A quick cowpunk burner about life in a “Troubled Teen Camp” in the Ozarks. Long hikes, bad food, forced scripture, and no girls — just misery dressed up as salvation. Our narrator learns to play along, nodding his head until he gets out. One year later, he turns 18 and never speaks to his parents again. A fast, raw story-song about faith, control, and rebellion.

LYRICS
(C)2025 Ggreg Snyder

[Verse 1]
They shipped me off to the Ozark hills,
Said I needed Jesus more than thrills.
Made me hike ten miles with a broken boot,
Read me scripture ‘til my brain turned mute.
Said my urges were sinful, fire and brim,
This place is looking incredibly grim.

[Chorus]
Troubled Teen Camp, three months long,
No girls, no fun, just a Bible song.
Troubled Teen Camp, can’t you see?
It damn near broke the best of me.

[Verse 2]
The food was cold, beans out of a can,
Said it’d make me into a better man.
Hike all day ‘til your feet turn red,
Sleep on the ground with rocks for a bed.
Some of the guys, man, I swear they cried,
Looked in their eyes — their hearts had died.

[Chorus]
Troubled Teen Camp, three months long,
No girls, no fun, just a Bible song.
Troubled Teen Camp, misery,
You don’t get saved, you just learn to agree.

[Bridge]
I ain’t religious, but I learned the trick,
Nod my head, say “Amen” quick.
Play along ‘til the gates swing wide,
Countin’ down the days ‘til I get outside.

[Verse 3]
I got out, turned eighteen,
Never looked back on what I’d seen.
Parents wrote, but I never replied,
Some bridges burn and they stay fried.
Ozark hills still haunt my dreams,
Of scripture screams and broken teens.

[Final Chorus]
Troubled Teen Camp, three months long,
No love, no hope, just a Bible song.
Troubled Teen Camp, can’t you see?
That place ain’t ever gettin’ me.

[Outro Shout]
Troubled Teen Camp! Troubled Teen Camp!
Run like hell — don’t look back!

Troubled Teen Camp

06 Rex Marksley

I wrote this song to alienate all of my friends, but most of them ended up having a sense of humor so it didn't work very well.

This is a track from my album, Big Red Sessions, which can be downloaded for free or by donation here:
http://davidrovics.com/big-red-sessions/new-album.php

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Iggy Pop - IDKHOW

Just wanted to upload something for the Halloween Extravaganza 

Goosebumps- Lemon Demon cover

From the upcoming full-length record out in Spring 2013 on No Sleep Records. Get an instant download of this song when you preorder the Making It Up 7" out Jan 19th from the No Sleep store: http://nosleeprecords.com/release/144/making-it-up


Making It Up

sockhead.bandcamp.com

Ronald Raygun is another band that predated Sockhead Records, but ultimately led to it's creation, as it's one of our favorite bands. They were a sensational skate-punk 3-piece from Philadelphia. "Christ Complex" was their magnum opus. It was released on July 4, 2015 on their bandcamp only, until noooooowwwwwww...


Taken from their bandcamp page (ronaldraygunband.bandcamp.com/music):

"Formed in the spring of '88, Ronald Raygun started out as a roller derby team, training to compete in the Philadelphia Area roller derby scene. As the team continuously failed to place in any competition, the group instead decided to pick up musical instruments. Heavily inspired by the synth pop of the 80s and the stand up of Bob Saget, the band has finally released it's opus."


released July 4, 2015

Guitar/Vocals - Ryan Casmirri
Bass/Vocals - Rob Blackwell
Drums - Joe McLaughlin

Engineering/Mixing/Mastering - Jesses Gimbel

Album Art - Jess Brower

All songs written by Ryan Casmirri

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Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), libertarian socialist, dad, lover of life.