1. |
Smalltown
01:26
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I hated high school
walked down the halls
watched the snotty bitches go by
heard them laughing at me in a small town
NOW LOOK AT ME
YOU SMALL TOWN BITCH
I’M BETTER OFF
THAN THE FOOTBALL JOCK YOU WANTED TO FUCK
Got hassled by the pigs
in a small town
Got hassled because I was different
Got hassled because I thought
NOW LOOK AT ME
YOU SMALL TOWN PIG
I’M BETTER OFF
THAN THOSE JOCK BOYS YOU LOVED
Got followed by preacher man
told me I was evil
because I listened to the wrong sounds
because my hair was long
NOW LOOK AT ME
YOU SMALL TOWN FUCKS
I’M BETTER OFF
THAN THOSE GOOD PEOPLE YOU LOVED
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2. |
P.I.G.
02:34
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3. |
Johnny Was a Skinhead
02:23
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Johnny was a skinhead
and now Johnny’s dead wore boots and braces
with red laces in his Docs
cut his hair real short
done the skinhead thing
but Johnny liked the status
believed in the spirit of ’69
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
because of the stupidity of the people who believe MTV
Everybody thought
Johnny was a racist
the racists thought
Johnny was a red
but Johnny was neither
he was just a trad skinhead
just wanted a Chelsie Bird
just wanted to have some fun
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
because of the stupidity of the people who believe MTV
MTV ran a special
said all skins where bad
said all skins where racists
implied all skins should be dead
Some Jock-O boys saw it
Saw Johnny on the street
Those Jock-O boys took Johnny
and beat him until he was muther-fucking dead
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
Johnny was a skinhead and now Johnny’s dead
because of the stupidity of the people who believe MTV
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4. |
...and Now I Know
01:32
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Things keep moving forward
and somehow I forgot about
that thing called growing up
some friends of my sisters came up to me
and said “your too old to do this”
and only when I’m tired I think they’re right.
they say you should be embarrassed
by all the things you did in your 20s
but after that all those things should stop
I think I would rather die young
doing something I want, so something having fun
instead of growing old wondering why
I don’t want to work 9 to 5
coming home to kids who think I’m a superstar
I don’t want a low mortgage
I don’t want an economy car
I guess I just don’t want what they want
I met up with an old friend of mine
he said he “I’m doing fine,
with a low mortgage and a couple of kids”
but when he looked at me
he broke down and started to cry
when he realized I was not living like him
so we went out for a drink or two
you know, just to get re-acquainted
we started talking about old times
that’s when I realized that the
best goddamn time of his life
would correspond with the worst time of mine
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5. |
Ian Stuart is Dead
01:54
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Ian Stuart was not a fucking hero
Just another piece of white-trash shit
Ian Stuart was not a fucking hero
sold his hate to the white power sheep
Ian Stuart was not a fucking hero
drunk too much and no he’s dead
Ian Stuart was not a fucking hero
dead, dead too stupid to live
Ian Stuart is Dead – Who gives a Fuck
Ian Stuart is Dead — Who gives a Fuck
Just another Nazi bonehead – No great loss
Ian Stuart is Dead – Who gives a Fuck
Ian Stuart was not a fucking hero
too bad Skrewdriver didn’t die too
don’t tell me your white power bullshit
about how Ian Stuart still lives
you sound like another piece of white-trash
talking about how Elvis Presley is still alive
But Ian Stuart died in a car crash
Because he was too stupid to stay alive
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6. |
Prozac Nation
02:04
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The AMA is the new cartel
Take your drug and you’ll feel well
You’ll feel no more pain
Of course you won’t feel anything
So now your a zombie
well good for you
was it really worth the cost
the cost of your free thought
So now you take you pill every day
be a good little boy or a girl
you had better do
just what the doctor told you
was it worth the cost of your identity
to get rid of the pain
and the anguish inside of you
was it worth the cost of your identity
to escape the emotional pain
and your emotional baggage
Nobody … feels pain anymore
Nobody … has clear thought anymore
Nobody … dreams dreams anymore
In the Prozac Nation
Nobody … has emotions anymore
Nobody … hurts themselves anymore
Nobody … can ever be unhappy
In the Prozac Nation
So you say that you have always felt bad
every goddamn day of your life
I hate to break the news
that’s called the human condition
So now how will feel
when you realize you can’t cry
when someone that you love dies
was it worth the cost of your identity
to get rid of the pain
and the anguish inside of you
was it worth the cost of your identity
to escape the emotional pain
and your emotional baggage
