Author:
Felix Von Havoc

Code 13 Lyrics
SINCE WE DID NOT PRINT THE LYRICS IN THE CODE 13 CD, I HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE THEM ALL HERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.


DAYS OF RAGE
RESTLESS NIGHTS AND HATE FILLED DAYS
WANNA SET THIS TOWN ABLAZE
TWIN CITIES BURNS WITH FRUSTRATION NOW
WANNA SEE IT BURNED TO THE GROUND

CAN I GET A WITNESS TO THE POVERTY AND DEGRADATION?
DECADENCE, CORRUPTION, OPPRESSION AND DESPERATION
PUSHED AROUND, BEATEN DOWN
ALWAYS GET THAT RUN AROUND

I CHOOSE FREE WILL MY MIND IS STRAIGHT
I CAN'T ESCAPE THE CRUEL HAND OF FATE
ALL THAT'S LEFT AND EMPTY SHELL
DAYS OF RAGE FILLED WITH HATE

MUST DESTROY WHAT CAN'T BE SAVED
A SHORTER LEASH A SMALLER CAGE
BURNING FIRE DAYS OF RAGE
DAYS OF RAGE DAYS OF RAGE

THE DIE IS CAST
CROSSING OF THE RUBICON
THE SWORD IS DRAWN
THE DIE IS CAST

NO ONE IS INNOCENT
NO ONE IS INNOCENT IN THE CRIME OF DAILY LIFE
WE ALL SUPPPORT THE SYSTEM THE BLOOD IS ON OUR HANDS

THE TAXES THAT YOU PAY AND THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU BUY
HOW MANY HUMANS AND ANIMALS WILL DIE?

DEATH SQUAD EL SALVADOR
CHAOS OF BRUTALITY
MASSACRES OF COUNTRYSIDE
DOGMA TO DICTATORSHIP
INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE

ESTRANGED FROM A CULTURE
ONCE INGRAINED BY LEGACY
KILLING PUPPETS OF NEW REGIMES
TURNED HERITAGE TO HERESY

DEATH SQUAD EL SALVADOR

DUPED BY MYTHS CONVENIENCE
COMMUNIST SCARES TURN FRANTIC
NO ONE FREE FROM SUSPICION
DISAPPROVAL REIGNING RAMPANT
COUNTER INSURGENCY
TURNED COUNTER TERRORISM
MASKED VIGILANTE TERROR
ESTABLISHES THE SYSTEM

DEGENERATE ART
ONE BY ONE THE LIGHTS GO OUT
ROUSED BY THE KLAXON'S CALL
READ THE PRONOUNCEMENTS
BY THE LIGHT OF BURNING BOOKS

UNDER HITLER AND STALIN FREE EXPRESSION WAS SUPPRESSED
AFRAID OF FREE THOUGHT CREATIVE IMPULS IT EXPRESSED
ARCHITECTURE OF DOOM, AESTHETIC OF OBEDIENCE
LOYALTY TO GOD TO FAMILY AND THE STATE
STAMP OUT MODERN ART, STAMP OUT JAZZ
IMPRISON THE DISSIDENTS, ARTISTS AND GAYS
THIS MAY SEEM LIKE ANCIENT HISTORY BUT TAKE A LOOK AROUND
CONSERVATIVES STILL ATTACK MODERN MUSIC ART AND GAYS

RESISTOLEROS
IN THE SLUMS SOUTH OF THE BORDER
IT'S ANOTHER HOPELESS DAY
FOR THE LEGIONS OF HOMELESS STREET KIDS
STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE

SNIFFING GLUE TO EASE THE HUNGER
SNIFFING GLUE TO EASE THE PAIN
TRAPPED IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE THAT ONLY ENDS IN DEATH
BEGGING AND STEALING IN STREETS TO BUY A BAG OF GLUE
RESISTOL IS THE GLUE OF CHOICE MADE IN ST. PAUL USA

PAEAN
MODELS ACTORS AND ROCK STARS
STRUNG OUT AND DROPPING LIKE FLIES
LOSERS IN A LOSING BATTLE
SELF INFLICTED CASUALTIES

