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The only thing I remember about this song is that I wrote it while at my first job as a security officer. (I had plenty of down time.) As a matter of fact, it may be the first song I wrote while working. I was also thinking about the end of times and wanted the last verse to be kind of silly. Overall, I didn't take this song very seriously, and I took that attitude to the studio when I recorded it. I believe I was influenced by Bob Dylan somewhat when it came to the “idea” of the song.
This is song #350.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

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The Times Have Changed And The World Is Strange,
And The Music Is Old And Dead.
But To Be Alive In A World Revived,
It's Hard To Know What's Said.
When The World Gets Old And The Bombs Explode,
We'll Have A Chance To Start Anew.
But Who Will Give A Damn When Our Uncle Sam
Says, “C'MON Baby, You're Screwed!”
And It's So Bad. And It's So Bad. And It's So Bad. And It's So Bad.

When The Earth Is Gone And You're The Only One,
Johnny B. Goode Turns Bad.
And Then Israel Looks Like A Cereal
Inside A Bowl You Once Had.
All We Want Is Peace, The People Want To Cease
All This War That Is So Old.
But What's Done Is Done, You're Still The Only One,
And There's Nothing That You Can Hold.
And It's So Bad. It's So Bad When You Wish You Had. It's So Sad.

If You're Being Chased To Have Your Mind Erased,
You Better Not Be So Blind.
Why Can't You See That It Takes You And Me?
For The World Is Not Just, Kind.
We Smoke Some Weed, Trying To Plant The Seeds
For A Generation Of Hope.
But You Can't Succeed If You Cannot Read,
Because Your Mind Is So Full Of Dope.
And It's So Bad. It's So Bad. I Wish I Never Had, And It's So Bad.

You Get Drunk When You Drink And Then You Puke In The Sink,
And Then You Think It Feels So Good.
But That's Not So Cool, For You Are Just A Fool
With A Head Made Out Of Wood.
You Drink And Smoke, And Then You Tell A Few Jokes
To The People That You Wish Were Dead.
And Then The Whores Come Out As They Scream And Shout,
So As To Only Mess With Your Head.
And It's So Bad. Yes, It's So Bad. It's So Bad, And It's So Bad.

When You Drink And Drive, And Then You Stay Alive,
Expect To Be Shot On Sight.
Either Go Get Killed Or Just Pop A Few Pills
So You Can Glow In That Light.
But Don't Be Deceived 'Cause You Will Never Relieve
The Drugs Cannot Revive.
But Too Bad You're Dumb When You're Nothin' But Scum,
And Still You Don't Realize
That It's So Bad. And It's So Bad. And It's So Bad. Yes, It's Bad.

We'll Travel Afar 'Round The World In A Car
To Play In Some Foreign Land.
And Someday We'll Be, As You Will All See,
The Best Damn Rock-N-Roll Band.
We Still Have To Wait And We Must Meditate
Before We End The Whole Darn Story.
We Do It For Girls And The Entire World
To Get All That Glory,
And It's So Good. And It's So Good. You Know That I Should. It Feels So Good.

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from GUNK @ THE BOTTOM (2024 Remaster), released July 7, 2016
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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