Cheer Up! Where Have You Been?
Hmm..... one of my favorite albums by Reel Big Fish was Cheer Up! It's kinda of catchy ska - with some sarcastic and somewhat bitter lyrics. So, today... I will share it... because I have always known there was truth to these lyrics. Now, more than ever. Also, a few others from another album or two.
I'm moving beyond the sadness... I'm disappointed. I'm a little angry. I'm growing stronger every day.
There is some offensive language in a few of the songs, so don't listen if you are offended.
Reel Big Fish "Suckers"
"Hey everybody I've got somethin' to tell it's what I learned from relationship hell Lust turns to disgust a heart of gold into rust a soft touch to a slap in the face- it gets old it goes away This one's for all the suckers who still believe in love, this one's for you. This one's for all the suckers who still believe in love, this one's for you. It never works but we keep tryin' like fools learning and breaking the rules At first you're excited then you're less than delighted by the end you wish they would drop dead it can't last, it's gone so fast This one's for all the suckers who still believe in love, this one's for you This one's for all the suckers who still believe in love, this one's for you"
Reel Big Fish "You Don't Know"
"Well first of all I'd like to say fuck off
If you don't get it why don't you
Go shove your head back up your ass
And don't waste my timeI don't need your opinion
Cause you don't know what it's like to be like me
So keep your mouth shut
Well This may come as kind of a surprise
I don't like you and I don't care
What you think about what I do
And most of all, I don't need your opinion
Cause you don't know what it's like to be like me
So keep your mouth shut
Well finally that's the way it is
I like somethin' you don't and your tellin'
Me it's shit. it's a waste of time
We can't change our opinions
I don't know what it's like to be you
I don't know what, so I'll keep my mouth shut"
Reel Big Fish - "Where Have You Been"
"You called me up last night in tears And said you missed me after all these years But I've been waiting here so long I've gotten over it since you've been gone You called me late last night again And said you're finished with your new boyfriend Asked if you could come back home So sorry that you left me all alone Well, say you love me, you love me again But if you love me, where have you been? You say you need me more than anyone else Well, go to hell, where have you been? You showed up at my door today And said my friend why do you push me away Yeah, life with him was just so dull But what we had was something wonderful Well, say you love me, you love me again But if you love me, where have you been? You say you need me more than anyone else Well, go to hell, where have you been? No way, you wish, I don't need this What makes you think I?d ever want you again? Yeah right, as if, I don't need this What makes you think I?d ever want you again, again? You called me late last night again You said you've finished with your new boyfriend Asked if you could come back home So sorry that you left me all alone Well, you say you love me, love me again But if you love me, where have you been? You say you need me more than anyone else Well, go to hell, where have you been? You say you love me, you love me again But if you love me, where have you been? And if you love me, where have you been? And if you love me, where have you been? And if you love me, where have you been?"
Reel Big Fish "Somebody Hates Me"
"Hey! Hey! Yeah! I just made an enemy of someone I don't know, and they are upset about somethin' That I must have done, it really doesn't make much sense That I've got no Statement in my defense- What! [Chorus] I know, No matter what No matter who No matter what I do Somebody hates me (Somebody hates me) Somebody hates me, somebody hates me (Somebody hates me) Somebody hates me, somebody hates me And I hate somebody too Did you misunderstand something that I did Or was it one of my jokes that you didn't get Or do you think you've got the way I think all figured out What did I say to make you feel not cool now- Well! [Chorus] I know it's wrong I do it too (I do it too) And I guess I should say Don't let it get to you [Chorus] Somebody hates me [Repeat: x5] And I hate somebody too [Repeat: x5] Someone like you"
Reel Big Fish "Somebody Loved Me"
"All of my friends- they're not my friends A knife in the back, felt it again. What did I do? Was it so wrong? I used to fit in, now I don't belong I think somebody loved me once, I think somebody loved me once I think somebody loved me once but I cannot remember why My confidence is stuck in my throat when you lay blame I'm your scapegoat Ears burnin' red, I heard what you said- you smile at my face but you wish I was dead I think somebody loved me once, I think somebody loved me once I think somebody loved me once but I cannot remember why"