HEROIN IS BACK AGAIN
DOPE IS HERE TO STAY
ROMANTICIZED ADDICTION
GLAMORIZED SUICIDE

GLORIFY THE EPIDEMIC
ALLURING SEDUCTION OF
SELF-DESTRUCTION

YOUTH CULTURE IS THE PUSHER
THE SYSTEM IS THE VICTOR
A MILLION BLANK MINDS
WALKING BLINDLY TO THEIR GRAVES
STRUNG OUT DEFEATED
PACIFIED SEDATED
BOUGHT AND SOLD CONTROLLED
DEAD


GIVE THE KIDS (WHAT THEY WANT)
WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
WON'T WAIT ANOTHER DAY
THE KIDS WILL TAKE IT TO THE STREETS
THE KIDS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY

NO RULES AND REGULATIONS
CONFMORITY IS CONTROL
GIVE THEM BACK THEIR FREEDOMS
ALL THE RIGHTS YOU STOLE

DON'T WANNA JOIN THE ARMY
OR WORK IN FAST FOOD
FREEDOM TO BE LEFT ALONE
IS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE

LISTEN TO THE KIDS DEMANDS
YOU CAN'T DROWN THEM OUT
YOUR DEADLINE IS RUNNING SHORT
OR THEY'LL BURN THIS FUCKER DOWN

MONDO AGGRO
SHREDDING CONCRETE BACK IN THE DAY
MINOR THREAT, THE FACTION, BIG BOYS AND JFA
THIS IS NOT A SPORT YOU PAY TO STAND IN LINE TO SEE
IT'S A WAY OF LIFE ON THE STREETS MADE BY YOU AND ME

SKATING BELONGS TO THE KIDS IT BELONGS IN THE STREETS
LAST THING THAT I WANNA SEE IS SKATING ON TV
TAKE IT TOO THE STREETS BUILD A RAMP OUT BACK
UNITE THE OLD SCHOOL SKATERS AND TAKE IT FUCKING BACK

TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR SNEAKERS AND STUPID BAGGY CLOTHES
ARE YOU HERE TO SHRED OR HAVE A FUCKIN FASHION SHOW
THE SKINNY DECKS AND TINY WHEELS I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
ALL THIS COMMERCIALIZATION HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND
SKATING'S ABOUT FREEDOM AND THINKING FOR YOURSELF
NOT A LINE OF PRODUCTS TO ENHANCE SOME POSEURS WEALTH
TAKE IT TO THE STREETS, BUILD A RAMP OUT BACK
UNITE THE OLD SCHOOL SKATERS AND TAKE IT FUCKIN BACK


CRIMINAL EMPIRE
INSIDIOUS TENDRILS PERMEATE SOCIETY'S EVERY REALM
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT ALWAYS AT A PRICE
SEX DRUGS MONEY POWER SATIATE EVERY VICE
EVERYTHING'S COMMODIFIED YOU TOO HAVE A PRICE
ONE LAW FOR THOSE WHO PAY ANOTHER FOR US ALL
GOVERNMENT AND MAFIA REAL CRIMINALS LEGISLATE
DRUG WAR'S IRON HEEL ROBS US OF OUR RIGHTS
PROHIBITION IS POWER A POLICE PRISON STATE

FROM THE CORRIDORS OF POWER TO THE CORNER STORE
CRIMINAL EMPIRE CONTROLS YOU EVERY MOVE
I CAN'T STAND THE ROBBERS AND I CAN'T STAND THE COPS
THIS SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION AND EXTORTION'S GOT TO STOP

CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL EMPIRE


FREE THE UNABOMBER
HERE IS A MAN WHO TOOK THINGS INTO HIS OWN HANDS
FOUGHT A ONE MAN WAR AGAINST THE INJUSTICE HE SAW

HERE'S THE THOREAU OF THE POST INDUSTRIAL SPECTACLE
SOLITARY LUDDITE, SILENT AVENGER

HERE IS THE PROOF, ONE CAN FIGHT THE SYSTEM
LET TERROR UNLEASH THE WINDS OF DESTRUCTION

TWO FISTED TALES
(SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT)
DR. WERTHAM TRIED TO STAMP 'EM OUT
CONGRESS TRIED TO SHUT 'EM DOWN

THEY SAID THAT COMICS CAUSED DELINQUENCY
CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO READ

COLD WAR SOCIAL CONTROL, CONSERVATIVE COMICS CODE
BLACKLISTS AND CENSORSHIP

CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK

THE KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR COMIC BOOKS

STOP THE CENCORSHIP!


