Stiff Little Fingers

Letras de Canciones:

• 78 RPM:

69 it was fine you say
but by 79 it's gonna be mine I say
71 rang the knell
72 we went through hell
73 & 74 only gave us more
bloody bloody bloody bore
But now its here
our new year
it's gonna be
78 revolutions a minute
78 revolutions a minute now
75 the same old jive
christ will you tell me why we're still alive
76 no kick you bet
but no way we ain't dead yet
but now its here gonna be
78 revolutions a minute
78 revolutions a minute now
It got better in 77
you say god know it weren't heaven
stuff it we know it weren't no revel
weren't no revel revel revel revolution
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
make up you mind drive you blind gonna be
78 revolutions a minute
78 revolutions a minute now
I said now, I mean now, not tomorrow, do it now

• A RIVER FLOWING:

Judgement man
On the bench again
Telling me what I've done wrong
Judgement man
Throws away the key
Says he's putting me where I belong
Government man
On my TV screen
Telling me what's right for me
But the government man
On the TV screen
Doesn't see things that I can see
He's calling :
Trust me need me
Put your faith in my lies
Believe me
Trust me need me
We're moving on
Cos we're past believing
Chorus:
We are a river flowing
And you can't turn the river round
We are a river flowing
Why don't you jump in the river and drown
Police man
On the beat again
Beating all that he can find
Criminal man
On the street again
Steal instead of serving time
Preacher man
On the satellite
Says he gonna save my heart
All it takes is a telephone call
And a current credit card
He's crying:
Hold me feel me
Put your hands on my head and heal me
Hold me fleece me
We're moving on
Cos we're past believing
For too long now
You've denied the truth
Now you have to face your fear
Cos for too long now
You've had all the power
But you can't last another year
C'mon:
Face me see me
Realise that I'm what you made me
Hear me join me
Or stand aside as the tide come sweeping

• ALL I NEED:

When you're facing up to trouble
And your mind has drawn a blank
You've no money in your pocket
Even less stashed in the bank
When your friends seem to desert you
And your family's offside
Want to leave this mess behind you
Want to run away and hide
Chorus:
Then I want it
Got to have it
Hope is all I need
If you feel you're left in darkness
If you feel you're on your own
And the smallest of you problems
Seems to turn up fully grown
Don't give up on your tomorrow
Cos you know you'll reach the dawn
Just spit in the eye of trouble
'Til your suffering has gone

• ALL THE REST:

He's drinkin' supermarket cider
In a doorway in the town
And he's shouting 'bout the government
And how they let him down
He's got a sister lives in Brixton
Always tried to do her best
Yet she winds up broke and shafted
Just the same as all the rest
He's got a torn and greasy greatcoat
And a New York Yankees vest
And some strongly held opinions
That he must get off his chest
Yet his friends don't think about him
They all gave him up for dead
And they all got real embarrassed
About the problems with his head
Chorus:
Shout it out! (Shout it out with me)
Shout it out! (It's a mystery)
Shout it out! ('cause what I can't see)
Why he's invisible to them
Yet so obvious to me
He make his home in cardboard boxes
And the pigeons are his friends
And you cross over to avoid him
Never try to make amends
For the way that he's been treated
And we all must share the blame
And we never look him in the eye
And never ask his name
I thought we were past this stage
Never in this day and age
These things are still going on
Tell me where did we go wrong
I thought we had changed for good
Maybe I misunderstood
Does our new and caring nation
Only care for politicians
Those that have will all do well
All the rest can go to hell

• ALTERNATIVE ULSTER:

Nothin' for us in Belfast
The Pound's so old it's a pity
OK, there's the Trident in Bangor
Then walk back to the city
We ain't got nothin' but they don't really care
They don't even know you know
Just want our money
And we can take it or leave it
What we need is
(Chorus:)
An Alternative Ulster
Grab it and change it it's yours
Get an Alternative Ulster
Ignore the bores and their laws
Get an Alternative Ulster
Be an anti-security force
Alter your native Ulster
Alter your native land
Take a look where you're livin'
You got the Army on your street
And the RUC dog of repression
Is barking at your feet
Is this the kind of place you wanna live?
Is this where you wanna be?
Is this the only life we're gonna have?
What we need is
(Chorus)
They say they've got control of you
But that's not true you know
They say they're a part of you
And that's a lie you know
They say you will never be
Free free free
Get an Alternative Ulster,
Alternative Ulster, Alternative Ul

• BABY BLUE:

