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from the quot;Minority Of Onequot; lp. Music and lyrics by Generation X. Altered slightly by Dag Nasty.
They customized their gear and synchronized
The flame out in the streets with flame in their eyes
Guerilla operator ain't heard of cool
Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
A hundred punks run with London town
Down Wardour Street to the Soho Sound
Don't sleep al...
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man...I've got you in a corner...I've got the bun
cray fish creep bridge and sky
and my life flashes before my eyes
trying to see
what I'd never seen otherwise
I understand you
you've got a problem
now understand me
it's your problem not mine
to find a reason, don't ask me
don't ask anyone for a reason to live your life
shake your head, left and right
like the old man who shows up here every night
what does he hear in this kind of music?
why don't you ask him?
find out what you need to know
all ages show
you haven't lived all there is to live
how old...
No matter what I do
I can't redeem myself
Or how I try
Start over again
Strip clean - pick up the pieces
Who made the rules
Who decides
when I've made up
paid up
Ten months this time
twelve before
Few others could take much more
Do it right
When I'm not even given the chance
How can I
To correct the mistakes I've already made?
It's so hard to live up to standards
When you don't even know what ...
He looks back to the days when the lyrics and chords meant everything
these days he stares at the screen so complacent and without dreams
change, but he can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
he needs goods and services for which he pays a premium
just a display for his neighbors dot-comers who earned a fortune
change, but we can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
take ...
So tired of trying to keep up with someone else`s pace
you got a new tattoo, but the same old face
complacency is the enemy and I`ve been acting old
there`s got to be more to life than doing what we`re told
you can`t bottle this - it always slips away
shut out - of a dream we had not long ago
there`s nothing to prove, nothing to show
we`ve been told all this before
so why am I still keeping sc...
Now you really should be above all this
but in fact I can't avoid your Judas kiss
and I keep turning the other cheek for you to slap me down
it hurts when the knife's in deep, but I won't make a sound
turn off the song of broken days
burn through another masquerade
and I don't see it all as a blaze of glory
fidelity is a timeless thing
I hold it dear - it's what I'm offering
it's priceless lik...
What can I say?
Why should I try?
I tried to love
what I knew I hated
I took a lie
and I made a truth
I defended
what I should have denied
I never gave a second thought
I followed blindly part of a lot
I never gave
I never gave a second thought
I followed blindly part of a lot
How can I say I'm really free?
How can I say I'm really me?
What can I say?
I wouldn't speak my mind
I didn't want to make them mad
I looked up to them
for the courage I thought I didn't have
I never bothered to lift a finger
to make my point
Now I'm spelling it out
and nobody's listening
It's hard to take it to heart
It hurts to be apart
But I can't watch and not be heard
The days go by and things get worse
but they say they can only get better
I try to make a dent
b...
Throw my books away into the fire
I'm never gonna nee
those words again
Page by stinking page
so the crucial three would understand
but I've lost all memory of them
I don't wanna lose anymore
Chained by the crucial three
to where I stand
I stand sweating
on the shaky ground below
If the chain is broken
torn loose by the days
how would I ever know
I don't see them anymore
I don't want to lose a...
I just wanna ride
so drive
I don't care where we're going to
just go
just drive
I don't care if we ever come back here
just drive
I wanna lay back and close my eyes
just let me close my eyes
Don't hold my hand
it makes me afraid
Don't hold my hand
it's too late for that
I can see your head
I can see the fire
just close your eyes
Fear is the law
duty is pain
Shame is necessary
to grind the edge...
dear Mrs. touma
I walked upstairs into the kitchen
saw a piece of birthday cake and I heard my mother crying
you're gonna tear down the walls
you're gonna scream for change
you're gonna make a difference now
they're gonna hear it again
well I don't believe it
and I can't see it
there is a will and a way I'm happy to say
but the answer's not in your basement
this time - down time
your cover's blown you're on your own this time
down time now you're on your own
look around - up and down
there are people...
I'm irresponsible
I'm irrational
It's irreversible
what are you gonna do
And if it's in my head
And if I'm just paranoid
I guess it's just jealousy
when it comes to you
But you'll never guess
it's like exercising
when I try to disguise it
I avoid your eyes
you'll never know
Inside
I can't stand it at all
when every word is a lie
but I go through it all
Lies are just exercises
And I can't help ...
I can last a lifetime
or be done with in a day
I can be picked up
I can be thrown away
Hope that I can bounce back
after each and every fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I am a rubber ball
Hope that I can bounce back
after each and every fall
but it's easier to fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I can't hit you hard enough
to make you feel you're not alone
I can't touch you soft enough
to make yo...
here on the beach
I've got the sun , I've got the surf, I've got Mexican food
here on the beach
I stay indoors all day
I don't get my feet wet , I've got nothing to do
I can't believe I was excited
I thought I'd found the perfect place for someone as lazy as me
but now I'm lonely and I wish I had a friend who I could visit sometime
or who might call on me
here on the beach
my mind goes blank a...
