This song was written for Cake’s debut album, Fashion Nugget. It was also one of the song that gave this album its “Parental Advisory” sticker for profanity. The song is also credited as being written by the whole band rather than a single person like many of their other songs.
[Intro]
Okay
Alright
Ah no
This one, this one, this one
[Verse 1]
Heads of state who ride and wrangle
Who look at your face from more than one angle
Can cut you from their bloated budgets
Like sharpened knives through Chicken McNuggets
Now heads of state who ride and wrangle
Who look at your face from more than one angle
Can cut you from their bloated budgets
Like sharpened knives through Chicken McNuggets
[Chorus]
Shut the fuck up, no
Shut the fuck up (Shut the fuck)
Right, right, learn to buck up (Shut the fuck)
Right, shut the fuck up, hey ho! (Shut the fuck)
Now, now, learn to buck up
[Interlude]
Ah
One, two, a-one two three four
(Hey!)
(Alright, ah no)
(Oh, ho! Hey!)
[Verse 2]
Now, nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
While heavy torsos that heave and hurl
Will crunch like nuts in the mouth of squirrels
Now, nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
While heavy torsos that heave and hurl
Will crunch like nuts in the mouth of squirrels
[Chorus]
Shut the fuck, oh, no
Shut the fuck up (Shut the fuck)
Right, now, learn to buck up (Shut the fuck)
Right, shut the fuck up, hey ho, ya! (Shut the fuck)
Ya! Ya! Learn to buck up
[Interlude]
(Hey! Heeey!)
[Verse 3]
Now, simple feet that flicker like fire
And burn like candles in smoky spires
Do more to turn my joy to sadness
Than somber thoughts of burning planets
Now, clever feet that flicker like fire
And burn like candles in smoky spires
Do more to turn my joy to sadness
Than somber thoughts of burning planets
[Outro]
(Shut the fuck) Alright
Okay, I don't (Shut the fuck)
Wanna, I don't wanna hear it
That's right (Shut the fuck)
Ah no, okay, I don't wanna (Shut the fuck)
I don't wanna (Shut the fuck)
Hey, ho, ya! (Shut the fuck)
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
(Yea, one! Two! One! Two! One)
Nugget was written by Todd Roper & John McCrea & Vincent DiFiore & Greg Brown.
Nugget was produced by CAKE.