to know I can go where you stay, and you can stay where I go I know that you're saying it's common And I know what you're saying, but we don't talk about it Now you're saying all the things you did, that I did to you But it ain't what you say, no, it's what you do You say you wanna know? Well yes it's true I don't like your boyfriend and I can't stand you There's just one thing that I want you to know If you feel something, don't let it show There's nothing to say, and there's nothing to know I can go where you stay, and you can stay where I go I can say you lied And you could tell me that you tried You can say you tried And I could say I know you lied I work all day and I think of you I dream all night and you're there too I'll wipe your ass and do your dishes too You know it's all I ever wanted to do I know that you're saying it's common And I know what you're saying, but we don't talk about it It's common, but we don't talk about it
4.
Oh oh oh, so you're the new boy in town? I've been putting up with you while you're putting me down I'll tell you one thing, this is my fucking town You can do what you want, but I'll shut you down A boy and his guitar How dare you dis me for that fucking girl A boy and his guitar What the hell were you crying for? I hate you more than I did before You're trying so hard, and it makes me hurl With nothing out of place, not even a curl Now who fucken bites in your teenage world? Who's gonna kick your ass? I think it's a girl Now you say you're bored When you're bored, it's 'cause you're boring How you say you're bored If you're bored, it's 'cause you're boring You're the fucken one that made me snore Now we got the honest ass running for mayor You're working your way up, but I beat you there All you worry about is your hair and what you wear Well no one likes your band, and see how much I care I won't say a thing Don't worry what they think of you I won't say nothing Don't worry what they say of you Everybody knows why I hate you I don't want you And I don't need you Everyone knows why I hate you
5.
You're Fired 02:51
They say the Silicon Valley boys are lonely, and so are you But I don't care, 'cause no one cares about girls who are lonely too So now you know how to make a deal You wanna girl band with sex appeal But you can't even bring your wallet on a date You pretend to care, but it's too late Alright, ok, “You're fired,” so yeah you win The things you said, you can't take it back again Alright, ok, “You're fired,” now I want out "What the hell do you think you're talking about?" A heartbreak of records is what you said And all the girl bands have gone to your head So what do you think we're trying to do? Now it's about us, it's not about you You're scared of girls just taking things In their own hands and making things All for themselves and not for you Yeah we're aggressive, but so are you Alright, ok, “You're fired,” so yeah you win The things you said, you can't take it back again Alright, ok, “You're fired,” now I want out "What the hell do you think you're talking about?" You knew we could hardly pay the rent When you could hardly pay a compliment To the girls who started it all for you Why should we care what happens to you? You use the girls how you see fit Then claim success for all of it But what if it doesn’t work out for you? Just lay the blame and say you knew Alright, ok, “You're fired,” so yeah you win The things you said, you can't take it back again "What the hell do you think you're talking about?" Alright, ok, “You're fired,” now I want out
6.
You say that no one likes you We know it's just a song It's just that no one thinks about you or your stupid song I saw the things you wrote about me I didn't even know you still have my Cheap Trick record I'm sure you have much more Don't write a song about it… Just gimme back my Cheap Trick record You keep your guilty conscience I read it word for word You'll never see the price I paid There's no justice in this world Drive your car into a bus and blame the other girl I don't want it, I don't want it Keep walking with that girl Yeah it's Stiff Competition And I work hard every day And I don't get flown around the world With the girls hanging on me like that You say that no one likes you We know it's just a song It's just that no one thinks about you or your stupid song I saw the things you wrote about me I didn't even know that you still have my Cheap Trick record Give it to me now Don't write a song about it Just gimme back my Cheap Trick record
7.
Even though I was here in August I will never see you well again Time is priceless and being wasted And taken for granted, I should've known Someone told me to be strong But look at me, how can I be? Of any use to anyone I am silent and scared and in the way I needed you to tell me what to do But this time you were not in charge The right thing lies within your eyes So maybe I'll start tomorrow I don't want to forget you But it's painful to remember You told me that you want to die But that you didn't know how I saw you in so much pain I had no idea how to relieve it You were strong, and I was wrong It's so hard to see you fall Every moment that I'm not with you Is a torture more than I can bear Every morning I wake to miss you And every night despair I told you I would let you go I want you to come back to me I didn't think it would end like this I never thought it would be you I know that it's not my fault I know that it's not yours either I can't eat and I can't sleep No one comes over anymore Throwing up all day and night I am giving up on everything If they only knew what I've been through They would know that it broke my heart
