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The song was allegedly [http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/is-rules-of-life-top-3-on-ewbaite.45503/page-4#post-1556431] considered by Cuomo for inclusion on [[Weezer]]'s planned ninth album (that eventually became ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''), but the idea was quickly scrapped. In the aforementioned 2020 [[Riverpedia archive - 09/03/2020|Riverpedia entry]], Cuomo confirmed that the song "Eventually came out on ''[[Van Weezer]]''." | The song was allegedly [http://www.allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/is-rules-of-life-top-3-on-ewbaite.45503/page-4#post-1556431] considered by Cuomo for inclusion on [[Weezer]]'s planned ninth album (that eventually became ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''), but the idea was quickly scrapped. In the aforementioned 2020 [[Riverpedia archive - 09/03/2020|Riverpedia entry]], Cuomo confirmed that the song "Eventually came out on ''[[Van Weezer]]''." | ||
A rehearsal recording from [[1997]] leaked online in November of [[2020]]. According to thefile metadata, it originates from a Homie rehearsal in September of 1997. | |||
==Live performances== | ==Live performances== | ||
*[[Homie concert: 11/04/1997 - Cambridge, MA]] | *[[Homie concert: 11/04/1997 - Cambridge, MA]] | ||
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<youtube>f1AEbdlZjaA</youtube> | <youtube>f1AEbdlZjaA</youtube> | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===Live version=== | |||
[[Image:Rachelcandoit.jpg|right|340px||thumb|Handwritten lyrics, as they appear in ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''.]] | [[Image:Rachelcandoit.jpg|right|340px||thumb|Handwritten lyrics, as they appear in ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''.]] | ||
<poem> | <poem>If Sheila can do it, I can do it | ||
If Sheila can do it | I don't see the problem with that | ||
I can do it | She is my other, a sister to a brother | ||
I | |||
She is my other | |||
And look at the thing that she’s done | And look at the thing that she’s done | ||
She looks like she’s havin’ fun | She looks like she’s havin’ fun | ||
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She’s puttin’ on jeans of the type that are tight | She’s puttin’ on jeans of the type that are tight | ||
She’s gettin’ herself ready to take on the night | She’s gettin’ herself ready to take on the night | ||
If I feel my heart is getting watered down | |||
If I feel my heart is getting watered down | |||
Then I'll stop, turn, and I'll say | |||
Man, if you’d seen this girl about two years ago | Man, if you’d seen this girl about two years ago | ||
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I swear you’d never know | I swear you’d never know | ||
That who you was seein’ was the same pistachio | That who you was seein’ was the same pistachio | ||
If I feel my heart is getting watered down | |||
If I feel my heart is getting watered down | |||
Then I'll stop, turn, and I'll say | |||
If Sheila can do it, I can do it | |||
I don't see the problem with that | |||
She is my other, a sister to a brother | |||
And look at the thing that she’s done | |||
She looks like she’s havin’ fun | |||
And I don’t see the problem with that | |||
She looks like she’s havin’ fun | |||
And I don’t see the problem | |||
I don’t see the problem with that | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Homie]] | * [[Homie]] | ||