BONUS MATERIAL for “Bully”!
Y’all, I write about all kinds of weird stuff, but one of my favorite things to write about are characters from pop culture. I’ve written about The Hunger Games, Edward Scissorhands, Gremlins, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Doctor Who, HH Holmes (real person but inspired by a book I read), and on and on and on. I am a GEEEEEK.
But my favorite pop culture song that I’ve written would have to be, hands down, “Bully”. And I think you can tell by the video above, I’m paying homage to Stephen King’s “Carrie”. And yes. I do get absolutely drenched in fake blood. I wrote this for Misfit Cabaret’s first Halloween show, “A Very Bloody Misfit Cabaret”. This was back when we were only doing two shows a run, so we could do things like ruin a couple dresses and wigs with red paint and have suspension artists. Now that we’re doing runs of 6-8 shows, we’ve had to come up with ways to do the same act over and over again without breaking the bank or blinding me. For our last run, I spent weeks sewing red crystal beads onto a red cape and red crown with a dripping red veil that is quickly thrown on me through a slit in the curtain while the lights strobe. THEATER!
There’s no real deep meaning to this song. It’s campy. It’s fun. It’s rock and roll. The version I gave you is the radio edit. There’s a theatrical edit of the song that has the same lyrics and structure as the above video.
LISTEN TO THE THEATRICAL VERSION OF BULLY
My particularly favorite lyric from the theatrical version is “But you shouldn’t have done what you just did/ ‘Cause this bitch just ran out of fucks to give”. FUN! We have fun.
BULLY
I wouldn’t cross me
I don’t think you get what you’re up against, girl
Too slow
Watch this rabbit run circles round you
I got you now
Did you think I was dumb?
You thought this would be fun?
Picking on, picking on (3x)
Picking on the weak ones
Bully! Na na na na na na
Hey! Little bunny foo foo!
Bully! Na na na na na na
Wait till you see what I can do to you
You’re not gonna like my dirt
Bully! Na na na na na na
The weak will inherit the earth
Chris is so pretty
Her tits are so perky
Lips like silk petals that you buy in a store
How’s someone so pretty
So nasty and so petty
Why’s she always gotta be so nasty to me?
Because if she knew me I bet that she’d be kind
Especially when she finds out
I can strangle her with my mind
Bully
I wouldn’t play this game
Fucking with the bull, gonna get the horns, girl
What a shame
How much time was wasted on you
I got you now
And I want to play with you, yeah
Wanna turn it back on you
Picking on, picking on (3x)
Picking on the weak ones
Bully! Na na na na na na
Hey! Little bunny foo foo!
Bully! Na na na na na na
Wait till you see what I can do to you
You’re not gonna like my dirt
Bully! Na na na na na na
The weak will inherit the earth
Bully (3x)
School’s hard enough
Without a mother who’s insane
You could show a little mercy for my misery
Maybe you’re the same
Home’s got you suffering, too
Maybe there’s no difference
Between me and you
But you shouldn’t have done what you just did
This bitch just ran out of fucks to give
Bully!
Bully!
Bully! Na na na na na na
Hey! Little bunny foo foo!
Bully! Na na na na na na
Wait till you see what I can do to you
You’re not gonna like my dirt
Bully! Na na na na na na
The weak will inherit the earth
Hey! Little bunny foo foo
Na na na na na na