Le Tigre Album

Yeah, its wierd when the club is really crowded
And there's no way that we can do every song thats shouted
But we'll still try to push you towards abandon
Yeah, every night is something we can't plan on

(oh)
For the ladies (wont you dance some more), and the fags yeah
We're the band with the rollerskate jams
(wont you, wont you dance some more)
For the ladies, and the fags yeah
We're the band with the rollerskate jams.

Yeah you know the guys with the digi cameras,
Push to the front and then they just stand there?
But then we see the girls walking towards the dance floor
And we remember why we go on tour.

For the ladies (wont you dance some more), and the fags yeah
We're the band with the rollerskate jams
(c'mon, wont you, wont you, wont you dance some more?)
For the ladies, and the fags yeah
We're the band with the rollerskate jams

You, by my side get no reply
To clarify you
You just know, you're wasting my time
You're wasting my time
There goes a good gone bye,
Right on time

I'm ready
Come and try
And clip this fire, now
Baby I won't show you nothing
Dont want to
I just know that you are a waste of my time
A waste of my time, a waste of my time
You wastin' my time

It's all so precious and you throw it away
It's all so precious and you throw it all away
throw it away

You're not good enough for me
To even despise
You wasted my
You wasted my
You wasted my time

Said behead
Said say correct
Shred project
Say "A" confine

Lay on pain
I laid on your pain
Lay on pain
Got a good thing for wastin' my time
Wastin' my time
Wastin my
Wastin my
Wastin my time

Its all so precious and you throw it away
Its all so precious and you throw it all away
away away away

I've got - the new sincerity
I've got - a secret vocabulary
I've got - MIDI in, out, thru
I've got - dialectical specstimme
I've got - herm choreography
I've got - a conceptual stunt double
I've got - a deviant scene, I mean
I've got - multiple alliances

I've got to move
whoa
(repeat x3)

I've got - The Gift of Fear
I've got - The Courage to Heal
I've got - site specificity
I've got - plan "B" ability

I've got to move
whoa
(repeat x3)
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh got to move

I've got - extensive bibliographies
I've got - flow disruption
I've got - widlife metaphors
I've got - post-binary gender chores

My Fake French is hot
You can't make me stop
Got nowhere to run to baby
Come on turn it up
(repeat)

Ten Short years of progressive change.
Fifty fuckin years of calling us names,
Can we trade title nine for an end to hate crime?
RU-486 if we suck your fucking dick?
One step forward.
Five steps back.
One cool record in the year of rock-rap.
Yeah we got all the power
getting stabbed in the shower
and we got equal rights on ladies nite.
Feminists we're calling you.
Please report to the front desk.
Let's name this phenomenon.
It's too dumb to bring us down.
F.Y.R.
Fifty years of ridicule.
F.Y.R.
Take another picture.
Mrs. Doubtfire on Mother's Day.
On-the-job stalker for equal pay.
Toss us a few new AIDS drugs
as national healthcare bites the dust.
While you were on vacation black people didn't get reparations.
You know these days no one's exploited.
Sorry dude, can't hear ya with my head in the toilet.
Feminists we're calling you.
Please report to the front desk.
Let's name this phenomenon.
It's too dumb to bring us down.
F.Y.R.
Fifty years of ridicule.
F.Y.R.
Take another picture.
You've come a long way, baby.
It's you, not the world, that's totally crazy.
Cuz we really rocked the fuckin vote with election fraud in poor zip codes.
Celebrate gay marriage in Vermont by enforcing those old sodomy laws.
One step forward.
Five steps back.
We tell the truth they turn up the laugh track.
Feminists we're calling you.
Please report to the front desk.
Let's name this phenomenon.
It's too dumb to bring us down.
Wonder whether we could be
HAPPY?
Wonder whether we could be
HAPPY?
F.Y.R.

