Don't Call Me Dude Lyrics

Here's my story, sad but true
About a girl that I once knew
She broke my heart, I became unglued
It all started when she called me dude

Well today I leave the psycho ward
'Cause my sentence did conclude:
I had killed a man with my bare hands
Because he called me dude

The jury said that I was insane
Temporally insane - brain strain
But now the doctors say I'm A-OK
So I start my new life today

This story starts some years ago
As I vacationed by the sea
In the California sunshine
Just me & my baby

I was in love feeling sky high
When a big blonde lifeguard walked by
He looked at her, she looked at him -
I knew it was good bye

He took her by the hand
Kicked sand in my face
She looked & laughed & said, "Later, Dude!"
They were gone without a trace
And the waves echoed her laughter
And her words...Yo, later, Dude

Later that night I was in such a bad mood
I was sittin' in a bar drinkin' hard, getting stewed
Thinkin' 'bout that girl & how 'bout I'd been screwed
When some guy walks in sits next to me & says
"What's up, dude?"

I heard the word "dude" and I became unglued
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch
And put my hands around his neck, and I squeezed...

Don't call me dude!
Don't call me dude!
"Hey dude!"
"Hey dude!"
Don't do it! Don't call me dude, dude!
"Hey dude!" Don't call me dude!
Don't call me dude!
"Hey dude!"
Don't call me dude!
Don't do it! Don't do it! Don't do it!
Don't call me dude!

So that's how I got where I am
But this ain't where it ends
The doctors said they cured me
I said good bye to my crazy friends
I was smiling as I left that place
My life had been renewed
The guard at the gate, he stamped my pass
And he said, "Yo, later, Dude!"

"Yo later, dude?"
Oh! "Dude?" Oh no! "Dude?"
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch
I put my hands around his neck, and I said
"You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay
Y'know you don't, but you don't
You doesn't have to call me dude!"