The Ska Song
| "You Stupid Piece of Shit" | |||||
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
| Album | Alone VII: The Green Years | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 475 | ||||
| COR# | 168 | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
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"The Ska Song" (originally titled "You Stupid Piece of Shit") is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 2000.
Appearances
- Alone VII: The Green Years (2020)
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 |
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| 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 |