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Chorus: &? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.
&? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.

1. The song’s called “&?” written “[ampersand], [question mark].”
I feel more at ease with the fans kept in the dark.
Give me any forum and I’ll wax eloquent.
It helps, I’ve found, to not find facts relevant.
The honeymoon is over and the bitter moon is rising.
When the latter’s probable, the former isn’t too enticing.
Love at first sight’s real simple ’cause at first
You don’t see that all of these beautiful people are the worst.
Not enough room to slip a whimper in edgewise.
Forget honey—use dead flesh to catch flies.
I bear the radio no ill will.
I need neither deep breathing nor chill pills.
What are all of you shy kids saving your breath for?
Frantic hyperventilating at death’s door?
Tattoos’ll turn tacky, youth and beauty blur.
Cannon fodder reporting for duty, sir!

Chorus: &? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.
&? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.

2. The song’s called “&?” [Question mark] follows [ampersand].
I’ve got a sculptor’s feet and I’ve got a dancer’s hands.
Born to be a star, but then you were bred to fail.
Blow your top on the bottom rung, cooler heads prevail.
Everybody hates hipsters. Nobody is one.
The common man rises up to tickle-fight the system.
No better way to get a fat cat purring.
Of all the nerve, calling all you sad rats “vermin.”
Are you a passerby, a symbol, or another mascot
Who’s gonna don a suit and tie if you can hit the jackpot?
Mauled by a paper tiger, covered in paper cuts.
Not a good time to consider chasing greater hunts.
Celebrate your birth like it just occurred.
While you wait with bated breath for my first recorded cuss word.
I am not changing, take that gamble.
Same bat time, same bat ch-ch-channel.

Chorus: &? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.
&? &?
What else you got? What else you got?
&? &?
You’ll never make a splash in the melting pot.

Outro: They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying, keep saying, keep saying, “&?”
They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying “&?” ’til you’re spent and empty.
They’ll keep saying, keep saying, keep saying, “&?”

credits

from The Misnomer, released July 27, 2012
Pete Hake introduced the song.
The Mispronouncer made the beat, played the keyboard, wrote the lyrics, and performed the vocals.

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