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Banned from the Roxy...O.K. I never much liked playing there
anyway. They said they only wanted well behaved boys, do they
think guitars and microphones are just fucking toys? Fuck them,
I’ve chosen to make my stand, against what I feel is wrong with
this land. They just sit there on their overfed arses, feeding off the
sweat of less fortunate classes. They keep their fucking power
’cause their finger’s on the button, they’ve got control and won’t
let it be forgotten. The truth of their reality is at the wrong end of a
gun, the proof of that is Belfast and that’s no fucking fun. Seeing
the squaddy lying in the front yard, seeing the machine guns
resting on the fence. Finding the entrance to your own front door
is barred and they’ve got the fucking nerve to call it defence.
Seems their defence is just the threat of strength, protection for
the privileged at any length. The government protecting their
profits from the poor, the rich and the fortunate chaining up the
door. Afraid that the people may ask for a little more that the shit
they get. The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit they get.
The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit
they get. DEFENCE? SHIT, IT’S NOTHING LESS THAN WAR
AND NO ONE BUT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT THE
FUCK IT’S FOR. Oh yes they say it’s defence, they say it’s
decency, Mai lai, Hiroshima, know what I mean? The same
fucking lies with depressing frequency, they say “We had to do it
to keep our lives clean.” Well whose life? Whose fucking life?
Who the fuck are they talking to? Whose life? Whose fucking
life? I tell you one thing, it ain’t me and you. And their systems,
christ, they’re everywhere, school, army, church, the corporation
deal. A fucked up reality based on fear, a fucking conspiracy to
stop you feeling real. Well they’re wrong, ain’t got me, I’d say
they’re fucking wrong, I ain’t quite ready with my gun, but I’ve got
my song…Banned from the Roxy, well O.K. I never much liked
playing there anyway. GUNS.
anyway. They said they only wanted well behaved boys, do they
think guitars and microphones are just fucking toys? Fuck them,
I’ve chosen to make my stand, against what I feel is wrong with
this land. They just sit there on their overfed arses, feeding off the
sweat of less fortunate classes. They keep their fucking power
’cause their finger’s on the button, they’ve got control and won’t
let it be forgotten. The truth of their reality is at the wrong end of a
gun, the proof of that is Belfast and that’s no fucking fun. Seeing
the squaddy lying in the front yard, seeing the machine guns
resting on the fence. Finding the entrance to your own front door
is barred and they’ve got the fucking nerve to call it defence.
Seems their defence is just the threat of strength, protection for
the privileged at any length. The government protecting their
profits from the poor, the rich and the fortunate chaining up the
door. Afraid that the people may ask for a little more that the shit
they get. The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit they get.
The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit they get. The shit
they get. DEFENCE? SHIT, IT’S NOTHING LESS THAN WAR
AND NO ONE BUT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT THE
FUCK IT’S FOR. Oh yes they say it’s defence, they say it’s
decency, Mai lai, Hiroshima, know what I mean? The same
fucking lies with depressing frequency, they say “We had to do it
to keep our lives clean.” Well whose life? Whose fucking life?
Who the fuck are they talking to? Whose life? Whose fucking
life? I tell you one thing, it ain’t me and you. And their systems,
christ, they’re everywhere, school, army, church, the corporation
deal. A fucked up reality based on fear, a fucking conspiracy to
stop you feeling real. Well they’re wrong, ain’t got me, I’d say
they’re fucking wrong, I ain’t quite ready with my gun, but I’ve got
my song…Banned from the Roxy, well O.K. I never much liked
playing there anyway. GUNS.
Lyrics submitted by krushzed
Track duration: 02:00
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They're pacifists. There's a difference between non-violence and pacifism.
According to Matthew Webster's article, "The Difference between the Dalai Lama and a Satyagrahi" there is a distinction between the two.
and yeah, this song is pretty amazing. it's funny how he starts with the roxy, then with the wealthy, then with what they do with their power, how the government protects their privileges, and then they end up talking about whole systems right before returning back to the roxy again.
kinda genius.
PUNKS NOT DEAD