Say What Now? Lyrics

When you're feelin kinda bored, nothing new to do or see

How 'bout you say you're experiencing ennui

Makes ya sound elite, effete, and feel real neat

It's the same thing as being bored, but fancy and sweet

Or when some fool keeps runnin' their mouth

Don't just get mad! Take umbrage with that lout

Then when it's time for some action, don't think about blastin'

Instead, look 'em in the eye and demand some satisfaction

Sesquipedalian tendencies take the stage

Leave 'em baffled, amazed, or simply enraged

Who needs plain speech? It's pedestrian, trite

Grab your thesaurus and set the world alight

I don't just mean using a 5 dollar word when two pence would do

Give your conversations a budget like a Hollywood crew

Elitist academic discourse, make obscure verbage par for the course

Makes you feel better than the best, even if it seems kinda forced

Pedantic and pretentious, that'll be the consensus

Among any and all who hear you say thus

Just means they needa get back on the school bus

While you leave their vocabulary in the dust

Sesquipedalian tendencies take the stage

Leave 'em baffled, amazed, or simply enraged

Who needs plain speech? It's pedestrian, trite

Grab your thesaurus and set the world alight

And if someone feels like they need a degree

Not just a bachelor's or master's but a PhD

Just to maybe see how to make you make sense

The fault is really with them, their school, or parents

If you're feelin' sad, blue, down, or even depressed

Instead be melancholy, get that feeling expressed

It means the same thing really, but sounds more deep

Makes folks feel awed by the emotions you keep

And don't just argue, retort with conviction

Add polysyllables for maximum affliction

Flex that lingustic predilection in every direction

Even if it causes unnecessary friction

Sesquipedalian tendencies take the stage

Leave 'em baffled, amazed, or simply enraged

Who needs plain speech? It's pedestrian, trite

Grab your thesaurus and set the world alight

Okay, now I'm bored with this song, some ennui too

It's even got me some melancholy blues

So lemme wrap this up before I run outta steam

And start using words I dunno what they mean