Extreme (1989)

All songs written by Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone


  1. Little Girls
  2. Wind Me Up
  3. Kid Ego
  4. Watching, Waiting
  5. Mutha (Don't Wanna Go To School Today)
  6. Teacher's Pet
  7. Big Boys Don't Cry
  8. Smoke Signals
  9. Flesh 'N' Blood
  10. Rock A Bye Bye
  11. Play With Me

Little Girls

It's not fair what they put me through 
Please tell me what am I supposed to do 
Why do I get myself in this situation 
 
There must be some logical 
Answers why I rob the cradle 
Can this be love or just infatuation 
 
Little girl come out and play 
I got some candy for my baby 
It's your sweet sixteenth birthday celebration 
 
Thank heaven for Little girls who 
grow up in a most peculiar way 
 
You might think she's too young for me 
(Little Girls) 
You know I always say you're as young as you feel 
(As you feel) 
Yeah, I might be crazy 'cause I like them so young 
(Little Girls) 
But with little girls the best is yet to come come 
(Yet to come) 
 
Some they say I'm too old for her 
Old enough to be her father 
Incestual blood is thicker than water 
Do what's right not morally wrong 
Flesh and blood can only be so strong 
And it's my god not yours I'll have to answer 

Wind Me Up

 
I've got something that you ought to know 
Don't even know whether to come or go 
Up down head's spinning around 
Wind up in the lost and found 
 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
 
Tell me why you make it so hard 
All I ask is finish what you start 
 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
Wind me up, Wind me up 
 
Wind me up that's all you do 
Wind me up and leave me blue 
I'd like to see if you could be 
Kind enough to me when you 
Wind me up 
 
Don't take me places then wanna go home 
Sometimes, I think I'm better off alone 
Hey girl, you know what you do 
Color me red then leave me blue 

Kid Ego

 
Come down 
 
Hey kid, I'm talkin' to you 
What am I supposed to do 
You know that you're something special 
That's something you already knew 
Hey kid, got something to say 
But you won't listen anyway 
I am only tryin' to help you 
But you get further every day 
 
We think your head is getting 
Bigger and bigger and bigger 
 
Hey kid, some good advice 
To bring your britches down to size 
Some modesty would suit you better 
So why don't you give it a try 
 
Hey kid ego 
With your head above the clouds 
Hey kid ego 
Come down 
 
Hey kid, you're Mr. IT 
Inch by inch a little bit 
Stepping on the little people 
Like you don't even give a shit 
Hey kid, you have it all 
Standing proud on top of the world 
Don't you know the bigger they come 
The harder they must all fall 
 
We think your head is getting 
Bigger and bigger and bigger 
We think you should be taught 
Some manners, manners, manners 
 
Hey kid, some good advice 
To bring your britches down to size 
Some modesty would suit you better 
So why don't you give it a try 

Watching, Waiting

 
 
Hanging above the ground 
All my limbs are bound 
You're on the right hand 
With your head down 
Tears from eyes that cannot see 
He took the blame from me 
So shall it be written 
So shall it be done 
 
Watching, waiting 
Staring at the Son 
Not even knowing 
Who you are 
 
Three hours have gone by 
We start to question why 
Darkness falls in finding out 
Why you must die 
We can no longer see the Son 
The three untie into one 
Please forgive us Father 
We know not what we've done 

Mutha (Don't Wanna Go To School Today)

 
Mutha, Don't wanna go to school today 
I think I'd rather go outside and play 
 
They keep calling asking me 
If I'll come in 
Is that a sin 
If being lazy is the only reason 
 
It's getting late 
So, Mutha don't you hesitate 
To pack my lunch 
And I'll be on my way to school 
 
Mutha, Don't wanna go to school today 
I think I'd rather go outside and play 
 
Mutha, Don't wanna go to school today 
I think I'd rather go outside and play 
 
The teacher's always looking down 
With her disappointed frown 
Asking me to go sleep somewhere else 
 
My levelheaded Mutha 
Always said to one another 
That the truth will always hurt 
If you keep waiting 
I said waiting 

Teacher's Pet

 
My formal education 
Never bothered 
With my ABC's 
Teacher student relation 
Taught me all about 
The birds and bees 
 
School boy fantasy 
Lose control 
Of all my faculties 
 
You know that one thing 
That got through to me 
Was her body chemistry 
 
Subject to body language 
Ain't so bad to read 
Between the lines 
I scored above average 
Oral examination 
Is where I shine 
 
School boy fantasy 
Lose control 
Of all my faculties 
Student body graduated 
At the highest degree 
 
You know that one thing 
That got through to me 
Was her body chemistry 
Purely scientifically 
Studied her anatomy 
 