Nobody … feels pain anymore
Nobody … has clear thought anymore
Nobody … dreams dreams anymore
In the Prozac Nation
Nobody … has emotions anymore
Nobody … hurts themselves anymore
Nobody … can ever be unhappy
In the Prozac Nation
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7. |
Bimbo
02:42
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8. |
Smoking and Drinking Man
01:39
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Go out on a Saturday night
Just to hang around and have some fun
Head down to the local bar
Hoping to run into a few of my buddies
People see me and say what do you do
But when they see me they decided
That I must be snorting, shooting, and taking
All of their want-to-be vices
I’m just a smoking and drinking man
He’s just a smoking and drinking man
I like to smoke and drink whenever I can
smokes and drinks whenever he can
Because, I’m a smoking and drinking man
He’s a smoking and drinking man
And that must mean there is nothing nothing nothing nothing more
I tried your stereotype in 92
But I thought it was ignorant
Then I went SXE in 93
But I got bored so I went back
To having a drinking a Saturday night
To smoking a cigarette at the bar with my friends
And that means that I am just like you
I do the same things that you and your friends do
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9. |
Coffee Shop
02:41
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You wear your black down to the coffee shop
to meet all your fashionable friends
you like to talk and drop all the names
so they think you are really cool
your just a bunch of rich kids
say you understand the world
its so easy when your allowance
is one hundred dollars a week
La La La Talking to fashionable friends
La La La Dropping all the names
La La La Talking to fashionable friends
La La La Dropping all the names
You got a job, working at the coffee shop
your friends all laugh at you
because you have to work to survive
but they are just a bunch of rich dicks
mommy gives them money
daddy gives them cars
so you slip poison in their cups
and soon, soon they’ll be gone
La La La Poisoning your friends
La La La Soon they’ll be gone
La La La Poisoning your friends
La La La Soon they’ll be gone
Now, now your all alone
Its not as much fun as you thought it would be
but now you say you understand life
after all you work down at the coffee shop
Its so goddamn dull now
with no fashionable friends
so boring to wear all black
and to be talking to yourself
La La La No more fashionable friends
La La La Talking to yourself
La La La No more fashionable friends
La La La Talking to yourself
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10. |
Where Were You
03:24
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Picked you up at 9 o’clock just to hang around
we headed out to find some decadent delight
But when I got there you where not to be found
Where were you when I came around tonight
Where were you when I said let’s hang around
Where were you when I came by
Where were you when we went out that night
Where were you when I came around
You said let’s meet up at the party tonight
but when I got there you were not to be found
Punched some guy ended up in a fight
Where were you when I came around tonight
Where were you when I said let’s hang around
Where were you when I came by
Where were you when we went out that night
Where were you when I came around
The guy I hit was a lot bigger than me
I was sure that he would put me down
So I just tore into him with my fists
Must have been my attitude that put him down
Where were you when I said let’s hang around
Where were you when I came by
Where were you when we went out that night
Where were you when I came around
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11. |
So What If I'm a Poseur
01:36
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So what if I’m a Poseur
Who are you to laugh
so what if I never do anything
so what if I waste my life
So what if I’m a Poseur
Never cared about much
So what if I’m a Poseur
I’m content with that
So what if I do nothing
but sit around and rot
I’m still doing better than you
AT LEAST I KNOW I SUCK
So what if I’m a Poseur
Never cared about much
So what if I’m a Poseur
I’m content with that
So what are the great
achievements of your life
So what if I have none
AT LEAST I’M HAVING FUN
So what if I’m a Poseur
Never cared about much
So what if I’m a Poseur
I’m content with that
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12. |
It Should Not Be
01:22
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They say it should not be
A Person like her with a person like me
just hanging around having a drink
without something more happenings
she sits beside me at the bar
smoking cigarettes and drinking beer
we laugh at those who don’t understand
we laugh at those who point and stare
They say that something’s never change
even those who preach equality
never want to believe
when they see us hanging around that
nothing else is going down
A friend of a friend came up to me
speaking angrily about how it should not be
making assumptions about what we are
just because it is something they could never be
