Don't Call Me Dude

Here's my story, sad but true

About a girl that I once knew

She broke my heart, I became unglued

It all started when she called me dude

Well today I leave the psycho ward

Cause my sentence did conclude

I had killed a man with my bare hands

Because he called me dude

The jury said that I was insane

Temporally insane - brain strain

But now the doctors say I'm a.o.k.

So I start my new life today

This story starts some years ago

As I vacationed by the sea

In the california sunshine

Just me and my baby

I was in love feeling sky high

When a big blonde lifeguard walked by

He looked at her, she looked at him

I knew it was good bye

He took her by the hand, kicked sand in my face.

She looked and laughed and said, "later dude!"

They were gone without a trace

And the waves echoed her laughter

And her words... Yo, later, dude

Later that night I was in such a bad mood

Sittin' in a bar drinkin' hard, getting stewed

Thinkin' 'bout that girl and how 'bout I'd been screwed

When some guy walks in sits next to me and says

What's up, dude!

I heard the word dude and I became unglued

Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch

And put my hands around his neck, and I squeezed...

Don't call me dude!

So that's how I got where I am

But this ain't where it ends

The doctors said they cured me

I said good bye to my crazy friends

I was smiling as I left that place

My life had been renewed

The guard at the gate, he stamped my pass

And he said, "yo, later, dude!"

Slowly, I turned...