Straight A's

Album: Give Me Convenience OR Give Me Death (1980)
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  • Sixteen, on the honor roll
    I wish that I was dead
    Hate my parents, I got zits
    And bruises 'round my head

    Pressure's on to get good grades
    So I can be like them
    Do my homework all the time
    I can't go out just then

    People they ain't friends at all
    They tease and suck me dry
    Yell at me when I fuck up
    And party while I cry
    I look so big on paper
    I feel so fucking small
    Want to die and you don't care
    Just stride on down the hall

    Suicide suicide
    Read the paper, wonder why
    Turn the light out, then you cry
    It's your fault, you made me die

    Touch me won't you touch me now
    So frozen I can't love
    When I was born my mama cried
    And picked me up with gloves

    Girls, they kick me in the eye
    Want answers to the tests
    When they get them they drive off
    And leave me home to rest

    Hold my head
    Make me warm
    Tell me I am loved
    Give me hope
    Let me cry
    Make me feel
    Give me touch

    The window's broken bleeding screaming
    Lying in the hall
    I'm gone no one remembers me
    A picture on the wall
    "He was such a bright boy
    The future in his hands:"
    Or a spineless human pinball
    Shot around by your demands

    Suicide suicide
    Goin' to sleep and when I die
    You'll look up and realize
    Then look down and wipe your eyes
    Then go back to your stupid lives
    Aw shit Writer/s: Carlos Cadona, Darren Henley, Eric Boucher, Geoffrey Lyall, Raymond Pepperell
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Richard from San Diego, CaThis song was recorded in 1979. Give Me Convenience... was a compilation of non-album tracks released after the band had broken up.
  • Zach from Easton, PaThis was written by their original rhythm guitarist, 6025, along with "Ill in the Head", "Forward To Death", "Short Songs", and probably others I forget.
  • Sid from BirminghamTwas me who got this song added. I love this song beyond all doubt and it is easily one of their best live singles out there, only to be bested by "Pull My Strings"
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