[Verse 1]
On days like this, I wish I had a recording device
Tape operator, let my track drop nice
Yeah, on a night like this, I got my mitts on my first mic and
Lickity split, cellar in the Summer of 1995
I rapped it, plugged it in, made a horrible sound
An ugly punk baby screaming, “someone see me right now”
I’m 15 years old then, too small for girlfriends
2000 AD, and thundercats was my world when
A whirlwind, I’m furled in the room with a few of my friends
I’d do it again and again if I had to begin again, way back when, uh
[Chorus]
Here we go again
Just me and a few of my friends
We’re on the road again
It’s hit and run and then wе’re done
Fade into thе nighttime
[Post-Chorus]
I, I hope
I, I-I, I hope
I, I hope, hope
I, I hope
I, I hope—
I hope tomorrow don’t never come
[Verse 2]
Oh, hold up now, that chorus stopped me dead in my tracks, uh
Where was I? Oh yeah, reminiscinnin’ on back then
B-back when we had nothing and we turned it into something
The other kiddies did the dumb thing, we studied our art
Stumbling blind in the dark, we felt the rumbling start
Of this creature, much bigger than the sum of its parts
It was B-A-B-Y-H-E-A-D, bugging at me, drive me crazy
Like an alien entity, assuming my identity
Or a bad baby, screaming:
“Daddy, please play with me”
[Chorus]
Uh, here we go again
Just me and a few of my friends
We’re on the road again
It’s hit and run and then we’re done
Fade into the nighttime
Here we go again
Just me and a few of my friends
We’re on the road again
It’s hit and run and then we’re done
Fade into the nighttime
[Bridge]
When Babyhead’s been reduced to nothing but merchandise
By product placement and hype, then I’ll
Hang up my mic, wake my wife and my cubs
And disappear into the night
I’ll leave the trappings of modern life in tidy piles by the roadside
Pack a napsack for the crayons and cake, and
Trek through the woods in search of a better life
We slept by day and travelled by moonlight, and after
Eight moons we came to a clearing in the trees
Built a stage, there were sticks fashioned, a canopy of leaves
We played rap shows for the animals while the fireflies light
Packed the badgers to the back rows, filled the floor with field mice
We did the monster piece, stomped to the beat of the marmot drums, a
Chorus line of bullfrogs hummed the bass track low, the
Horns section was a gaggle of 26 drunk black crows
And in the treetops, a parakeet drop
Beatboxing, the hummingbirds sing to whoever’s listening, and the
Word was carried on, the whispering in to the zoos and the farms and the pet shops, and the
Animals there picked their locks and joined us under the stars
Doing the jitterbug in their best fronts
[Chorus]
Here we go again
Just me and a few of my friends
We’re on the road again
It’s hit and run and then we’re done
Yeah
Here we go again
Just me and a few of my friends
We’re on the road again
It’s hit and run and then we’re done
Fade into the nighttime