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Your story sad to tell
A teenage ne'er do well
Most mixed up non-delinquent on the blockYour futures so unclear now
What's left of your career now
Can't even get a trade in on your smock
Beauty school dropoutNo graduation day for you
Beauty school dropout
Missed your mid-terms and flunked shampooWell, at least you could have taken time
To wash and clean your clothes up
After spending all that dough
To have the doctor fix you nose upBaby, get moving
(Better get movin')
Why keep your feeble hopes alive
What are you proving?
(What are you provin'?)
You've got the dream but not the driveIf you go for your diploma you could join the steno pool
Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high schoolBeauty school dropout
(Beauty school dropout)

Hanging around the corner storeBeauty school dropout
(Beauty school dropout)
It's about time you knew the scoreWell, they couldn't teach you anything
You think you're such a looker
But no customer would go to you
Unless she was a hookerBaby, don't sweat it
(Don't sweat it)
You're not cut out to hold a job
Better forget it
(Forget it)
Who wants their hair done by a slob?Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled
But still the world is cruel
Wipe off that angel face
And go back to high schoolBaby, don't blow it
Don't put my good advice to shame
Baby, you know it
Even dear Abby'd say the sameNow I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly
Gotta be going to that malt shop in the skyBeauty school dropout
(Beauty school dropout)
Go back to high schoolBeauty school dropout
(Beauty school dropout)
Go back to high schoolBeauty school dropout
(Beauty school dropout)
Go back to high school

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Less Than Jake is a ska-punk band formed in 1992 in Gainesville, Florida. They were recently released from their contract with Warner Brothers. Their current line-up includes Chris (vocals, guitar), Roger (bass, vocals, guitar at certain live shows), Vinnie (drums, lyricist), Buddy (trombone, bass at certain live shows) and JR (saxophone). The band's name derives from a bird Vinnie had while growing up, which was treated better than the rest of the family. It's also a reference to the phrase "everything is jake," which is an old phrase meaning everything is cool.

The band recently finished recording their latest studio album, GNV FLA, which was released in 2008. They released it themselves, through their company, Sleep it Off records.

Miscellaneous Info:

Vinnie was previously the owner of the independent record label Fueled by Ramen, as well as a toy company called Wünderland War (formerly Monkey Vs. Robot). This label has signed bands such as Fall Out Boy, Punchline, The AKAs, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At the Disco and Days Away. Roger, meanwhile, is in a second band, called Rehasher, for whom he composes lyrics and plays guitar. JR played sax on the last track of Off Key Melodies. JR works with a promoting company called the CT Mafia, as well as composing solo music. He contributed one track to the Drive-Thru compilation tribute to Bob Dylan, using the band name The Stay At Home Joneses (Roger sang backup for this track).

Roger and Vinnie have an unexplained fetish for Pez candy and they reportedly have sizeable dispenser collections. This love for Pez goes so far as to name one of their albums, Pezcore (parodying of the way in which many bands are described as [something]-core, starting with hardcore) and Pez dispenser motifs are a common feature of their merchandise.

Roger's employment history includes a smoke shop in the band's hometown Gainesville, Florida known as Knuckleheads which has since been transformed into a similar establishment named Smoke. Band member haunts have included Eddie C's, the Hardback (which was transformed into the Lyric), and Insomnia (which used to be the Covered Dish, and is now the new location of Common Grounds).

The members of Less Than Jake also served as backup musicians for Asian Man Records owner Mike Park in the B.Lee Band (once called "The Bruce Lee Band", changed for legal reasons).

The track "Look What Happened" appeared on two of their albums, "Borders & Boundaries" (2000) and "Anthem." (2003) The "Anthem" version is completely re-recorded, and has eschewed the brass at the beginning of the song that was featured in the previous recording. The re-recording features guest vocals from Teen Idols/Bullets To Broadway's Heather.

They have also re-recorded many other songs, including "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts," "Jen Doesn't Like Me Anymore" and "Shotgun".

They recorded the main theme song "We're all Dudes" for the 1997 film "Goodburger" based on the sketch from the Nikelodeon TV show "All That." The song features Kel Mitchell (main character, Ed, in the movie). The song is based off of the jingle "Ed" would always sing while waiting for the next situation to come up in the Goodburger sketches. At the end of the song Mitchell says "Ah, Ed and Less than Jake, oh, uh... no?"

In 2004, Less Than Jake appeared on the Projekt Revolution Tour, joining such artists as The Used, Snoop Dogg, Korn, and the headlining band: Linkin Park.


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