Lyrics for Boxcar as interpreted by oofus

Boxcar Lyrics
You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone.
Save your breath, I never was one.
You don't know what I'm all about.
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac.
My enemies are all too familiar.
They're the ones who used to call me friend.
I'm coloring outside your guidelines.
I was passing out when you were passing our your rules.
One. Two. Three. Four.
Who's punk what's the score?
Got a friend.
Her name is Boxcar.
Cigarettes and beer in El Sob.
Her hair was blue, now it's green.
I like her mind.
She hates the scene.
You're on your own.
You're all alone.



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tragicemo
06-18-2002

 Rated  +1 
love this song for the fact that Kerouac is mentioned...and the way these lyrics kind of beat around the bush in saying that he's not what you think he is...

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pr0le
08-25-2002

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"You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone.
Save your breath, I never was one."

truly brilliant lyrics, still makes me smile

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TheThingsYouSay
08-27-2002

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the ataris does a way better job...

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maybeilllcatchfire
03-10-2003

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don't be foolish...that version is only decent at best
and ataris lyrics can't even compare to anything written by blake. most of ataris lyrics are laughable
"i'm giving up on love, cause it really kinda sucks"
please...

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xDeadCitiesx
03-24-2003

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Yea, seriously. Blake takes the cake for some of the best lyrics. I can't think of one bad thing that Jawbreaker does.

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mizzkinkyem
04-01-2003

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this song is great, whether its sung by ataris or jawbreakers. The ataris did an awesome job live however

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sadpunkergurl
04-02-2003

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hey back off the ataris....they r amazing as is jawbreaker....kris roe writes good lyrics just like blake..im just sayin they both r good bands in my opinion...this song is kick ass live when the ataris do it...just saw them last night and kris dedicated it to me cuz i had a jawbreaker shirt on! damn im cool hah

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theyrenotwitches
04-16-2003

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fuck the ataris. kris roe owes everything (as do the rest of us) to the almighty blake schwarzenbah

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betweenyou&me
04-20-2003

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yeah he may owe everything but that doesnt mean the ataris arent good...let not get into a huge ataris/jawbreaker debate tho...lets just leave it as: everyone has their own opinions on both bands

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impossibledreamer
05-10-2003

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Alright, the ataris are not as amazing as jawbreaker. How can you even compare Blake to Kris?? It's a sick world, kids.

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impossibledreamer
05-10-2003

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i'm not trashing kris either, it just seems everything he writes is about love or hating something/someone

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thiscrowninganguish
06-11-2003

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Damn good song. Good by Ataris, better by Jawbreaker.

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deliriumtrigger
05-07-2004

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Yeah, comparing the ataris to jawbreaker is just plain silly. and stupid. and ridiculous. cmon, don't insult jawbreaker. The Ataris write generic pop-punk overlaid with tired cliches for lyrics. seriously.

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greeni
10-06-2004

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im not usually a fan when bands cover songs and fuck them up but douglas' cover of boxcar was awesome. if anyone has checked them out before youll know how great it is, shame they split though.

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lavenderfire
10-31-2004

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Guh. I don't think you can compare the Ataris to Jawbreaker at all. Jawbreaker is an amazing band, and is probably the most influential mid-90s band to a lot of the emo and pop punk happening right now. The Ataris are stale and uninteresting. They're the kind of emopoppunk (is it a genre yet?) that I can't stand listening to because it sucks so badly.

Compare "Fireman", for instance, to anything The Ataris have ever done and tell me there's something with the emotional depth, complexity, and lyrical prowess. Jawbreaker is a much superior band.

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impact
12-25-2004

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Are these kids serious? Chances are they're all under the age of 17 with absolutely no perspective. The Ataris can't come close to the impact and relevancy that Jawbreaker had and still has on modern rock.

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greeni
01-05-2005

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awsome song but 'douglas' sung this song better than anyone! and has anyone noticed that green days new song shes a rebal has exactly the same riff.

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Fauxpoet
03-01-2005

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It's meant to show just how pathetic it is to denounce people for not fitting up to a label. Basically, it's saying that "if you think the scene is about that, fuck you I don't want to be a part of it." Notice that

" You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone."

Sounds almost something like a kid would say to another kid in the playground, it's meant to emphasis the childishness of it all.

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rtkd
01-13-2006

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This song is about the "Bay Area Punk Scene" at that time, making rules in trying to classify who is punk and who is not.

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AntiFlagSD
01-21-2006

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The ataris influenced my 15 year-old cousin to quit being emotional.

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this is jakeoh
04-13-2006

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Well antiflag, you can thank Jawbreaker then, for making the Ataris who they are. The rest of you should thank Jawbreaker too, they made you all who you are. They are the one true God. Fuck the Ataris, Jawbreaker started it all.

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Rabid
04-23-2006

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by greeni on 01-05-2005 @ 11:33:16 AM
awsome song but 'douglas' sung this song better than anyone! and has anyone noticed that green days new song shes a rebal has exactly the same riff.

And yet, my friend said Jawbreaker ripped off Dookie when they made Dear You.

I love this song. It embodies my perspective on punk, and it also mentions one of my all time favorite authors.

I hate the Ataris, because now when I Boxcar's lyrics on a folder or in my info or whatever, someone always goes "Oh, I didn't know you liked the Ataris!"

People who like the pop-punk/emo of today's music should at least acknowledge Jawbreaker's existence, seeing as how they practically sculpted that sound.

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DeadElectroMix
08-03-2006

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I dont see how anyone can say that they, 'Ripped off Green Day' on Dear You, because they have a completely different sound, but they did have the same producer, so the quality is kinda the same (I guess...)

Heard the Ataris version, not near as good as the original, they made it too poppy, oh well, that's kinda their sound I guess.

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books_out_loud
08-18-2006

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Got a friend.
Her name is Boxcar.
Cigarettes and beer in El Sob.
Her hair was blue, now it's green.

i don't get this part, is it supposed to be taken literally?
and if so, why the name 'boxcar'?
if not, what's the referance. anyone know?

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against
08-21-2006

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I'm pretty sure it's literal. I saw somebody talking about seeing her at a JB show once, but "Boxcar" is just a nickname. Possibly a reference to Kerouac?

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