WORLD WIDE HARDCORE PRIDE
INTERNATIONAL HARDCORE IS THE KIDS MUSIC, BREAKING DOWN THE NATIONAL BARRIERS

WORLD WIDE, HARDCORE PRIDE

RESIST THE GLOBAL CORPORATE CULTURE

TRADING RECORDS, ZINES AND TAPES, MAKE FRIENDS AND COMMUNICATE

SOLIDARITY AND UNITY



FUCK THE GHETTO BIRD
POLICE, POLICE IN HELICOPTERS
WE DON'T NEED NO FLYING COPPERS
ANTI-AIRCRAFT MOTHERFUCKERS
LETS SHOOT DOWN THE FUCKING CHOPPERS

TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS,
WITH YOUR SPOTLIGHTS
BACON IN THE SKY
TIME FOR YOU TO FRY


WORLD WAR III
CLOAKED BY THE NIGHT WE ARE EVERYWHERE
ART CRIMES AMID THE FILTH OF THE CITYSCAPE

THERE'S A WAR ON THE STREETS WE ALL OWN
EVERY WAKING HOUR THE VICTORS WILL BE SHOWN

THERE'S MORE TO GRAFITTI THAN FAME AND VANDALISM
A BLOW AGAINST THE MAN, ARTISTIC CRITICISM

IT'S WORLD WAR THREE

[B]THE CRASH OUT[/B]
GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
KICKED OUT AT SIXTEEN
AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK
NEVER THOUGHT I'D RETURN
TO THE STREETS THAT MADE ME
BECAUSE OF THEIR ATTEMPTS
TO CONTROL AND DEGRADE ME

I'M GOING BACK TO THE SUBURBS
AND SHOW 'EM THAT I HAVEN'T CHANGED
I'M GOING BACK TO THE SUBURBS
AND SHOW 'EM IT WAS NOT A PHASE
FIFTEEN YEARS OLDER, AND STILL SPITTIN' IN THEIR FACE
I'M GOING BACK TO THE SUBURBS
AND SHOW 'EM WHY I LEFT THAT PLACE

WANNA GO BACK TO MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL
AND TELL 'EM THEY CAN KISS MY ASS
COS' I DIDN'T JOIN THEIR ARMY
AND I DIDN'T PUMP THEIR GAS
TRIED TO BRAINWASH ME
MAKE ME FOLLOW STUPID RULES
THE SMARTEST THING I DID
WAS DROP OUT OF THEIR FUCKING SCHOOL

THEY WAY OF LIFE THEY OFFERED ME
WAS ALL AN EMPTY LIE
WORKING FOR THE MAN
EVERY DAY UNTIL I DIE
PRISON OR AND OVERDOSE
AIN'T MY IDEA OF REBELLION
I'M GLAD I DIDN'T BUY INTO THE LIE
THAT THEY WERE SELLING

[B]MOHAWKS AND MOUSTACHES[/B]
TENSION BUILDS AND TEMPERS FLARE
SENSE OF DANGER FILLS THE AIR
THOUGHT THIS WAS A SAFE PLACE TO GO
GONNA BE A FIGHT AT THIS SHOW

REDNECK JOCK MENTALITY
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SEE
HICKS WITH HAWKS AND JOCKS IN DOCS
START FIGHTS AT SHOWS,
WHO CALLED THE COPS?

BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS MUCH STRIFE
FOUGHT TO DEFEND OUR WAY OF LIFE
FOUGHT WITH ANGER FOUGHT WITH PRIDE
BUT NEVER FOUGHT WITH OUR OWN SIDE

PUNKS FIGHT PUNKS, WHAT A SHAME
IS THIS HARDCORE OR A FOOTBALL GAME?
FIGHT THE REDNECKS, FIGHT THE COPS
FIGHT THE GANGSTERS FIGHT THE JOCKS
START A GANG JOIN THE MARINES
JUST TAKE YOUR MACHO SHIT OUT OF OUR SCENE



[B]PROPAGANDA CONTROL (NONE OF THE ABOVE, 1982)[/B]

CHEAP NOSTALGIA FILLS YOUR HEAD
PRETEND ROCK N' ROLL ISN'T DEAD
BELIEVE IN NOTHING BUT MEDIA LIES
WHEN WILL YOU FUCKING REALIZE

PROPAGANDA CONTROL

BIG BROTHER'S HAND WILL SEAL YOUR FATE
HIS MIND WORKS CAUSE YOU'VE GOT NO BRAINS
ADVERTISING GAME IS A TRICK ON YOU
THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING YOU DO

THE TRUTH IS HARD YOU MUST REALIZE
THINK FOR YOURSELF WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE
DON'T BE A PART OF A THE CORPORATE SCAM
THINK FOR YOURSELF WHILE YOU STILL CAN

[B]REAL DEAL (NYC ANTIDOTE, 1982)[/B]
ITS ALL A GAME THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY
IT'S JUST A GAME I WON'T PLAY
ANOTHER GAME I DON'T NEED
COS' THAT'S NOT HOW, HOW I SEE IT

WAKE UP TO THE REAL DEAL

IF IT'S A JOKE, I WON'T LAUGH
GO PLAY YOUR GAMES, YOU'RE
LIVING IN THE PAST
WHO'S TO SAY WHAT IT WILL BE
AND IN THE END, YOU WILL SEE!

[B]SHADOW OF FEAR[/B]
GREW UP IN THE SHADOW
OF NUCLEAR FEAR
CONSTANTLY REMINDED
THE END WAS NEAR
CONSERVATIVE REGIME
FUNDAMENTALIST MIND CONTROL
INTERVENTION OVERSEAS
THE DRAFT EL SALVADOR

THERE'S NO MORE REAGAN
THERE'S NO MORE COLD WAR
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
I'M NOT ANGRY ANYMORE

SECONDS AWAY
FROM NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON
OUR ANGER AND OUR PROTEST
CAME FROM URGENT DESPERATION

WE LEARNED THAT PEACE AND LOVE
WE'RE IDEALS FOR THE NAÏVE
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT
IF WE WANT TO BE FREE

[B]RAGE AGAINST THE MAINSTREAM
(NOISE C. SHANE WORDS FELIX)[/B]
MILITANT POLITICAL LYRICS
DEMANDING SOCIAL CHANGE
FROM MAJOR LABEL PUNDITS PONTIFICATING RAGE

RAGE AGAINST THE MAINSTREAM

BANDS ON MAJOR LABELS
TOURS SPONSERED BY JEANS AND BEER
I CAN'T BELIEVE A SINGLE FUCKING WORD'S SINCERE

POPULAR CULTURE MUST BE DESTROYED
THE FIRST THING WE DO IS KILL ALL THE ROCK STARS!

YOU'RE PAID BY THE SYSTEM YOU CLAIM TO OPPOSE
DON'T INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE WITH YOUR RADICAL POSE

LUCID ILLUSION
SOCIETY AND MEDIA
FILL YOUR MIND WITH LIES
FABRICATED SOCIETY
PULLS THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES
HUNGRILY YOU DEVOUR
ALL THE SCRAPS YOU'RE FED
YOUR BLIND ACCEPTANCE
ENSURES YOU'RE EASILY LED

A HOAX A CON A SWINDLE
YOU'LL READILY BELIEVE
YOU'LL NEVER FULLY REALIZE
THE EXTENT YOU'VE BEEN DECIEVED
I LOOK UPON THE MASSES
OF BLIND LED BY BLIND
I SEE TO CLEAR TO FOLLOW
I'M NOT SO QUICK TO JOIN THE LINE

