I'm Straight - Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers

I called this number three

Times already today

But I, I got scared, I put it back in place—

I put my phone back in place

I still don’t know if I

Should have called up

Look, just tell me why don’t you

If I’m out of place

Cause here’s your chance to make me feel awkward

And wish that I

Had never even called up this place

I saw you though today

Walk by with hippie Johnny

I had to call up and say how I want to take his place

So this phone call today concerns

Hippie Johnny

He’s always stoned, he’s never straight

I saw you today, you know, walk by with hippie Johnny

Look, I had to call up and say, I want to take his place

See he’s stoned, hippie Johnny

Now get this, I’m straight

And I wanna take his place

Now look, I like him too, I like

Hippie Johnny

But I’m straight

And I want to take his place

I said, I’m straight

I said, I’m straight

I’m proud to say

Well I’m straight

And I wanna take his place

Now I’ve watched you walk around here

I’ve watched you meet

These new boyfriends, I know

And you tell how they’re deep

Look but, if these guys, if they’re really so great

Tell me, why can’t they at least take this place and take it straight?

Why always stoned, like hippie Johnny is?

I’m straight and I want to take his place

Oh I’m certainly not stoned, like hippie Johnny is

I’m straight and I want to take his place

I said, I’m straight

I said, I’m straight

I’m

I’m straight and I want to take his place

All right you Modern Lovers what do you say?

(I'm straight!)

Tell the world now

(I'm straight!)

That’s it

(I'm straight!)

Yeah I’m straight and I want to take his place