The lyrics for a portion of the song are often changed during live performances. In the refrain of the song, "I'm rockin' the suburbs, just like ______ did", Folds inserts the name of a musical artist. In the album version, the order for the names is: Michael Jackson, Quiet Riot, and Jon Bon Jovi. For live performances Ben has inserted other names, such as Bryan Adams. On the "Songs for Goldfish" version, he mentions William Shatner (for whom he produced an album, "Has Been") and Henry Rollins (whom he worked with on Shatner's song "I Can't Get Behind That").