Barenaked Ladies Lyrics
One Week
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It's been one week since you looked at me,
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Cocked your head to the side,
And said, "I'm angry."
Five days since you laughed at me, saying,
"Get that together, come back and see me."
Three days since the living room.
I realized it's all my fault,
But couldn't tell you.
Yesterday you'd forgiven me.
But it'll still be two days,
Till I say I'm sorry.
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink,
As I make you stop, think.
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman [1] .
I summon fish to the dish,
Although I like the Chalet Suisse [2] .
I like the sushi 'cause,
It's never touched a frying pan.
Hot like wasabe [3] when I bust rhymes [4] ,
Big like LeAnn Rimes [5] .
Because I'm all about value.
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits [6] .
You try to match wits,
You try to hold me but I bust through.
Gonna make a break and take a fake,
I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake.
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavors.
Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll know,
The vertigo is gonna grow.
Cause it's so dangerous,
You'll have to sign a waiver.
How can I help it if I think,
You're funny when you're mad?
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad.
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral.
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will.
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve.
I have a history of taking off my shirt [7] .
It's been one week since you looked at me,
Threw your arms in the air,
and said, "You're crazy."
Five days since you tackled me,
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees.
It's been three days since the afternoon,
You realized it's not my fault.
Not a moment too soon.
Yesterday you'd forgiven me.
And now I sit back and wait,
Till you say you're sorry.
[Instrumental break.]
Chickity China [8] the Chinese chicken [9] ,
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'.
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on [10] .
We're dans la maison [11] .
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one [12] .
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic [13] .
Like Sting I'm tantric [14] .
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy [15] .
Like Kurasawa I make mad films [16] .
Okay, I don't make films.
But if I did they'd have a Samurai [17] .
Gonna get a set o' better clubs [18] .
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs.
Just so my irons aren't always,
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Flying off the back-swing.
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon [19] ,
'Cause the cartoon has got,
The boom anime babes [20] !
That make me think the wrong thing.
How can I help it if,
I think you're funny when you're mad?
Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad.
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral.
Can't understand what I mean?
You soon will.
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve,
I have a history of losing my shirt [7] .
It's been one week since you looked at me,
Dropped your arms to your sides,
And said, "I'm sorry."
Five days since I laughed at you and said,
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do."
Three days since the living room,
We realized we're both to blame.
But what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me,
'Cause it'll still be two days,
Till we say we're sorry.
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry.
It'll still be two days till we say wasabe.
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie [21] .
[1] Aquaman is a swimming, superhero from DC Comics.]
[2] Chalet Suisse is an international restaurant and hotel chain.]
[3] Wasabe is a hot Japanese condiment eaten with sushi.]
[4] Bust rhymes means to perform a rap song.]
[5] Big like LeAnn Rimes means to be as popular as the country singer
LeAnn Rimes (who was extremely popular at the time of this song.)]
[6] Bert Kaempfert is German hit record producer of the 1960s whose
credits include an early Beatles record (ergo, "mad hits")] .
[7] This couplet is saying that if he wears his mind on his sleeve and
then takes off or loses his shirt, he has, in effect, stopped thinking
or lost his mind.]
[8] Chickity China, is a reference to, "Chickity-chaco the chocolate
chicken." Lyrics sung by Busta Rhymes, in the Tribe Called Quest's song,
"Scenario."]
[9] The Chinese Chicken is a reference to the Hong Kong chickens, which
were found contaminated with Bird-flu in December of 1997.]
[10] X-Files refers to the popular science fiction TV show in the 90s.]
[11] We're dans la maison is French for, we're at home.]
[12] The Smoking Man, is a recrurring villain on the X-Files who is
always smoking a cigarette.]
[13] Harrison Ford getting frantic, refers to the 1988 movie, "Frantic,"
starring Ford as a man whose wife disappears in Paris.]
[14] Like Sting I'm tantric, refers to infamous Rolling Stone interview
in which Sting (the singer/songwriter) said he could have sex for hours
and hours because he practiced tantric yoga.]
[16] One of the advertising slogans for Snickers candy bars is that it
is, "guaranteed to satisfy."]
[16] Akira Kurosawa, a Japanese filmmaker most famous for The Seven
Samurai (1954).]
[17] Samurai are traditional Japanese warriors.]
[18] The reference is to golf clubs.]
[19] "Sailor Moon," is the title of a Japanese, anime cartoon about
heroic teenage schoolgirls in sailor suits.]
[20] Boom anime babes, is slang for, attractive cartoon girls.]
[21] Birchmont Stadium, home of the Robbie, refers to a soccer stadium in
Toronto, Canada where they hold the 'Toronto Robbie' soccer tournament.]
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