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An imitation from New York
You're made in Japan from cheese and chalk
You're hippy tarts hero
'Cause you put on a bad show
You put on a bad show
Oh, don't it show
Still out on those pills
Oh, do you remember?
You think it's swell playing Max's Kansas
You're looking bored and you're acting flash
With nothing in your gut
You better keep your mouth shut
You better keep your mouth shut
In a rut
Still out on those pills
Do the sambo
Four years on you still look the same
I think about time
You changed your brain
You're just a pile of shit
You're coming to this
Ya poor little faggot
You're sealed with a kiss
Kiss me
Think it's swell playing in Japan
Everybody knows Japan is a dishpan
You're just a pile of shit
You're coming to this
Ya poor little faggot
You're sealed with a kiss
Still out on those pills
Cheap thrills Anadins
Aspros, anything
You're condemned to eternal bullshit
You're sealed with a kiss
Kiss me
A kiss, a kiss
You're sealed with a kiss
A looking for a kiss
You're coming to this
I wanna kiss
You do just about anything
Oh, kiss this
Tatty bye
You're made in Japan from cheese and chalk
You're hippy tarts hero
'Cause you put on a bad show
You put on a bad show
Oh, don't it show
Still out on those pills
Oh, do you remember?
You think it's swell playing Max's Kansas
You're looking bored and you're acting flash
With nothing in your gut
You better keep your mouth shut
You better keep your mouth shut
In a rut
Still out on those pills
Do the sambo
Four years on you still look the same
I think about time
You changed your brain
You're just a pile of shit
You're coming to this
Ya poor little faggot
You're sealed with a kiss
Kiss me
Think it's swell playing in Japan
Everybody knows Japan is a dishpan
You're just a pile of shit
You're coming to this
Ya poor little faggot
You're sealed with a kiss
Still out on those pills
Cheap thrills Anadins
Aspros, anything
You're condemned to eternal bullshit
You're sealed with a kiss
Kiss me
A kiss, a kiss
You're sealed with a kiss
A looking for a kiss
You're coming to this
I wanna kiss
You do just about anything
Oh, kiss this
Tatty bye
Lyrics submitted by spunkykitten
New York Lyrics as written by Johnny Rotten Glen Matlock
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, BMG Rights Management, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this is the pistols dissing ny and the ny dolls which were huge influences on the sex pistols. mclaren was the dolls manager, and the pistols sound is pretty much a ripoff of the dolls sound. there was no 'punk rock' in the uk until the ramones toured there, so the pistols and other early uk punk bands took much inspiration and energy from nyc punk rock. check out johnny thunders' "london boys" for the retort: "you poor little puppet...you need an escort to take a piss/he holds your hand and shakes your dick" interestingly, the band on the "so alone" version of "london boys" is all english musicians -- steve jones, gtr and paul cook, drums from the pistols and phil lynott on bass.