[B]SERVE FOR COUNTRY[/B]
TRANSVERSING THE WAKE OF BLOOD
SOLDIERS FACE DOWN IN THE MUD
SPOONFED A DIET OF HONOR AND GLORY
NATIONAL PROMISE; FABRICATED STORY

DEATH IS SURE AND BULLETS MEAN
A BELLY FULL OF BULLETS
A HISTORY FULL OF BULLSHIT

FLY THE FLAGS AND PROPAGATE
EARN YOUR STRIPES AND SEAL YOUR FATE
CHILDREN CRY FOR FATHERS LOST
SERVE FOR COUNTRY AT ANY COST

SERVE FOR COUNTRY AT ANY COST
BOW YOUR HEAD TOWARDS GODS MISTRUST
SERVE FOR COUNTRY, PRIDE AND CREED
FOR THE HOME OF THE SLAVE, AND THE CASUALTY

V.A. HOSPITAL REFUGEE
P.O.W. MEMORY
BENEFITS OF MISERY
PURGATORY OVERSEAS

PYRES BURN OUT IN THE NIGHT
KILL OR BE KILLED
CAUSE DEATH OR DIE

ARMAGEDDON'S DRAWING NEAR
FURTHERS LEGACIES OF FEAR
DOOMSDAY DEVICE WILL FALL
THE MASS GRAVE FOR US ALL


[B]PUT THE BANNER DOWN[/B]
I SEE PROTESTERS MARCHING
BANNERS WAVING IN THE BREEZE
I HEAR THE SLOGANS CHANTED
PUNDITS REPEAT THE PARTY LINE

DON'T BE A CRUSADER
FOR A CAUSE THAT'S NOT YOUR OWN
DON'T REPEAT THEIR SLOGANS
AND PUT THE BANNER DOWN

I SEE IDEALISTIC FOLLOWERS
WAITING TO BE LED
DEMAGOGUES MANIPULATE
WITH POWER IN THEIR EYES

WHICHEVER WAY YOU SLICE IT
YOU'RE STILL A FUCKING PAWN
DON'T REPEAT THEIR SLOGANS
AND PUT THE BANNER DOWN

[B]DOOMED SOCIETY[/B]
THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY
IS TORN BEYOND REPAIR
AVARICE AND CORRUPTION
SELF INTEREST AND VICE

SELF AGGRANDIZEMENT
HAS REPLACED MORALITY
PURSUE YOUR ENRICHMENT
IGNORE CONSEQUENCE OR SACRIFICE

DOOMED DOOMED DOOMED SOCIETY

I'VE GOT A FRONT ROW SEAT
FOR YOUR SOCIETY'S DECLINE
I NEVER BOUGHT INTO
YOUR GRAND ILLUSION

THIS HOUSE OF CARDS YOU'VE BUILT
COMES CRASHING IN ON YOU
CIVILIZATIONS RISE AND FALL
I WON'T MISS YOURS AT ALL

[B]INTO THE WHIRLWIND[/B]
A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
ITS THE SECRET POLICE
HAULED AWAY NEVER TO BE
SEEN ALIVE AGAIN
PACKED INTO LUBYANKA'S CELLARS
HUNDREDS TO A CELL
STRIPPED OF ALL RIGHTS
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE
MASS SHAM TRIALS
RAILROADED INTO THE
GULAG ARCHIPELAGO

SHOT OUT OF HAND
SLOWLY WORKED AND STARVED TO DEATH
DYING BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS
IN THE GULAG DEATH CAMPS
ENDLESS CYCLES OF TERROR
TODAYS JAILERS, TOMMORROWS VICTIMS
THE TRIUMPHS OF SOCIALISM
BUILT ON STALIN'S MILLIONS OF DEAD

[B]LAST OF THE MOHICANS [/B]
ONE BY ONE I SEE
ALL THE OLD PUNKS FADE AWAY
DOMESTIC LIFE AND DRUG ABUSE
ENDS THEIR HOLIDAY

