BEER GOGGLES
BEER GOGGLES
I don’t love you but I want to
Just give me something I can hold
on to
Come on baby and speed your lust to
me
Here’s my number on a cocktail napkin
Think about it like a loaded weapon
Cock the hammer and point that thing
at me
Why don’t you call
Why don’t you call
Why don’t you call
Kill me for the thrill of it all
I want someone anyone
Tall ones short ones skinny ones
I want someone anyone
You spend your nights at home crying
I spend mine death defying
I call it testing morality
So pull the goggles down over your
eyes
And say good night to the rest of
the barflies
I’m forever yours temporarily
Why don’t you call
Why don’t you call
Why don’t you call
Kill me for the thrill of it all
I want someone anyone
Drunk ones spun ones anyone
I want someone anyone
Fat ones whacked ones give me some
I want someone anyone
Spend some rent one lend me one
Fun ones dumb ones gypsy chicks on
rocks
Done ones even chicks with chicken
pox
I want someone anyone
I want someone anyone
I want someone anyone
I want someone anyone
Drunk ones spun ones give me some
I want someone anyone
Fat ones whacked ones anyone
I want someone anyone
Who is the narrator of this song? Is he that archetypal “male chauvinist pig”? Is he the one who just wants to get laid with just about anyone? According to humorist Dave Barry, he’s just being a typical “guy” (1)--not “man,” but “guy.”
I find it interesting that there is this melodic '60s tune to it, especially in the beginning. Hence the song is a bit of a mockery of the crooning love songs of that era. Like Lenny Kravitz sounding like Jimi Hendrix in his song “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” Steve Harwell sounded like a po’ed Brian Wilson (2).
The title of the song is also quite
an interesting metaphor for a device that aids a person to set his/her
sights on someone he/she doesn’t really love, but on someone they just
want to have a one-night stand with. What a vivid imagery to witness “drunk
eyeballs”! Simply poetic!
footnotes:
(1)
check out dave barry’s important scientific research between the differences
of a man and a guy. as a preview to his landmark work [dave barry's
complete guide to guys], he says this:
man: vince lombardi..........guy:
joe namath
man: abbott..........guy: costello
man: superman..........guy: bart simpson
(2)
lead singer of the beach
boys, you young ‘uns...
eyenotes:
![[Paul & Steve]](pdsh70b.jpg)
PAUL: "I want someone, anyone..."
STEVE: "Tall ones, short ones,
skinny ones..."
PAUL: "Fat ones, whacked ones,
anyone..."
STEVE: "Drunk ones, spun ones,
give me some..."
PAUL: "I want..."
STEVE: "Someone..."
PAUL & STEVE: (looking
at each other) "Anyone....."
PAUL: "Er,...Steve?..."
STEVE: "Um,...Paul?..."
it'za joke, k?!!! refer to the humanitarian
lesson acquired in "flo".
and may paul and steve never smash my mouth for making this joke...yet i'm still gonna push it with the following:
