YOUR STUPID FRIENDS
is from the out-of-print CD album WORLD OF LYING PIGS,
recorded at Art Laboe's now demolished Royal Sound Studio at Sunset & La Brea, Hollywood, California,
May 19 to June 13, 1991, and released on MT Records (Germany), 1993
John Trubee---Electric Guitar
Mark Langton---Vocals
Kurt McGettrick---Baritone Saxophone
Chris Jennings---Tenor Saxophone
Greg Degler---Tenor Saxophone
Marc Mylar---Tenor Saxophone
Paul Solomon---Trumpet
Rich Hofman---Trumpet
Ron Barrows---Trumpet
Scott Wright---Trumpet
Ira Nepus--- Trombone
Matt Fleming---Trombone
Toby Holmes---Trombone
Robbie Hioki---Bass Trombone
Richie Hass---Tambourine
Chris Wahl---Percussion
J. Michael Rodriguez---Congas, Percussion
MB Gordy---Drums & Percussion
Michael Rosen---Drums & Percussion
Bruce Duff---Electric Bass
Ed Rhodes---Electric Bass
Mat Gurman---Electric Guitar
Paula Cohen---Electric Guitar
Jonathan “Mako” Sharkey---Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
lyrics
YOUR STUPID FRIENDS
Your stupid friends
Hang on the corner
Wasting what lives they have
Hear how they blabber
See how they posture
But they don't accomplish much
I would have treated you nice
But you acted as cold as ice
Then I saw you, drunk at the bar
With your stupid friends
What wasted days
Such empty nights
Find you bound with the same old crowd
They like to fight, they like to drink
They always lie but they never think
O how could you be so dumb
Wasting all of your time with scum?
And when you arrive at the end of your life
What will your tombstone read?
Your stupid friends
Some bought the good life
Like the smug adults that they are
Bracelets of gold and a sailboat
And a bright new shiny car
They wasted afternoons at the mall
Buying crap which means nothing at all
What do they have to show
For all their wasted time?
Your stupid friends
Carry on
Like they're still back in Junior High
Soap opera intrigue and empty gossip
Take the place of real life
I would have treated you nice
But you acted as cold as ice
And then I saw you, drunk at the bar
With your stupid friends
credits
from A BLIND MAN'S PENIS AND OTHER SMASH HITS,
released December 16, 2014
Words and Music by John Trubee
Published by Escape From The Evil Dwarves
All rights reserved
Copyright c 1991 John Trubee
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