8.
90's Nomad 02:10
1-2-3 It's been going great guns this fiscal year but I still haven't made it Anywhere I go, I see your face and I hear your name all over the place How "capitalism sucks." Oh really? Oh yeah? Well how you gonna treat your friends in apartment number—what the fuck? Fuck you. There was so much more than this meaningless shit You made us bored I won't tell you where not to go, so you won't see me there I won't tell you just how to be, so you can pretend you care I'll see you there in the late '90s. I didn't know that you'd be there Trying, yeah, to make the most of a mediocre Boast-ing millions more than it could ever be worth Now you're crying about too many fans And trying to tell me that it wasn't your plan Oh well. I can never feel sorry for you In times like this, it's always you Hey Baby Driver, she's a bad driver, I don't know what to do Behave Baby Driver, still a bad driver, we know it's all about you 1-2-3 It's been going great guns this fiscal year but I still haven't made it Anywhere I go, I see your face and I hear your name all over the place How "capitalism sucks." Oh really? Oh yeah? Well how you gonna treat your friends in apartment number—what the fuck? Fuck you. There was so much more than this meaningless shit You made us bored Hey Baby Driver, she's a bad driver, I don't know what to do Behave Baby Driver, still a bad driver, we know it's all about you
9.
Oh no! She hates me again, but it's alright 'Cause we're so much alike, you know Oh yeah, you are such a coward But it's alright 'cause you hide it so well You cannot feel anything I care, so you win again Oh no, no it's never your fault But you say it don't matter what you do Oh yeah, 'cause I'll always hate you Well you wanna know what? Well now I do I woke up with fever dreams I know it was not my fault So you're the tough girl, think you been through it all But you don't know this and you can't feel that And you didn't even try, you have no idea What I'm going through now, and you wouldn't want to After all that's happened to me, still you're thinking Of yourself and your fans and those who tell you Everything that you want, but nothing that you need I have nothing left to hide, it's your problem I see Oh no! She hates me again, but it's alright 'Cause we're so much alike, you know Oh yeah, you are such a coward But it's alright 'cause you hide it so well You cannot feel anything I care, so you win again Oh no, no it's never your fault But you say it don't matter what you do Oh yeah, 'cause I'll always hate you Well you wanna know what? Well now I do I woke up with fever dreams I know it was not my fault I will stand tall and I will stand proud 'Cause I know that my only crime was to stand up to Your years of lies and your absentees I saw who my friends were in my time of need Where were you were nowhere to be found Even in death you couldn't lay your ego down I know your answer is I got you all wrong But I don't think so, so I'm singing this song Oh no, no it's never your fault But you say it don't matter what you do Oh yeah, 'cause I'll always hate you Well you wanna know what? Well now I do
10.
You got your new clothes and your new friends to match And too many dishes and a boyfriend, what a catch Ladies doing nothing, that's your claim to fame Oh yeah, uh huh, yeah, you're all the same I wish I still had nothing better to do Than to cry about my clothes and my new hairdo No one saying nothing, just stand in line To what do we owe these fabulous times? Oh oh oh Gimme gimme gimme more things, more things Does it really make you happy? Is that really what you mean? "The Boy Is Mine," Oh oh oh oh oh Do you wanna own someone? Do you wanna own something? At least all the guys know if they fuck with me That I'll fuck them up indefinitely I don't know who you think you're trying to impress But when you try too hard, then you get much less You're saying there's a fight, but there's no contest You can say you're better, but you know I'm the best. Oh oh oh Tell me tell me tell me one thing, one thing It's my scene and things. Do you know what I mean? "The Boy Is Mine," Oh oh oh oh oh Do you wanna own someone? Do you wanna own something? I know that all you try to do is put me down But no one really cares about your hanging around You're acting fucken stupid; we can all see that But I ain't telling no one 'cause a fact is a fact I'm glad I could provide you with something to do Like someone new to hate. Well I hate you too. Oh oh oh Gimme gimme gimme more things, more things Does it really make you happy? Is it really what you mean? "The Boy Is Mine," Oh oh oh oh oh Do you wanna own someone? Do you wanna own something? Tell me tell me tell me one thing, one thing It's my scene and things. Do you know what I mean? "The Boy Is Mine," Oh oh oh oh oh Gimme gimme gimme one thing
11.
