richiedagger

ok i have nothin really important to say, but i was on the boards and there was a thread called "song lyrics that slay you" or something like that. anyways it made me think about one of my favorite songs ever. so i thought i would post it here as well as there. i really used to think it was written about me...even tho it was written around the same time i was born.

RICHIE DAGGER'S CRIME by the GERMS

I'm Richie Dagger
I can stomp and swagger
I can take on all your heroes
I'm Richie Dagger
I'm young and I'm haggard
The boy that nobody owns

He sits in his corner like a child despised
A crazy sort of cast comes over his eyes--
That's Richie Dagger's crime

He's the sort of boy who was never much loved
His idea of fun was society's grudge--
That's Richie Dagger's crime

His life was a mess
And his friends weren't quite the best
But he was satisfied--
That's Richie Dagger's crime
Suck me in and spit me out
Devour me in haste

I'm Richie Dagger
I can stomp and swagger
I can take on all your heroes
I'm Richie Dagger
I'm young and I'm haggard
The boy that nobody owns

He could set your mind ablaze
With sparkling eyes and visionary case
He stood like the remnant of an outbreak past
Wore something in his ear and
Boy was he sass--

I'm Richie Dagger
I can stomp and swagger
I can take on all your heroes
I'm Richie Dagger
I'm young and I'm haggard
The boy that nobody owns

EXTRA CREDIT: guess where i got my screen name.