Wrong Way Kids

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Written by:	Brett Gurewitz
Released in:	2010
BPM:	163

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Stop them from shimmering away
On blank sidewalk glittering asphalt somewhere summer days
The wrong way kids were something more than friends
Navigating a sprawl without end

Did you ever want to take bad advice
Did you ever want to go and take it twice
Do you remember when the world began to put up its thorny fence
Right you are my friend
So what’s wrong with them
There go the wrong way kids

Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
And they call them the wrong way kids

The kids today are gone away petitioning the dust
With no one to look up to because they're looking up to us
Just misfit melancholy dregs out lost in the mall
Wanderers to nowhere at all

Did you ever want to take bad advice
Did you ever want to go and take it twice
Do you remember when the world began to put up its thorny fence
Right you are my friend
So what’s wrong with them
There go the wrong way kids

Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
And they call them the wrong way kids.

Versions

Version	Length	Release	Catalog ID	Country	Format	Year
Album version
		The Dissent of Man		Europe	12"	2023
		The Dissent of Man		United States	12"	2023
		The Dissent of Man		United States	12"	2017
	2:43	Wrong Way Kids	86988-2S3	United States	CD	2011
	2:43	Wrong Way Kids		Israel	CD	2011
		The Dissent of Man	86988-1	United States	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	86988-1	United States	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	6988-1	Europe	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	86988-1	United States	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	86988-1	United States	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	E86988-2	Australia	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	86988-2	United States	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	6988-2	Europe	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	EICP-1415-6	Japan	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	EICP 1417	Japan	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	86988-2	United States	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	EDCI-80433	Japan	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man		Europe	12"	2010
		The Dissent of Man	6988-2A	Europe	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	BRTDOM008	United States	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	6988-2A	United States	CD	2010
		The Dissent of Man	6988-2A	Europe	CD	2010

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chriskadee Incomplete Location: Redwood City Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote My one quibble is the reference to the "misfit melancholy dregs" since, and I think Brett will agree, that there is no such thing as human debris. Let's just call them misfit melancholics and lose the dregs. 05/30/2013 at 11:42 My one quibble is the reference to the "misfit melancholy dregs" since, and I think Brett will agree, that there is no such thing as human debris. Let's just call them misfit melancholics and lose the dregs.
chriskadee Incomplete Location: Redwood City Status: Offline Posts: 7	Quote This song... It is so pop. So top 40. And it is so good. I don't know if it is the music, the backing vocals, the lyrics etc. but the following lines are among the most powerful, evocative and rich moments I have ever heard: "Did you ever want to take bad advice Did you ever want to go and take it twice Do you remember when the world began to put up its thorny fence" The universe is captured here, as far as I'm concerned. I wasnt' sure about those last words for a little while so I made it "Do you remember when the world began to rear up its ugly head" 05/29/2013 at 23:06 This song... It is so pop. So top 40. And it is so good. I don't know if it is the music, the backing vocals, the lyrics etc. but the following lines are among the most powerful, evocative and rich moments I have ever heard: "Did you ever want to take bad advice Did you ever want to go and take it twice Do you remember when the world began to put up its thorny fence" The universe is captured here, as far as I'm concerned. I wasnt' sure about those last words for a little while so I made it "Do you remember when the world began to rear up its ugly head"
Marco Antônio Incomplete Location: Florianópolis Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote I would say it's about reminiscing those golden days of yore, not only when the band was infant but also their teenage/young adult years and how the punk rock scene was then, and just being it all immersed and carefree. Perhaps Brett is also comparing with kids nowadays, slandering them? I'm not sure. 10/24/2011 at 12:29 I would say it's about reminiscing those golden days of yore, not only when the band was infant but also their teenage/young adult years and how the punk rock scene was then, and just being it all immersed and carefree. Perhaps Brett is also comparing with kids nowadays, slandering them? I'm not sure.