I know what it's like to be alone sitting in your room
Listening to all the doubts that your parents have to say to you

And as your head gets all cluttered inside
Try to stay awake
Everything they say are lies
That's all the shit that you ever have to take

So hold in all your aggressions
Because your grinding your teeth on down to
The bottom of your chin

It's not easy or so damn pleasing
To not laugh at everything they say as
They tell you what to be you're not alone

I know what it's like to be denied at everything you do
It's not the same reason why that
Makes you change the things that you once knew

As your head gets all cluttered inside
Give more than you take
Everything they say are lies
That's all the shit that you ever have to take

So hold in all your aggressions
Because your grinding your teeth on down to
The bottom of your chin

It's not easy or so damn pleasing
To not laugh at everything they say as
They tell you what to be you're not alone

You say you want to take off your shoes and
Walk barefoot down the street
Just to be the things that you can be
Just live for one more week, go!

You say you want to take off your shoes just to
Walk barefoot down the street
Just to be the things that you can be
Just live for one more week

So hold in all your aggressions
Because your grinding your teeth on down to
The bottom of your chin

It's not easy or so damn pleasing
To not laugh at everything they say as
They tell you what to be you're not alone



Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity

Track duration: 02:38

"Peggy Sue" as written by Scott Raynor, Tom De Longe, Mark Hoppus

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:this and 'shut up' are such good songs for when you're feeling shitty cause of you parents; says it just like it is.
    Flag lovemonkeyon May 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:ok for all you uneducated folk, this song was composed as a tribute to the legend, buddy holly who influenced bands like the rolling stones and the beatles. hence buddy holly's song "peggy sue"
    Flag ijmpdinthefireon May 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Man, this song instantly takes me back to being fourteen and sulking in my room, mad as hell at the world.
    This song was my anthem in middle school.

    For me, at least, this song is just about growing up and being anxious, restless, and mad that you can't live your life the way you want to. But you're stuck with you're parents until you get to college and you just gotta grin and bear it. There's no use getting yourself all worked up about it because there's nothing you can do, you might as well laugh at how ridiculous you think their prerogative is. This song is saying, hang on, kid, it gets better, I swear.
    Flag Malformationon December 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:well to me this song is about a kid who is always fucking up and cant live up to a good expectation (who can anyway?). plus getting blasted by his parents all the time makes me think that he doesn't give a crap what they think anymore and wants to go and live his life doing what he wants to do, like so...

    You say you want to take off your shoes just to
    Walk barefoot down the street
    Just to be the things that you can be
    Just live for one more week (Go!)
    Flag dude_ranchon August 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:You just gotta BLAST this song when you're grounded...anyway when i am ed at my parents (which would be 24/7) this is the song that vents my anger. I love the part about wanting to take off your shoes, cuz my mom swears that i'm gonna cut my feet open on a random smashed beer bottle on the sidewalk or something...yea well that's a chance i willing to take especially during the summer.
    Flag PunkRockGirl92on June 18, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:and why the fuck blink named it peggy sue, they probably don't even know
    Flag chris-jerichoon January 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yet another one of my favorite Blink songs, especially the live version. and I happen to know who Buddy Holly is, but it's not the same song obviously. I heard that it was actually going to be called "Cindy Lou" but Buddy Holly had a girlfriend named Peggy Sue and he wanted to impress her, so it was changed to Peggy Sue. (not that any of this has anything to do with blink 182, but whatever)
    Flag oNeMore_LASTchanceon January 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:first peggy sue is a kick ass song. i remember this girl we had a thing goin and she had a really fucked up family and all, but anyways. things never really worked out bewteen us, but how this song is connected to her. well she never really figured out what she wanted to do when she wanted to grow up. and she's a senior this year, and last time i talked to her she said she goin to join the army. showing how parents fuck up their childern.

    but the song talks bout tom comforting one of his friends when the friends parent tell how they are fuckin up all the time and such. pretty simple meaning actually.
    Flag confusion89on February 16, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Peggy sue is one of their best, but I thought I heard somewhere this song was a cover from a classical song, I don't know it this is right.
    Flag BigFatPaNdaon October 10, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of the best blink songs they have written...the mark,tom,and travis show version rocks my socks
    Flag JessicaisHotton September 21, 2004   Link

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