Cut Your Hair Lyrics
Pavement
Lyrics
Darlin' don't you go and cut your hair
Do you think it's gonna make him change?
"I'm just a boy with a new haircut"
And that's a pretty nice haircut
Charge it like a puzzle
Hit men wearing muzzles
Hesitate you die
Look around, around
The second drummer drowned
His telephone is found
Music scene is crazy
Bands start up each and every day
I saw another one just the other day
A special new band
I remember lying
I don't remember a line
I don't remember a word
But I don't care, I care, I really don't care
Did you see the drummer's hair?
Advertising looks and chops a must
No big hair!
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
tension and fame's our career
career, career, career
Song & Lyrics Facts
Pavement's single "Cut Your Hair" was released on February 22, 1994 as the lead single from their third studio album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Written by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, the song is a humorous take on the music industry's obsession with image and conformity.
The lyrics sarcastically suggest that becoming successful in the music business means conforming to certain expectations of what an artist should look like. The band Pavement consists of Malkmus, Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, and Steve West. The song peaked at number 10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.