Ghosts
swirling all around you
now I don't know what to do
and I don't know how to feel inside
I wish I could get off this ride
everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
they're no more real than the lies you used to say
and I'm not scared for me
I'm scared for you
but your ghosts won't let me be
so maybe I'm dead too
and I tried and tri...
we're going down
looking around this place man
I've got to get out of here
all those people here are crazy gonna drive me nuts
looking at their race
I never wanted to be in
where's the door , just get me out of here
we're going down
we're going down and out yeah down and out
looking at all these cars
now they're blocking my escape
L.A. Freeway , never free no way
15 miles an hour
the Clash tap...
here's to you
here's to me
may we never disagree
'cause if we do
may old acquaintance be forgotten
here's to me
here's to me
new year , new start
minutes past before it's ripped apart
were you thinking ?
what should I think ?
about time
one moment past repeated again and again in my mind
what can I say , why should I try
to choose between the love I shouldn't feel and hate for us both
how coul...
I heard this
I heard that
What do I believe?
It's hard to give
It's hard to get
And once you've lost it
it's always gone
I know I shouldn't accept
one person's word as truth
without at least giving you
the benefit of the doubt
I get so mixed up
by the things you say
and the way you act
Too many times this has happened before
I always thought the wrong thing
I never gave you a second chance
Now...
incinerate the pictures we once had
I guess it`s over with you
obliterate
every morning since we met
and every nighttime too
explosive
is how I feel when I hear your name
in my head now
won`t you get it out
won`t you tell me
that you`re feeling sad
won`t you tell me so I feel so bad
tell me tell me
that you cried and cried
but please don`t tell me any of your other alibi`s
see your face
in my ...
We have tried and failed
We have stumbled and fallen
We have tried a new taste
and we spit it back out
We have taken a left turn
when we meant to turn right
We lost sight of our origins
but our past never lost sight of us
lost sight of us
It's not emulation - 'cause that's not this hard
Not imitation - 'cause that won't take you far
Not digression - 'cause I'm falling straight up
It is progres...
sitting here like forty ounces
waiting to be drunk
I always seem to want what I don't want
it's more than I can handle
still I want another shot
even without it , five minutes from now
I'll find I can't stand up
on the edge , I've been there
and it's just as crowded as back home
though the waves are strong
it's easy enough to swim on back to the shore
sometimes , couldn't my eyes just stay at ...
I just got hit by a ton of bricks
But I won't lie down
While I'm alive I'm gonna get my kicks
I won't lie down
I'm old and dirty from the wrong side of town
I won't lie down
Aint got no money to throw around
I won't lie down
Doctor says I'm living on borrowed time
But I won't lie down
Get so sick my baby cries
I won't lie down
My head is spinning and my legs are weak
But I won't lie down
I smo...
I'm looking for the answers to my prayers
but I just can't seem to find them anywhere
see I've been hoping for
no war , no crime , all the people on the street have a place to sleep at night
just looking for the answer to my prayer
you can't believe everything you read
maybe what I'm looking for is inside of me
and I've been hoping that
everybody's color blind white pride , black pride , no on...
when I look at the life in which I'm sinking
naturally I find myself thinking
what am I doing here ?
it's been fun , so much fun
doing things I never should have done
but I'm not fooling anyone except for maybe myself
what am I doing here ?
what am I doing here ?
tell me Matt how do you do it ?
you walk the line without ever losing it
you can rest assured
another hit won't do you any harm
uhmm...
look in the mirror
who's staring at me
reflections showing everything but the pain that's underneath
I turn around and walk away but the images stay in my mind
wish I could see things clearly
wish I could see through all this doubt
and if I had a million days
would I find what I'm looking for ?
who I'm looking for ?
if I had a million days...
sometimes I feel like a coiled spring just waiting ...
Look back on what they told you
and see what truth can't hide
the government controls you and brother that's not just a line
but don't trust them to tell you what is right
no one can tell you how to live your fucking life
question priorities
don't trust the majority
question priorities
don't trust the majority
even when you're a minority of one
now some will try to dictate and tell you what to...
