hey man
maybe it's time you quit that band
the drummer's getting soft and slow
well maybe it's time you went solo
find yourself an old spanish guitar
and take to the stage in some hole in the wall bar
droning in monotone to an audience of four and
call it your experimental phase

and come meet me at the record store
we'll scowl at the suckers in the hip hop aisle
spending money on some corporate whores
not like (me or you)
we're alright (cause we're true)
to ourselves you know
cause we buy records that you've never heard of
and that makes us cooler than you

hey girl
aren't you the most beautiful girl in the whole world?
we must have met before i say
hell i saw you six times on the subway just today
and would you give me a second glance
if you noticed that
i shop at goodwill for my pants
well, notice i didn't ask you on a date
well i don't like pretty anyway!

and come meet me at the record store
we'll scowl at the suckers in the hip hop aisle
spending money on some corporate whores
not like (me or you)
we're alright (cause we're true)
to ourselves you know
cause we buy records that you've never heard of
and that makes us cooler than you

let's raise up our fists in disgust
at the consumerist bitch in the old navy shirt
don't you know that we're leading the resistance 
with details, like working in retail and boycotting starbucks
(i'll never drink that stuff)

and come meet me at the record store
we'll scowl at the suckers in the pop rock aisle
spending money on those corporate whores
not like (me and you)
we're alright (cause we're true)
to ourselves
cause we buy records that you've never heard of
we've got more of them than you can imagine
not a single fucking one of them's ever going platinum
and that makes us cooler
don't you know that
that makes us cooler
don't you know that
that makes us cooler than you