"Ten Percenter"

SUBJECT: "soda jerks, Iggy Pop, and me." - Frank in the press kit for the album.

I think "ten percenter" refers to most people only using 10% of their brain capacity. Or maybe that 90% of the human brain is water.. wait-- nevermind, that's 75%.

LYRICS:
I'm just another ten percenter / My mind is like an ocean / My mind is like an ocean / I'm hanging in the harbor / I'm just drifting, letting out the line / I'm letting out the drifting line / I'm just trying to be a guy / Who's hailing from Ann Arbor / I'm a jerk / And it's good / Getting perk / Yeah, I would / I'm a jerk / If you got cotton mouth / You better have some water / Sucking syrup and soda / You're going to just get hotter / But if you want to wile awhile / But if you want to wile awhile / Oh suck a syrup and soda / Oh dance oh sons and daughters / I'm a jerk / And it's good / Getting perk / Yeah, I would / I'm a jerk / And it's good / Getting perk / Yeah, I would / I'm a jerk / If you got cotton mouth / My mind is like an ocean / My mind is like an ocean / My mind is like an ocean / I'm a jerk / Making jerk / Soda jerk / And it's good / Jerk / Jerk / Jerk / Jerk / Jerk

REFERENCES:
Iggy Pop (born James Osterberg) was raised in a trailer park close to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in nearby Ypsilanti. He would go on to become the godfather of punk rock, first fronting legendary punk band The Stooges, then enjoying a long solo career.

LIVE: yeah, a bunch in 93, 94, and 98. occassionally in other years too.

ACOUSTIC: yeah, but rarely