It's cold and cloudy out tonight my friends I know soon the rains will come again If you got the big, big money I've got the time I don't go by your watch I go by mine
Everything I do is just like clockwork Society tells me that I'm wrong Everything I do is just like clockwork You'll remember me when I'm gone
Call me a sore on the face of humanity I'm just a product of their social disease The broken mind you gave has expired date Use me like a lab rat correct your mistake
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real mckenzies = love
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i recall back in '79 i was just a wee kid livin' in a dive didn't drink, didn't dance, didn't ever smoke hash but it changed when i heard the clash and you know i needed more so i got up and out to the record store i bought all the records i could afford an' i played em all on my stereo
this is a song saluting punkrockers rise and what they did to change the times but with such a lifestyle they're burnin' on both sides now they're droppin' like flies all those old punk rock guys
i became a fan & i remain that way and to this day, i'm still blown away those bands just cut me to the bone like the damned, the pistols & the ramones now we just wanna say they made us what we are today so now every time we play we remember those of yesterday
well i became a fan & i remain that way and to this day, i'm still blown away and then theres me i'm not dead yet but never ever know i could be next
My ears are filled with a deafening roar A howling wind and the temperature soars The houses crack the city falls A deadly dust brings death to all
IN THE SHELTERS DOWN BELOW THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW IN THE SHELTERS DOWN BELOW THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW
Adults and children wander through the streets They scream with pain with blistered feet You're all going to die a horrible death A living death that will eat your flesh As your eyes melt they drink champagne While your body burns they feel no pain You're all going to die for a government cause But why should we die for the chosen few
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the adicts = love
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Johnny joined the army The cause he didn't know He served three years In the Middle East You know it doesn't show
Johnny was a soldier He can't dance anymore
When he came out He tried to form a band But he's only got one leg And he can hardly stand
Now he drinks alone He gets sentimental He watches girls dance And he's thrown away his medals