Get up, get out, this is your wake up call,
We run this town, and you can fight us all,
We'll keep on coming back for more,
Don't think you can hold us down,
We'll tear this building down,
Try to be careful what you say,
Give it up, your tactics are sounding,
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind,
You do this everytime,

So here's to another better year,
We crossed that thin line,
Don't try to hold us here,
For just this once, you think of us,
I hope you're happy with yourself,

Get up, get out, who's gonna break your fall,
When we dove back down, they're gonna stay so small,
We keep on running for the door,
Just wait 'cause we'll come back around,
It's too late for them, they're headed straight for a meltdown,
I'm not a part of your cliche,
Give it up, your tactics are sounding,
Find your place and leave us with some peace of mind,
You do this everytime,

So here's to another better year,
We crossed that thin line,
Don't try to hold us here,
For just this once, you think of us,
I hope you're happy with yourself,

So here's to another better year,
We crossed that thin line,
Don't try to hold us here,
For just this once, you think of us,
I hope you're happy with yourself,

Just think about, just think about everything,
Careful now, be careful what you say,
What a way,

This is the life we chose,
This is the life I lead,
They can never take this from me,

This is the life we chose,
This is the life I lead,
They can never take this from me,

So here's to another better year,
We crossed that thin line,
Don't try to hold us here,
For just this once, you think of us,
I hope you're happy with yourself,

So here's to another better year,
We crossed that thin line,
Don't try to hold us here,
For just this once, you think of us,
I hope you're happy with yourself,

So here's to another better year,
I hope you're happy with yourself.



Lyrics submitted by DCswindle

Track duration: 03:31


NJ Legion Iced Tea song meanings
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    General Comment:actual lyrics

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    Flag skittlefooton June 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:34 PM By: Jeremy McKinnon Moderator
    Actually we were at a legion hall show in jersey with a bunch of friends. They went downstairs to drink at the bar, and our tm asked for the hardest drink they had. He told us it was a drink called the NJ legion ice tea. It was pretty much every alcohol they had filling an entire glass, and a splash of tea at the end. Its more about remembering a good time with good friends.

    That was posted on their own message board. And for the record, Jeremy is not straightedge so that is just flat out wrong.
    Flag j0hn0bon February 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Jeremy McKinnon wrote this song about being straightedge. Note the lyrics "It's too late for them, they're headed straight for a meltdown. I'm not a part of your cliche." and "This is the life we chose, this is the life I lead, they can never take this from me." And possibly, the reason why it is called NJ Legion Iced Tea is because Iced Tea would be a non alcoholic beverage, but I could have that part wrong. Nonetheless, Jeremy McKinnon is straightedge, and wrote this song about it.
    Flagged Brandiihartzon October 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:also, it isnt your tactics are stounding, stounding isnt a word. its your tact is astounding
    Flag Sam315on April 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Just so you know, all the times in the lyrics when you wrote "Here's for another better year", it's actually "BANNER year"
    Flag Sam315on April 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:The song actually is about a friend of mine from work. He was at one of their shows in New Jersey and he threw and iced tea bottle at them. Then they got pissed off and started yelling at him and he was shouting at them to come off the stage and fight him. They recognized him from getting thrown out of their shows before for fighting which is why there's the lyric "you do this every time"
    Flag gbfreak667on February 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i've grown up around this band, the song is about leaving home and the dilemmas we face, living in central florida you come into face with a lot of tradition . ..... our parents have always contained us.... so our growth is either rapid or passive.......you can't hold us here.......
    Flag harwell1269on December 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:What does NJ Legion mean?
    Flag sharrrrrrrrrkbateon August 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it really is "so heres to another banner year". I have the cd booklet in front of my right now.
    Flag andoutofyouon July 17, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:I agree with packofwolves the song is about all the haters and all the people trying to keep them down. Yet their fans stay their and support them and they fight their way through
    Flag carney14on May 19, 2009   Link

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