A FEW YEARS OF SELF EXPRESSION
A PASSING REBEL PHASE
TRADED FOR A LIFE
OF CONFORMITY AND SUBMISSION

I SEE THEM ON THE STREETS
AND ITS JUST A PASSING GLANCE
PRETEND THEY NEVER KNEW ME
OR WHAT IT WAS ABOUT


[B]OFF THE PIGS [/B]

THIS MIGHT SOUND CLICHE
BUT I HATE THE FUCKIN PIGS
CORRUPT RACIST THUGS
BEATING DOWN THE KIDS
THIS IS A FUCKIN POLICE STATE
PIGS EVERYWHERE I GO
AGENTS OF STATE REPRESSION
OPPRESSIVE STATUS QUO

AIN'T NO GOOD COPS AIN'T NO BAD COPS
WE SHOULD KILL THEM ALL
HERE'S YOUR BLINDFOLDS MOTHERFUCKERS
UP AGAINST THE WALL
BULLETS REALLY ARE TOO KIND
FOR THESE GESTAPO CONTROL FREAKS

FIRST STEP IN ANY REVOLUTION - ELIMINATE POLICE

[B]DARKNESS AT NOON [/B]
BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING YOU
EYES AND EARS EVERYWHERE
ARE YOU BEING WATCHED
ARE YOU BEING FOLLOWED
MUST BE CAUTIOUS
OBEY EVERY RULE
DONT'T STEP OUT OF LINE
DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL

MASS PARANOIA MASS PARANOIA

SWEPT UP BY MASS HYSTERIA
LOOKING FOR ENEMIES WITHIN
ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS SPYING ON YOU
WILL THEY TURN YOU IN
SAVE YOURSELF FROM SUSPICION
BEST DENOUNCE THEM FIRST
TURN IN YOUR CHILDREN
MAYBE YOUR PARENTS
ENEMIES OF THE STATE

MILLIONS OF WATCHING EYES
MILLIONS OF LISTENING EARS
NO-ONE DARES TO SPEAK OUT
LEST THE WHIRLWIND SUCK THEM IN
ALL CONSUMING PARANOIA
EVERYBODY'S GUILTY
EVERYBODY'S DEAD


[B]HARDCORE FOR THE KIDS[/B]
THIS ISN'T AMREP
AND THIS AIN'T HUSKER DU
THIS AIN'T THE UPTOWN
ITS NOT FIRST AVENUE

THIS IS THE SOUND OF KIDS ON LAKE ST.
AND IT CAN'T BE BOUGHT
WE HAVE A DATE WITH DESTINY
AND BATTLES TO BE FOUGHT

THIS IS HARDCORE FOR THE KIDS
NOT FOR THE FUCKING SYSTEM
WE'RE DOING IT FOR OURSELVES
YOU SEE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

HARDCORE OF THE PUNKS
LOYAL TO NONE
UNITED WE STAND
AND FIGHT 'TIL WE'VE WON

DON'T NEED NO ONE TO TELL US
HOW TO RUN OUR SCENE
RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF YOUR SICK SOCIETY

LEFT BEHIND YOUR SHITTY CLUBS
AND PHONY ROCK N' ROLL
NO MORE TWO BIT ROCK STARS
BOUNCERS ON PATROL

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CORPORATE PUNK
BANDWAGON MAINSTREAM TRENDS
I'LL BE PLAYING BASEMENTS
KICKING SCREAMING 'TIL THE END


TWIN CITIES HARDCORE

[B]STAY TRUE[/B]
TIME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
AN END TO THOSE WHO PERPETRATE
AND PAY RESPECT WHERE IT IS DUE

70'S PUNK AND OLD HARDCORE
ALL THE BANDS THAT WENT BEFORE
AND BLAZED THE TRAIL WE CALL THE OLD SCHOOL

LIKE NEW WAVE AND CROSSEVER,
METAL AND POP PUNK
THIS ALL WILL FADE AWAY SOON

AS LONG AS PUNK HAS BEEN AROUND
THE TRUE PUNKS HAVE STAYED UNDERGROUND
SAT OUT THE FADS DESIGNED FOR
MASSES TO CONSUME

WE WILL STAY TRUE TO THE OLD SCHOOL

USE OUR ENERGY TO MAKE A BUCK
RIP OFF OUR STYLE YOU TRENDY FUCKS
HIDDEN MESSAGE IN THIS SONG IS "FUCK YOU"

