I wrote this song in the late 1990s in a band called Z is for Zillah with Doug Snyder and Wayne Wilburn (though I believe Alex Sarabia played bass on this recording).
Doug and Wayne have been working on some new songs of Doug’s and Wayne remembered liking this one. We’re discussing re-recording it, so I found this old version and figured out how to play it again!
Here are the lyrics and the guitar tab I posted to Ultimate-Guitar. Stay tuned for a new recording in the new year!
p.s. We named the band after the final entry in The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey:
Lyrics
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You're at class, I'm home on the couch with a bowl I just cached
The day's gray, there's a lot of hiss on the tape
my back aches from a series of days so full of mistakes
my jaw's tight from grinding my teeth in my sleep all night
It came time to take care of business, I was too nice and shy
I got fined everytime 'cause the print was too fine
Now I swear I can't leave the house for fear of fucking something else up
And this time I'll be lucky just to lose more money and more pride
I don't know what I was expecting, sure as hell ain't this
Someone put something in my milkshake, I guess that's what I get
For being such a little baby
Yes I'm fine, said I'm fine, don't ask all the time
Everytime my reflection goes by all's I see's warning signs
Why can't I stop rolling my eyes at my self-pitied cries
Cause I'm fine even if I'm preoccupied with revenge fantasy suicide
I don't know what I was expecting, it sure as hell ain't this
How'd we end up at this clambake?
I guess that's what I get
Every morning it's the same thing, fresh and dumb
Every night I'm resigned
So while You're at class, I'm home on the couch with a bowl I just cached
The day's gray, there's a lot of hiss on the tape
my back aches from a series of days so full of mistakes
my jaw's tight from grinding my teeth in my sleep all night
I don't know what I was expecting, sure as hell ain't this
You're one fucked up crabcake, but I love you yet
And you'll always be my baby
Guitar Tab
Tempo ~ 168 BPM
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G5 B5 C3
You're at class, I'm home on the couch with a bowl I just cached
G5 B5 C3
The day's gray, there's a lot of hiss on the tape
G5 D5 G5 B5
My back aches from a series of days so full of mistakes
C B F
my jaw's tight from grinding my teeth in my sleep all night
G5 B5 C3
It came time to take care of business, I was too nice and shy
G5 B5 C3
I got fined every time 'cause the print was too fine
G5 D5 G5 B5
Now I swear that I can't leave the house for fear of fucking something else up
C B F
And this time I'll be lucky just to lose more money and more pride
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
I don't know what I was expecting
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
Sure as hell ain't this
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
Someone put something in my milkshake
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb
I guess that's what I get
Ebmaj7 Emaj7 F7 G
For being such a little baby
G5 B5 C3
Yes I'm fine, said I'm fine, don't ask all the time
G5 B5 C3
Every time my reflection goes by all's I see's warning signs
G5 D5 G5 B5
Why can't I stop rolling my eyes at my self-pitied cries
C5 B F
Cause I'm fine even if I'm preoccupied with revenge fantasy suicide
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
I don't know what I was expecting
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
Sure as hell ain't this
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
How'd we end up at this clambake?
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb
I guess that's what I get
Ebmaj7 F7 A#
Every morning it's the same thing, fresh and dumb
Ebmaj7 F7 A#
Every night I'm resigned
Ebmaj7 Emaj7 F7 (X3) G5
G5 B5 C3
So while you're at class, I'm home on the couch with a bowl I just cached
G5 B5 C3
The day's gray, there's a lot of hiss on the tape
G5 D5 G5 B5
My back aches from a series of days so full of mistakes
C B F
my jaw's tight from grinding my teeth in my sleep all night
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
I don't know what I was expecting
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
Sure as hell ain't this
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
You're one fucked up crabcake
Bbmaj7 Bb Eb Ebmaj7
but I love you yet
Ebmaj7 Emaj7 F7 G
And you'll always be my baby