Lyric Wednesdays - Len

This week's entry is a good song, but what makes it great is that it is FUN!

There are two main reasons this song is one of my favorites. The first is the talking interludes before and in the middle. When this song came out, I just happened to be crushing on a girl named Karen. Plus, they talk about Mark. That's me! (I know, I know. I'm a fucking geek.)

The other reason is the repeated playings while moving Doug down to Georgia. Days before Jeff and I left to move Doug and Linnea down to Georgia, my truck was broken into and my stereo was stolen. I did not have time to replace it so Jeff and I had no tunes on the way down. However, on the way back Jeff and I decided to do the trip in one day. The time was something like 20 hours or so. When we got to Tennessee, (I remember only because the Wal-Mart was overrun by orange Volunteer gear.) we decided to buy a Walkman, speakers and CDs. Since I was the only one with money, I could only afford one CD. So I bought Len's "You Can't Stop the Bum Rush." I don't even want to know how many times we listened to it. The song never got old though! Plus, by the time we arrived home, Jeff and I knew EVERY word to the song!

So here's Len's one-hit wonder, "Steal My Sunshine" off their 1999 album, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush...

Hey, Matt?
Yeah, Tim?
Hey, have you talked to Mark lately?
Uhh, I haven't really talked to him but he looks pretty, uh, down.
Ha ha ha, he looks pretty, uh, down.
Yeah, well, maybe we should cheer him up then.
What do you, uh, suppose we should do?
Well, does he like butter tarts?

I was lying on the grass on Sunday morning of last week
Indulging in myself defeat
My mind was thugged all laced and bugged all twisted wrong and beat
A comfortable three feet deep
Now the fuzzy stare from not being there on a confusing morning weak
Impaired my tribal lunar speak
And of course you can't become if you only say what you would have done
So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me
If you steal my sunshine
Making sure I'm not in too deep
If you steal my sunshine
Keeping versed and on my feet
If you steal my sunshine

Check, c'mere c'mere, c'mere
Wow, look at her.
I know.
I've never seen Sharon look so bad before.
I did once before, but this is pretty bad.
Yeah, what do you think she got up to last night?
Ha ha ha
Well . . . I . . .
KAREN! I LOVE YOU!

I was lying on the bench slide in the park across the street
L-A-T-E-R that week
My sticky paws were in to making straws out of big fat slurpy treats
An incredible eight foot heap
Now the funny glare to pay a gleaming tare in a staring under heat
Involved an under usual feet
And I'm not only among but I invite who I want to come
So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me
If you steal my sunshine
Making sure I'm not in too deep
If you steal my sunshine
Keeping versed and on my feet
If you steal my sunshine

I know it's done for me
If you steal my sunshine
Not as some and hard to see
If you steal my sunshine
Keeping dumb and built to beat
If you steal my sunshine

My Sunshine
If you steal my sunshine