Always seems to be same round here
Town full of losers all crying in their beer
Nobody's willing to take any chance
Drown your brain in the rave machine dance, boy dance
You got one last shot here to change your world
Yeah, one last push just might make it work
But you sit on your arse watch your life drift by
Lookin' at you, tell me, should I laugh or cry
Why can't you realize it's all gone wrong
Why can't you see who's laughing now
(Chorus):
Baby Blue Baby Blue
What have they been telling you?
Baby Blue Baby Blue
What have they been telling you?
Ever day you toe the same tired line
Slave to your past you just serve your time
Stand and watch as it falls apart
They've taken your mind, your will and your heart
You got one last shot here to change your world
Yeah, just get out and make it work
But you're much too scared to take the risk
In case they put your name on their endangered list
Why can't you see that it has all been lies?
Why can't you hear them laughing now?
(Chorus x 2)
I'm not the sort of man
To just leave well alone
I feel we're all owed
So much more
Now they're telling us the world's gone wrong
In fact it's been like that all along
Not just the ozone but the black coal seam
We're left with the sour milk cos there's no more cream
This is our last shot to change the world
Yeah, our last effort to make it work
But they are much too scared to commit their wealth
It's time to force some International Health
When will they realise that now's too late?
I guess they never will somehow
It's not all over now Baby Blue
It's not all o

• BACK TO FRONT:

On cheap returns to summer places
Awayday herd, all out in the heat
Kicking black looks in sunshine faces
A race to vote with their feet
Back to front
Flock off to find someone to play with
He's not like us he must be done
Buckets and spades to make your day with
It hurts so good it must be fun
(Chorus:)
And it's "Made in London town
Fists are up to knuckle down
Because we are the boys who've got the noise and clout"
And it's argue upside down
Black and white and wrong way round
Infight, outright, uptight, downright, inside out
Back to front
Fight on the beaches and back home streets
Welcoming in with outclenched hands
Standing on others with your own feet
You've got to prove that you're a man
(Chorus)
I glance over my shoulder
As they head for the past
But I've still got my eyes up ahead
I'm not going back to front
Back to front
Back to front
Back to front, upside down, inside out, wrong way round
Back to front, upside down, inside out, wrong way round
Back to front

• BE SEEING YOU:

Scams and lies and alibis
Are all your stock in trade
Spin me round, I'm upside down
And I don't know the date
I feel outsmarted deceived and deluded
Completely inverted and unaware
Of all the changes and most of the dangers
Yet I've reached the stage where I just don't care
Chorus:
I tried to believe in you
I was only deceived in you
So now I'll be leaving you
I guess I'll be seeing you
Subterfuge divide and rule
Are all your favorite games
Plans and ploys are basic toys
To realise your aims
I tried to hold on just try to hang on
Try to pretend we could get somewhere
But you're so intent on some pointless diversion
We soon reached the point where I just don't care
(Chorus)
Well, if it ain't one thing
Then it's another
First you cut me cold
Then you're my long lost brother
But I know I can't go on much longer
With the way things are
'Cos I'm that much stronger!

• BE TRUE TO YOURSELF:

You gotta show me gotta make see
You gotta give me one good reason
And just because they don't agree
It doesn't make them guilty of treason
You say we've got to fight fire with fire
We can never let them win
We got to build ourselves a funeral pyre
It's just the world that we're living in
You know everything changes
There can be no turning back
We're pointing guns in the faces of strangers
I hear the shout attack attack attack
It's a fine, fine deviding line
Between the truth and the lies sometimes
I don't know what you hope to find
I only know you got to be true to yourself
And no you're out there on the fields of glory
Fighting for my freedom
I know it sounds like the same old story
But you've got to stand up for what you believe in
You know everything changes
There can be no turning back
We're pointing guns in the faces of strangers
I hear the shout attack attack attack
It's a fine, fine deviding line
Between the truth and the lies sometimes
I don't know what you hope to find
I only know you got to be true to yourself
Sometimes it's hard what's right and what's wrong
Sometimes I feel like I don't even belong

• BEIRUT MOON:

