It feels like I've been doing this for a million years Every note has been played before in this exact order too And none of those bu*tholes out there really want anything new So I just keep on cookin' this ol' familiar stew and it's kind of rank Hey, won't you look at me now They seem to think that I've lost it somehow Hey mama look at this I'm shooting cascades of boogaloo jizz I am in a state of drunk as f** on a stage in a city somewhere But I know my guitar and I know this song Cause I've been singing it for far too long What's that noise in the background I'm the noise in the background Wait, what's this Suddenly I'm s**ed into a place Maybe a different dimension, I don't know This is a place where they make music that's not written to accompany the vacuuming of your flat Whoa, what the hell was that Like I was running around on a f**ed up music sheet One minute I was rollin' on a river and in the next I got caught up in the rites of spring I can't help wondering if the audience felt it too If I close my eyes and squeal they look pretty pissed out there
What's that noise in the background I'm the noise in the background I opened my heart and my soul for you, but you didn't understand Your mind was locked You just thought I was trying to be cool I might have been somewhere else in time and space but you looked at me as if I was possessed Through a bolt of electric shock Clear as a mountain stream It came to me What I've always known and forever k**ed a lifelong dream They didn't come to listen they came here to drink So play those three chords over and over So they don't have to think It feels like I've been doing this for a million years Every note has been played before in this exact order too And none of those bu*tholes out there really want anything new As long as the beat keeps pumpin' (play Creedence) And if the pint of lager is cold Flick of a switch and the organ is grinding Be that noise in the background Just keep it on the backbeat The rhythm of drinking Till the singer goes "Yeah Yeah Ye-ah!" Everything is yeah, you guessed it Everything is just fine