Less Than Jake, "Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin" from Hello Rockview (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: The fictional character from the motion picture A Christmas Story to whom the title "Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin" clearly alludes is actually named Scut Farkus, not Scott Farcas.
In those salad days following the Summer of Ska, it quickly became our common custom to claim that every single Less Than Jake song is about "growing up and leaving town." That is an exaggeration, but only a slight one. "Scott Farcas" is a shining example of this predilection.
"Well, I think about this town,
Right now it's filled with
Speed freaks and assholes and all kinds of creeps,
And somehow every new face,
In every single case,
In a year or two will be erased.
"And how this place will chew you up
And spit you out before you go,
And when they drag you
Kicking and screaming
From the scene, you know
That it's time to leave…
"I know this place will chew you up
And spit you out before you go,
I know, I know,
And when they drag you
Kicking and screaming
From the scene, you know
That it's time to go,
That it's time to go."
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