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Smug Lyrics by Steve Taylor

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[Verse 1]
Strike this little pose
Chin up in the air
Lips together tightly
Nostrils in a flare
Now look like you care
Ooh, very nice!

[Verse 2]
Practice in the mirror
Brushing back a tear
Very sincere
A promising career could begin right here at home
If you've got that smug
That smug

[Chorus]
Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become
Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning, we're here turning smug

[Verse 3]
Strike another pose
Power politics
Swallow their conventions
Get your power fix
We love to mud wrestle
We love to be politically Koreshed

[Verse 4]
Practice that smug
Post it like a man
One part Master Limbaugh
Two parts Madame Streisand
Now pretend you're in a band
My, my, we're looking smug
Very, very, very, very

[Chorus]
Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become
Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning, we're here turning smug

[Verse 5]
All you smug-starved millions in the thick of the search
Welcome to our church
Whatcha wanna solve?
We can help you evolve
From merely self-righteous
To perfectly smug

[Verse 6]
Strike the proud pose of our country-club brethren
Friendly as a tomb
Fragrant as the bottom of a locker-room broom
Now what's the matter?
Hey, get off your knees
That part don't come 'til later
God will not be pleased

[Chorus]
Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become
Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning, we're here turning smug

[Chorus]
Hey mama, hey mama look at what your little babies all have become
Hey mama, hey mama, don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle? Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning, we're here turning
Rome is cooking, my, we're looking smug

[Outro: Phil Madeira]
I wanna talk today about smug people! They think they're so good. They ain't good! No, they ain't good at all, I tell you what! You wanna be a good man, you look at me! I'm gonna talk to you about humility--'cause I got it! I wanna talk to you about righteousness--'cause I got it! I'm good! I'm humble! I'm better than you! You wanna be a humble man, you look at me, you say, "Brother, how can I be humble?" I don't know how you can be humble! It took me a long time to get this way! But thank God I've arrived! Let's pray
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Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

About “Smug” by Steve Taylor

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"Smug" is credited to Steve Taylor. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Smug" appears on "Squint".

Visit the Steve Taylor artist page at /artist/steve-taylor for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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