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Thursday, May 20, 2010

I Wanna Be an Emo Spock Look Alike

This is the only known internet transcription of "I Wanna Be an Emo Spock Look Alike" by I Like Japanese Hardcore and was done by me, Laura-Marie. Please comment with corrections or if you can make out what she says that I found unintelligible.

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I wanna be an emo Spock look alike.
Ride around town on my glitter seat
1950s bike.
I want to cry at sad movies,
want to let my emotions rule me,
wear horn-rimmed glasses and [Ringer?] tees,
back pack, and socks to my knees.

I wanna be an emo Spock look alike.
Ride around town on my glitter seat
1950s bike.
I'll even trade you your blue sweater
for all my punk rock spikes,
dance off-beat like I don't know better,
wear vegan shoes and preach animal rights.

I'm begging you please,
got me on my knees,
just want to be
an emo geek.

Take all my punk rock patches--
don't want them anymore.
Safety pins and my leather jacket
have all gone out the door!

I wanna be an emo Spock look alike.
Ride around town on my glitter seat
1950s bike.
Listen to Super Chunk over and over,
and I promise I'll stop picking fights.
'Cause passive-aggression is so much better
for us scrawny emotional types.

I'm begging you please,
got me on my knees,
just want to be
an emo geek.

Don't want to fight the fascists,
'cause ARA meetings are such a bore.
Just because I decide to bathe
it doesn't mean that I'm not hardcore!

I'm begging you please,
got me on my knees,
just want to be
an emo geek.

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