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When me and Darren moved into the house on Cottage GroveWe moved in with three dudes that we didn't knowAnd we didn't understand that we were livin' with themAnd we should try to be their friends or at lest say helloAnd the first thing we did was put a lock on our doorWe'd stole some milk crates to get the bed up off the floorWe got a mini fridge and a toaster oven tooWe had looked through the crack to spy out on the living roomWhere the stoner would watch static on TVHe had a lizard that he named Iggy PopAnd down in the basement the drummer was drummingHe was practicing fills that we wished he would stopAnd locked in his room the bass lines were walkingSoundgarden and Rush all day longWe were snug and safe in our sanctuary Playin' games and singin' songsMorly would come over and make jokes about the catYou see we had made up some new names for themWell there was Fucker and Cyclops' motherAnd Shitty's real name, the same as a metal bandShe'd eat the toilet paper and she would shit in the tubSongtexteFucker was too stupid for any mother to loveKnocked the ashtrays off the table onto the floorMakin' fun of the cats seemed to be what Morly lived forAfter school came Miranda and CorinneAnd after college came Marty and SamThey would knock on the door and we would let them inA tiny room filled with big friendsOn Christmas break everyone went away And I had the whole house for my ownI listened to The Afghan Wigs and Frente!And I ate my free pizzas all aloneAnd me and Marty tried to start another bandIt sounded like The Cure but I'm no Robert SmithFrom up on his loft Darren made the joke one dayThat we should start a band and play the things that we can't playDarren said that he'd play the drums And Marty said that he'd play the bassAnd I said I could try to play the guitarBut I didn't think I could, I could only singA few weeks later we played our first showWe were so bad but I didn't knowWe sang about how dumb it was to drink and to smokeI was startin' down a long, long roadAfter the show to celebrate our victoryWe went to Denny's and I had grilled cheeseSittin' at that table, well, I felt like a king'Cause I was startin' to see what the world had planned for meSchool was over and the drummer moved awaySam and Chris moved in to fill the spaceMe and Darren moved up into his roomIt had a walk-in closet tooWe split the summer right down the middleI'd start with the big room and he'd start with the littleAnd I'd eat my lunch at the window that overlooked the streetHe had no such escape from the heatSummer had come, yes, summer had begunAnd the weeds were gonna grow real tall and greenAnd things would bloom and the vines would showAnd I was gonna stretch like the branches of a tree Aus Songtexte Mania