Story Behind the Song
ROmantic Entanglement Bullshit - Copyright 2000 Robb Millett
This song was inspired by the Frank Zappa tunes "The Dangerous Kitchen", and "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" off of "The Man from Utopia" listen to those and you'll see what I mean.
of course, it's not nearly as over-rehearsed as his bands songs were, Romantic Entanglement Bullshit is really more of a jam, and I wrote it as a song that would only ever be performed live, never recorded in a studio.
the subject matter is, obviously, a romantic entanglement I was involved in during '98 and '99...
Lyrics
Romantic Entanglement Bullshit...
A typical story of boy meets girl,
a tragicomic event if there ever was one.
but the telling of the tale is a laugh so listen up.
Girl Meets Boy, they exchange e-mails,
they wind up actually dating,
beyond all good sense
ignoring the evidence that it's doomed
from the beginning
I mean like, he's married.
so what the fuck is he thinking about
like he is available or anything,
she knows he's married,
and jumps right off the cliff of bad judgement, both feet.
She tells herself, oh, it'll work out.
as long as we keep it both fun and simple
And Soon, they are making big cow eyes at each other,
and rolling around in the big sticky mess of
Romantic Entanglement Bullshit
Some Time goes by
they're all caught up in this shared hallucination
in fact, they're both enjoying the hell out of it
weekends away
Surprise visits
Lunch every Wednesday,
and shagging so much they're both chafed and sore.
More time goes by
He starts to think
she's the ONE
in all bold Caps the ONE,
the love of my life forever
She starts to think...
Well who the fuck knows what she's thinking
I mean I, no I mean, He can't fucking read minds
and subsequent events sort of prove that I,
No, I mean he, had about as much a clue
as that chair over there,
and he took that clue and he shoved it right up his ass
because he figured that was a nice, safe place
too keep such a precious thing
and then it would not get lost or whatever.
good thing it was a tiny clue
or it would have hurt to sit down.
but in hindsight it's easy to see
it was just bad gas caused by a steady diet of
Romantic Entanglement Bullshit
Now some of you might be saying
especially you ladies
Oh my, he's really so bitter
but that's not the case
Actually, he's more like a little salty and maybe sweet...
But I think you'd really have to ask her
'cause she's the one who'd know
Don't you think?
and anyway I can't,
no I mean HE can't fucking bend over that far
and why the fuck would I want to find out anyway,
You Know what I mean, GROSS!
I aint into guys, ptui!
all that I can say
after thinking about it is
Hats off to you ladies, and all...
Meanwhile, back to the tragedy
eventually after enough of her friends advice
she finally wised up and bailed over the course of several weeks
by phone and e-mail
showering him with creative excuses:
I'm going to a show with Dawn
I have to work late at Odyssey
My roomate just got fired and I have to be there for her
I m going to a show with Dawn ...right
I have to work late at Odyssey ...uh huh!
Kelly is having guy problems and Im going to meet her for dinner
.. to commiserate
He thought that one was particularly creative...
and telling...
After enough enough of this bullshit
finally pulls the clue out of his ass
and reads it, only to find that
the words She'll stay with me forever
have been crossed out, and it now reads
She's ditching you, you stupid fuck
and he sits there stupidly wondering how the fuck
she got up his ass with a black magic marker...
I must have been blinded by love!
Don't you think?
And anyway, at least he got his leather jacket back,
and figured out later
that she'd dumped him for some other guy,
who fairly pukes the words
I LOVE YOU
all over her...and is likely NOT married
Probably, a big plus!
But now the problem is
that he pukes too
all over himself...
every time he steps in,
or gets a whiff of,
or stands real close to,
or is threatened by,
or experiences a near miss with the big ugly mess that is
Romantic Entanglement Bullshit
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