Yeah, yes, yes

Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?

I was at an all night diner
The sign said, "Triple X"
But they were talking about root beer
I'm just sitting down
Thinking about nothing
Looking at the thin air
Breathing up the oxygen

Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?

A guy comes up, looking pretty 8-ball
Snaggletooth smile, sits down at my table
Puts his arm around me, starts to share his information
He said, he said, he said
He said, he said, he said
He said, he said, he said, he said
He said, he said, he said
This is what he said
"I have sex, I'm always thinking about the pavement
So I can avoid premature ejaculation"
I got up, remembering to thank him
Better things to do so I'll start drinking

Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?

I'm in Tahoka, now I'm going to hook up
With the parties, unfortunately (like always)
No one has any ideas, damn

Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
Have I told you
You could really get it on?
You could really get it on?



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    General Comment:One of the lyrics is wrong, "I'm in Tahoka, now I'm going to hook up," he is saying "I'm in the Hood Canal," not "Tahoka," the Hood Canal is a part of the Puget Sound which is in the same area as Issaquah, Washington their home town.
    Flag hkmaon December 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I might be wrong; i am high out of my mind, but at first i would listen to this song and think he said "snaggletooth smile" but now listening to it I think he says: "A guy comes up, he's looking pretty 8-ball. Snagged a chair, smile, sits down at my table" It just makes more sense to me than "snaggle tooth" because it's like Brock is telling us how he was at a diner and some druggie rudely invited himself to sit at the table and shared too much.

    "A guy comes up, he's looking pretty 8-ball; snagged a chair, smile, sits down at my table; puts his arm around me, starts to share his information.

    - This is what he said -

    "I have sex, I'm always thinkin bout the payment so I can avoid premature ejaculation."

    I think it's payment and not pavement. The druggie is sharing too much personal information with brock and brock really doesn't care to hear it. The druggie not only told Brock that he has a problem with premature ejaculation but also tells him how he has to pay for sex. "I always think about the payment" he's thinking about how much his prostitute is costing him.

    But Idk, just my opinion.
    Flag xeyednationon February 27, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I feel like this song is totally like a bukowski story put in song. i can feel the setting, i can feel the isolation and indifference.

    it so great!

    i got up remembering to thank him... better things to do so i start drinking.
    Flag poncho524on June 09, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:Here's the link to the Triple X website:

    triplexrootbeer.com/

    I couldn't find any reference to Modest Mouse on the website :( I guess it's not the kind of story with which they would like to be affiliated ahaha. The Wikipedia article about Triple X root beer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…) mentions the song and quotes three lines, though.

    Eeeheehee when I heard this song I thought it was about a brothel :D But the actual Triple X diner makes a lot more sense. Hear me out:

    "Have I told you? You could really get it on!"
    Pretty self-explanatory.

    "All-night diner"
    It runs all night long...

    "The sign said Triple X"
    So I associated it with sex...

    "A guy comes up, lookin' pretty 8-ball"
    Sketchy tweakers hang out there...

    "Starts to share his information
    He said he said he said (etc.)
    When I have sex I'm always thinkin' 'bout the pavement
    So I can avoid premature ejaculation"
    Talks about sex, like he's just been doing it with a hooker!

    "You could really get it on!!!"

    "Now I'm gonna hook up..."
    Alright, so he hires a "hook"er and they hook up.

    See what I'm saying? I understand that it's not what the song's about... But that was my initial interpretation :)
    Flag manicdepressivestoneron May 03, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:If it wasn't for Building nothing out of something i wouldn't of passed highschool. listening to that album was my motivation to work haha. fucking great band.
    Flag sim9l3on November 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:payment makes me think about a prostitute
    pavement makes me think about looking down to avoid confrontation

    I could see him writing about either.
    Flag gorgonseyeon August 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:----have i told ya, have i told ya? have i told ya, have i told ya?
    Flag mousepotatoisahotpotatoon May 22, 2010   Link
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    General Comment: "I have sex, I'm always thinking about the pavement
    So I can avoid premature ejaculation"
    my favorite line in the song. ha. it gets me everytime. obviously this songs about a guy in a strip club. its pretty self explanitory
    Flag iamdesireeiishoton October 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. But yeah, not too deep on meaning.
    Flag keiskleiriana1on July 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:When I was younger me and my family were driving at night on this long car trip, and we stopped at this small town restaurant that was still open at like 10. This guy basically invited himself to sit with us because he was all alone. He rambled on and on about his fledgling meat business, but no one had the heart to shut him up. So I think this song is a narrative on a real situation Isaac encountered, and the line "I got up, remembering to thank him" describes a situation we've all been in, trying to get out of a conversation in the most painless way possible. And "Have I told ya" may have been something this coke/meth head 8-ball guy kept saying while he was tweaking. Just some thoughts.

    Fucking great song.
    Flag goinunionon July 26, 2009   Link

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