STINKY”
Verse 1
Grade nine, cross-town ride
Forty-five minutes on the bus outside
Private school with a second-hand grin
Tryin’ to figure out where I fit in
We skipped first period now and then
Pinball buzzin’ with a pocket full of sin
Corner store smoke and grocery lights
Brock cashin’ cheques like Friday night
Pre-Chorus
Then one day out by the lockers blue
Brock looked over and he said, “That’s you…”
“Stinky.”
Chorus
So I went home and made a T-shirt loud
Cut holes in the front so it stood right out
Big black marker like a rock band sign
“STINKY” across my shoulders wide
And everybody laughed
Everybody stared
Next thing you know they all wanted theirs
Brock got quiet, didn’t like the view
When the joke stopped belongin’ to you
Verse 2
Danny wanted “Mad Dog” on his chest
Kevin wanted “Psycho” ‘cause it sounded best
Everybody beggin’ Brock for a name
Like we started up our own weird gang
One ripped shirt and a marker pen
Turned the whole thing upside down again
Funny how a joke can lose its sting
When the target starts to sing
Bridge
Whoa-oh
Bus ride home in the pouring rain
Whoa-oh
Kid turns shame into a parade
Whoa-oh
Never knew back then at all
Sometimes the weird kids outlast it all
Final Chorus
Yeah I went home and made a T-shirt loud
Cut holes in the front so it stood right out
Big black letters like a victory sign
“STINKY” lookin’ pretty good tonight
And everybody laughed
Everybody stared
But I was breathin’ freer in the air
Brock got quiet, didn’t know what to do
When the whole school started laughing too
Outro
Grade nine
Cross-town ride
Still got that kid somewhere inside
Running Down Vimy 