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Don't wanna be the boy, the denizen, the chump change
I don't wanna be the next step
Don't wanna be the toy, the jettison, the chump change
I don't wanna be the first up
'Cause we spent the last drop
Who decides if it's all right?
And I said, who decides if it's all right?
Can't touch me completely, reduction so easy
Don't wanna be the son, the citizen, the chump change
I don't wanna be the next step
Don't wanna be the same, the medicine, the chump change
I don't wanna be the first up
'Cause we spent the last drop
Who decides if it's all right?
And I said, who decides if it's all right?
Can't touch me completely, reduction so easy
You can't touch me, not completely, your reduction is so easy
I wanna tell you this, I wanna make you dive
I wanna be the big fish, I wanna see you fry
I wanna tell you this, I wanna make you dive
I wanna be the big fish, I wanna see you fry
Yeah, see you fry
Chump change
And I spent the last drop
Chump change
Who decides if it's all right?
And I said, who decides if it's all right?
Can't touch me completely, reduction so easy
You can't touch me, not completely, your reduction is so easy
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Multinational sitcom rating
Inoffensive (and self effacing)
The fountain of light info-tainment
Will never run dry
Another lunch break, another crisis
The bombs are smarter, the teeth are whiteness
Pay Per View, and we will never lose
When all channels 69
And they'll put it right, keep it right, help you sleep at night, yeah
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down and get shot of me?
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down?
Another stitch up, another suture
Johnny was right when he said "No future"
Put it straight so the dogs relate
With your brain dead TV skive
And they'll put it right, keep it right, help you sleep at night, yeah
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down and get shot of me?
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down?
Where's the peace? I forgot to mention
Back on yer feet, 'cause we die to attention
Put it right or we can just sit tight?
No sentience saved my soul
Another scandal, another sighting
Give us a break and we'll all be fighting
Satisfied that we'll all be fried
But at least we'll not look old
And they'll put it right, keep it right, help you sleep at night, yeah
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down and get shot of me?
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down?
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down and get shot of me?
Who grew up to be the dead battery?
You wanna run me down?
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I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... shut the fuck up
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... go the fuck away
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... back the fuck up
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... drop dead
Then shut the fuck up
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
Drop dead
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... get the fuck off
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... leave the fuck alone
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... get the fuck away
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... drop dead
Then shut the fuck up
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
Drop dead
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
You "keep it clean", you do OK
You play the smile, you make the day
You "keep it clean", you do all right
You toe the line, there's no fight
I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... shut the fuck up
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... go the fuck away
I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... back the fuck up
And I'd appreciate it very much if you'd just... drop dead
Then shut the fuck up
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
Drop dead
Just take it all away
Anything, just "keep it clean"
"Keep it clean," I said
You "keep it clean", you do OK
You play the smile, you make the day
You "keep it clean", you do all right
You toe the line, there's no fight
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[Jello Biafra:]
Another group of monster teenagers shot up their school today. What makes them do it? Video games? Marilyn Manson? Oh, it can't be the parents, or the fact that school sucks, or that the jocks do get patted on the head every time they beat up the weirdos and the jobs you get once you graduate from school are stupid, boring, meaningless, and a dead-end to insanity!
[JS Clayden:]
I can't deny it's killing me
No one loses on TV
I can't deny it's killing me
No one loses on TV
On TV
On TV
On TV
[Jello Biafra:]
When Sport Utility Vehicles are no longer enough... you need The Terminator. Stuck in traffic in Lost Angeles? Drive over the tops of everybody else. You'll crush 'em before the cops can catch up with you. Your precious artefact child needs to be safe. They're talking to a kid whose skin is a different colour? Grab the kid and mow 'em down!
[JS Clayden:]
I can't deny it's killing me
No one loses on TV
I can't deny it's killing me
No one loses on TV
On TV
On TV
On TV
[Jello Biafra:]
Each new, hot generation has a statement they wanna call their own. Tattoos? Piercings? That's for Moms and Dads. What you wanna do is spend your allowance on devil horn implant, Elephant Man head, designer tails, third leg, fourth leg - everyone a hermaphradite!
[JS Clayden:]
No one loses on TV
On TV
On TV
On TV
No one loses on TV
On TV
On TV
On TV
No one loses on TV
[Jello Biafra:]
And on a lighter note...
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Nothing's cool, nothing's clean
Nothing's like it used to be
Nothing's sweet, nothing's smooth
Nothing's got the best of me
And no one's scared 'cause no one cared
Now nothing's got a place to be
And no one cared 'cause no one dared
Now nothing's gonna comfort me
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Say nothing like you used to be
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Stay nothing like the rest of me
Nothing's right, nothing's sane
Nothing's how it could've been
Nothing straight, nothing's pure
Yeah, nothing's what it should've been
And no one's scared 'cause no one cared
Now nothing's got a place to be
And no one cared 'cause no one dared
Now nothing's gonna comfort me
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Say nothing like you used to be
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Stay nothing like the rest of me
And no one's scared 'cause no one cared
Now nothing's got a place to be
And no one cared 'cause no one dared
Now nothing's gonna comfort me
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Say nothing like you used to be
You're wafer thin, you do me in
Stay nothing like the rest of me
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Forget the fact that you don't know me
'Cause there's nothing that you wanna know
Forget the fact that you won't show me
'Cause there's nothing that you wanna show
Forget the fact that I don't look like you
You keep singing "we don't change"
Forget the fact that this is nothing new
Forget the violence, forget the pain
Our Happy Meals will taste the same
Forget the scandal, forget the sleaze
We'll drag the real thing to it's knees
Forget the fact that I don't know you
When there's nothing that I wanna know
Forget the fact that I won't go too
'Cause there's nothing if I wanna go
Forget the fact that this is nothing new
Forget the violence, forget the pain
Our Happy Meals will taste the same
Forget the scandal, forget the sleaze
We'll drag the real thing to it's knees)
And then we'll smile as we devise a brand new peace prize
Cash-back euthanasia schemes, GM children, low-fat dreams
Jerry Springer, crack cocaine, another black box, another plane
Instant access to friendly fire, plastic bullets, green barbed wire
Forget the violence, forget the pain
Our Happy Meals will taste the same
Forget the scandal, forget the sleaze
We'll drag the real thing to it's knees
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Stronger (Demo Version)
04:19
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You may be the stronger now
But my time will come around
I said, you may be the stronger now
But my time is coming 'round
Yeah, taste it
Break it
I know you hate it
I won't be much longer now
You hold tight, I'm coming 'round
I said, I won't be much longer now
You hold tight, I'm coming 'round
Yeah, taste it
Break it
I know you hate it
Yeah, take it
Make it
I know you hate it
And you can't keep it a secret, you can keep it down
You know that no one really cares until it comes around
And you can't keep it a secret, but you can keep it down
You know that no one really cares until it comes around
Until it comes around
You may the stronger, you may be the stronger now
You may the stronger, you may be the stronger now
Yeah, taste it
Break it
I know you hate it
Yeah, take it
Make it
I know you hate it
And you can't keep it a secret, you can keep it down
You know that no one really cares until it comes around
And you can't keep it a secret, you can keep it down
You know that no one really cares until it comes around
Until it comes around
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