Came into town ready to play
But Matt said, "Sorry - the show's not today"
Went to some punks' house and heard GBH
But we were thrown out when their mother came home
Hopped in the Mule and drove through the swamps
Ran out of gas for the 15th time
Waited around, hitched a ride
We got a jug and put a gallon inside
Then we rode away on our yellow Mule
But Reardon fcked up and we ran out of fuel
W...
my dog's a cat
but he's really fat
and I shove him under the welcome mat
doesn't know where he's going to
and he doesn't know where he's been
Sometimes it gets so cloudy
it's so hard to see
Everything gets distorted
It's all a dream
All these smiling faces
have lost their shine
I guess I'm getting older
I just don't relate
Never go back
I wish I could learn to
Never go back
There's someting wrong inside
but I will never release my pride
I wish I could learn to
Never go back
I'm looking at pictures
and I'm thinking of those times
Tho...
I won't remember your name
I can see it everywhere I go
I can't remember how you cut your hair
some things you cut no longer grow
I'll forget where you came from
I'll walk those streets everyday but
I'll remember your mouth
I can hear it now
I'll remember your mouth
I can hear it now
I'll remember your mouth - you never kept it shut
I won't remember your name
I can see it everywhere I go
I can...
There are things I'd like to say
that I've said too many times before
Things I should have done
instead of looking for a way to get out
You'll never know the sorrow I felt
or the hours I've laid awake
thinking about just what you said
How could you know how I felt?
I never took the time to figure it out
or see how the problems arose
I tried to blame the two of you
I can only blame myself
for t...
sitting here like forty ounces
waiting to be drunk
I always seem to want what I don't want
it's more than I can handle
still I want another shot
even without it , five minutes from now
I'll find I can't stand up
on the edge , I've been there
and it's just as crowded as back home
though the waves are strong
it's easy enough to swim on back to the shore
sometimes , couldn't my eyes just stay at ...
who you gonna call ? roger
Sound For Sound
sfs
it's only a song
took five minutes and it's not that long
and it means more to us than it will to them
just another stupid fast song again
sfs - sound for sound
sfs
it's more than a song
it's a sound that's inside us for so long
and it means more to me than it will to you
it's inside of me can't turn it off , no matter what I do
sfs - sound for sound
sound for sound
and it'...
One for all
nothing for one
and the more on your side the better
for them
They taught you your place
I can't even see your face
I don't understand
and I can't accept that you
fell safer blending in
with the rest
And it makes me sad
that I should have to ask
Am I safe
if I don't want to be with you?
Did your new friends
ever take the time
to tell you
what they're trying to prove?
For the first ...
All those years
wanting to be here
All those tragedies I screamed at
and laughed at
and threw in the trash
And still they stand
their lives burn so bright
they've long since defined
what's wrong and what's right
Can't be sensitive
It's been done
What's left to be said
will be spoken in tongues
Rumors fly
from simple minds
Simple minds
but no simple lies
Being here after all this time
being lau...
it's a very small world in the middle of a crowd
the room gets dark when the music gets loud
the rudies want to groove
but there's no room to move 'cause the floor is packed tight
a voice shouts loud
these are the toughest days
the time is slow and the skies are gray
well this is the hardest time
to tell yourself to take your time
and it seems like a hundred years
since I thought it would all work out
seems like a hundred years
and I'm still here
I've got nothing but time
so I'm still waiting
yeah I'm still waiting
one time my eyes were wide
I couldn't wait until I could drive
everything i...
I need some sleep today
but there's another man's shoes beneath my bed
I could relax in my favorite chair
but the seat it still warm from another man
I need to walk through this door
but somebody stood here and looked at you
he kept his eye on you
that's what friends are for
Monday morning
my head is on fire
my heart feels like a stone
it's not a mystery to me
I should have never left you here...
Always caring
always mine
still always listening
for what isn't there
it just isn't there at all
The smallest doubt can swell and grow
all hope can shrink into indifference
it makes no difference to me
I was only five
when I heard the tale
of the little train that said
"I think I can"
But what's hard to give
is hard to get
and once you've lost it
it's always gone
it's always gone
Sometimes I w...
There's a thin line
between love and hate
I'm standing in a no man's land
and I'm afraid
To try and reach
the other side
How could you give back what you took and
tried to hide?
I should have never trusted you
Left you by yourself
I watched for far too long
Now you can't get out
You made me think
you were in touch
and oh, the pain I felt when I knew
you'd moved on
I never realized
you were run...
how can I make this clear ?
it seems so simple yet
I could spend my whole life saying things that make no sense
like life is so unfair
yes and this is so unfair
but I didn't leave you behind
you're still ahead of me
if you doubt it let me remind you
I'm in love with you
at least it's clear to me
I just need to sip from the miraculous pitcher
that holds water downwards
and the next time you mak...