AS LONG AS THERE ARE ANGRY KIDS
BASEMENTS WILL ROCK TO PUNK
THE REBELS AND THE MISFITS SHALL RULE

POSERS COME AND POSERS GO
COMMITTED FOR LIFE I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN
WE'RE BETTER OFF WITHOUT ALL THESE FOOLS

FROM '76 TO '96
WE STILL CAN SAY THAT PUNKS NOT DEAD
AND TO THE OLD SCHOOL WE WILL STAY TRUE

[B]IN FOR THE DURATION[/B]
I HEARD SLAUGHTER ASK
WHERE HAVE THE BOOT BOYS GONE
I HEARD FILTH SAY
THE LIST WAS THOUSANDS LONG
I'VE SEEN A THOUSAND PUNKS
THEY COME AND THEY GO
THAT LIST MY FRIENDS IS LONGER NOW
THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW

I'M IN THIS FOR LIFE AND
I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE
I WON'T REJOIN A SOCIETY
TO WHICH I NEVER BELONGED

I'VE SEEN PART TIME TRENDY POSER PUNKS
IN IT FOR A DAY
AND DEDICATED ACTIVISTS
EVENTUALLY FADE AWAY

THE LATEST CROP OF ZEALOTS
WANT ME TO OBEY THEIR RULES
BUT WHERE WERE THEY TEN YEARS AGO?
WHERE WILL THEY BE TEN YEARS ON?

[B]SHADY ACRES[/B]
FORGOTTEN NAMES MISLAID DREAMS
LEFT WITH NO SENSE OF REALITY
PLAGUED BY OLD AGE AND DISEASE
UNTIL ALL THATS LEFT ARE MEMORIES

MEDICATION AND VEGETATION
HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE MEMORIES
ALL THATS LEFT IS SEDATION
SO FAR GONE THEY CAN'T BE REACHED

FORCED INTO LIFE UNTIL DEATH
IN THE NURSING HOME

SEVERE DEMENTIA ROBS THEIR MINDS
WHIILE THEIR CHILDREN ROB THEM BLIND
DEVASTATING BILLS TO BE PAID
NO DECISIONS CAN BE MADE

PRISONERS IN A STERILIZED CAGE
VICTIMISED BY THEIR OLD AGE
DYING IMAGE OF A TIRED OLD MAN
DREAMED OF A DIFFERENT RETIREMENT PLAN

[B]THIS MEANS WAR[/B]
A DECLARATION OF TOTAL WAR ON SOCIETY
STRIKE OUT FROM THE UNDERGROUND
THIS IS HOW ITS GOING TO BE
CAN'T HOLD US BACK FOREVER
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE RIGHT
PUSHED INTO A CORNER
NOW WE'RE GONNA FIGHT

WON'T TAKE ANY MORE THIS MEANS WAR

HELD OUR TOUNGES IN SILENCE
OUTNUMBERED WITH NO SAY
BUT EVERY REBEL GETS HIS CHANCE
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY

WE'LL FIND OUR STRENGTHS
FIND YOUR WEAKNESS CHOOSE THE TIME TO STRIKE
ANGER BURNS DEEP INSIDE
FUELS OUR WILL TO FIGHT


[B]SEND MORE COPS[/B]
DEATH TO THE STORMTROOPS
OF FASCIST OPPRESSION
THE HARDER THEY COME
THE HARDER THEY'LL FALL

SICK OF BEING PUSHED AROUND
AND BULLSHIT HARASSMENT
PUSH ME TO FAR
THERE'S GONNA BE BLOODSHED

HARASSED ON OUR SKATEBOARDS
AND IN OUR TRUCKS
BREAK UP OUR SHOWS
LET'S KILL THE FUCKS

SEND MORE COPS!

