I'm looking for a particular song.
The song was sung from the perspective of a girl jealous of her
sister.
Sort of that teenie bop bitter angst genre.
Heard it on a top-40's type station maybe 3 times.
Around the years 1995 - 1998.
I thought it was Lisa Lobe, but now not sure - anyway it sounded like
her.  And the song seemed to come out about the time Lisa Lobe hit the
top 40 radio stations.

I believe you are remembering "My Sister," from Juliana Hatfield's
1993 album "Be What You Are." Here is an apt description of the song:

"One of the most talked about songs on Become What You Are is 'My
Sister,' an acidly-pleasant ditty which goes in part: I hate my
sister/She's such a bitch."

Addict.com: Juliana Hatfield Tries to Escape the Past (Cached)
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:9PVw5YJ6qTEC:www.addict.com/issues/1.04/Features/Hatfield,_Juliana/page2.html+%22juliana+hatfield%22+%22my+sister%22&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8

Here is an interesting series of newsgroup posts discussing "My
Sister":

Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&threadm=1996Jan26.104319.3713%40news.iup.edu&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522my%2Bsister%2522%2B%2522juliana%2Bhatfield%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26selm%3D1996Jan26.104319.3713%2540news.iup.edu%26rnum%3D3

Here are some of the lyrics to the song:

MY SISTER

My sister... My sister... My sister. 

I hate my sister, she's such a bitch. 
She acts as if she doesn't even know that I exist. 
But I would do anything to let her know I care. 
But I am only talking to myself 'cos she isn't there. 

My sister, I love my sister, she's the best. 
She's cooler than any other girl that I have ever met. 
She had the greatest band, she had the greatest guy. 
She's good at everything and doesn't even try. 

She's got a wall around her nobody can climb. 
She lets her ladder down for those who really shine. 
I tried to scale it, but to me she's blind. 
So I lit a firecracker, went off in my eye...

Leo's Lyrics
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?sid=eN%C8%C3%C0K%F6%C2

You can listen to an audio clip or order the CD here:

Buy.com
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60204569&loc=109

My Google search strategy:

"my sister" + "juliana hatfield"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22my+sister%22+%22juliana+hatfield%22

If, by any chance, this is not the song you want, I will be glad to
resume the search if you request clarification before rating my
answer.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 12 Oct 2002 21:05 PDT

Thank you very much for the five-star rating! You've made my weekend, too! :-)

~pinkfreud

Right on, PinkFreud!!  I'm blown away with the speed and thoroughness
in which you answered.  This was my first question to Google Answers;
I'm loving this.  You've made my weekend - Thank you!!

Here's some more lyrics (I love this song!):

I miss my sister
Why'd she go?
She's the one who would have taken me
To my first all-ages show.
It was the Violent Femmes
And the Del Fuegos
Before they had a record out
Before they went gold
And started to grow.

By the way, very technically, the album is by "The Juliana Hatfield
Three".  On other albums, she went just by Juliana Hatfield.  (Another
musician who made this switch is Ben Folds; until recently, he was in
"Ben Folds Five".)