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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = My Folks | | Name = My Folks | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Riverscuomo_alonex.jpg | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
| Album = | | Album = Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years | ||
| Released = | | Released = [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = [[2007]]/[[2008]] | | Recorded = [[2007]]/[[2008]] | ||
| Length = | | Length = 4:00 | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
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| Status = demo circulating | | Status = demo circulating | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''My Folks'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2007]] | "'''My Folks'''" is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2007]] in contention for {{PN|Weezer}} then-planned sixth album (''[[Weezer (The Red Album)|The Red Album]]''). | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song was | [[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded a demo of "My Folks" in June of [[2007]] in contention for {{PN|Weezer}} then-planned sixth album (''[[Weezer (The Red Album)|The Red Album]]''). The song is not known to have been attempted as a band. The song was later listed on a spreadsheet, dubbed "[[The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo]]," uploaded by Cuomo to [[riverscuomo.com|his personal website]] in [[2008]]. The song went unheard by fans until it was [[2020 riverscuomo.com leak|leaked online]] in November [[2020]] and subsequently released as part of the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|My Folks|My Folks.mp3|[[June 21]], [[2007]]||4:00|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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And he didn't ever say too much | And he didn't ever say too much | ||
Though his feet would give him pain | Though his feet would give him pain | ||
That's the way that a man should work | That's the way that a man should work | ||
He does his part and he don't act like a jerk | He does his part and he don't act like a jerk | ||
And he'll die and go to heaven | And he'll die and go to heaven | ||
If there is such a place in the sky | If there is such a place in the sky | ||
And that should be enough for a man | And that should be enough for a man | ||
To get himself by | To get himself by | ||
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But she didn't say too much | But she didn't say too much | ||
'Cause she didn't want to let us down | 'Cause she didn't want to let us down | ||
And her apple pie was voted | And her apple pie was voted | ||
The best damn pie in town | The best damn pie in town | ||
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These are my friends | These are my friends | ||
And we ain't no creeps | And we ain't no creeps | ||
These are the ways that | These are the ways that | ||
We like to pass our time | |||
We don't cause pain | We don't cause pain | ||
If we don't have to | If we don't have to | ||
We'll try to cheer you up | We'll try to cheer you up | ||
When you're feeling blue | When you're feeling blue | ||
This is the way that | This is the way that | ||
We like to live our lives | |||
Everybody feels the pain sometime | Everybody feels the pain sometime | ||
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But now I'm fully grown | But now I'm fully grown | ||
Join me | Join me, join me | ||
These are my folks | |||
These are my peeps | |||
These are my friends | |||
And we ain't no creeps | |||
This is the way that | |||
We like to live our lives | |||
These are my folks | |||
These are my peeps | |||
These are my friends | |||
And we ain't no creeps | |||
This is the way that | |||
We like to live our lives | |||
This is the way that | |||
We like to live our lives | |||
Our lives, our lives | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | |||
==See | |||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]] | |||