all fall down
all fall down
all fall down
you keep coming all day til dawn
you can call me any name you want
you can look me up and down
i wont stop! no i wont fall apart!
you can put me down!
you can make me mad!
you can call me mean but i think it's really sad that
some days i just want to stay inside
you must love it that i live my life
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
stop! theif! you can't steal the way
i fuckin' felt when i got up today!
well i guess you're the judge.
i guess you're the king
of the forever beauty pagent I'm always in
My heart beats blue, beats red, beats mad
Is this the only power that you really wanna have?
Count from one to nine, how high do I rate?
I guess feeling good was my first mistake
EN GUARDE
EN GUARDE
EN GUARDE
EN GUARDE
Let me see you shake it baby shake it some more
Let me see you shake it baby shake it some more
Let me see you shake it baby shake it some more
Let me see you shake it baby shake it some more
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
Are you a girl or boy? Are you a boy or girl?
Are you a girl or boy? Are you a boy or girl?
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!
ON GAURD!

My mind's on rewind
and quicksand (what?)
I was up all night
doing nothing (last night? again)

(chorus)
Do you wanna stay in bed all day? (yeah!)
Do you remember feeling any other way? (no!)
Do you wanna stay in bed all day? (yeah!)
Do you remember feeling any other way? (no!)

I must've been sleeping when you called
I'm not feeling well at all (cough, cough)
I got this thing that's been going around called
please pretend that I'm out of town okay?

*chorus*

I'll make some coffee
Put on some eyeliner
I think I'll find that
Things are fine and they're gonna get much finer!

*chorus*

Hey look I'm really sorry
I couldn't make it to your party
I know it looks like I'm gonna cry
Got a to-do list behind my eyes so
Go tell your friends I'm still a feminist
But I won't be coming to your benefit
I give up (I give up)
I give up (I give up)
I give up (I give up)
I'll be at home today

I like going to the dyke march because I like to be surrounded with women
Marching naked ladies
We recruit, We recruit. . . . .

There's noone telling us where to stand or where to be
There's noone telling us where to stand or where to be
There's noone telling us where to stand or where to be

Resist. Shout it out. Resist, Resist, Shout it out....

There's no one telling us where to stand or where to be
There's no one telling us where to stand or where to be
There's no one telling us where to stand or where to be
There's no one telling us where to stand or where to be

We're just this huge strong mass of feminist fury.
Resist, Resist. . . . . Feminist fury. Feminist fury.

Proud to be a dyke Proud to be a dyke
Proud to be a dyke Proud to be a dyke
Proud to be a dyke Proud to be a dyke
Proud to be a dyke Proud to be a dyke

Resist, Resist, Resist, Resist..... Feminist fury...
It was a lifelong dream I had as a child
And it's actually come to pass in my adult life.

When you're walking down the street
No one sees a V.I.P.
I.E. - genious artist of our time
well, I'll be the first on line to say
"I get it, I get it, I get it"
"I get it, I get it, I get it"
"I get it, I get it, I get it"

I've been waiting for so long to see your face
I tried this one time
and there was a huge line
And now we're standing in a very small space
No need to worry about getting rain on your brain
Getting fun on your sun
Getting sleet on your feet
'Cause todays the day

"I get it, I get it, I get it"
"I get it, I get it, I get it"
Tres bien, tres bien, tres bien, tres bien

All the critics tend to blast you
Dumb ideas will outlast you
Moneys gone
Youve got no grants
I'll push your work with my bare hands

(Because they will try to convince us that we have arrived,
that we are allready there,
that IT has happened. Because we need to live in a place
where we are truely alive, present, safe, and accounted for.
Because we refuse to allow our writing, songs, art, activism, and political histories to be supressed,
Because we refuse to be embarassed about the mistakes and faults
and choose to move forward
with a political agenda
bent, on the freedom, for all.)

Uh huh. Got to, wanna, got to. wanna,
Raise your hand.
Raise your voice.
Raise your head.
Up off the desk.
Look who's here.
Well well well.
Guess it's time for show-and-tell.
Well what do you like
and what do you need?
How should I act
and who should I be?
Cuz I got.
I'm gonna give it to you.
And you know it.
What where when how when who?
im gonna give u the answer tonite
im gonna to give u the answer anytime
thats right
well i dont wanna take it slow
so tell me now
i gotta go
cuz i got it
im gonna give it too you
and you know it
What where when how when who?

