Rich Zweiback: December 19, 2010

Inspirational Verse

Paul Westerberg has a way with a phrase. Here are some of my favorites

1. The Replacements Take Me Down To The Hospital

   “I dont wanna
   Die before my time
   Already used
   8 of my lives”

2. The Replacements Bastards Of Young

   “The ones who love us best are the ones we’ll lay to rest
   And visit their graves on holidays at best
   The ones who love us least are the ones we’ll die to please”

3. The Replacements I Hate Music

   “I hate music
   It’s got too many notes”

4. The Replacements I’m In Trouble

   “You’re in love and I’m in trouble”

5. The Replacements _If Only You Were Lonely”

   “Twenty push-ups this morning that was half of my goal
   Tonite I’ll be doing pull-ups on the toilet bowl
   Somewhere somebody’s throwin’ up”
   &
   “There was liquor on my breath, but you were on my mind”

6. The Replacements Here Comes A Regular

   “Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin’ much at all”

7. The Replacements God Damn Job

   “The hardest job is finding one”
8. The Replacements Seen Your Video
   “Seen your video, the phony rock ‘n’ roll We don’t want to know”
9. The Replacements Left Of The Dial
   “Pretty girl keep growin’ up, playin’ make-up, wearin’ guitar Growin’ old in a bar, ya grow old in a bar”

10. The Replacements Treatment Bound

    “We’re Getting nowhere, fast as we can”.