Date Posted:16:56:26 08/21/03 Thu Author: Charlie Subject: Re: PS- The New Lyrics In reply to:
Charlie
's message, "FMZ News, Ramblings, New Rancid Album" on 16:44:33 08/21/03 Thu
"Gossip Junkie" is about the people that stand outside venues with perfectly primped punk rock hair, smoking cigarettes discussing stupid shit and ignoring the band that's playing inside. They think since they're talking about the personal lives of the members of the band playing, they're supporting the scene. It's also about scene drama, and occasionally entertaining it is something I will never forgive myself for. But hey, at least it was only occasional instead of a full-time occupation.
GOSSIP JUNKIE
Talk is king and drama rules
in a crowd of mindless fools,
and the gossip far exceeds the punk
a circle not a circle pit
determines where the outcasts fit,
the music's dead and the scene is sunk
I'm so tired of tolerating
all the bitching and the hating
I've reached the end of my frustration
I know you can talk the talk
sometimes even walk the walk,
but can you change the fucking conversation?
Gossip junkie,
Hearsay flunkie,
Getting high on others' strife,
Gossip junkie,
Hearsay flunkie,
It's not your business, it's my life
It's my life
It's my...
band members or ex-girlfriend,
does this bullshit ever end?
I don't see why you even care.
Call me dumb but I can't see
the source of your tendency
to cast out such a dirty glare.
It's starting to make me sick,
the lack of punk rock music
and abundance of total shit.
If this is just what you mean
by the local music scene
I think I'll let you have all of it.
Gossip junkie,
Hearsay flunkie,
Getting high on others' strife,
Gossip junkie,
Hearsay flunkie,
It's not your business, it's my life
