Petri-Dish

Alex is in love with his Special K
And Chris is in love with philosophy
And Bill is in love with Woody Guthrie
And I'm in love with suffering
I'm in love with suffering
Bill is in love with Woody Guthrie
And I'm in love with Woody's suffering

When I was young I was delinquent
I was in love with vandalism
Just like this kid in the Sunshine State
Who threw a rock through a window
And got a bullet through his braces
The kids are alright with suffering, I guess

The billboard said we need blood bad
'cause an act of God is a hard act to follow
The Earth is a hostile petri-dish
It makes that wafer so hard to swallow
Nobody cried on Calvary
'cause Jesus died for our suffering

If you're not part of the problem
You're part of the solution
There's a color-wheel lodged in the throat of the nation
While the brothers blow their brothers away
The cops are getting it all down
All down on video tape
They got it on the video tape
'cause the public servants are in love with public suffering

Alex is in love with razor blades
And Chris in love with the Minutemen
So we all tip our waiters and our waitresses
Even though we know they don't stand a chance
We tip 'em anyway
'cause we are in love with their suffering