"We'd like to help you." the consul said
"But there's nothing we can do
Well, you knew the risks when you took the job
After all you're not a fool
So, don't call me, don't call me
I just can't bend the rules
Keep your chin up, I know it's tough
Somehow you'll get through."
It seems the Americans bargain and rescue
But if you get caught you're left to rot
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon
(Chorus:)
Under a Beirut Moon
Sorry son, there's nothing we can do
Under a Beirut Moon
Different rules, we haven't got a clue
"We can't be seen to be giving in
To these terrorists you see
If we talk with them it would mean the end
Of all that we hold dear
So don't call me, don't call me
I'm doing all I can
Although it seems from where you sit
I don't give a damn."
Back home they'll remember you in papers, on TV
Because when you're caught you're left to rot
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon
(Chorus)
And though you dream of being free
There's not much hope that I can see
Under a Beirut, under a Beirut Moon
Now just today on the news I saw
A hostage walking free
He talked of how it came about
He gained his liberty
He said, don't give up, don't give up
Argue, beg and plead
Keep the pressure up, don't let it drop
Somehow you'll get free
He said the Americans would bargain and rescue
But when Brits get caught they're left to rot
Under a Beirut, under the Beirut Moon

• BELIEVE IN YOU:

Don't think of tomorrow
Do it today
Let's live our lives in yesterday
The lies you're spreading
Were dangerous then
I can't watch you spread them all again
You tell me we're more equal
Than other men I know
But your advice just can't be right
And can't be left to grow
It's hard to reason
It's hard to see
Why you never learn from history
You came downtrodden
And you learned to walk
Now you want to march before you talk
You're looking for a scapegoat
A victim or a fool
And though you're free now that don't mean
You've freedom to be cruel
(Chorus)
Don't give me opinions
When you can't understand truth
I can't listen to a word you say
You haven't any proof
I believe in standing up
For what I think is true
But you hand me all this hatred
And I just can't believe in you
You're being twisted
You're being used
And you'll never see my point of view
You're kicking back now
But can't you see
That what you're kicking ain't your enemy
You're taking easy answers
Believing age-old lies
Though once oppressed you're like the rest
And just as much despised
Tell me all your problems
How you never got a break
And now you're free you're telling me
That what you see you'll take
It's all so stupid
It's all so sad
That you've had to have that life you've had
That system's gone now
Everything has changed
And there's no-one left to take the blame
You've got to start re-building
Re-wrinting you're own rules
Get it right don't end up like
Those bullet-headed fools

• BITS OF KIDS:

It was nothing like that in my day, not here in my town
We didn't get things all our way till we were full-grown
Now they go into pubs, and you're gonna get mugged in my town
So you read about it every day, in the headlines
How they take and take and drive away, sex and late nights
And it's gotta be wrong, because they're so young
They're only bits of kids, they're only bits of kids
It's always bits of kids today
She makes the breakfast, one of eight, all in one room
Each uncle's call keeps them up late, yes, in this town
And he won't go home. 'cos he'll just be alone till night time
They're bits of kids, they're only bits of kids
It's always bits of kids today
Broken cities, 'n' broken homes, bits of kids who don't grow whole
Broken cities, 'n' broken hearts, bits of people who fall apart
In my town
And it seems there's nothing anyway, not here in this town
Everything is only yesterday, and on the way down
And we're gonna be wrong, so we gotta be strong
In our own time
We're bits of kids, we're only bits of kids
It's always bits of kids today
Bits of kids, we're always, here in my town

• BULLETPROOF:

A lot of people come to me
And talk at my face
Try to tell me all that's wrong in my life
They give me all of their opinions
And their strongly held convictions
And all of them sure that they're right
I'll give the truth, the whole truth
And nothing like the truth
'Cos confession id good for the soul
But bad for the neck
Bad for the neck
Everyone believes they've something to reveal
And they're offering me their advice
This can only help me get my life in line
They never stop to ask themselves why
I need some help, some guidance
Some backing and belief
But really all I need is a rest
And if you really want to help me
Just stay out of my way
I need some time to reflect
Just leave me alone
Chorus:
I'm not bulletproof
I'm not bulletproof
I'm not...
Now I don't take too kindly to your helpful hints
No matter how heartfelt they're meant
'Cos it usually means I've got some business of my own
That you want to get your nose in
Now that's a fact, you react
Anyway you like
And it don't make no difference to me
'Cos I've met your kind in every walk of life
And I want you to let me be
Let me be
(Chorus)
B.u double l e.t.p.r. double o f
I'm not
B.u double l e.t.p.r. double o f
So for all you instructors, you advisors
And tormentors I'd like to give a little bit back
See the only way I'll learn is to make my own mistakes
And that's an undeniable fact
I've got to fall and tumble
Bomb and then collapse
If ever I'm going to get it right
And you must stand and watch me
And never interfere
You got to let me live my own life

• CANT BELIEVE IN YOU:

