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HELLO EVERYBODY THIS CAT IS BACK,
LOOKING FOR A PLACE
XXX-XXXXX USELESS HEY BABY PICK UP THE PHONE I KNOW THAT YOU’RE HOME USELESS YOU KNOW I DON’T LIKE TALKING TO YOUR ANSWERINGMACHINE USELESS WELL I CAN SEND YOU AN E-MAIL, LET YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL USELESS WE’RE THE USELESS GENERATION IN THIS WORLD OF INFORMATIONWE’RE THE USELESS GENERATION, BABY PICK UP THE PHONE ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION, I NEED TO COMMUNICATE HELLO, WELL NOTHING, I’M JUST WATCHING TV LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SO SHALLOW THAT IT’S WORTH TO SEE THEY’RE MAKING BELGIANWAFFELS IN THE USA A BUDDY FROM THE INTERNET TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER DAY WE’RE THE USELESS GENERATION IN THIS WORLD OF INFORMATION WE’RE THE USELESS GENERATION, BABY PICK UP THE PHONE ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION, I NEED TO COMMUNICATE ,ADDICTSOF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION ADDICTS OF COMMUNICATION, I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BUT IT’S USELESS I LIVE WAY UP IN THE NORTH OF SWEDEN DON’T NEED TO TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE TOWN I CAN FIND THE MOST THINGS THAT I NEED THERE ENOUGH HAPPENS TO MAKE TIME GO BY THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT I MISS THERE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PUNK ROCK SHOWS NO PLACE WHERE THE KIDS CAN GET TOGETHER NO CONCERTS WHERE THE ADRENALINE FLOWS TAKE ME DOWN DOWN DOWN TO PUNK ROCK CITY TAKE ME DOWN DOWN DOWN TO PUNK ROCK TOWN BUY ME A TICKET TO AN AEROPLANE BOOK ME A ROOM ON A CHEAP HOTEL I’M READY TO GO DOWN THE FAST LANE I’M READY TO RAISE SOME HELL WHEN I SLEEP I USE TO DREAM THAT I GO THERE IN MY DREAMS IT IS A BEAUTIFUL TOWN A MIX BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW YORK CITY IN 77 WHEN THE BEST BANDS WHERE AROUND TAKE ME DOWN DOWN DOWN TO PUNK ROCK CITY TAKE ME DOWN DOWN DOWN TO PUNK ROCK TOWN IT MUST BE THE CLOTHES OR THE SHOES I WEAR, I SHOULD'VE GOT NO TATTOO, I SHOULD'VE CUT MY HAIR. STRAIGHTENED UP, FOLLOWED THE NORMS AND RULES, NEVER TRIED TO LOOK LIKE THOSE TOUGH BOYS WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL 'CAUSE THAT DIDN'T GET ME NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE FAST MONEY'S AT. A HARD DAYS WORK DON'T PAY NO MORE, AIN'T IT HARD WHEN YOU DISCOVER THAT.I GOT A JOB LIKE MY OLD MAN, HE WAS AT THE RAILROAD, I CHOSE THE PLANES. FOR A YEAR OR TWO BUT THEN I HAD ENOUGH, MY TENDER BACK FOUND THAT WAY TOO ROUGH AND IT DIDN'T GET ME NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE FAST MONEY'S AT. A HARD DAYS WORK DON'T PAY NO MORE, AIN'T IT HARD. BUT YOU ARE NOT ALONE, THERE ARE SO MANY OF US WHO WORK HARD ONLY TO SATISFY THESTOCKMARKET BROKERS. OH YES, THEY'RE KEEPING US OUT OF MONEY! WE GOT FIRECRACKERS AND RED BALLOONS AND A STREET ORCHERSTRA THAT PLAYS A TUNE CONFETTI’S FLYING IN THE AIR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED HERE WE GOT PLACARDS POSTERS AND STICKERS TOWE GOT REGGAE MUSIC BY YABBY YOU WE GOT REDFLAGS, BLACKFLAGS AND FLAG WITH STARS WE GOT SLOGANS PAINTED ON OUR GUITARS WE SPEAK ABOUT FREEDOM WE SPEAK ABOUT WAR WE GOT A VISION BABY THAT WE JUST CAN’T IGNORE IT SURE RAINS ON OUR PARADE BUT THE WIND WILL CHANGE THE CLOUDS WILL FADE A CHANGE WILL COME EVENTUALLY SO SAYS KARL MARX AND HISTORY WE GOT VEGETARIAN GUMBO STEW THE ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA AND THE PUNK ROCK FLU WE GOT IKO IKO AND STAGGER LEE AND THE JUNCO PARTNER’S LEANING AGAINST A TREE WE GOT EMMA GOLDMAN AND CHOMSKY TOO WE GOT THINGS TO SAY WE GOT STUFF TO DO WE GOT ALL KINDS OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS GATHERED HERE WE GOT OUR FRIEND IN THE CORNER OVER THERE DRINKING BEER WE SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE WE SPEAK ABOUT THE PAST WE SPEAK ABOUT A NEW WORLD ORDER AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THERE FAST IT SURE RAINS ON OUR PARADE BUT THE WIND WILL CHANGE THE CLOUDS WILL FADE A CHANGE WILL COME EVENTUALLY SO SAYS KARL MARX AND HISTORY KARL MARX AND HISTORY THE SUN IS HERE AND THE SUMMER IS NEAR WE HAVE A PLAN FOR TONIGHT SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE THERE SUMMER ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR AROUND HERE SO MAKE SURE YOU SPEND IT WITH SOMEONE YOU HOLD DEAR IT’S THE SUMMER OF BROS THE BROS AND ME AGAINST EVERYONE UNDER THE MIDNIGHTSUN AT NIGHT THE PHONE CALLS AND I DO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS THE BROS WANT ME TO BE A PART OF THEIR SCHEMES I DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I NEVER EVER HESITATE CAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO A MIDNIGHT SWIM I WON’T BE LATE IT’S THE SUMMER OF BROS THE BROS AND ME AGAINST EVERYONE UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN I WAS BROKE SO I SOLD MY TIME THEY GOT ME WORKING ON THE PRODUCTION LINE FIVE DAYS A WEEK FROM 8-5 I HAD TO STRUGGLE HARD JUST TO STAY ALIVE I SOLD MY TIME I HAD NO FAITH SO I SOLD MY SOUL AND ALL IT LEFT ME WAS THIS BIG BLACK HOLE NOW MY SOULS’S GONE AND I DON’T CARE I NEVER EVEN NOTICED THAT IT WAS THERE I SOLD MY SOUL I EVEN SOLD MY FAMILY JUST TO GET PROSPERITY AND A SAFE ECONOMY AND I DON’T NEED NO LOVE I DON’T NEED LOVE NO I DON’T NEED NO LOVE I FELT ALONE SO I SOLD MY HEART I BOUGHT A FRIEND AND THOUGHT HEY THIS MIGHT BE A START BUT HE WAS TOO MUCH SO I SOLD HIM TOO NOW I’M ALONE AGAIN AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO I SOLD MY HEART I EVEN SOLD MY FAMILY JUST TO GET PROSPERITY AND A SAFE ECONOMY AND I DON’T NEED NO LOVE I DON’T NEED LOVE NO I DON’T NEED NO LOVE VAYA CON DIOS PUNK ROCK AMIGOS I SEE THE DREAMS GLOW IN YOUR EYES I SEE LOVERS DOWN BY THE COAL MINE I SEE AN EMPTY SO CALLED PARADISE I SEE THE SUN I SEE THE SKYLINE I SEE THE SUN I SEE THE LIGHT LET’S HONOUR THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM WHO DIED STRUGGELING IN THE FIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD, JOE HILL THE DAYS OF ´39 WHEN TIME STOD STILL ALL THE ANARCHISTS THE BOLSJEVIKS KILLED IN KRONSTADT IF WE UNITE WE CAN TAKE THEM GRAB THEM HARD AND THEN SHAKE THEM IF WE UNITE WE CAN BREAK THEM OH BABY WOULDN’T THAT BE NICE VAYA CON DIOS PUNK ROCK AMIGOS OH MY LOVED ONE MY HEART OF GOLD I’VE SEEN YOU WALKING THROUGH ARCTIC WINTERS SOMEHOW YOUR SKIN NEVER GETS COLD LET’S HONOUR THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM WHO DIED FOR LIVING WHO DIED FOR LIFE WHO DIED FOR LIVING AND DIED FOR DYING WHO DIED FOR TRYING TO ORGANIZE LOOK MA LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE THE SUN OVER KURDISTAN IS GONE AND THERE IS SOMEONE UP THERE RIGHT NOW TAKING DOWN THE STARS VAYA CON DIOS SENORITAS MAY THIS SYSTEM COME TO AN END THAT TURNS THE PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER AND FRIEND AGAINST FRIEND THEY ARE LEAVING THIS TOWN TONIGHT 7:40 ON A RAY OF LIGHT I DREAMED I SAW YOU STANDING NEXT TO ANGELA DAVIS A REVOLUTION WITH A GOAL SO FINE, FROM 36 TO 1939 THEY SAY IT ENDED THAT LAST YEAR BUT THE FASCISTS ARE STILL HERE THE WAR AIN’T OVER AND THE BATTLE AIN’T WON THE STRUGGLE BABY HAS JUST BEGUN SO FASCIST PIGS START TO RUN WE WON’T FORGET WHAT YOU¹VE DONE IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP TIME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL DEATH TO ALL THE NEO-LIBERALS I WANT TO SEE THE STOCKMARKET CRASH AND THE ONES WHO DESERVES IT GET THE CASH IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP WE WON’T FORGET WHAT THEY’VE DONE THE FASCISTS MAY THINK THAT THEY’VE WON BUT THE WAR AGAINST THE FASCISTS IS A CLASSWAR TOO IT INVOLVES EVERYBODY BABY EVEN YOU EVERYTHING EVOLVES AROUND MONEY WE DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT HONEY THERE IS MONEY INVOLED NO MATTER WHAT WE DO EVERYBODY TRIES TO MAKE ABUCK OR TWO IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE PRIVILEGED FEW AGAINST THE MASSES THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS SAID NO PASARAN I SAY WE STICK TO THAT UNTIL THE WAR IS WON IT’S A PROLETARIAN HOP THAT JUST WON’T STOP SPEND ALL MY MONEY EARLY EVERY MONTH DON’T LIKE TO HOLD BACK I SPEND ALL AT ONCE I DON’T CARE ŒBOUT A FEW WEEKS POOR OR IF THE LANDLORD KNOCKS DOWN MY DOOR MY GIRL DON’T LIKE IT SHE SAYS I THROW MY LIFE AWAY DOWN AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS FOR ME DON’T WAN’T NO JOB I JUST WANT TO GET PAYED BY THE MONEY THAT THE RICH PEOPLE'S MADE THEY DON’T LIKE IT THEY SAY I THROW MY LIFE AWAY GET A JOB - SHAPE UP! YOU FUCKIN SLOB - SHAPE UP! YOU’RE NO GOOD SO - SHAPE UP!WELL FUCK YOU! ALL MY LIFE I’VE BEEN A USELESS SLOB I FUCKED UP SCHOOL, I NEVER HAD A JOB I TRIED SPORTS BUT I FAILED THERE TOO I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I HAD SOMETHING BETTER TO DO MY PARENTS DON’T LIKE IT THEY SAY I THROW MY LIFE AWAY GET A JOB - SHAPE UP! YOU FUCKIN’ SLOB - SHAPE UP! YOU’RE NO GOOD SO - SHAPE UP! PISS OFF!
I WANT TO HEAR THE DRUMS AND THE SOUND OF THE GUITAR I WANT TO BE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE GOOD BANDS ARE WHEN I COME HOME I WANT THAT RINGING IN MY EARS IF I CAN’T LISTEN LOUD THEN I DON’T NEED TO HEAR HEY LITTLE GIRL HAVE YOU GOT THAT SICKNESS TOO? THE ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA AND THE PUNK-ROCK FLU LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU DON’T KNOW I WOULD BE RUNNING BUT MY FEET THEY ARE TO SLOW, MUCH TO SLOW HEY LITTLE GIRL HAVE YOU GOT THAT SICKNESS TOO? THE ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA AND THE PUNK-ROCK FLUHEY LITTLE GIRL HAVE YOU GOT THAT SICKNESS TOO? THE ROCKIN’PNEUMONIA AND THE PUNK-ROCK FLU ON AN OLD CITY BUS ON THE STREETS OF HANOI THE PEOPLE SIT QUIET EXCEPT FOR ONE BOY HE’S HUMMING AND SINGING ON A SIMPLE MELODY HE SAID THIS IS A SONG ABOUT BEING FREE IN THE CITY OF STOCKHOLM THEY’RE RECLAIMING THE STREETS EVERYBODY’S DANCING AND STOMPING THEIR FEET ONE GUY IS SHOUTING IN A MEGAPHONE HE SAID THIS IS OURS AND OURS ALONE COME ON EVERYBODY SING WITH ME THIS IS A SONG ABOUT BEING FREE DAYS OF SUBMISSION WON’T LAST LONG THIS IS A FREEDOM SONG RAMA LAMA DING DONG DING DONG RAMA LAMA DING DONG A RUSSIAN GIRL ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY ON A GREYHOUND BUS THROUGH THE U.S.A SHE SAID SO THIS IS HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FREE WELL THE WEATHER IS NICE AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO SEE COME ON EVERYBODY SING WITH ME THIS IS A SONG ABOUT BEING FREE DAYS OF SUBMISSION WON’T LAST LONG THIS IS A FREEDOM SONG RAMA LAMA DING DONG DING DONG RAMA LAMA DING DONG IN KINGSTON JAMAICA AND NEW YORK U.S.A ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER WAY SOME OF THEM SING AND SOME OF THEM WRITE SOME WORK HARD IN THE FACTORIES AND SOME JUST STAND UP FIGHT RAMA LAMA DING DONG € DING DONG € RAMA LAMA DING DONG I WANNA KNOW A LITTLE `BOUT YOUR HEART MISTER, IS IT ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE OR ON YOUR LEFT? DO YOU BELIEVE IN EQUALITY OR DO YOU BELIEVE IN THEFT? WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON? DO YOU BELIEVE IN SOLIDARITY OR DO YOU BELIEVE IN THEFT? WHEN IT COMES TO CHOICE OF COLORS BROTHER, IS IT GONNA BE RED OR BLACK OR BLUE? I AIN'T GONNA WAVE NO WHITE FLAG 'TIL I GET THROUGH TO YOU! WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON? I AIN'T GONNA WAVE NO WHITE FLAG BABY, 'TIL I GET THROUGH TO YOU! IT CAME DOWN UPON US AND IT SPREAD LIKE THE RATS, I CAN'T SEEM TO REMEMBER SAYING OK TO THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAND BY AND WATCH THE SWINE GROW FAT, NO WAY I COULD'VE AGREED WITH THAT! WE SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GOD THAN THE NEW ECONOMY, BUT DON'T YOU BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE ROOM FOR YOU AND ME THEY MUST HAVE FOUND A WAY OF MAKING MONEY FOR FREE, THEY CALL IT ALCHEMY, BUT I CALL IT FUCKING ROBBERY MAYBE THE SUN WILL RISE AND THE GRASS WILL GROW, I JUST THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW THAT IF THIS IS ONLY GONNA BE ABOUT WIN OR LOSE, WIN OR LOSE, THEN MAY I PLEASE BE EXCUSED IT’SHERE TO TAKE OVER YOU MAY REST ASSURED, UNLESS YOU MAKE YOURSELF HEARD,STAND UP AND TELL THEM TO STOP! BUT IT WON'T BE STOPPED EASILY, NO IT WON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN FOR A LITTLE DEMOCRACY IF WE STILL DONT RECOGNIZE WHO'S BEING USED, MAY I PLEASE BE EXCUSED I PLAYED SOME LITTLE RICHARD SONGS ON MY STEREO TUTTI FRUTTI AND OOH MY SOUL HE SANG SO WILD AND HE SANG SO FRANTIC HE’S THE FATHER OF ROCK N’ ROLL THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB I PLAYED SOME LITTLE RICHARD SONGS ON MY STEREO BAMA LAMA BABY BAMA LOO I NEED LOVE I NEED LOVE SWEET LITTLE BABY DO YOU NEED LOVE TOO? THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB HE WAS BORN IN MACON GEORGIA BACK IN 1932 TO GET HIS TEENAGE KICKS HE KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO HE LEARNED TO PLAY THE PIANO WROTE THE WORLDS FIRST ROCK N’ROLL SONGS HE HAD HIS ROOTS IN GOSPEL MUSIC AND NOTHING COULD GO WRONG THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB THE HUMAN ATOMBOMB THE COMPANY GOT MY FREEDOM. IT GOT MY LOYALTY. THE COMPANY WAS MY FIRST CONCERN, TOOK ALL THAT USED TO BE ME I GAVE UP MY INSPIRATION, TOO TIRED FOR SUCH CRAP YOU SEE. I GAVE UP MY RELATION TO MY GIRL AND MY FAMILY.BECAUSE I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE IN THE COMPANY COMPANY WAS MY NO:1, WAS MY FIRST PRIORITY. I’M NOT COMPLAINING FOR IN RETURN I GOT MONTHLY SALARY. THEIR SUCCESS IS MY SECURITY, SO THEIR TROUBLES I MAKE MINE, AND I BEEN TOLD THEIR PROSPERITY MEANS MONEY IN THE POCKETS FOR ME. COME FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOW I’M GONNA CONSUME, THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO! PUT THE MONEY IN MOTION,SPEND WITH NO RESTRICTION THAT’S WHAT I’M REQUIRED TO DO, AND I WILL ADAPT. I WILL GLADLY PUT MYSELF DEEP IN DEBT. I SHOVE MY EARNINGS INTO A SECRET SO WELL KEPT I WAS THE ONE WHO KEPT THE SYSTEM RUNNING WHILE THEY SLEPT!! BECAUSE I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE (OH YES) I BELIEVE IN THE COMPANY DIAL 911 THEY SAY I’M SICK THAT I’M NO FUN THEY EVEN CALL IT EMERGENCY BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME I GOT A SICKNESS THAT NO DR. CAN CURE DON’T NEED NO MEDICINE THAT’S FOR SURE I GOT THE HEEBIE JEEBIES AND HONEY I JUST WANT MORE DIAL 911 THEY SAY I’M CRAZY THAT MY SENSE IS GONE BUT ALL I GOT IS THIS RESTLESS SOUL AND A FEVER CALLED ROCK N’ ROLL I GOT A SICKNESS THAT NO DR. CAN CURE DON,T NEED NO MEDICINE THAT'S FOR SURE I GOT THE HEEBIE JEEBIES AND HONEY I JUST WANT MORE I GOT THE ROCKIN PNEUMONIA THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU THE ROCK N’ ROLL FEVER AND THE EASY ROCKIN’ TO EASY ROCKIN EASY EASY ROCKIN |
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