Dumb Hummer Lyrics

If you've ever sipped Guinness
through a cigarette filter
or unwittingly tailored your style
after the war footing
of your nation's leaders
or wore fatigues in a civilian's way
or fit a Humvee
through the narrower streets
downtown, seeking parking
on a Friday night,
getting lodged in the metal wake,
then that's you.

But if you can dance like I do
if you can dance like I do
with no grid or Arthur
Something numbered footprints,
If you can walk right out
the bike gate of the McCarther BART
like parting leaves to make a path
and don't look back
or feel bad
or speed up when they call after you,
speed up when they call after you,
speed up when they come after you,
Then we
share a foam fist
in the nose bleeds
at the freaking circus.
If you've ever sipped Guinness
through a cigarette filter
or wore fatigues
in a civilian's way,
If you've got a chain around
your license plate
or cosmetic gold teeth,
I don't know you.
If you wear firsthand clothes
and get your hair cut
by somebody you don't know
I'm below you.