Teacher's pet, Teacher's pet 
God only knows what you  
Do to me 

Big Boys Don't Cry

 
Whoever said that big boys don't cry 
You say you never shed a tear 
Well, listen that's a lie 
We're all defenseless 
When it comes to pain 
I said boys and girls alike yeah,  
We're all the same 
 
It's my party 
I'll cry if I want to 
 
Big boys don't cry 
As if nothing seems to matter 
Big boys don't cry 
Then why do I 
Big boys don't cry 
Because nothing in this world 
Ever matters 
Big boys don't cry 
 
Hey, I'm not ashamed 
To say a tear 
Is in my eye 
Because another tear 
Will take its place 
Before I die 

Smoke Signals

 
Keep your elbows off the table 
Look before you cross 
Buckle up your seat belt 
Parental discretion advised 
 
Keeping off the grass 
Beware of the dog 
A restricted area 
Police will take notice 
 
Oh, no, don't wanna know 
My ass from my elbow 
Oh, no don't wanna know 
Don't wanna know 
 
Where there's smoke 
There's fire 
Don't be playin' ball in the street 
Where there's smoke 
There's fire 
What you sow is what you will reap 
 
Slippery when wet 
Skating on thin ice 
Caution falling rocks 
Give a hoot don't pollute 
 
Surgeon General's warning 
Don't you drink and drive 
Saying no to drugs 
Hazardous to your health 
 
Out of reach from children 
Fatal if you swallow 
Keep away from heat 
Pull in case of fire 
 
Rain dance Howthafukowee 
Injuns 

Flesh 'N' Blood

 
Flesh 'N' Blood 
A human fascination 
Acquired the taste 
Right on my face 
Naughty 
Lost in lust 
A hopeless situation 
Let the game begin 
I'm shirts you're skins 
Naughty 
 
These hunger pains 
Growing inside me every day 
I feel it in my veins 
Burning inside me every day 
 
CHORUS: 
I wanna eat your body 
Eat your body 
Naughty, Naughty ,Naughty 
Talkin' 'bout your body 
Flesh, blood 
I think I'm in love 
Naughty, Naughty,Naughty 
Eating up your body 
 
Driving down 
A sticky occupation 
I need another shot 
Of some food for thought 
Naughty 
 
These hunger pains 
Growing inside me every day 
I feel it in my veins 
Burning inside me every day 
 
CHORUS 
 
Everybody's got a need 
Everybody's got to feed 
On everybody else's body 
Everybody's got a need 
Everybody's got to feed 
On everybody 
 
Vegetarians eat your heart out 

Rock A Bye Bye

 
If you could only hear 
The silent screams 
When you wake them up 
From their dreams 
Nothing is heard 
Not even a 
Even a 
Even a word 
 
Rock a bye baby 
On the tree top 
When the bough breaks 
The cradle will fall 
 
Rock rock rock a bye baby 
Rock rock rock bye bye 
 
And if they had 
Any chance at all 
You still can't hear 
Those voices that call 
And when the bough breaks 
The cradle will 
Cradle will 
Cradle will fall 

Play With Me

 
Ring around the rosie 
Hopscotch, Monopoly 
Red light, green light 
G. I. Joes and Barbies 
Hide and seek, kick the can 
Cowboys and Indians 
Wiffle ball, paper dolls 
Hacky sack and hangman 
 
Do you wanna play with me 
 
Tag you're IT, cops and robbers 
Jungle gym, chutes and ladders 
Tic tac toe, Mister Rogers 
Marco Polo, London bridges 
Simon sez, steal the bacon 
Time out, trick or treat 
Electric company 
Olly olly oxen free 
 
Do you wanna play with me 
 
CHORUS: 
Do you, do you 
Wanna, wanna 
Play, play with me 
Play with me 
Do you, do you 
Wanna, wanna 
Play, play with me 
Play with me 
 
Spin the bottle, post office 
Kiss and tell, dressin' up 
Playin' doctor, peek-a-boo 
Two hand touch, cooties 
Little League, Looney Tunes 
Scissors rock paper, Zoom 
Kick ball, stick ball 
Kill the guy with the ball 
 
Do you wanna play with me 
 
Buckin' up, recess 
Jump rope, relieveo 
See saw, sand box 
Matchbox, Cheerios 
ABC's, spelling bees 
Sesame Street, hockey 
Duck duck duck duck 
Duck duck goose 
 
CHORUS 
 
Jack and Suzi 
Sittin' in a tree 
K-I-S-S-I-N-G 
First comes love 
Then comes marriage 
Then comes Adam 
In a baby carriage