Don't think of tomorrow, do it today
Let's live our lives in yesterday
The lies you're spreading were dangerous then
I can't watch you spread them all again
You tell me we're more equal then other men I know
But your advice just can't be right and can't be left to grow
It's hard to reason, it's hard to see
Why you never learn from history
You came downtrodden and you learned to walk
And now you want to march before you talk
You're looking for a scapegoat a victim or a fool
And though you're free now that don't mean
You've freedom to be cruel
(Chorus:)
Don't give me opinions when you can't understand truth
I can't listen to a word you say, you haven't any proof
I believe in standing up for what I think is true
But you hand me all this hatred and I just can't believe in you
You're being twisted, you're being used
And you'll never see my point of view
You're kicking back now but can't you see
That what you're kicking ain't your enemy
You're taking easy answers, believing age old lies
Though once oppressed you're like the rest
And just as much despised
(Chorus)
Tell me all your problems, how you never got a break
And now you're free, you're telling me
That what you see you'll take
It's all so stupid, it's all so sad
That you've had to have the life you've had
That system's gone now, everything has changed
And there's no-one left to take the blame
You've got to start rebuilding, rewriting your own rules
Get it right don't end up like those bullet headed fools

• CLOSED GROOVE:

Punctuality's a waste of time
Now nostalgia is past its prime
History's a thing of the past
Being first just cannot last
(Chorus:)
Beep beep I'm an answering machine
I mean to say I say what I mean
Beep beep I've got very strong views
Plug in any loop tape you choose
My one single fault is modesty
I'm changing my views consistently
Amnesia's a thing I try to forget
Who can't kick gambling? Want to bet?
(Chorus)
The case for racism is black and white
If you want world peace you've got to fight
Must do what you're told to be free
Think what you like if you agree with me
(Chorus)
Speak whenever you hear this tone (X6)
Scream whenever you hear this tone (X12)

• COLD:

Sometimes it's fine
Sometimes I know just what it's all worth
Sometimes it's fine
Sometimes it feels like heaven on earth
Then other times you scream at me
The hate freezes your soul
And it's cold
It feels so cold
It's so cold
It's cold
Sometimes we smile
Sometimes we sit there and laugh out loud
Sometimes we smile
Sometimes I'd try to seek you out in a croud
Then other times I'd run a mile
Than see your face again
And it's cold
It feels so cold
It's so cold
It's cold
Sometimes we talk
sometimes we reason everything out
Sometimes we talk
Sometimes I wonder what we argue about
Then other times I see the hate
The stubbornness that's your role
And it's cold
It feels so cols
It's so cold
It's cold
But I won't cry
No, I won't cry
I won't cry
I won't cry, anymore
Sometimes we fight
Sometimes we stand toe to toe and shout
Sometimes we fight
Sometimes I want to get up and get out
The other times you smile at me
And arguments seem so old
It's not cold
It's not so cold
No it's not cold
Not cold

• DEAD MAN WALKING:

When I went out last night
I saw a dead man walking
And he smiled at me
As he went on his way
And then he sang a song
full of loss and longing
Thats could break your day or make your day
Why did this man seem so alone
When he was standing
In a crowd of laughing people laughing?
When I went out last night
I saw a dead man walking
And he smiled at me
As he went on his way

• DEAD OF NIGHT:

Walk the streets at midnight
As the rain pours down and freezes on the ground
Lean against a street light
Try to work out where it all went wrong
I can see you in my mind's eye
I have no choice
I can hear you in the wild wind
I hear your voice
Your voice
Can't believe it's over
I can't believe that I walked out the door
A misplaced sense of honour
Led me to believe I knew the score
I can see you in reflections
You're there all the time
And if only you would let me
I'd change my mind
Chorus:
In the dead of night
(I would be there for you)
I'd be on your side
(My help would see you through)
Trust in me don't cry
(There now you'll be all right)
In the dead of night
It happened all so quickly
One day we were there and now we are gone
I wish that you'd forgive me
Now I know that I'm the one who's wrong
Can't believe I'm so stupid
I would not see
That you never gave up trying
Or loving me
(Chorus)
And I couldn't blame you now
If you didn't want me back
No I couldn't blame you now
Walk the streets at midnight
As the rain pours down and mixes with my tears
And I know I've no right
To try to see you after all these years
But you're always with me
I have no choice
And I know I'll remember
And I'll hear your voice

• DIE AND BURN:

You're holding on to something I don't believe is real
You're living in the past and you refuse to reappraise
Your ridiculous commitment to an outmoded ideal
Are you honestly that stupid or will these wounds never heal
(Chorus:)
You can keep your flags and emblems I don't need them anymore
So just take your age-old hatred and then walk out of the door
I hope that you die and burn tonight
I hope that you die and burn tonight
You think of all your neighbors as just scum upon the earth
And you live inside a bubble where a badge is all you're worth
All your dreams are built on loathing
All your hopes are built on hate
I can't see any way out of this hell that you create
(Chorus)
I wish you could see yourself as others all see you
Then maybe you'd realise that you seem such a fool

