Barenaked Ladies Quotes (1988-2009)

“I have a job in a shop,
I'm an undercover cop.
I make sure the customers aren't thieves.
Old at being young,
Young at being old.
Everything's on hold within our evolution.”

“We've got these chains hanging around our necks,
People want to strangle us with them
Before we take our first breath.
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same.
When temptation calls,
We just look away.”

“I met you before the fall of Rome
And I begged you to let me take you home.
You were wrong, I was right.
You said goodbye, I said goodnight.

It's all been done.
It's all been done.
It's all been done before.”

“If I had a zillion dollars,
(We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner)
But we would eat Kraft dinner!
(Of course we would, we’d just eat more)”

“I'm gaining strength, tying to learn to pull my own weight,
But I'm gaining pounds at the precipice of too late.
Just wait.

I could be good, and I would
If I knew I was understood.
And it'll be great, just wait.
Or is it too little too late?”

“How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad.
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral.
Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will.
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve.
I have a history of taking off my shirt.”

“Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes,
Big like LeAnn Rimes, because I'm all about value.
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits.
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through.”

“Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time.”

“It's like a dream you try to remember but it's gone then ya
Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn when ya
Try to see the world beyond your front door.
Take your time because the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile when ya
Realize that with a guy my size it might take a while just to
Try to figure out what all this is for.”

“Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago, expansion started
Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools.
We built a wall (We built the pyramids)
Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery
That all started with the big bang (Bang).”

“It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said, "I'm angry."
Five days since you laughed at me, saying
"Get back together, come back and see me."
Three days since the living room,
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you.
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me,
But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry.”

“Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic.
Like Sting, I'm tantric.
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy.
Like Kurosawa, I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai.”