[B]BIRTH OF RETRIBUTION[/B]
IS THIS THE COST, THE PRICE OF LIVING
SOCIETY'S SCOURGE A SORDID FATE

TRY TO CRUSH US TRY TO BRUISE US
YOU WON'T SQUEALCH MY HATE FOR YOU

A FAMINE OF MORALS A FARCE A FRATRICIDE
SALVAGE YOUR FREEDOM FROM THE
STRANGLEHOLD OF THE STATE

KEEP US PRISONERS OF SELF CONDITIONED TO BECOME OUR OWN WORSE ENEMY

CONSUMER CULTURE CONDITIONS COMPLACENCY
FREEDOM WITHERS TO A TEXTBOOK WHIM

THE ONSLAUGHT OF MADNESS MUST CEASE
THIS LEGACY OF POWER MUST GIVE

YOU WILL BE BLUDGEONED WITH OUR FURY
ATONEMENT'S FILLED WTIH BLOOD REVENGE
YOU DO UNTO OTHERS AS WE WILL DO TO YOU

[B]ARMED TO THE TEETH[/B]
BOMBS AND BATS KNIVES AND HAND GRENADES
I GOT A RIGHT
I'M GONNA KEEP MY GUNS

ARMED TO THE TEETH

GOVERNMENT AND NAZIS HAVE GUNS
SO WHY NOT US
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK
I SAY ARM THE PUNKS

WANNA DISARM US
YOU AND WHAT ARMY
SEND MORE COPS
YOU WON'T TAKE ME ALIVE

[B]IN YOUR HEAD[/B]
LIKE MINOR THREAT SAID YOU GOT FILLER IN YOUR HEAD
LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOU AND NOT WHAT CAPPO SAID
MIXED UP RICH KIDS IN SEARCH OF HIGHER TRUTH
RELIGION'S JUST ANOTHER DRUG AND CULTS EXPLOIT THE YOUTH

THINK FOR YOURSELF AND REFUSE TO JOIN THEIR FLOCK
KEEP ALL YOUR RELIGIONS OUT OF MY PUNK ROCK

I DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT YOU SEARCH FOR
HARE KRSNA BELONGS IN AIRPORTS NOT HARDCORE
STRAIGHT EDGE SHOULD FREE YOUR MIND TO CHOOSE
BUT YOU CHOOSE NOT TO THINK AND FOLLOW SOMEONE'S RULES

[B]CLUB SCENE[/B]
WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING AT THIS SHOW
THIS BAND'S LAST GOOD RECORD
IS TEN YEARS OLD

PUNK IS REALLY POPULAR
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY PUNKS
MEATHEAD JOCKS, POSER KIDS AND
LONGHAIR UPTOWN DRUNKS

I SEE BOUNCERS SMASHING HEADS
AND THROWING OUT MY FRIENDS
HEY KIDS ITS JUST LIKE MTV
WELL I WON'T BUY THIS TREND

I HATE THE BOUNCERS AND THE CLUBS
CORPORATE PUNK HAS NO SOUL
I CAN'T RELATE TO THIS SCENE
CONSUMER CROWD CONTROL

FUCK THE BOUNCERS
THIS CLUB SCENE SUCKS!

[B]WHY WE FIGHT[/B]
THE MEMORY OF MILLIONS
OF FASCISM'S VICTIMS
WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT
OUR ENEMIES ARE ON THE MARCH

THIS IS WHY, WHY WE FIGHT

WITH WHAT DO WE ANSWER
INTO THE STREETS IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION

[B]NO EXIT[/B]
SCHOOL ARMY FACTORY PRISON
CHOICES YOUR OFFERED
IS NO CHOICE AT ALL
TOPPLE SOCIETY READY TO FALL

NO FUTURE NO EXIT

WHAT DO THE YOUTH HAVE TO LIVE FOR
WHAT DO THE YOUTH HAVE TO DIE FOR?
REBELLION ITSELF IS SOMETHING
TO FIGHT FOR

Publication Date:
January 1, 1984

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