High Fidelity A Musical movie

High Fidelity A Musical movie - The Last Real Record Store on Earth lyrics

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Song by Will Chase<br /><br>

Rob:<br>

I've got my daily crossword, and there's coffee in the pot.<br>

I've got cable and a girlfriend who is pissed off, but she's hot.<br>

I've got records that it's taken me a lifetime to amass,<br>

And I play them on a system that will kick your system's ass!<br>

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And if my life's not perfect,<br>

If I'm anxious, bored, or sad,<br>

Well, today may be less shitty--<br>

With whole chunks of not so bad!<br>

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And I wouldn't change a thing about it;<br>

No, I wouldn't want to change a thing.<br>

In a world that's unreliable,<br>

These are rocks on which to cling.<br>

Nothing's great and nothing's new--<br>

But "nothing" has its worth.<br>

Meet the real go-getter<br>

With the thrift store sweater<br>

And the last real record store on earth!<br>

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I get by, relying on the <br>

Freaks who can't survive<br>

Without their Japanese import o<br>

Or their Zappa 45.<br>

They're really kinda sad<br>

Hell, I'd be making fun of them,<br>

If it weren't for the fact<br>

I'm really one of them.<br>

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Yes, if you're into vinyl, <br>

We've got everything essential.<br>

I'm sitting on a business that has<br>

Zero growth potential!<br>

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Pale Young Men:<br>

And I wouldn't change a thing about it,<br>

A-K rack, L-Z.<br>

It's dark and dingy, never crowded;<br>

All a record store should be.<br>

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Rob:<br>

"For the serious collector<br>

Who knows a record's worth"<br>

Need a vintage Decca?<br>

Step into my mecca.<br>

It's the last real record store on earth!<br>

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Dick: (singing along to music on his headphones)<br>

Ever since I lost control...<br>

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Rob: (to the audience)<br>

That's Dick. He works for me.<br>

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Dick:<br>

It's a Hiroshima of the soul.<br>

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Rob:<br>

He's listened to every record in this store...<br>

<br>

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Dick: <br>

Ever since we've been apart...<br>

<br>

Rob: <br>

...twice.<br>

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Dick:<br>

It's a Hiroshima of my heart.<br>

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Pale Young Men:<br>

Hiroshima of my heart...<br>

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Dick:<br>

I want to find a love,<br>

A love to call my own.<br>

But I'm too weird and shy.<br>

I guess I'll die alone.<br>

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Rob:<br>

Barry, you're late.<br>

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Barry:<br>

Yeah, sorry, I stopped to get you this box of.....seven donuts.<br>

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Rob: (to the audience re: Barry and Dick)<br>

What can I do?<br>

They came as temps.<br>

But then they started showing up here every day!<br>

It's been four years.<br>

They just won't leave.<br>

They never even ask me for a raise in pay.<br>

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And as I gaze across this filthy space, <br>

I see insanity in every face.<br>

Some days I think I should just torch the place!<br>

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But then I think where would I go?<br>

Find guys who prize the things I know?<br>

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Barry:<br>

It smells like ass--<br>

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All:<br>

But even so...<br>

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I wouldn't change a thing about it!<br>

Cause most other stores are crap!<br>

Buying music shouldn't be like<br>

Buying khakis at the Gap!<br>

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Pale Young Men:<br>

Don't fall into the Gap!<br>

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Rob, Dick & Barry:<br>

We're the experts here on everything<br>

That's anything of worth!<br>

<br>

All:<br>

If you hate mass market<br>

Bring your ass and park it<br>

At the last real record store on earth!<br>

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Barry & Dick: (a la David Byrne/Devo/robot dance)<br>

This ain't no Tower!<br>

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Pale Young Men:<br>

This ain't no Tower!<br>

<br>

Barry & DickL<br>

This ain't no Coconuts!<br>

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Pale Young Men:<br>

This ain't no Coconuts!<br>

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Barry: And this ain't no soulless sanitized corporate Third Reich fucking WalMart!<br>

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Rob:<br>

Alright, Barry!<br>

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Barry: <br>

They're sucking the blood out of the little guys!<br>

<br>

Rob: <br>

No shit.<br>

<br>

My rent check bounced.<br>

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Barry:<br>

I live at home.<br>

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Dick:<br>

Stayed up til four watching Mary Tyler Moore.<br>

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Rob:<br>

My girl holds out.<br>

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Barry:<br>

My girl inflates.<br>

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Dick:<br>

I think I had sex once but I'm not sure.<br>

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All:<br>

The things I hope for seem so far away.<br>

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Dick:<br>

So far away.<br>

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All: I'm not too brilliant on the day-to-day.<br>

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Barry:<br>

What's the day today?<br>

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All:<br>

That's why I come Monday through Saturday--<br>

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And I wouldn't change a thing about it,<br>

My whole world's inside this store.<br>

Where would I go,<br>

What would I do without it?<br>

This is what I'm living for.<br>

<br>

For the serious collector<br>

Who knows a record's worth!<br>

<br>

Rob:<br>

If you hate mass market<br>

Bring your ass and park it<br>

<br>

All:<br>

It's the best, that's final!<br>

Find the finest vinyl <br>

At the last real record store!<br>

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Rob: (repeating in a round)<br>

We've got blues and soul and R&B.<br>

We've got blues and soul and R&B.<br>

<br>

Barry: (round)<br>

Ska, punk and new wave...<br>

Ska, punk and new wave...<br>

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Dick: (round)<br>

Hip hop, rock, and pop.<br>

Hip hop, rock, and pop.<br>

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Rob, Dick & Barry:<br>

And the only thing that we dno't have is<br>

Customers who shop!<br>

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Rob:<br>

I always dreamed someday<br>

I'd have this wonderful career.<br>

I went where the music took me<br>

And oh God, it took me here.<br>

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And they'll write it on my tombstone<br>

Right beside my date-of-birth:<br>

Part-time stoner<br>

Went from clerk to owner<br>

Of the last real record store on earth!<br>

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Barry, Dick & All:<br>

I wouldn't change a thing about it<br>

Gonna get up on the roof and shout it!<br>

But will it hold us all? I doubt it!<br>

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Rob:<br>

And I--<br>

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Barry:<br>

I--<br>

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Dick:<br>

I--<br>

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All:<br>

I wouldn't change a thing!<br>

I wouldn't change a thing!<br>

I wouldn't change a thing!<br>

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[Thanks to for lyrics]<br>

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