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The Living End - The Living End
Prisoner Of Society
One two
One, two

Well we don't need no one
To tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past
When showing what we've done
Our generation gap
Means the war is never won
The past is in your heads
The future's in our hands

Cause I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cause I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to three (one two three!)
You'll see its no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a prisoner of society

Well we don't need no one
To tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

Cause I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cause I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to three (one two three!)
You'll see its no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a prisoner of society
Go!

Well we don't need no one
To tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past
When showing what we've done
Our generation gap
Means the war is never won
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

Cause I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cause I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to three
You'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a prisoner of society Society, society
Society, society
Society, society
Society!

Growing Up (Falling Down)
I'm lying on my head
No, I'm not in my bed
Just checking out the world
From a different angle
That's what happens
When you trip on your blindness
Always seems for some reason
That it is happening to me

Why is it so
And why don't I know?
Why is it so
I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up, yeah
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up yeah

Open up your eyes
And maybe then you'll realize
The truth is in the thoughts you hold
And not the obstacle in front of you

Why is it so
And why don't I know?
Why is it so
I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up, yeah
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up, yeah

Falling down

I'm lying on my head
No, I'm not in my bed
Just checking out the world
From a different angle

Why is it so
And why don't I know?
Why is it so
I can't see the obstacle in front of me
The obstacle in front of me

Christ, I'm falling down again
It happens to me now and then
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up, yeah
I won't let it fade away
I promise to be strong and brave
I'm growing up, yeah
Growing up, yeah

Falling down (Growing up, yeah}

Second Solution
Hey!

Standin' on a street light
Tryin' to get away
Guilty, guilty
I hear what you say
Countin' down the hours
But I haven't got the time
23rd precinct
Jumping on the line
On the line

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row?
Or is there a second solution?
And what I wanna say
Is will I die today?
Or will I get second solution?

It was never meant to end this way
One shot violence
I hear what you say
Standin' on a street light trying to get away
Guilty, guilty, I hear what you say
What you say

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row?
Or is there a second solution?
And what I wanna say
Is will I die today?
Or will I get second solution?

Standin' on a street light
Tryin' to get away [hey!]
Guilty, guilty
I hear what you say
Countin' down the hours
But I haven't got the time
23rd precinct
Jumping on the line
On the line

And what I wanna know
Is will I get death row?
Or is there a second solution?
And what I wanna say
Is will I die today?
Or will I get second solution?

Second, solution

West End riot
There's a kid who was born and was raised in the west
There's a kid from the east who never really fit in with the rest
Every week they would meet in the street with their friends
With the guns that they made and the caps they they stole
They would fight to the death

This time we'll have victory
Last time ended in a defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
Battleground, battleground

West End Riot
West End Riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time

See a bum on the street that you think you recognize
Young kid never looked so bad, when he was only 4 foot high
Six o'clock running home I don't wanna be late
Another Saturday of sun and war shared with our mates

This time we'll have victory
Last time ended in a defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
Battleground, battleground

West End Riot
West End Riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time

Boys will be boys playing up and making lots of noise
Never used to talk about the future
Never thought that we'd have to care
So West End Riot

There's a man who was born in the west working at a factory
There's a man from the east who now runs the whole company
How they've grown on their own not like the kids they used to be
Saturdays of sun and war are just fond memories

West End Riot
West End Riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry
Listen up boys, you better not cry so
Listen up boys, you better not cry this time

Bloody Mary
Well there's no time to stop her now
Mary's gonna get her way somehow
Still just a game but I ask her and remind
Still just a game but I ask her and remind that Mary...
Mary...

23 seconds on the floor
Is all she needs and not a minute more
Still just a game but I ask her and remind
Still just a game but I ask her and remind that Mary...
Mary...

Tonight
Night
Night

Well there's no time to stop her now
Mary's gonna get her way somehow
Somehow
Still just a game but I ask her and remind
Still just a game but I ask her and remind that Mary...
Mary...

You'll die tonight
Night
Night

Night

Monday
Monday, a day like no other
Monday, was their last day
Some say, life is a struggle
Some say, life should be easy
One day, in a peaceful village
School day, in working Dunblane
One man, could change their whole world
One man, is all it took for

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play, on Monday
I don't wanna play, on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie

Change of plans on a rainy day
A new lesson to be learnt today
Pack up your guns and your soldiers too
Because one sick mind depends on you

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play, on Monday
I don't wanna play, on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie

Playing quietly
Along came destiny
I don't wanna play...

