Lyrics for Them Kids as interpreted by sleepwalkn

Them Kids Lyrics
No one feels more alone than the children of a dying breed
You never feel at home when you're just another mouth to feed
I wanna live in geological time
Because I'm still in my biological prime

If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
If nobody listens, will we disappear?

You flip a man a quarter playing songs on his guitar
You're on a street corner, feeling like a patron of the arts
And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll

If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
If nobody listens, will we disappear?

I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
They're always on the phone and they always gotta have control
And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll

The golden years are under attack (we're taking them back, we're taking them back)
The golden years are under attack (we're taking them back, we're taking them back)
Looking for an original voice
But the beaten path leaves little choice
The melody that you thought you found
Reveals that she's been sleeping around

We were apostles
They were the high priests
We lived the hustle
The keepers of the backbeat

We're under pressure to reconcile
Our point of view with contemporary style

It used to be that the kids were the ones who knew how to get off
It was a yell from the swamp, now it's only coming out as a cough
I can't sell my songs so I'm gonna have to give them away
I can't sell myself since my hair started turning to grey

If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
If nobody listens, will we disappear?

I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
The high priests are calling all disciples back to the fold
Because the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll

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the_howee
06-24-2008

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no comments? this song is awesome and the music video is pretty sick too it explains the song a lot
its about simpler times and how much they have changed since the 50's

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LetThereBeRock
07-18-2008

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this is agreat song, but its also about how kids today all can dance to rap and hip hop no problem, but if you ask anyone to dance to music from the 50s through 70s they wont be able to

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MalJ
07-24-2008

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Kids won't know how to dance to real rock and roll, good old 50's-70's music when they hear it, and the artists trying to make it in the business that aren't rap or hip hop might as well give their songs away, because the music industry is focussed on what's "now".

I knew Sam Roberts should have gotten in the ring with Christina Aguilera in butt-less chaps a few years back... -- Sarcasm by the way. Good old Rock and Roll from Sam Roberts is unappreciated by many listening chewy ear bubble gum that's so repetitive. Lyrical genius is what the Sam Roberts Band is, and those who listen to him have a connection to the music.

Well, that's my very unprofessional opinion anyways. :\

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MrsJoeyRamone
10-31-2008

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You know, I really like Sam Roberts a lot.
On the rare occasion that I tolerate dances at my school, they play maaaaaybe two good, real rock and roll songs, and you should see them dancing to them.
Come onnnn, what the fuck are you doing?
They really just don't know how to do it, and it sucks. I mean, I try and grab their hand and teach them, but I'm not sure they get it.

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MrsJoeyRamone
10-31-2008

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You know, I really like Sam Roberts a lot.
On the rare occasion that I tolerate dances at my school, they play maaaaaybe two good, real rock and roll songs, and you should see them dancing to them.
Come onnnn, what the fuck are you doing?
They really just don't know how to do it, and it sucks. I mean, I try and grab their hand and teach them, but I'm not sure they get it.

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kaat
04-29-2009

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Tune kicks ASS

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Mike53421
01-25-2010

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First off, this song is catchy as hell and grew on me alot. But is there more to it than just the obvious chorus? Think the_howee was onto something there about the simpler times, mainly the lyrics about the man on the street corner playing guitar and how the kids are "always on the phone and they always gotta have control", and how these good ol' days are under attack and are a dying breed ("we're taking them back, we're taking them back"). "The melody that you thought you found reveals that she's been sleeping around", can't quite pinpoint it but sounds something the lines of the process of creating songs has become corrupted? I may be way off but I'm really liking this song and album suddenly. "I can't sell my songs so I'm gonna have to give them away/ I can't sell myself since my hair started turning grey", perhaps since he's considered older there isn't a place for him in the mainstream?

I'm kind of overanalyzing past the point of the chorus. :)

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