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the very begining of the song
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where he saying "hardest button to button"
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variation to the one above
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this is the whole song he repeats different parts of it at different times but its easy
to figure out.
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Lucky Sick Wanna Be |
#1 by Lucky Sick at Jun 25, 1974 at 9:05 AM EST |
| oooh, I just read one of the other posts I missed and I realized that he might have murdered his little brother (voodoo, doll, pins, etc) and his little brother is in the box. oooh, what a morbid idea..... | |
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sean (jello bia Average |
#2 by sean (jello biafra incognito) griffin at Jan 17, 1978 at 5:39 PM EST |
| its crazy. But god how i love it. | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#3 by Ben Formica at Apr 26, 1979 at 12:33 AM EST |
| I think Jack writes lyrics like Anthony KEidis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. They just are not meant to make sense to us. I disagree with teh communism idea, this song has nothing to do with class and stuff. I'm sorry i just don't think so. I do think that this song is about his life. His mom having a new baby and him feeling in the background. Like the new baby took all the glory. I think he was feeling some hostility to it. "cause i stopped it/grabbed a rag doll and stuck some pins in it" he might have beaten this baby, or intimidated it with this doll. But onto the the 'now we're a family' part of the song. He's grown up with his mom and 'baby'. He's not as angry with 'baby' anymore so thier sort of stable. 'The hardest button to button' might be his dad or something. Maybe he left the family when the mom was going to have the baby, that's why the started living in a old house. They had nowhere else to go. So his anger to 'baby' could be couped up from his dad. I dunno. But i thinkt he hardest button to button might mean 'hard to swallow'. It's hard to swallow that his dad is gone, or left. But he's just saying that alot it's hard to get over a parent gone(as hard as it is to button that top button) but still, you get over it (get it buttoned) I dunno. HE might have had a true story in this song, but changed the lyrics into these sort of silmiles and metaphors to makes sure we wouldn't figure this song out and thus, keep listening to try to figure it out. (jack you sly devil you ::wink wink::) | |
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steve Wanna Be |
#4 by steve bassmasta at Feb 19, 1984 at 4:49 PM EST |
| For some reason, this song gives me a vibe that it's referring to communism. The baby is communism. I dunno, that's just what I always felt while listening to the song, especially the first two dozen "lines" of lyrics. And the people who named the baby are the United States government. Who knows, that's just my theory. I don't know enough about this subject to make the true to life parallels. Someone help me out here!! Or I'll just do some research... Or maybe it refers to what's going on in Iraq and the middle east. US gave weapons to Iraq(i think) to fight Iran back in the day, now its all backfiring. And the US plays this shit like voodoo dolls. Tell me if this makes any sense, or correct me if I'm wrong. | |
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Dave Wanna Be |
#5 by Dave at Dec 16, 1985 at 12:44 PM EST |
| the hardest button to button actually to the hardest button to button, has no-one ever been 3? and you find buttoning buttons to be of great interest? so the hardest button to button is just that. | |
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clair Average |
#6 by clair holman at Sep 2, 1999 at 9:03 AM EST |
| I think what it means is you just have to deal with shit-"We got money and a litttle place to fight now"-"You think it's sleezy then put it in a short letter" | |
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Alek Wanna Be |
#7 by Alek Kalinowski at Aug 1, 2004 at 10:07 AM EST |
| i belvive this song is about a kid and his family at the begining it was hard (the whole kid crying and stuff) but now they are a family and are doing ok....then ppl started talking shit.....and he started thinking about what the ppl and couldnt figure them out as the title suggests "hardest button to button" as in hardest person to figure out | |
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patrick Average |
#8 by patrick wilson at May 6, 2006 at 9:01 AM EST |
| i agree with rave2550, you just gotta deal. sixedhearts theory seem fair too, but too much a shot in the dark. | |
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Randy Professional |
#9 by Randy McKagan at Jul 27, 2006 at 7:16 AM EST |
| Correct Lyrics Except a stick I dont get a box of something in it Except a stick A Dog and A Box with somthing in it.... There ya go. great song been forever since i lstened to it | |
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