The twelfth song from NOFX’s 1991 album, Ribbed, tells a (hopefully) fictional story about how Fat Mike ended up with “gonoherpasyphilaids,” a combination of several different sexually-transmitted diseases.
As the third-to-last song on Ribbed, “Gonoherpasyphilaids” was one of the last recorded trac...
Sitting in a room, waiting for some news
Sitting in a room with white knuckles
Not feeling so good
I didn't do the things I should
I said, "Doc, tell me what's wrong with me?" (What's wrong with me?)
He had this expression, he didn't know what to say (say-ay-ay)
"It seems that you've contracted a new strain!"
How could this happen to me?
Another victim, another casualty
From fucking casually
Another casualty
All the times I should have worn my jimmy hat
All the times I said, "What the fuck?
I won't look back, that's not for me"
I wouldn't listen to reason
Now look at me
Gonoherpasyphilaids was written by Fat Mike.
Gonoherpasyphilaids was produced by Brett Gurewitz.
NOFX released Gonoherpasyphilaids on Fri Feb 01 1991.