So sorry you think I'm not the best
I didn't know I had to pass your fucking test
you're throwing darts
but what a price I'm paying for all the stupid thing you're saying
you write in cheap shots everyday
did you think I won't hear what you say?
it's pathetic - you never got the point
I shouldn't let my nose get out of joint
this is serious, it's not a game
poured it on, and still you say we'r...
be prepared
I know what's coming next
if she's entertaining doubts I guess that you know what is best
so I should
be prepared
to make due with what is left
and if I can't prepare myself at least I know what to expect
my mind's made up about her
I couldn't live without her
so many times
so many times
I should have thanked god that I have her
and when I'm back home
safe in her arms
don't knock o...
You say it's the crossroads
the place we meet
All I'm seeing is a dead-end street
Think
of where you're going
think
of what you said
I used my heart 'till it was broken
now I'm trying to use my head
We'll bide our time
and there we'll stay
For you it's tomorrow
for me it's yesterday
you can't believe it
look at the mess you're in
and like a bottle of India ink that spilled
you can't clean it up
just leave it alone
it's time to turn it down
you've got to turn it around
your world starts spinning
like a record in a groove
and like a bottle of beer you drink too fast
just slow it down
gotta slow it down you can't put it down
it's time to turn it around
you've got to turn it ...
I've been thinking up a storm but it doesn't mean my thoughts are clearing
burning rage will keep me warm but you're too gone to hear it
burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge
yearning for a better way than to say 'to hell with this'
I'm twisted again
doubled in pain
a shell of myself is all that will remain
everyday there's something new it just goes on and on
I try to take a differ...
now that it's gone
just admit it to yourself
it was nothing special
no more special than yourself
now that it's gone
won't you admit it to yourself ?
another typical youth you mistook for someone else
looking through your rebel ...gray looks so good on you
you brought your parents down
you had to face your doubts
you doubted everyone
just like everyone
so disagreeable
of course you hated schoo...
It's hard to hold
when the world is spinning
Learned nothing from the night before
or the weeks before that
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - crossed my mind
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - you crossed my line
for the last time
Twelve onces of courage
makes the world look better
You love the attention
You never had it before
No safety...
What'd you say
when I said
we'll be here through tomorrow
in my heart and in my head
Fear of failure
Fear of reprimand
Two big problems I've never had
I never doubted what I have inside
what I have inside
Values here
in my heart
and we'll be here through tomorrow
Every day's a brand new start
Fear of failure
Fear of reprimand
Two big problems I've never had
I never doubted what I have inside
w...
This is the voice of something to believe in
a tattered flag, a change of a season
everybody hooked on negativity
won't you come along
so many people full of disillusion
it's time to re-think, make a new conclusion
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away
you get one shot - what you gonna' do?
so here's a call from a voice to you and me
let's take a break from yawning apathy
turn on, tune off, use your en...
just thinking of lies
I should have known about
just thinking of times
I could have prevented
all those mistakes
why didn't you set me straight ?
depending on you
is like walking off a fucking cliff
and I don't know if I can take it
I don't know where we went wrong
I don't know if I can take it
I don't know where we went wrong
just thinking of lies
I should have known about
just thinking of ti...
Silly boy
In over his head again
Silly boy
Doing his best again
Silly boy
Why don't you ever learn?
Silly boy
You can't help getting hurt
Behind us Lying and hiding
Behind us The lying and hiding
I'm not moved by anything
Don't wanna move for anything
'Cos it could be just anything
that starts me moving
And when I move
I won't stop for anything
stop for anything
Why build me up
just to tear me down
Why pick you up
just to throw you down
'cos it could be just anything
that starts me moving
I don't just waste my time
I waste everything inside
Detonate this illusion
wave a white flag, now I see
capitulate, I surrender
wave a white flag, when will I be free?
I never wanted to believe what you told me
I thought I knew best, I was so sure
all the doorways you held open for me I just said thanks
thought I was too pure
all the time I wasted gone
I can see it now, I can see it now
detonate this illusion
wave a white flag, now I see
capitu...
This morning
what shadow
would knock on
my window
I might see
it later
can't deal with
this flavor
It's there for
the taking
but my heart's just not in it
Just sleeping
is touching
It's better
than nothing
Let me know if you go there
Mark's having
a hard time
on orange
and sunshine
Hal's spilling
malt liquor
on his Minor
Threat sticker
I'm talking
no chances
no trouble
no acid
Let's wig out
at...
the last time I spoke to you
I was seconds away
from losing my face
but I'm much closer now, we're so much closer now
and I haven't stopped laughing since I
learned to laugh at myself
when I fall down, and I'm much farther down
we're so much closer now that
you're mine
to have and to hold until the end of time
you're mine, you're mine
Mobilize, it's to realize
energize, it's time we justify
this time around, there's no slacking
no wasted moments, or useless spaces
the nameless faces who try to put us down
they're still here, but they don't run this town
your words
launched a battle cry
we're here to prove you wrong
this is our town
this is our song
mobilize, it's time to realize
energize, I think it's time to justify
we nev...
