You can do what you want to do

You can say what you want to say

You can think what you think you want

It doesn't matter anyway



It's not funny anymore

It's not funny anymore



Play what you want to play

Hear what you wanna hear

Don't worry about the result

Or the effect it has on your career



It's not funny anymore

It's not funny anymore



Act like you want to act

Be what you want to be

Find out who you really are

And don't pay any attention to me



It's not funny anymore

It's not funny anymore

It's not funny anymore

It's not funny anymore


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It's Not Funny Anymore Lyrics as written by Grant Vernon Hart

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    General Comment

    This is Grant urging punks, artists, people in general to follow their own desires and embrace the possibilities of freedom. The title is suggesting that people grow up and stop limiting themselves by trying to fit in, stop playing their immature, small-minded games. The lyrics seem very plain but they carry a ton of weight: "do what you want to do," "be what you want to be," very liberating words. Grant is more interested in helping people open their minds than he is in telling them off (as most angry punks would do). This song is a massive statement of purpose for the Huskers. As a band they definitely lived these words.

    Quonseton August 22, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Basically everything Quonset said above. This song is all about liberation. I have times where I doubt what I am doing in life or if it will work out, but then I put on Metal Circus--and specifically this song--and forget about it. The Dü are always great. Keep listening.

    "Do what you want to do... Say what you want to say... Don't worry about the result or the effect It has on your career"

    YYZ2112on September 13, 2018   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    Definitely a dual meaning to this song--all the things that Quonset says above, and just a general kiss-off to a former lover (i.e., I'm tired of your crap, it's not funny anymore).

    Yet another great f***-off song from Grant Hart.

    leamancon July 03, 2008   Link
  • -1
    Song Meaning

    The song is about people who don't get their priorities straight. In school, they don't care about schoolwork, they only want to have a good time. They quit school or don't go to college, or score drugs and drink booze.

    However, when they are struggling, trying to look for a minimum wage job or living on welfare, and starving or homeless or both, "It's not funny anymore."

    "Find out who you really are And don't pay any attention to me"

    Exactly the same view I have: Don't listen to me though, find out for yourself where you'll be in a few years, because you didn't care.

    robertretro86on May 30, 2010   Link

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