• DOESNT MAKE IT ALRIGHT:

Just because you're nobody
It doesn't mean that you're no good
Just because there's a reason
It doesn't mean it's understood
(Chorus:)
It doesn't make it alright
It doesn't make it alright
It's the worst excuse in the world
And it doesn't make it alright
Some people think they're really clever
To smash your head against a wall
Then they say 'You got it my way'
They really think they know it all
Chorus
Just because you're a black boy
Just because you're a white
Doesn't mean you've got to hate him
Doesn't mean you've got to fight
Chorus
It doesn't make it all
It doesn't make it all
It doesn't make it all right

• DUST IN MY EYE:

I need no help, no aid
I don't need your assistance
I stand alone my friend
And you can walk on by
Don't think I'm lonely
Cos I'm drinking here alone
Sometimes it's easier
To spend time on my own
Chorus:
You didn't mean to make me sad
You didn't aim to make me cry
I wouldn't really feel so bad
It's just dust in my eye
You were my yesterdays
I'm looking for tomorrows
You keep the fun you had
And I will keep the sorrows
I know it's over
And I'm happy that you're gone
At least I realise
That I'm the lucky one
Chorus:
You didn't mean to make me sad
You didn't aim to make me cry
I wouldn't really feel so bad
It's just dust in my eye

• EACH DOLLAR A BULLET:

Oh it must be so romantic
When the fighting's over there
And they're passing round the shamrock
And you're all filled up with tears
"For the love of dear old Ireland"
That you've never even seen
You throw in twenty dollars
And sing "Wearing of the Green
Each dollar a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Americans kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
Now you've never stood on Belfast's streets
And heard the bombs explode
Or hid beneath the blankets
When there's riots down the road
No you've never had your best friend die
Or lost a favorite son
But you'll stand there and tell us
Just what we're doing wrong
Each false word a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Englishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
From the minute that you're born you're told
To hate the other side
"They're not like us, they're not the same
We know because we're right"
But can't you see we're all the same
There is no right and wrong
Why can't we stop and realize
Just what we're doing wrong
We've hated too much too long
Each old lie a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And Irishmen kill Irishmen
As surely
As if they fired the gun
How can you convince yourself
That what you do is right?
When people are dying there
Night after night
Don't you ever wonder
Why it still goes on?
The hopes and fears and all the tears
Are buried in your ground
Buried in your ground
Each rumour a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And careless talk kills Irishmen
As surely
As if words fired the gun
Well it's lasted for so long now
And so many have died
It's such a part of my own life
Yet it leaves me mystified
How a people so intelligent
Friendly, kind and brave
Can throw themselves so willingly
Into an open grave
Each new day a bullet
Each victim someone's son
And ignorance kills Irishmen
As surely
As if we fired the gun!

• EMPTY SKY:

I talk to God sometimes, but nobody's listening
I talk to God sometimes, but nobody's there
What's done is done, no salvation for me
I talk to God sometime but nobody's there you see it's an
Empty sky, empty sky with dying stars & satellites
In the end i know there's nothin' else
In the end I know I'm talking to myself
What's done is done I will not be deceived
What's done is done & I know all that I can see is an
Empty sky, empty sky with dying stars & satellites
I talk to God sometimes but God knows why
I talk to God sometimes but i get no reply
I will not die it's the world that will end & once I'm gone I
will not be back again
Empty sky, empty sky with dying stars & satellites

• FALLING DOWN:

Someone's falling down tonight
While facing front you stand and scream for more
The room jumps hot and chucked aside
The empty cans teeter across the floor
But at the edge the girl who shows in every crowd
And never seems to have enough
Is tossed by waves of sound and up on music loud
When all at once it gets too much
Someone's falling down, someone's falling down
Because she can't stand no more
Someone's falling down
She says her mother kicked her out
She's got no name and no home to telephone
She's hitching rides and sleeping out
But she's OK with nowhere else to go
So what else can you do but simply pick her up
And watch her simply walk away
Does no-one care enough you know it's not enough
To put her on her feet again
Someone's falling down, someone's falling down
Is it me or you or who?
Someone's falling down

• FORENSIC EVIDENCE:

