Scatterbrain Don't Call Me Dude
by Scatterbrain from the recording titled 'Here Comes Trouble' Here's my story, sad but true About a girl that I once knew. She broke my heart, I became unglued, It all started when she called me dude Well today I leave the psycho ward Cause my sentence did conclude: I had killed a man with my bare hands Because he called me dude The jury said that I was insane. Temporally insane - brain strain. But now the doctors say I'm A.O.K. So I start my new life today. This story starts some years ago As I vacationed by the sea. In the California sunshine Just me & my baby. I was in love feeling sky high When a big blonde lifeguard walked by. He looked at her, she looked at him - I knew it was good bye. He took her by the hand, kicked sand in my face. She looked & laughed & said, "Later Dude!" They were gone without a trace And the waves echoed her laughter And her words...Yo Later Dude. Later that night I was in such a bad mood Sittin' in a bar drinkin' hard, getting stewed Thinkin' 'bout that girl & how 'bout I'd been screwed When some guy walks in sits next to me & says What's up dude! I heard the word dude & I became unglued. Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch And put my hands around his neck, and I squeezed... DON'T CALL ME DUDE! So that's how I got where I am But this ain't where it ends. The doctors said they cured me I said good bye to my crazy friends. I was smiling as i left that place My life had been renewed. The guard at the gate, he stamped my pass And he said, "Yo Later Dude!" Slowly I turned... ----------------------------------------