TV and movies say it should not be
a person like her with a person like me
just hanging around having a drink
without something more happening
They say that something’s never change
even those who preach equality
never want to believe
when they see us hanging around that
nothing else is going down
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13. |
Shut Up or Change It
01:49
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Hear you bitching, whining, moaning, and complaining
about how everybody wants to do you in
about how everybody is your enemy
well I hate to break the news
but we don’t have the time to
plot against you
Hear you outside of my cubicle walls
bitching and complaining about how
everybody wants to see you fall
well if you hate so much why don’t you get away
its in your power to change it
instead of wasting your time telling me about it again
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
we don’t want to hear your bitching anymore
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
we don’t want to hear your whining and complaining about how
everyone is your enemy anymore
Do you think we care, people you don’t know
about how your husband treats you bad
about how your snotty nosed kid brings home F’s in his history class
if you hate it so much get out
That’s what the fuck divorce is for
Heard you complaining about how someone stole all your work
well you have to do work to have it stolen
maybe if you would shut your goddamn mouth
and do something instead of bitching
your little story would come true
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
we don’t want to hear your bitching anymore
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
Shut up or change it
we don’t want to hear your whining and complaining about how
everyone is your enemy anymore
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14. |
Beat You Down
02:32
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I remember back in 88 when they tried to bring me down
they labeled me a deviant, they hauled me off down town
they used no cuffs no guns, they said they were my friends
as long as I gave them a list of all my buddies sins
and I remember how back in 92 they used their billy clubs
to beat down a group of kids coming out of a night club
I don’t remember what I did back in 88 to get drug in
but it seems the same in 92, beat down for nothing
All the punks know when big pig truck comes
that its time to go, time to get out
because if the pigs find you standing around
they’ll use their wooden clubs to Beat you Down
Well back in 88 I told them shit so they let me go
I had done nothing wrong so they could not keep a hold
but they followed me and watched for me to make a mistake
so they could drag me back in to get out of me what they wanted
so in 1990 when I got the cash I got the hell out of town
I moved to the bigger city where I thought the cops would leave me alone
but soon I learned that once your on that criminal list
the harassment from the PD it never seems to end
All the punks know when big pig truck comes
that its time to go, time to get out
because if the pigs find you standing around
they’ll use their wooden clubs to Beat you Down
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15. |
Not Going to Hang Around
01:15
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So That’s What you think of me
Well it doesn’t matter much to me
What gave you the idea
That I give a shit about what you think
Did you think I was going to stay
When there was no reason for me to hang around
Just setting around waiting for you
To catch up with me
I’m Not Going to Hang around
Whoa … oh … oh … I got to go
I’m not going to stay about
Whoa … oh … oh … I got to go
I’m not going to hang around
Whoa … oh … oh … ohhhhh
So you want to personify
Your sense of destiny onto me
Just face it, I’m not after
The same things in life as you
I never planned to stick around
This fucking dead in town
If that was what you thought
Then you where wrong about me
So that’s what you think of me
Well it doesn’t matter much to me
So you want to personify
Your sense of destiny onto me
Well, I never planned to stick around
This fucking dead end town
If that’s what you thought
Then you where wrong about me
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16. |
Die Nazi Die
01:48
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See you standing there with your red flag of hate
putting people down for their religion and their race
to blind to see past the propaganda your feed
fascism a convenience for those weak in the head
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Hair cropped short, boots laced white
just another sheep for the white power lie
Why would you want a hero too weak to live
go ahead and shoot yourself, like Adolph Hitler did
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Violence in your life, violence on your mind
So much easier to hate, then to understand
So much easier to follow then to think for yourself
the only good nazi is what … DEAD
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
Die Nazi Die
Oi Oi Oi
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