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Fuck the Fun Burglars
02:28
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and i don't know why the cops around here
they seem so pissed to me
but i know i'd like this town better if they'd just let me be
and everyone round here feels the same far as i can see
and that's why we say fuck the police
for all the poor folks they've harassed all throughout history
and every innocent shot down from Diallo to Malik
and i remember back in high school when they beat down Rodney King
and that's why we say fuck the police
and at all the major protests they're there to keep the peace
but all they do is protect the wealth of greedy companies
and i guess these days peace means gassing kids down in the streets
and that's why we say fuck the police
for every innocent shot down for every stolen life
for every kid busted for weed in a holding cell tonight
for Jeffrey Luers and Peltier and all those still inside
yeah we'll break em outta prison once we break these chains outside
and if history means anything it's know your enemy
and the odds are stacked against us but they'll never stop our dreams
and one day when there's no pigs left we'll dance to victory
but until that day fuck the police
and i hope no one calls the police
cause after all the shit they pull i guess it's up to me and youand that's why we say fuck the police
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Storm the Gates
03:59
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the bossman says you lost your job back on welfare lazy slob
the leaders tell us we're at war won't tell you what we're fighting for
but the landlord wants his money now and now you're in a cardboard house
the policeman says you can't do that
but the preacher says it'll be alright if you make it to the afterlife
but the lawyers say it'll take awhile
sit in your cell until your trial
but the man on the street says fuck all that we won't starve while they get fat
the policeman beats him down
the cops and the judges the banks and the schools
the bosses make you a wage slave to their rules
but the kid on the street with a brick in his hand
he won't be a part of their plan
gonna have a show tonight a benefit for something right
another injustice we must fight but we're not going home tonight
gonna take it to the police station not just another demonstration
a line of riot cops awaits
the cops and politicians on one side
their corrupt power is on the line
their mace and sticks can't stop us all and this ain't just one more standoff
a thousand punks have heard the call
so fuck the pigs and fuck the law
and now it's time to storm the gates
and we'll go from the shopping malls straight up to their palace walls
they never listened to our calls they're gonna listen now
and when the last gunshots are heard
every congressman and senator
we'll march them right out of town
as the white house comes tumbling down
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Until Next Time
02:30
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do you remember the time that we were drinkin wine
and i talked to people that weren't there
yeah you just cracked up you called me a wingnut
and we carried on into nowhere
if the party it stops hope you never give up
and i know someday things will be fine
and though the choices we make may take us separate ways
they'll bring us back again in time
and someday we'll meet at that campfire pit
our lives entwined once more
and we can all sit and just reminisce
on those stories i adore
i remember the jokes all that shit up my nose
and those days and nights wasted
and i remember the marches taking over the parks
the freedom we tasted
and after all of the laughs and all the good times past
and those friends whose spirits never yield
like when for adventure you dumpstered fireworks
and we lit em off in the field
and if i look hard enough i can still see
we hold the keys to the world of our dreams
we do what we dare without fear or police
and we'll write all new stories as we write our history
- and i'm gonna sit and i'll reminisce on those stories i adore
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i'm sick and tired of locking the doors
it seems like i can't get any sleep anymore
the world outside is in hellish demise
i just wanna live my own life
everyone's moving on one day to the next
and the power's that be they ain't giving up yet
and every day it gets harder to try
i still gotta live my own life
cause when the rules of the game they don't seem to change
pushing me further and further away
and i wonder why i even bother sometimes
but then every day's another chance
to break free for one more moment
and nothing should ever stop me from living my life
with a smile on my face and my fist held high
your parents they say when to walk when to run
the churches they tell you that life is no fun
the teachers they told you how to stay in line
but never that it's your own life
yeah you still gotta live your own life
falling fast and losing hope
finding any way we can to cope
but nothing seems to fill this hole
another year another nation in flames
another fucking losing game
in our hearts there's nowhere left to go
and even music can't save your soul
but i still want my rock n roll
cause i know at least it saved me
from wasting away in misery
lifeless toil and drudgery
and i know that's gotta mean something
so clap your hands if you don't give a shit
about what they do or don't permit
if you're sick tired of coloring inside the lines
ambition power and progress
well fuck their notions of success
we've all got our own dreams and battles to fight
but fighting the world can mean a fight with ourselves
when we become just what they sell
when we're preconditioned to give in so easily
all they want is money and property
well all we want is free ice cream
free healthcare free music
freedom to just be
cause like a caged beast our death won't be physical
it's a lock on our hearts and the loss of the wild
and i'm not saying i'll ever get it right
but i hope the day don't come when i stop trying
while there's still time
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another night of too much fun waking up to the pounding sun
the price you pay it's too much to take again
empty baggies at the catch out spot
your friend got on but he fell off
just another unknown takes the westbound
you hate everything they've got to give
except maybe some loose change or a cigarette
you make no excuses for you or your friends
if trouble comes you welcome it
you can't avoid when tickets turn warrants
a couple days away then you're back again
it's the same everywhere you go
thieves and liars with hearts of stone
violent junkies in a fucked up world gone cold
make that money hit that sidewalk slam
pass it round and then do it again
repeat the cycle and take it back to camp
you can't tell one stranger from the next
it's just you your dog your GG vest
burning bridges and losing out
on what could have been
and it's the same in every town
you know that there's more but you don't want out
and what's the difference you don't want anything else
so what you've got the world to take
fuck it you'll fight until you break
no hope repeat the same mistakes
and you know you get what you put in
but what do you want if you don't want this
just one more chance before it hits
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7. |
Don't Give Up
03:05
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another day working just to survive
the relentless tedium of the 9 to 5
the job that you have it just pays the bills
mindlessly pacing through another day's drills
laying in bed dreaming of better times
of days filled with passion and long wild nights
of friends at the campfire and songs filled with life
and one to another passing the wine
so forget all that talk about living your life
you got bills to pay or they'll shut off the lights
they'll repo your car after they take your last dime
they'll steal your dignity like they've stolen your time
they'll treat you as though being poor is a crime
and asking for help will only get you a fine
so fuck all your dreams and fuck your whole life
and fuck all tomorrow you've got work at 9
and the millions spent from our taxes on another bloody war
and the thousands died for a nation's pride is that what it's all for
and everything you've ever done and everything you know
well it's all come right down to this but now you're not alone
pour water inside the tear gas in your eyes
then back to the front lines to keep up the fight
the struggle continues they have not yet won
from Seattle Quebec to the innaguaration
it never mattered who won the election
cause we have lost all faith in the system
the two corporate parties don't speak for us now
bring them down
the parties are over so what do you do
look hard deep inside cause the answer's in you
grab a guitar a drum grab a pen grab a gun
just rem,ember the choice is yours and don't give up
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8. |
I Love Drinking Alone
03:39
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i love drinking alone
i love drinking alone
put that bottle in my hand
i need a beer ya don't understand
cause i love drinking alone
i'm home from work just before 9
straight to the fridge i don't waste no time
my baby she's already asleep
but right now that's not what concerns me
cause i've got my guitar and i'm home
and i love drinking alone
i'm falling asleep at the wheel again
and i waste my time singing about it
and i'll wreck my brain with no progress
and tomorrow morning i'll regret it
but right now i'm just working on a song
and i love drinking alone
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mark leonard Norwich, Connecticut
guitar in Suiciety, bass in Fucked Off and sang for American't. beein playin solo acoustic since 2005ish
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