Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies are a Canadian rock band, formed in 1988 in Ontario. Initially a duo of Ed Robertson and Steven Page, the band quickly grew to a quintet adding brothers Jim and Andy Creeggan and Tyler Stewart by 1990. Andy Creeggan left the band in 1995 and was replaced by Kevin Hearn. Page left in 2009, reducing the group to a quartet.

Barenaked Ladies performing in 2008

Song lyrics

All tracks are written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson.

• Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state
  Then nearly fourteen billion years ago, expansion started
  Wait...
  The Earth began to cool,
  The autotrophs began to drool,
  Neanderthals developed tools.
  We built a wall (We built the pyramids)
  Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery
  That all started with the big bang (Bang).
  • "Big Bang Theory Theme"

Gordon (1992)

• Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did.
  • "Brian Wilson"

• We've got these chains hanging around our necks,
  People want to strangle us with them
  Before we take our first breath.
  Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same.
  When temptation calls,
  We just look away.
  • "What a Good Boy"

• If I had an octillion dollars,
  (We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner)
  But we would eat Kraft dinner!
  (Of course we would, we’d just eat more)
  • "If I Had $1000000000000000000000000000"

• If I had an octillion dollars... I'd be way more than the richest person in the world.
  • "If I Had $1000000000000000000000000000"

Maybe You Should Drive (1995)

• Jane, divided, but I can't decide which side I'm on.
  Jane, decided only cowards stay, while traitors run.
  • "Jane"

• I have a job in a shop,
  I'm an undercover cop.
  I make sure the customers aren't thieves.
  Old at being young,
  Young at being old.
  Everything's on hold within our evolution.
  • "Alternative Girlfriend"

Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)

• Broke into the old apartment.
  This is where we used to live.
  Broken glass, broke and hungry,
  Broken hearts and broken bones.
  This is where we used to live.
  • "The Old Apartment"

Stunt (1998)

• It's been one week since you looked at me
  Cocked your head to the side and said, "I'm angry."
  Five days since you laughed at me, saying
  "Get back together, come back and see me."
  Three days since the living room,
  I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you.
  Yesterday, you'd forgiven me,
  But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry.
  • "One Week"

• Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes,
  Big like LeAnn Rimes, because I'm all about value.
  Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits.
  You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through.
  • "One Week"

• How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
  Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad.
  I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral.
  Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will.
  I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve.
  I have a history of taking off my shirt.
  • "One Week"

• Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic.
  Like Sting, I'm tantric.
  Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy.
  Like Kurosawa, I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films
  But if I did they'd have a Samurai.
  • "One Week"

• I met you before the fall of Rome
  And I begged you to let me take you home.
  You were wrong, I was right.
  You said goodbye, I said goodnight.

  It's all been done.
  It's all been done.
  It's all been done before.

  • "It's All Been Done"

• And if you call, I will answer.
  And if you fall, I'll pick you up.
  And if you court this disaster,
  I'll point you home.
  • "Call and Answer"

Maroon (2000)

• I'm gaining strength, tying to learn to pull my own weight,
  But I'm gaining pounds at the precipice of too late.
  Just wait.

  I could be good, and I would
  If I knew I was understood.
  And it'll be great, just wait.
  Or is it too little too late?

  • "Too Little Too Late"

• It's like a dream you try to remember but it's gone then ya
  Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn when ya
  Try to see the world beyond your front door.
  Take your time because the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile when ya
  Realize that with a guy my size it might take a while just to
  Try to figure out what all this is for.
  • "Pinch Me"

• Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
  Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
  What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
  What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
  It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
  It feels just like I'm falling for the first time.
  • "Falling for the First Time"