“My Arena” is a strange Washing Machine outtake that would end up as a B-side on the “The Diamond Sea” and “Little Trouble Girl” singles.
Interestingly enough, the song was supposed to appear on the album (part of the song’s title can be seen on the early track listing on the back cover of Washing...
[Verse 1]
Pass me a joint (joint, joint, joint)
It's time to anoint (noint, noint, noint)
The fortunate son (son, son, son)
And his cosmic exploits (sploits, sploits, sploits)
Spark that shit up (up, up, up, up, up, up, up,)
Oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
Get me a beer (beer, beer, beer)
I feel kinda queer (queer, queer, queer)
I wanna get fucked up
And get outta here (here here here)
Pour me a fucking tall one (one, one, one, one, one, one one one)
Oh yeah
[Verse 3]
Take off your clothes (clothes, clothes, clothes)
But leave on your shoes (shoes, shoes, shoes)
You smell like a rosary
And you look like a Jew (Jew, Jew, Jew)
You drunk all my wine, go (go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
[Verse 4]
The empty bottle
Its nothing but trouble
Another bottle
We'll make it a double
We're getting thirsty (thirsty, thirsty, thirsty, thirsty)
[Bridge]
No-where to go
Nothing to do
No-where to go
With someone like you
Nothing to do
There's nothing to see
There's no one at home
No-one like you
No-one to do
There's nothing that's new
There's no one at home
There's no-one like you
There's no-one to see
Nothing to see
No-one to go
No-one to stay
No-where to go
Nothing to do
No-where to go
With someone like you
Nothing to do
There's nothing to see
There's no one at home
No-one like you
No-one to do
There's nothing that's new
There's no one at home
There's no-one like you
[Verse 5]
Pass me a Quaalude
Let's do it in the nude
I think I like you
I think I drank you
Pass me the vacuum (vacuum, vacuum, vacuum, vacuum)
My Arena was written by Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley & Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore.
My Arena was produced by John Siket & Sonic Youth.