Or should I supersize it
supervise it
supersize it
oh yeah.
Or should I supersize it
supervise it
supersize it
oh yeah.
I'm gonna give you the answer tonight.
Gonna give you the answer anytime.
That's right.
Well I don't wanna take it slow.
So tell me not I got to go cuz I got it.
I'm gonna give it to you.
And you know it.
What where when how when who?
Raise your hand.
Raise your voice.
Raise your head.
Up off the desk.
Look who's here.
Well well well.
Guess it's time for show-and-tell.
Got to, wanna. Got to, wanna.
Oh what should I do
and where should I go?
What should I bring?
I think you know that I've got it.
I'm gonna give it to you.
And you know it.
What where when how when who?

[Intro Skit]
Don't fuck with me, I'm the fuckin manager!
And don't forget your fuckin daily planners.
You better write down everything you accomplish.
And lemme see your fuckin smile around the office.
You "grrrls" look tired, were you out late last night?
I heard you were some kind of underground
Electro feminist performance artists. Is that right?

Right.....
In five years you won't remember
getting fired or whatever
and until then and forever
I'm proud to be associated with you.
I know 40 hours a week
would suit you fine
but your application's been denied, surprise!
This is how it feels to be free.
Turn around, turn around, turn around
and take a look at the crowd and say:
It's okay to hate your job
after all it's fucking wrong.
Turn around, turn around turn around
and take a look at the crowd.
You know all my friends are fucking bitches
best known for burning bridges.
Do you need a character witness?
I said I'm proud to be associated with you.
When I look around,
I see your face in the crowd.
I see the girls are out,
a lot of freaks in the house.
Le Tigre family and friends,
I hope this feeling never ends cuz
you're beautiful and your boss is an asshole
and I don't give a shit what that dick thinks.
We will survive as thieve
we will survive as freaks.
Turn around, turn around turn around
and take a look at the crowd.....
I think it looks all right
we got friends in sight
yeah tomorrow we fight
so let's have fun tonight.....
Turn around, turn around....

I don't care
You sing such a winner's song
No, I won't respond
My silence screams, "ha ha"
And if you call us wrong, either way
It "just so happens" to us every day
Oh, I, I wont come undone

And if you
Ever
Wanna
Adventure
If you ever want a fashion show
I'll walk on your block

'Cause my art is better than your art
And you will be better off, when I'm gone
When I'm gone

And if you ever wanna try
Your hand at forcing my suicide
C'mon fucker!
Reach out for the sun!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
You've got the lens
You wants to see through me
You've got the rebel style
It don't fool me
You're a post modern parasite

And if you ever wanna try
Your hand at forcing my suicide
Just know I've only begun

And if you ever wanna try
Your hand at forcing my suicide
Come on and try to kill me off

[No lyrics]

You hide inside, so not okay(keep on, keep on livin')
What if you remember more today?(keep on, keep on livin')
The phone rings but there's too much to say(keep on, keep on livin')
You tell them to go when you wish they would stay (keep on, keep on livin')

You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!) You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)

Disporportionate reactions just won't fade(keep on, keep on livin')
Every dude you see puts you in a rage(keep on, keep on livin')
Or stupid shit just makes you cry(keep on, keep on livin')
Your friends are worried you won't tell them why(keep on, keep on livin')

You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on (keep on livin)
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!)

Look up to the sky sky sky
Take back your own tonight
You'll find more than you see It's time now now get ready
So you can taste that sweet sweet cake and
Feel the warm water in a lake (y'know)
What about that nice cool breeze and
Hear the buzzing of the bumble bees just
Live beyond those neighborhood lives and
Go past that yard outside and
Push thru their greatest fears and
live past your memories tears cuz
You don't need to scratch inside no just please
Hold onto your pride and
So don't let them bring you down and
Don't let them fuck you around cuz
Those are your arms that is your heart and
No no they can't tear you apart
They can't take it away now
This is your time this is your life and
This is your time this is your life and
This is your time this is your life and
This is your time this is your life and....

You gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
Gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
Gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
Gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
You gotta keep on(keep on livin!)
Gotta keep on(keep on livin!)