No school today
It's just a memory
One mind gone wrong

I don't wanna play, on Monday
I don't wanna play, on Monday
Pinned to my memory
Not just another Monday
It seems like such a lie
Monday, it seems like such a lie
Monday... it's just a lie

All Torn Down
I see the city and it isn't what it used to be
A million houses going up and going down in front of me
No time to let the concrete set before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic - don't really care at all

A hidden landscape on the brink of a development
A protest rally never satisfied with development
Both striving for a perfect world, each having their own opinion
Don't care if it's historic - don't really care at all

All torn down
All torn down
All torn-

I see the city and it's grown into a big machine
The streets are freeways and the parks are just a memory
No time to let the concrete set before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic - don't really care at all

All torn down
All torn down
All torn-

You've got no reason
You've got no reason, now

I see the city and it isn't what it used to be
A million houses going up and going down in front of me
No time to let the concrete set before it's broken up again
Don't care if it's historic - don't really care at all

All torn down
All torn down
All torn-

You've got no reason
You've got no reason, now

Save The Day
So here I come to save the day
A regular Joe now on parade
they say, It's the only way
But they, they only want it when it's there
So here I come to save the day
The future's here, and the past is yesterday
They say, it's the only way
But they, they only want it when it's there
When it's there

We're not going on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
Take your pride and swallow, swallow

Life's full of much unwanted waste
Crime pays and the junkies walk away
But for, husband and the good son
They speak, ill at ease but they dare not run
They dare not run

We're not going on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
Take your pride and swallow, swallow

We're not going on a holiday
We do a lot of work but we don't get paid
Stand up, don't walk away
Take your pride and swallow, swallow
Take your pride and gun

Trapped
Here it comes again
Don't let it pass you by
Like the city bound train
You know it's up to us
To lead the way
And march toward victory

Standing on the right side
Who knows what's right?

Here it comes again
Don't let it pass you by
Like the city bound train
You know it's up to us
To lead the way
And march toward victory

Standing on the right side
Who knows what's right?
Right..

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up, but the war has just begun

We're stuck inside a place
And soon we'll have to face the outside world
The anger on the street
Begins to raise some heat
And we're almost out of time

Standing on the right side
Who knows what's right?

Right?
Right..

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up, but the war has just begun, yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!

Standing on the right side
Who knows what's right?

Right?
Right..

Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
I'm not sure if we'll ever make it out of here alive
Don't look now
Seems like we're trapped somehow
Time is almost up, but the war has just... begun!

Have They Forgotten
One soul
One life
One soul, one life, one meaning

One soul, one life, one meaning
As far as we know
So why the hell should we be grieving?
I don't know
A house without no hope

They say there's nothing we can do
Just stand back
But while the government comforts you
And says let's be patient
One more cell becomes vacant

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten what it's all about?

One soul, one life, one meaning
As far as we know
So why the hell should we be grieving?
I don't know
A house without no hope

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten what it's all about?

Too many times we don't react
Too many things oh that's just crap
And if you cannot see
The effect it has on me... you're blind

Have they forgotten what it's all about?
Sometimes I wonder, can't work it out
An equation with no answer
Have they forgotten what it's all about?

Fly Away
I've told myself, so many times
Not to turn into the type, but I've found
Is it too late, has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losing it
Am I the only one?

Understanding
More like demanding
Where do the gray skies end?

So should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there

Oh yet again, thought I was right
But as usual I end up on the wrong side of the fence
Is it too late, has my time come?
Sometimes I think I'm losing it
Am I the only one? Understanding
More like demanding
Where do the gray skies end?

So should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there
Oooh yeah!

Understanding
More like demanding
Where do the gray skies end?

Should I stay or fly away?
The wings that I begin to grow
Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there

Will surely let me know
How far I have to go
And I'll be there

I Want A Day
10:50
Three minutes till
Till eleven
I don't wanna the alarm again
9:30
Three minutes till
On the way to work, not smiling

I know time to go punch my card in
Today, just another day at eleven
Got to help so much
To tidy up, too much too soon

I want a day when I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
I want a day when I don't have to go to work
This low-life job makes me feel like a jerk
So dirty
Burned fingers to the bone
Not fair to be left to the job all alone
No help, no
No credit for making sure this evil machine doesn't stop
I know time to go punch my card in
Today, just another day at eleven
Got to help so much
To tidy up, too much too soon

I want a day when I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
I want a day when I don't have to go to work
This low-life job makes me feel like a -
Am I going to spend every day
Of my life living this way?
No way!

I want a day when I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
I want a day when I don't have to go to work
This low-life job makes me feel like a jerk
I want a day when I don't have to get up
Sometimes I'm sick of being in a rut
I want a day when I don't have to go to work
This low-life job makes me feel like a jerk

Sleep On It
The afternoon just slips away
Cause it's the end of another day
And as the sky turns from blue to black
Time again for the image is back

So I don't know what's right
Screaming at you in the middle of the night
Can you help me please
Can you help?

Don't you sleep on it
The walls are closing in
This time you feel it
You know it's not right
Now I know

Far away from reality
Is a lock that holds no key
The strangest dream I ever had
Wake up call never seemed so bad

So I don't know what's right
Screaming at you in the middle of the night
Can you help me please
Can you help?

Don't you sleep on it
The walls are closing in
This time you feel it
You know it's not right
Now I know

Don't know what's come over me
Some say that it's destiny

So I don't know what's right
Screaming at you in the middle of the night
Can you help me please
Can you help?

Don't you sleep on it
The walls are closing in
This time you feel it
You know it's not right
Now I... now I...
Now I know

Prisoner Of Society
Growing Up (Falling Down)
Second Solution
West End Riot
Bloody Mary
Monday
All Torn Down
Save The Day
Trapped
Have They Forgotten
Fly Away
I Want A Day
Sleep On It
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