You got the lawyers and establishment
You got the proof
You got public opinion
And it's all the truth
You got first rate witnesses
Straight from the scene
So the only person guilty
In this court is me
You've got forensic evidence
That never lies
You got someone who says
I'm guilty by my eyes
You got lie detectors
That you never use
But I'm the only person here
Who knows the truth
But you never hear my voice
Never listen when I talk
Made your mind up in advance
And I'm going to take that walk
Chorus:
You based your case on circumstance
That's all it was and ever will be
And I never stood a chance
The old boy network's stronger than me
My friends and relations
Never gave up hope
That one day you'd listen
And admit you're wrong
But the old school system
Turns another blind eye
And I'm so unimportant
That I might as well die
And you never hear my voice
Never listen when I shout
You put me in here long ago
And I'm never getting out
(Chorus x 2)
Now the truth has been unearthed
And opinion moves my way
You can't hold me in this prison cell
Not even for another day
And you have to hear my voice
Have to listen when I scream
And yet I wonder how you sleep
But if you do I hope you dream

• GET A LIFE:

Well you snap to attention
And pay heed to what they say
Cos you know
That you please them all that way
And you don't need to think now
Cos your mind has gone astray
And they'll do your thinking anyway
And your head is full of ideas
That don't mean a thing
With your new sense of duty
And your brain washed shiny clean
It's time
To take your part in the parade
Yet you sound like your father
And I don't want to be mean
But did
You never want to break away?
And your head is full of answers
With no questioning
And your life is very simple
You won't let the outside in
(Chorus):
Won't you tell me
Why won't you get a life?
Are you scared of what feels right?
Won't you help me
Reach the meaning of you
Well it's hard for me
To understand how this can be
You're the same age as me
Yet you're older by years
Repeat vs 1
So I won't try to change you
You can carry on that way
But I hope
You come back to life one day

• GO FOR IT:

You got to pass the bowl and make the food go round
cos that's the only way to trample crime to the ground
equal rights and justice for one and all cos only through liberty
freedom shall form
don't fight against no colour class nor creed for on discrimination
does violence breed we are all in a one and one in all
so throw away the guns and the war's all gone
throw away the hunger and the war's all gone
throw away the fighting and the war's all gone
throw away the guns and the war's all gone
throw away the hunger and the war's all gone
throw away the fighting and the war's all gone
throw away the grudges and the war's all gone

• GOOD FOR NOTHING:

You're good for nothing
so watch your p's and q's
best keep your nose clean
and play it by our rules
mind your way and don't make waves
and you'll get used to knowing you're no use
you're good for nothing
you only waste your time
be a good neighbour
and get back there in line
throw no stones and break no bones
and watch while we pass by on the other side
good for nothing
you're good for nothing
and so you're gonna get
nothing for good
you're good for nothing
no matter what you do
you'll never make it
to get what you want to
just give your best and then take less
there's always someone to get the better of you
suffer in silence now or else
go work for others not yourself
don't make no noise
don't make no fuss
cause then you're the others you're working for
are us
how long?
how long?
how long will you wait for?
how long will you wait for good?

• GOTTA GETTAWAY:

Gotta gotta gettaway, gotta gotta gettaway
You know there ain't no street like home
To make you feel so all alone
Plenty of folk to tell you what to do
But they don't speak the same language as you
(Chorus:)
They wanna have me here
Have me and hold me near
Hold me down fasten and tie
But the cars are all flashing me
Bright lights are passing me
I feel life passing me by
The fuss is buzzing in my head
My father argued and my mother begged
It's not their words ain't tugging at me
But gotta stretch them break them get myself free
(Chorus)
Gotta gotta gettaway, gotta gotta gettaway
I'm leaving home

• GUITAR AND DRUM:

Well you get you entertainment
Through a corporate plan
Via 5 young athletes in a dancing band
Who are trained to act moronically
And smile on demand
Cos it makes more money for the company man
Well it might make all the young girls hearts beat faster
But it don't amuse this cynical old bas'tard
I believe
I believe in the power of guitar & drum
I believe in the hope held in a song
I believe that the music makes you strong
I believe in the power of guitar & drum
Well theirs are songs about heartbreak
Theirs are songs about love
Theirs are songs about sex sung by an eight year old
And there's no-one making statements
Cos rebellion don't pay
And they'd rather that you bought this
Cos it's safter that way
Well, I can't believe that everyone is happy
With the newest teen sensation carbon copy
I believe
I believe in the power of guitar & drum
I believe in the hope held in a song
I believe that the music makes you strong
I believe in the power of guitar & drum
You gotta eat McFood
Play with Barbie
Drink Coca Cola
Don't do anything that marks you as solo
Only use your brain for playing Nintendo
Consume everything with corporate logos
Go on ahead and make all the fat cats fatter
And for God's sake don't say anything that matters
I believe
I believe in the power of guitar & drum
I believe in the hope held in a song
I believe that the music makes you strong
I believe in the power of guitar & drum

