Poster Child Lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Verse: 1]
Melle Mel and Richard Hell
Were dancing at the Taco Bell
When someone heard a rebel yell
I think it was an infidel
Adam Ant and Robert Plant
Defender of a psycho fan
And used to buy Ulysses Grant to
Record at the Record Plant
Islamabad is on the nod
Havana at the riot squad
And if you want to be a Mod
You'll have to meet me at the quad

[Refrain]
You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

[Verse: 2]
Parliamеnt's Atomic Dog
That hats were filling up with fog
We talk about thе life and
Death of everything in analog
The seventies were such a win
Singing the Led Zeppelin
Lizzy lookin' mighty thin
The Thompsons had another twin
I thought I won the lottery
The numbers never thought of me
Ramones had a lobotomy
So spin me like a pottery

[Chorus]
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

[Verse: 3]
A funky piece, the Sandinista
Me and minor Mona Lisa
Judas Priest has whipped the beast
The mother love was named Teresa
Bubble gum, I come bazooka
Dirty dandy nana-looka
Smoke banana in your hookah
Now I know the band is ruca
Bernie Mac and Caddyshack
Were dusty as the bric-a-brac
And if you ask me for the time
I'll tell you that the future's back

[Refrain]
You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

[Verse: 4]
Steve Miller and Duran Duran
The Joker dancing in the sand
Van Morrison, the Astral man
The festival of hurricanes
Speak of Chico and the Man
The silence of a certain lamb
MC5 kick out the jam
A poncho full of contraband
Dairy Queen was on the scene
In every cutie magazine
The Motörhead and mystic queen
My misdemeanor Valvoline

[Chorus]
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

[Bridge]
You got me on this
But then I can't get off
With no one else but you
You turn me on too
Well, then I can't get up, ooh
For no one else but you

[Verse: 5]
Creem magazine, A Love Supreme
The ballad of a Billie Jean
And now we know the Status Quo
But God would never save the Queen
Dave Mushegain, Copenhagen
Copper goose of Ronald Reagan
Dollar savers, Flavor Flav
The cosmic moves are power saving
And my fist a double kissed
Unlisted number purplemist
And Chubby Checker do the twist
And everyone's a narcissist

[Refrain]
You got the best of my loco
I'll take the rest of your showboat
You got the best of my Yoko
I'll take the rest of your low note

[Verse: 6]
The waterbed was takin' meds
A beaver with the house of red
A fatty for the Natty Dread
A pocket full of talking heads
M.I.A. Is making Paper Planes
Addiction to the days of Janes
My stuff is made of Purple Rain
Ten fingers in the lion's mane
Giant squid, Karate Kid
Sid Vicious in the Katie-did
The planet that we must forbid
The English speakers in Madrid

[Chorus]
I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

I will be your poster child
You know the world is ours for a little while
And then I will be your poster child tonight
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum