Let's Get Branded
words and music by Roy Zimmerman
© 1998 Watunes (BMI)
(From Comic Sutra - Live at Luna Park)

With rings of silver in my nipples
And studs of silver in my tongue
Wind chimes in each ear, bangles here and here
And swingin' from my nose, a tiny chandelier

I'm dangling more than participles
I'm more than usually well-hung
Beautiful, ah yes, and cool beyond excess
So well expressing my exquisite bitterness

So, let's get branded, yeah
The latest thing, I think it started up in Seattle
Let's get branded, yeah
Let's individuate and distinguish ourselves like cattle

I'm livin' down to my potential
By messin' up my fine physique
All of my tattoos have started to diffuse
You know I mean it when I say I've got the blues

I'm Generation Ex-istential
They tell me I look good in bleak
Heroin and snuff and booze and all that stuff
They just aren't wreckin' my complexion fast enough

So let's get branded, yeah
Youth is a fleeting thing, so let's hurry up and destroy it
Let's get branded, yeah
Let's mutilate ourselves while we're young enough to enjoy it

And after we've been branded
Pierced, prodded, needled, grilled and grooved
We'll have our nipples power-sanded
We'll have a limb or two removed
Without anesthetic
Ouch!

They say it's always good to have irons in the fire

Let's do something we can look back on and laugh about when we retire

Moo......