The Ska Song

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"You Stupid Piece of Shit"
You Stupid Piece of Shit cover
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album Alone VII: The Green Years
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 475
COR# 168
Status Released
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"My Best Friends Are Gone"
(RC# 474)
"You Stupid Piece of Shit"
(RC# 475)
"I Underestimated You"
(RC# 476)

"The Ska Song" (originally titled "You Stupid Piece of Shit") is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 2000.

Appearances

Overview

Rivers Cuomo recorded "You Stupid Piece of Shit" as a solo demo at his home studio between January and March of 2000.[1] After being renamed to "The Ska Song", it would be rehearsed by Weezer on May 3, 2000. In 2003, Karl Koch posted the lyrics to the song's opening verse on the Rivers Correspondence Board. On November 22, 2020, the song was released in full as part of the compilation Alone VII: The Green Years on riverscuomo.com.

Lyrics

You stupid piece of shit, get away from me
And don't come back again until you learn to be
A tougher kind of man who's master of his plan
And doesn't need to leech off others sanity

Until then I don't ever wanna see your face
It makes me sick just thinking of your lack of grace
Whenever you demand, that someone hold your hand
Your weakest bet is just to put your fight in place

So that's right
Right
Yeah

The kind of games you play are for a five-year-old
Who doesn't wanna do the things that she’s been told
At first he won't submit, and then he throws a fit
And screams at all the world that it it wrong to scold

A sweet and innocent bystander of a man
Is rising up to meet the challenges at hand
And doesn't have the time to listen to him whine
Or change his diapie when he's crapped himself again

That's right
Right
Yeah

You're such a sad pathetic fool
I've caught you playing with your stool

The kind of games you play are for a five-year-old
Who doesn't wanna do the things that he's been told
At first he won't submit, and then he throws a fit
And screams at all the world that it it wrong to scold

A sweet and innocent bystander of a man
Is rising up to meet the challenges at hand
And doesn't have the time to listen to him whine
And change his diapie when he's crapped himself again

And that's right
Yeah that's right
Yeah
That's right

You're such a sad pathetic fool
I caught you playing with your tool

You stupid piece of shit, get away from me
And don't come back again until you learn to be
A better kind of man who's master of his plan
Who doesn't need to leech off others sanity

Until then I don't ever wanna see your face
It makes me sick just thinking of your lack of grace
Whenever you demand that someone hold your hand
Your weakest bet is just to put your fight in place

And that's right
Yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo You Stupid Piece of Shit 168 You Stupid Piece of Shit.mp3 January—March 2000 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA 3:29 Alone VII: The Green Years
Weezer The Ska Song May 3, 2000 Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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