• HALF A LIFE AWAY:

Gill and Galloway were working late
On a summers night in '58
In a small town Alabama hideaway
In the U.S.A.
The two cops were knocking on the door
Of a young black boy
It was a quarter to four
They said:
"Hey nigger! Hit the floor.
You're about to be history."
Pop Bickham was the young black man
He couldn't work it out, he didn't understand
But when they come with their guns you do what you can
So he picked up his rifle and he shot them down
They said he killed them in cold blood
And the jury they agreed
They said: "you'll be sorry for what you've done"
And the whole town they agreed
Chorus:
They picked you up and they sent you down
A poor black boy in a rich white town
And for 38 years you never made a sound
That was half a life away
You see one of the cops had something to hide
He'd raped Pop's sister more than once or twice
And Pop wasn't going to let it go this time
So the cops had to take him out
But the courtroom didn't hear all of the story
They held back facts from the all white jury
No doubt what the verdict would be
Take him down, he's guilty
(Chorus)
All these years in a prison cell
Never once complaining
Half your life gone to hell
All because of hatred and bigotry
You're a better man than me

• HARP:

Don't pity this poor immigrant
My eyes were open when I caught the boat
All I wanted was your shelter
And maybe just a little hope
But you turned your anger on me
For the courage that you lack
I don't want your half assed freedom
You can have the whole deal back
So now I'll tell you something
Let's get this straight from the start
Don't call me Harp
Don't call me Harp
You said:

• KICKING UP A RACKET:

I sit and I don't make a sound
While I watch the speakers pound
And mum shouts up to turn it down
Cos I'm waking up half the town
But I don't hear a word that's said
While the needles hit the red, I'm just
Kicking up a racket
Kicking up a racket
I don't smoke and I don't drink
But like to see the max lights blink
They say that they can't sleep a wink
But I don't want to hear me think
Life's no fun and life is dull
Unless you turn the knobs up full, I like
Kicking up a racket
Kicking up a racket
I know a shop that sells
All you need for decibels
As long as what they got ain't quiet
Spend every penny in trying to buy it
I like electric toys
I like making noise, I love
Kicking up a racket
Kicking up a racket
Don't care what mom don't allow
Gonna play it my way anyhow
Bashy tunes speak volumes
Gimme a row, gimme a row, gimme a row
Louder louder louder louder
Kicking up a racket
Kicking up a racket
Here I stand and in my hand
This guitar is really the man
As long as I can go Blam blam
Don't care if you can't hear the band
Don't care what who else does
Turn it up and feel the buzz, hear me
Kicking up a racket
Kicking up a racket
Attack attack attack it
It's a racket racket racket
Kicking up a racket

• LISTEN:

It seems so easy in the light of day
And when we`re there it always feels OK
But then again
I`m so alone when I am by myself
And can I ever count on someone else?
And then you say
Chorus
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Why don`t you listen to your heart
Listen to your heart
This kind of thing keeps me awake at night
It gets so I can`t sleep without the light
And then again
I wonder what I`m really wondering for
Cause where we`d be I never felt so sure
And so you say
Chorus
Oh, it`s not as bad as it seems
Oh, it`s not as crazy as my dreams
As my dreams
Alright I know that I can make it through
I have no doubts here as I talk to you
But then again
Chorus twice
You gotta understand

• NOBODY S HERO:

I think it's time we talked this over
I think you've taken this too far
I never wanted to be different
Didn't ask to be nobody's star
Try to take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try to take control of it and not me
You say there's talk of revolution-so what's new?
You say there's fighting in the air
You think that I've got the solutions
But do you really think that's fair?
Try to take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try to take control of it and not me
(Chorus:)
Don't wanna be nobody's hero
I don't wanna be nobody's star
Don't wanna be nobody's hero
Get up get out be what you are
You think it's time you took me over
To do what you can't do yourself
But don't let heroes get your kicks for you
It's up to you and no one else
Try to take control of it
Cos what you see is what you get
Try to take control of it and you'll see
(Chorus)
You think you're nobody, and I have all the fun
But no one is a nobody, everyone is someone
(Chorus)
Be what you are

• ROOTS, RADICALS,ROCKERS AND REGGAE:

You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae
Let there be peace in the east, peace in the west
You roots, you radicals and all the rest
Peace up north, peace down south
Peace in the ghettoes all round about
We are all in a one and one in all
So throw away the guns and the war's all gone
So throw away the hunger and the war's all gone
So throw away the fighting and the war's all gone
So throw away the grudges and the war's all gone
You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae
Love and respect your itren and protect your little sistren
And the same shall return to you, my friend
Don't fight against no colour class or creed
For on discrimination does violence breed
We are all in a one and one in all
So throw away the guns and the war's all gone
So throw away the hunger and the war's all gone
So throw away the fighting and the war's all gone
So throw away the grudges and the war's all gone
You roots, you radicals, you rock to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you dub to the reggae
You roots, you radicals, you skank to the reggae
Comfort the afflicted and keep them from harm
Let age be protected and the infants be strong
Go for it!
You got to pass the bowl and make the food go round
Cos that's the only way to trample crime to the ground
Equal rights and justice for one and all
Cos only through liberty freedom shall form
Don't fight against

• SAFE AS HOUSES:

She makes a home and she stays mum
About the things she might have done
She keeps her eyes firm on the ground, to set her own life
Makes up her face and not her mind, to be a wife
There was a time away back then
She might have thought to think again
But then through dolls and schoolyard games, like ma before her
She learned girls play the family way' don't look for more
She's just playing, playing safe
Playing houses, safe as houses
Here on this street when they were kids
He built his dreams with coloured bricks
But comes the time for him to prove that he's a man now
He gets a wife and makes his move to three doors down
He's playing, playing safe
Playing houses, safe as houses
For there was no-one there to say
It didn't have to be that way
You never get the best of you
When you do what they expect you to
You've heard it all, how you're no use
You're born to fail, so follow suit
But if you feel and got a dream, don't dare ignore it
Cos that is what you've got to be, you must go for it
Don't play it, play it safe
A plague on houses, safe as houses

• SUSPECT DEVICE:

Inflammable material is planted in my head
It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead
Their solutions are our problems
They put up the wall
On each side time and prime us
And make sure we get fuck all
They play their games of power
They mark and cut the pack
They deal us to the bottom
But what do they put back?
(Chorus:)
Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Don't be bitten twice
you gotta suss, suss, suss, suss, suss suss
Suss a suspect device
They take away our freedom
In the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off
Why won't they let us be
They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell
(Chorus)
Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Question everything you're told
Just take a look around you
At the bitterness and spite
Why can't we take over and try to put it right
(Chorus)
We're a suspect device if we do what we are told
But a suspect device can score an own goal
I'm a suspect device the Army can't defuse
You're a suspect device they know they can't refuse
We're gonna blow up in their face

• TIN SOLDIERS:

He joined up to get a job
And show he wasn't scared
Swapped boy scout hat for army cap
At the age of 17 he was forced to choose
Now at the age of 21 he's in Catch 22
He joined up for just three years
It seemed a small amount
But they didn't tell him
That the first two didn't count
At the age of 17 how was he to know
That at the age of 21 he'd still have one to go?
(Chorus:)
Tin soldier
He signed away his name
Tin soldier
No chance for cash or fame
Tin soldier
Now he knows the truth
Tin soldier
He signed away his youth
He joined up cos Dad knew best
To do right by his son
Now he hates and counts the dates
That mark time on square one
At the age of 17 he did as he was told
Now at the age of 21 tin still won't turn to gold
(Chorus)
If at the age of 17 you fall in line too soon
At the age of 21 you'll still march to their tune
Tin soldiers
You sign away your name
No chance for cash or fame
You never see the truth
You sign away your youth
You go and join the queue
Do what they want you to
They take away your name
They treat you all the same
Sign away you life

• WASTED LIFE:

I could be a soldier
Go out there and fight to save this land
Be a people's soldier
Paramilitary gun in hand
I won't be a soldier
I won't take no orders from no-one
Stuff their fucking armies
Killing isn't my idea of fun
(Chorus)
They wanna waste my life
They wanna waste my time
They wanna waste my life
And they've stolen it away
I could be a hero
Live and die for their 'important' cause
A united nation
Or an independent state with laws
And rules and regulations
That merely cause disturbances and wars
That is what I've got now
All thanks to the freedom-seeking hordes
(Chorus)
I'm not gonna be taken in
They said if I don't join I just can't win
I've heard that story many times before
And every time I threw it out the door
Still they come up to me
With a different name but same old face
I can see the connection
With another time and a different place
They ain't blonde-haired or blue-eyed
But they think that they're the master race
They're nothing but blind fascists
Brought up to hate and given lives to waste