This is daytime TV, yeah yeah There's a seat reserved just for you I can never sleep, and I'm brain-dead Branded with a piece of you Oh no! There's no way True love at the price of your soul Insatiable—I can't get me no no I don't like you any more Than the other boys sold in this store What if I were honest with you? Would that make you like me like you? I don't I don't know I don't know what to do I stopped using my ears, so I watch you He still asks about my job I think that it fascinates him We all need affection training So how can I get you out of here? He. She “He's a she” He's a she that “don't exist” Well, what do you mean “You knew about it?” I learned somewhere that living with dudes Means you pick up their wet towels Dirty underwear and find their Ignorance cute somehow I ain't I ain't done "I ain't never done nothing" See Mr. Whatever describe himself It's frightening to feel worthless In the eyes of worthlessness My fear has nowhere left to go Impossible— I can't get me no no All the girls are fighting over The dumbest boys who run this town I watch myself get watched like TV But I'd rather run you down
12.
I got a story about D.C. to tell And I don't think you're going to like it very well It's about boys and girls and the rich and the poor But what if no one can afford to live here anymore? Well I guess you can, 'cause you got a trust fund You're so comfortable, but you're the only one I'm gonna turn it up and shake you down 'Cause your past is too clean, gonna throw it all around You were brought up well, but your daddy never taught you To keep your mouth shut Well omigod We don't do that here Well now we do You'll see what we're gonna do about you You're taking one thing that one girl does And making it represent all of us What do you know about the catty girls? The only thing you know is your rich boy world You're talking politics on your pedestal And your half-baked idea of what it means to be a girl But you can't feel how we suffer or we bleed You can't give us what we want, much less what we need Well omigod Well I know what you said Yeah, you can't run You say the girls are dumb, but not this one You narrow your world to the safest girl And up your nose with all the rest Well we do exist and we do insist That a life that's boring is the life without risk You don't know what it's like to be harassed all day Then to be told that you're only in the way Living in fear, trying not to disappear So yeah, we're kinda weird, not normal, no way Well omigod We don't say that here Well that's not cool You say the boys are too, but why not you? So I got a story about D.C. to tell But I don't think you're gonna like it very well It's about "nice guys" and the girls who let them Be “innocent as rain and about as thoughtless” You can bring the keg and I'll bake the cake And we'll raise our glass to another mistake So what if us girls try to tear ourselves apart? We're here to tell you that it's time to get smart
13.
Come Hither 02:28
Alright, yeah, uh huh. Well, I know what you need... Everyone said that when you got a girlfriend That you'd disappear. Well, I want you here Writing me in between 9 to 5 and your next date Your back burner don't suit me, oh no So what's it gonna be this time? Mmmm... I don't know... You think I ain't got no self-respect? You think that I don't got nothing better to do Well I do I got an all-girl band. I got nails to file I got a thing for you. I'll only wait a little while Everyone says I should leave you alone But you call me on the phone. Still, you're never home I want out. Leave me outta your clock I want in, but only in the way I want you I don't need your sloppy seconds Or a sob story to win me back I can't see you feel I see fear dressed as a man Well you confess to understand, but I'm not convinced You'd better keep it together, 'cause you let one stray To the East Bay, but you don't go there Yeah, well it's a good thing 'Cause I'm turning up the heat, and I'll set it on fire Don't flatter yourself; don't flatter yourself Come hither; come hither; come hither, yeah
14.
Cleaning and learning can wait till tomorrow ‘Cause girlfriends don’t stay. I’ve learned too much sorrow So quiet down cobwebs. Just go to sleep I'm with my girlfriend But girlfriends don't keep No, girlfriends don't keep With my girlfriend But girlfriends don't keep She'll leave me and hurt me and make me cry And just when I think I'm gonna die I'll find another who can make me smile But I know it's only gonna last a little while ‘Cause girlfriends don't keep No, girlfriends don't keep I know it's only gonna last a little while ‘Cause girlfriends don't keep Now that I thought I was myself again She loves another. She just wants to be friends And she's showing the usual heartbreak ways I know she's gonna be mine one of these days Girlfriends don't keep No, girlfriends don't keep I know she's gonna break my heart these days Girlfriends don't keep

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released October 24, 2000

BRATMOBILE IS:
Drums – Molly Neuman
Guitar – Erin Smith
Vocals – Allison Wolfe

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Bass, Keyboards – Jon Nikki
Engineer, Mixed By – Tim Green
Producer – Bratmobile, Jon Nikki, Tim Green

Recorded at Louder Studios, San Francisco, CA

All songs (c)2000 Babydonut Music (ASCAP), French Bulldog Music (ASCAP), Teenage Gang Debs Music (BMI),
except "Girlfriends Don't Keep" which was by Spook and The Zombies, who graciously donated it to us.

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