Track 13 from NOFX’s best-selling album, Punk in Drublic, tells the story of Jeff Abarta, an employee of Epitaph Records who doesn’t quite fit the “punk rock” mold.
It’s not quite clear if the song is a genuine jab at “hippies” in the punk rock scene, or if it’s simply satire taking aim at the perc...
[Verse 1]
Don't wanna chill, don't wanna sit
Don't wanna hear no hippie shit
Don't tell me I'm closing my mind
Don't wanna groove, don't wanna dig
Don't wanna spend the day naked
Don't like my music country-fried
[Chorus]
He's got a tye-dyed Rancid shirt
Wears his Birkenstocks to work
Is he a jerk? No, just confused
Jeff don't wear regular shoes
[Verse 2]
Fat Mike, I gotta let you know
It's not the tunes, it's their live show
And all the people you get to meet
Plenty of good vibes and decent drugs
Stinky people give you hugs
Walk around in your bare feet
[Chorus]
He's got a tye-dyed Rancid shirt
Wears his Birkenstocks to work
Is he a jerk? No, just confused
Jeff don't wear regular
Shoe-ooh-ooh-oohs
Shoe-ooh-ooh-oohs
Shoe-ooh-ooh-oohs
Shoe-ooh-oohs
Jeff don't wear regular shoes
Jeff Wears Birkenstocks was written by Fat Mike.
Jeff Wears Birkenstocks was produced by Fat Mike & Ryan Greene.
NOFX released Jeff Wears Birkenstocks on Tue Jul 19 1994.