1. |
No Sir, I Won't
03:01
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Woke up with a start
To the sound of progress grinding to a halt
You went to work, you felt the same
You didn’t move, you couldn’t feel your chains
What did you know
What did you care
Woke up to the sound of
My country burning to the ground
They hide in cities on the hill
From desperate (deathless?) generations born to kill
What did you know
What did you care
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2. |
Start Again
01:32
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I never made it as a student of convention
I just learned enough lines to get by
I never thought myself a model of contention
You could say I never tried
We could sit across this room from each other
And just sink deeper into yet another lie
Or we could dive into this hardwood floor head first
And never say we never tried
Cause I’m old enough to know I’ll never be your friend
But I’m dumb enough to think that we could start again
I’m old enough to know, too pissed to let this stand
Too far to go home now, no this is not the end
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3. |
Shake Me, Judy!
03:45
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Devotion I have learned
Devotion I have earned
In 17 years’ time
This acrimonious decline
My family and all of my friends both think
I’m more fucked up than them
But we’re not alone, just lonely
And built too brave to be so shy
So is this a party now
Or are we just hanging out
Is it wishful thinking to be rid
Of a system that holds you down?
Oh is this a party now
Are we still just hanging out
(Come on!)
Come on baby, do the revolution
Gonna show you how
It’s still the same old suit
Since twenty hundred two
They have it out with me
I take it out on you
I’m sorry, love I know
I’ve really done it now
And now I don’t think I’ll go outside
I trust you just too much to try
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Family values, set the new norm
From the dog whistle to the bullhorn
From a presidential race to a race war
Set the new norms, Family values
From state lies to the “all lives matter”
(Fuck you!)
From a presidential race to a race war
From the dog whistle to the bullhorn
We won't be misled
We won't be distracted
From alternative facts to the alt-right
We won't go down without a fight
John McCain crash a plane now
High five Ronald Reagan in the grave now
They'll make us grovel if we refuse to bow
Law and order, set the new norm
From a neo-fascist twit to a twitter war
From a presidential race to a race war
From the dog whistle to the bullhorn
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I see you sister of mine and millions more
On the front lines of the culture war
You resist and persist sister even though you've been warned
Sister I feel the power in your hands
From Richmond, Virginia to Kabul, Afghanistan
"But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand"
And I don't mean to say
It's always been up to you
But I know by now
It shouldn't be left up to me
(I don't need to explain
Because I've got nothing to prove
I've seen enough to know
And I know enough to see)
This is about a lot more
(This is about so much more)
This is about more than equality
I see you sister of mine
Always on the clock
The classrooms, the coal mines,
The coffee shops
Ground down twice as fine
As the rest of us
But in the boardroom they forgot
Exactly what a woman is worth
So my sister screams to be heard
She says "as long as I am not free,
Neither is the world!"
And I don't mean to say
It's always been up to you
But I know by now
It shouldn't be left up to me
(I don't need to explain
Because I've got nothing to prove
I've seen enough to know
And I know enough to see)
As long as you are not free
Than neither are we
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They know who needs the guns
And where to get them
The prevention of crime
They'll march you to the wall
If you let them keep you in line
Seventeen years of post-9/11
And no safer than before
Fifth Ave midday with an AK-47
Or they'll kick down your front door
They'll keep you prisoner
You'll take the fall for the billionaires and their illegal wars
They keep you sick and poor
They take what's yours
They'll give you nothing
And keep taking more
US backed bombing
Campaign in Yemen
Twenty thousand dead
State sanctioned cholera epidemic
Or a bullet in the head
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You'll never give me what I want
Head wrapped with a bow
You'll never give me what I want
If you say so
The drummer drummed on
The singer sang songs
He said I've lived on the street
I've had the world at my feet
And some people will never be
Some people will never be
Heroes to me, because...
She said I've lived on your street
I've played the quiet creep
And your heroes will never be
Heroes to me
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8. |
Bella Ciao
01:27
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The world is waking outside my window
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
Drags my senses into the sunlight
For there are things that I must do
Wish me luck now, I have to leave you
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
With my friends now up to the city
We're going to shake the Gates of Hell
And I will tell them - we will tell them
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
That our sunlight is not for franchise
And wish the bastards drop down dead
Next time you see me I may be smiling
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
I'll be in prison or on the TV
I'll say, "the sunlight dragged me here!"
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9. |
Disco 2008
04:53
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What the fuck do you protect
And who the fuck do you serve
Has it ever been the dispossessed
Have you ever been insecure
But what the fuck do you expect
And should it come as a surprised
Justice was never won,
Nothing was overcome through compromise
You must not think very much of me
But you're never half as clever as you'd like us to believe
(Leave me hanging from the highest tree)
What the fuck do you reject
In order to affirm
I know you feel that disconnect
I know you feel so insecure
But what the fuck do you expect
I can't see tomorrow
I can barely see today
I can't see, but I know
It will be violent anyway
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Alex Jonestown Massacre Richmond, Virginia
The Alex Jonestown Massacre have been a band since America became great. Their self-described "angry songs you can dance to" are a mix of catchy hooks and knowing nods to their forebears both musical and political. AJM released their first EP of Clash-inspired pop-punk, What We Do Is Stupid, in April of 2018. Their debut LP, Fear of a Flat Planet is out now on Hail Peyton Records. ... more
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