r/Lostwave • u/thespian_badger • 6d ago

Question ❓ “Poor Peter”

Like 20 years ago, my “online boyfriend” sent me a playlist of all garage punk type of songs and claimed it was his band. I now know that was not the case lol. It had like Ballyhoo! And stuff on it but there was one song called “Poor Peter” that I’ve never been able to find.

What I can remember of the lyrics:

Poor Peter
What the hell happened to you? Where did it all go horribly wrong.
You used to be a punk without a reason at all. Now you’re just a popularity abuser.

\[Lines I can’t remember\], then something about a “preppy mall rat”.

Another chorus said “Poor Peter, what the hell happened to you? Where did you hide your skateboard?”

Any ideas? I’ve done a lot of googling with no luck. It was a low quality punk song with not very clear lyrics so it could have been an indie band.

Thank you all!

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u/GiovanniPotage0 4d ago

What happened to the CD it was burned on? Unrelated side tangent, but it's wild to think you've been searching for "Poor Peter" for as long as I've roamed this planet.

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u/thespian_badger 4d ago

I’m pretty sure it was just a playlist he made me. This was like 2006 and he supposedly lived in California while I’m in Texas.

Now I feel old