You do what's best girl, Cuz you're a mess girl, Now you're an ex-girl!

EX-GIRLFRIEND
No Doubt (G. Stefani, T. Dumont, T. Kanal)
Return of Saturn

I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend

I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them
And you know it makes me sick to be on that list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed
You say you’re gonna burn before you mellow
I will be the one to burn you
Why’d you have to go and pick me?
When you that we were different, completely

I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend, Woah
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend, Woah
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend

I’m another ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed

Your wildness scares me
So does your freedom
You say you can’t stand the restrictions
I find myself trying to change you
If you were meant to be my lover I wouldn’t have to
And I feel so mean, I feel in between
‘Cause I’m about to give you away

I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend (for someone else to take)
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend (am I making a mistake?)
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them (all the time that we spent)
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girl, friend

I’m another ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed
I’m another ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed

(You do what's best girl
'Cuz you're a mess girl
Now you're an ex-girl)

I’m about to give you away for someone else to take
I’m about to give you away for someone else to take

We keep repeating mistakes for souvenirs
And we’ve been in between the days for years
And I know that when I see you I’m going to die
I know I’m going to want you and you know why
It’s going to kill me to see you with the next girl
‘Cause I’m the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl

I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girlfriend
I hope I hold a special place with the rest of them
I kinda always knew I’d end up your ex-girl friend
I’m another ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed
I’m another ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought of that before we kissed

For all those non-Gwenabees and Doubters, there was a slower, sadder version of "Ex-Girlfriend." Check it out at GreenerPastures.us or EIT.com.

Gwen herself explained the eveolution of the song on vH1 Storytellers, which aired on 8/10/2000:

"I was trying to write 'Raspberry Beret' basically. Tom and I wrote this song called 'Ex-Girlfriend' and it's funny, of course, in life and in love there's ups and downs. I was having a bit of a slide downwards at this point. It's kind of like high school, break up and get back together. It's all 'romantic'. It's all fun and exciting. [The original version] was really sad and 'sorry for me' and the lyrics were really intended for me, they were really for my heart. So you can understand, you know, the lyrics were just like 'Oh, another bummer No Doubt song!' Just what we didn't need for this record. So we threw it away."

They didn't go back to "Ex- Girlfriend" and rework it until they thought they were done with Return of Saturn. Probably no one finds that as fascinating as I do!

During The Singles Tour (Summer of 2004), I went to four shows:
Shoreline (Mountain View [6/19]), Marysville (6/21), Chula Vista (6/24), and Santa Barbara (July 2). Half the fun is just seeing how Gwen switched up the lyrics. At the Marysville show, for example, instead of singing "Cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl," it became "Cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous, wicked, evil, disgusting kind of ex-girl!" (Again, something probably I'm only interested in... but I'm skankin down memory lane now!) And of course, the other change in the live version is "But I should have thought of that before we fucked! fucked!" Some people think "damn, that Gwen Stefani swears like a sailor!" but she only does it 'cuz we all go so fucking crazy when she does it! (ahh, if only time travel actually existed)

As far as school goes, I had three classes today. World History 1A and 1B, and History of Africa before 1800. The professor of the Africa class is strict compared to my other teachers. The class goes from 6pm to 8:45-- no eating or drinking allowed. It was sooo hot today, and the guy insists on having the windows and doors closed. Sheesh, there's almost 50 people in that tiny little classroom. Towards the end of the class, people were barely hanging in there.

My dad has been sick for the last two days. Yesterday, when I was home all day, he didn't run the air conditioner at all. Today when I'm at school, he runs it all day. Hmf! I see how it is.

While I was in class, my doctor called and left some random message with my dad. It went something like this "There's nothing you've got to worry about-- NOT YET. Call me back." Yeah, sure, but you didn't leave your number. My dad's grilling me... "you know something! You know something and you're not telling me!" Shit, it's times like these I wish I had a place of my own.

My dad is already convinced I have cancer and he wouldn't stop talking about it on Thursday. Hypochondria is catching. I spent the whole night freaking out about it. Imagining my poor little bald head.

(sigh)

This line goes out to my exboyfriend.....

You know it makes me sick to be on that list!

~Tragic