Wheatus
Teenage Dirtbag lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Indie Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:02
Her name is Noelle, I have a dream about her
She rings my bell, I got gym class in half an hour
Oh, how she rocks in Keds and tube socks
But she doesn't know who I am
And she doesn't give a damn about me
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Her boyfriend's a - and he brings a - to school
And he'd simply kick my -ss if he knew the truth
He lives on my block and he drives an IROC
But he doesn't know who I am
And he doesn't give a damn about me
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Yeah, I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Listen to Iron Maiden, maybe with me?
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Oh yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Man, I feel like mold, it's prom night, and I am lonely
Lo and behold, she's walkin' over to me
This must be fake, my lip starts to shake
How does she know who I am?
And why does she give a damn about me?
I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby
Come with me Friday, don't say maybe
I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin'
Oh yeah, dirtbag
No, she doesn't know what she's missin', yeah
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Key vocabulary
- noelle
- Christmas song/Carol
- dream
- sleep images; hopeA2
- bell
- small metal sound-makerB1
- rocks
- small stonesC1
- keds
- simple canvas sneakers
- tube
- hollow cylinderB1
- socks
- soft foot coveringA2
- doesn't
- does not
- who
- person thatB1
- damn
- very bad; curse
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About this song
Wheatus is an American alternative rock band fronted by Brendan B. Brown, formed in 1995 and best known for the global hit “Teenage Dirtbag.” It has released music independently since leaving Columbia Records and has also performed full live recreations of Ruby Vroom with Mike Doughty.