Cut Your Hair

"Cut Your Hair" is a song by American rock band Pavement from their second album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. It was written by Pavement songwriter and lead singer Stephen Malkmus. The song snidely attacks the importance of image in the music industry.[citation needed] In one verse, Malkmus sarcastically recites a fictitious ad looking for a musician to join a band: "advertising looks and chops a must/ no big hair". The song was released as a single and became the band's best-selling and most popular song. Both B-sides are included on the reissue Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins. The unlisted B-side track on the 12" version of the single is an instrumental recording of "Rain Ammunition," and has never been reissued. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Cut Your Hair" at number 28 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.

[Intro] Stop it! [Refrain] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh [Verse 1] Darling, 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, hitmen wearing muzzles Hesitate, you die Look around, around The second drummer drowned His telephone is found [Refrain] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh [Verse 2] Music scene is crazy, bands start up Each and every day I saw another one just the other day A special new band I don't 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? [Refrain] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh [Break] [Verse 3] "Advertiser 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 Attention and fame's a career Career, career, career Career, career [Refrain] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh