NERVOUS (Turner, Gates, Kerr) You make me nervous and I go insane Too many problems seem to drain my brain I had a heart but I don't anymore You make me nervous and I crawl the floor You make me nervous and I crawl the floor Question shapes are all I can see Blank face robots always haunting me You make me nervous I can't stand anymore Broke down my mind and I crawled the floor You make me nervous and I crawl the floor You never touch you never even try I open up and you go run and hide You're walkin' backwards through an open door You make me nervous and I crawl the floor You make me nervous and I crawl the floor Distrust and mistrust are all I can see You're always trying to put something over on me You're all alone in a boat with no shore You make me nervous and I crawl the floor You make me nervous and I crawl the floor You make me nervous and I crawl the floor APOLITICAL (Turner, Kerr) If radiation hasn't changed the glory boys from their goal range and real facts just won't sway the few you think that there's something you can do? I'm Apolitical I'm Apolitical I don't care El Salvador can blow itself right off the world and Reagan there with all his plans is is just another yes-no man I'm Apolitical I'm Apolitical It's hard for me to take a stand when everyone has got the plans to push the button on the bomb it's just a scene and I'm a pawn I'm Apolitical I'm Apolitical Leave me alone you pamphleteers give it up and buy me a beer so many causes in the world today they just get in the way I'm Apolitical I'm Apolitical HOLLYWOOD SWINGING (Kool and the Gang) Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hollywood Hollywood swinging Hollywood Hollywood swinging Say I remember Not too long ago I went into a theater baby I saw the Kool and the Gang show I always wanted To be in a band To sing my songs And be a bad piano playin' man So here I am In this Hollywood city The city of the stars, women, music, and cars I guess I guess I'll be a star Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hollywood Hollywood swinging Hollywood Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Hollywood swinging Say I remember Not too long ago I went into a theater baby I saw the Kool and the Gang show I always wanted To be in a band To sing my songs And be a bad piano playin' man Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hey hey hey Whatcha got to say Hollywood Hollywood swinging Hollywood Hollywood swinging Hollywood Hollywood swinging PRISON (Gates, Kerr) Forgetting all the numbers You're turning your back Reject the possibility That you could be off track Conflict...value judgement Conflict...barriers crumble Refuse to fit in your mold Makes us stronger still Breaking ranks all the time now Unclassifiable still Everything in categories Put the same with same What about the one that's different? He's not in the game Have to have a category so you will understand...that's your problem Using terms to fit yourself You're building your own tomb Close your eyes and give your judgement You're giving us no room Have to have a category so you will understand...that's your problem Have to have a category so you will understand...that's your problem Have to have a category so you will understand WE GOT SOUL (Fawns, Gates, Kitto, Gates, Kerr) we got soul we got soul we got soul let's take control we got soul, let's take control we got soul, let's take control we got soul, let's take control we got soul, let's take control FUN, FUN, FUN (Gates) You don't understand a word we say You don't listen to us anyway All of this it's just for fun We're not out to hurt no one Fun, Fun, Fun that's what we play Fun, Fun, Fun that's what we say Fun, Fun, Fun no matter what they say Fun, Fun, Fun we'll have some anyway I'm a punk and I like SHAM COCKNEY REJECTS are the world's greatest band But I like JOY DIVISION, PUBLIC IMAGE too Even though that's not what I'm supposed to do Fun, Fun, Fun that's what we play Fun, Fun, Fun that's what we say Fun, Fun, Fun no matter what they say Fun, Fun, Fun we'll have some anyway WE GOT YOUR MONEY (Kerr, Gates, Turner) I want to be a problem I want to cause a scene I want to get reactions And wake you from you dream I don't care if you don't like it Or you think that it's the best As long as you remember Then we're up with all the rest I want to be different I want to make you see I want to make you wonder Is it you or is it me? I'm the big question You'll never understand And to all you frat boys WE GOT YOUR MONEY IN OUR HANDS (hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) LESSON (Kerr, Gates) Fantasies are over now Yours is not the only way Accept that there's some other views And leave if you don't want to stay What's the matter? Are you scared Your stance may not be so strong? Get rid of the competition Easier to prove them wrong Worried about your so-called "image" It's the way then what's to fear? Give you an alternative- Only if you come in here FUNK OFF (Kerr, Gates) We're all free to do the things man wants us to do Push too far, they'll take your car and what belongs to you There's a law that they can find to stop most anything The pressure's here, the subtle fear makes you scream People always getting stopped for stepping out of bounds Don't give up just get back in and go another round Don't give them what they expect, let's keep them on their toes There's many things that we can do-so here we go I'M SORRY (Kerr, Gates) I'm no better than you You're no better than me Don't give me that bullshit Just because we don't agree I'M SORRY It's become a case What am I supposed to do? Change the way I feel Just because of you? I'M SORRY WE'RE NOT IN IT TO LOSE (Gates) The time has come to say what you mean No more sitting around or hiding behind schemes The time has come-and you've got to say No matter what you so, we won't go away WE'RE NOT IN IT TO LOSE-FUCK YOU! Use any excuse to try and keep us down We know that you're scared of what you see all around, We don't fit your dream, your safe reality But we'll do what we want, Because we got to be free FIGHT BACK (Kerr, Gates) Sick to death, I'm sick of you Sick of me, what's left to do? Slit your wrist, what will that prove? One point for them, and us we lose OPPRESSION DEPRESSION OPPRESSION FIGHT BACK! Everything is going bad Kind of seems like we've been had I've had enough, how about you? This depression-is it through? Are you ready to take a stand? Make a fanzine-make a band You're telling me you got something to say Quit your bitching, there's a way SOUND ON SOUND (Kerr, Gates) I'm behind you, you don't see me I watch you when you're near me You say words the sound is missing I just look, and watch and listen SOUND ON SOUND Love is just infatuation You are me and I am you Looking back it's just reflections It's just something else to do BRICK WALL (Kerr, Gates, Turner) Let's all yell so we'll be heard You talk louder and I'll talk louder BRICK WALL-BRICK WALL-BRICK WALL-BRICK WALL! I smash your head to get this in You don't agree I'll fucking hit you harder I'll stay here as long as you Scream and yell 'till I turn blue Testing on my belief Volume makes my point, not thought Comfortable, I'm comfortable Comfortable, I'm comfortable Comfortable, I'm comfortable I DON'T REALLY GIVE A FUCK! JUMP THE FENCE (David Fenster) The sound I'm hearing Should not be spoken It enters my mind All rules are broken It's the voice of reason Speaking as my conscience There will be some treason Same old sort of nonsense AMBIVALENCE I ALWAYS JUMP THE FENCE Look at the good things Not good for long I thought I had it I was all wrong But now my mind is made up Everything is final Until the time I change it There is no denial You want to want One step removed To have, to have To be improved But now if doubt is out And intuition is in In an instant out of instinct I'll start all over again ASSAULT (Kerr, Gates, Turner) I'm walking down the street And everywhere I go Fools are always yelling- They won't leave me alone You think you've got a right To scream and yell at me? You never realize that What you do is wrong ASSAULT ASSAULT ASSAULT ASSAULT Common sense tells you to Mind your own business You go out of your way To cause a scene Why do they say the U.S.A. is The land of the free? Don't tell me that my freedom Is just another dream ASSAULT ASSAULT ASSAULT ASSAULT MANIPULATION (Kerr) I was thinking about the things I heard today And did they tell you, most are rumors anyway Conversation, leads to feelings up or down And I can lead you by the way my wording sounds MANIPULATION it's always in the news MANIPULATION it always seems to cause the news The written word could drop a hundred bombs And break up close friends, break the strongest, closest bonds Conversation, leads to feelings up or down And I can lead you by the way my wording sounds SAME OLD BLUES (Kerr) Talk about the problems and talk about the girls, Talk about the war and the end of the world, Talk about the boredom cause it's all the same, Talk about the boredom cause it's all around, Songs are just words that go with the sound WHAT CAN WE DO? CHANGE IT WHAT CAN WE SAY? CHANGE IT WHAT CAN WE DO? CHANGE IT WHAT CAN WE SAY? CHANGE IT Religion sucks and so do all the rules, You just learn to FIT IN when you go to school, Rich people laugh while the poor people crawl, We try to walk and the pigs bust us all Things are falling, we walk down the line, Nobody's perfect, we're all serving time, Things all get built up just to fall down, A big fucking circle that always goes round GATOR FUCKIN' (Gates, Turner) Gator boys and gator girls Living in an Izod world A million clones, they're all the same Rich little assholes with no brains GATOR FUCKING BOYS GATOR FUCKING GIRLS GATOR FUCKING YOU GATOR FUCK THEIR WORLD All their lives they've never seen Protected in their little dream They don't know what's going on They don't know what's going wrong WHITE NIGGER (Kerr, Gates, Turner) Don't you know you put me down You try to make me live a frown But my life is looking up I'm having fun-I'm not in a rut WE ARE ALL WHITE NIGGERS WE ARE ALL WHITE NIGGERS WE WON'T BE WHITE NIGGERS NO MORE Someone always pushing me Oppressor man, why won't you let me be? Things won't seem half as bad If you get to rocking with your rocking dad BABY LET'S PLAY GOD (Kerr, Gates) Baby, let's play God You do everything I say And if you're real nice to me I might let you be the pope someday GOD, GOD, GOD BABY, LET'S PLAY GOD What's this with this complex in you? When you say jump, we're all supposed to move I've turned the tables now and I've got the gun And God is pissed so you better run! GOD, GOD, GOD BABY, LET'S PLAY GOD Baby, let's play God, And I'll be God so who are you? It's not important what you want anyway When you're God you get the final say GOD, GOD, GOD BABY, LET'S PLAY GOD NO (Kerr, Gates, Washam) My head's about to bust If something doesn't happen I'm gonna blow So many things I wanna do and say And everyone keeps telling me They keep saying No.., No.., No It's not easy anymore When we were kids we could smile it off But now it's all about responsibilities And anything goes wrong it's gonna set me off No.., No Different feelings come and they go Sometimes they make you want to lose control Sometimes they take control of you If I'm not responsible what am I supposed to do No.., No NARROW VIEW (Gates) I'm so tired of all this sittin' around I'm so tired of all this bringin' me down I'm so tired of all the rules of the game I'm so tired of all this same old thing Now I know, now I know, it's just a narrow view Now I know, now I know, all's you can see is you Now I know, now I know, it's just a narrow view Now I know, now I know, nothing will ever change you I'm so bored of all this young stupidity I'm so bored of all this wreckin' the scene I'm so bored of all this fighting with you I'm so bored of all this try and take it through I DO CARE (Kerr, Gates, Washam) Hands up in the air Don't come near me I can do it Pull the trigger on this gun End it now I swear it's coming It's a statement it's a fact An idea it's just ideas You've got yours and I've got mine I don't care I do care LISTEN (Gates) Oh, listen Oh, listen You must be deaf You never hear a single word I say And still you look at all the facts And then you don't see anyway Hear what you will See what you will Say what you will That's not my problem Hear what you will See what you will That's not my problem You never listen anyway Oh, listen Oh, listen You miss so much I know it just can't be me And still you insist Why can't you see Hear what you will See what you will Say what you will That's not my problem Hear what you will See what you will That's not my problem You never listen anyway Oh, listen Oh. listen There's no point In going on with this game No winners, no losers It's always the same WHAT'S THE WORD (Kerr, Gates) Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Attitudes, not 1,2,3 Attitudes the way to be Ask the people on the street What's the word that's in their feet? If you got the word the shout it out If you got the word the shout it out If you got the word the shout it out The word is funk! Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Dance Life is just a party Close your ears and close your eyes Lose your weapon of disguise Sneaks upon your sneak attack It's the word that's in your back If you got the word then shout it out If you got the word then shout it out If you got the word then shout it out If you got the word then shout it out Attitudes, not 1,2,3 Attitudes the way to be Ask the people on the street What's the word that's in their feet? If you got the word then shout it out COMMON BEAT (Turner, Gates, Washam, Kerr) It's a common beat When the school is the street NO LOVE (Gates, Kerr) There is nothing left inside of me Nothing, I do not feel There is nothing left inside of me Only a rage I can't conceal There is no love No love left inside of me There is no love And no place to hide No love I find myself going through the motions But I don't care anymore I try and I try to make it happen But I'm not even sure what for There is no love No love left inside of me There is no love And no place to hide No love So there's nothing left Deep inside of me It rained on my house for too long And I don't care about anything And still this shit goes on There is nothing left inside of me Nothing, I do not feel There is nothing left inside of me Only a rage I can't conceal There is no love No love left inside of me There is no love And no place to hide No love WHICH WAY TO GO (Gates, Kerr) What can I do or say To let you know the state I'm in And just what will that prove How can you ever understand I'm sittin' in the sun Waitin' for the rain to come Looking into the dawn And wishing that this day was done I don't know which way to go I just don't know which way to go My all my everything And now even that is gone And still I try to sing But the same old words still come When will there be something To take the place of all this Or is it me that's died And the rest of the scene still exists I don't know which way to go I just don't know which way to go KILLING TIME (Kerr, Gates, Washam) This killing time Is killing me It's killing you It's killing me It's killing time Is killing me Is killing me It's killing time WORK (Gates) I work and slave for my pay Do things I hate for a living I want my freedom before it's too late Economic circumstances cause misgivings I know you know what we all want A life of leisure it's not too much I know you know what we all want What is your pleasure, what is your pleasure 40 hours what do I live for? A trailer and a weekend somewhere Just to be happy and free from doubt Situations that we can share I could get a job 9 to 5 In some office somewhere And settle into a comfortable life And rot my brain, but where's the fun of it?