Every day I see her changing
From the little girl I married
From a girl into a woman.
Does a woman have to become pregnant to change from a little girl into a woman?
Submitted by: 2Eagle
Top coat
Top hat
I don't worry, 'cause my wallet's fat.
Sounds to me like he's bragging about being so rich. What kind of example does that set to the less wealthy?
Submitted by: Joe
Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
Does anyone else this girl is playing mind games? It should be about love, not manipulative testing.
Submitted by: Glenn Griffiths
Go away, you heartbreaker!
Never tell a girl to go away just because she broke your heart for nothing!
Submitted by: Darius Whitehead
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
I sure hope you are dead.
Oh, come on. "I sure hope you are dead"? Who turns over, seeing someone sleep and then announce that it'd be better if they never woke up?
Submitted by: Emily Hemmings
Don't come hangin' around my door;
I don't want to see your face no more.
Self-explanatory. In fact, many of the lines in the rest of the song are of an insulting nature.
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
(spoken) Entiendes lo que digo, gringo estupido tonto?
This part, which is actually spoken by comedian Cheech Marin, is Spanish for "Do you understand what I'm saying, you really stupid gringo?" This is insulting in two ways. First of all, 'gringo' is often a disparaging term for an English-speaking Hispanic person. The second way is going a step further by calling the addressee stupid. So it's a double-insult.
Submitted by: Quyjibo
Green Day's,
"Nobody Likes You (Part 3 of Homecoming)"
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun
It seems to rub in the rejection of the person being sung to. That can't be good.
Submitted by: Ezma
I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord.
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
Since these are the opening lines to the song, there is no antecedent to the pronoun "you". While later verses seem to maybe make the song addressed to a love interest with whom the singer has co-habitated, the lack of an antecedent in these opening lines means that "you" seems to be addressed to any random listener. It is rude and/or presumptuous to confront any possible random listener with the leading question "But you don't really care for music, do ya?". If anything, the fact that one is listening to the song suggests that that one DOES care for music.
Submitted by: Karen Smith
Some people say a man is made outta mud.
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood,
Muscle and blood and skin and bones,
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong.
Not all poor men are weak-minded, by any means!
Submitted by: Lisa Rose
