March
March Along - Nov. 1994
You're
Nightmare, My life
This is your nightmare, this is my life
Nothing is stable, just how I like it
You always said that you wanted the good life
But now you have money and you're all alone
I've got no money, but I live the good life
I have excitement and I've got my friends
I won't settle down and become a boring asshole like you
Never, Never
(Chorus)
You've become jaded and now you're an asshole
You lost your ideals and gave up the fight
I'm still fighting the confines of society
Continuing the struggle I'm in it for life
I won't settle down and become a boring asshole like you
Never, Never
Revolution
on the Way
You asked me how I'm doing today
I say the same as yesterday, struggling to get by
Doin' what I have to do to survive
You said what's your problem, you can change
Get a full time job, live the American way
I looked you in the eye and said
I just wanna get away from it all
There are many people just like me
who have lost all hope in society
We're singing the revolution is on the way
-Revolution
Everybody's sayin' the same thing
from suburban youth to inner city gangs
Things are going to explode
this generations future is looking bleak
More and more people are going to jail
The standard of living is shot to hell
How much will it take?
People will only be pushed so far
(Chorus)
The struggle continues, it's always around
There's power in numbers
We can't be held down
If you think it's futile and nothing can change
Roll over and die and get out of our way
Don't hold us back
We're singing the revolution is on the way
-Revolution
A free world for all
We're singing the revolution is on the way!
Fed
Up
Human Right aren't worth much today
Greed and power is what dominates
We'd be better off ruling ourselves
Freedom's never given out
It's something that you have to take
Every civil right that was won
came after a long hard fight
We'd be better off ruling ourselves
At least we'd have control of our lives
Revolutions happen all the time
They fail when we let leaders take control
Why should we let others push us around
When we are smart enough to take things
into our own hands and how to
get our rights back from the ruling class
Burn the rich out and kick their asses
We'd be better off ruling ourselves
People think without a government
There will be violence in the street
But that's already happening now
And it's not going away
We'd be better off ruling ourselves
At least we'd have control of our lives
Revolution happens all the time
They fail when we let leaders take control
Why should we let others push us around
When we are smart enough to take things
into our won hands and rule ourselves
Road
to Ruin
They're playing deadly games
By dumping toxic waste
Pollution everywhere
More disease, more cancer
Corporations are killing us
Just so they can make more profits
Instead of disposing waste properly
They cut their costs and dump it in the sea
I went down to the beach
Medical waste under my feet
Raw sewage oil spills
Poisonous chemicals
Big business and the media go hand in hand
So they make it seem like it's not so bad
Another example of the corporate lies
Money is more important than human lives, its sick
When will they realize money istheir cancerous disease
They are poisoning us with their own self greed
People invent different ways to power cities
Oil companies wouldn't needed
They won't let this happen
So they buy up patents and lock them away
Shit like this happens everyday
It doesn't matter we're destroying the earth
They just want their money so profit comes first
Nuclear waste radiation
Are just minor complications
The cancer rate is rising more people are dying
Boards of industry are tied to research
They cover up facts they don't want us to see
The death toll from populations on the rise
This is something they keep trying to deny, it's sick
When will they realize money is their cancerous disease
They are poisoning us with their own self greed
Life
on the road
We're hitting the road for a couple of weeks
We got places to go, we got people to meet
So all you cool cats come in off the street
Yo-daddy-yo, you'll get knocked off your feet
--The music will make you go crazy again and again--
People are jumpin' around- nobody seems to care
They just wanna dance- they just wanna let loose
They just wanna have fun- we've got nothing to lose
The police try to shut us down
They're scared of all the crazy looking freaks around
We keep on playing 'til they cut the power switch
A riot breaks out, we leave pretty quick
We gotta keep on movin', gotta make it to the next show
Can't afford another night in jail- Let's go
There's a party every night after the show
We like to be social, we like to hang out
Everybody's havin' fun they have nothing to prove
Music's blastin' all night we're all feeling good
--The music will make you go crazy again and again--
People are laughing- havin' a good time
Exchangin' ideas- speakin' their minds
Nobody's uptight- just being themselves
Things are gettin' kinda wild- we're all raisin' hell
The party keeps goin' all through the night
The neighbor's keep tellin' us to be quiet
We climb in the van and we leave at sunrise
We get going we'll see you next time
We gotta keep movin' gotta make it to the next show
Wish we could stay longer- Let's go
Every major city has it's own punk scene
The underground will never die if you know what I mean
There will always be dissenters, people who really know
Until the revolution comes, we'll keep meeting at the shows
--The music will make you go crazy again and again--
You're full of anger and hate- caused by the mainstream crowd
So you go to the show- to relax and hang out
You don't wanna leave- cause you feel right at home
But you know at any minute everyone will be gone
Montgomery, Alabama they were gonna take us in
Our anti-government lyrics shouldn't be sold to kids
They said we had two choices
Leave town or go to jail now
We played 'Death to All the Pigs'
Packed up quick and bailed
We gotta keep movin- gotta make it to the next show
Can't afford another night in jail- Let's go!
Kids
in America
(Kim Wilde cover - lyrics are essentially the same as the original's)
Under
18
If you're under 18 you don't have any rights
They force you to conform, plan your whole damn life
By the time your 21 the brainwashing is done
You're sucked into there system there is no return
Look at the world your parents gave to you
Full of hate, full of lies
Look at the way your parents live their lives
By the rules, not by choice
They force traditions on you won't let you be yourself
If you're different from them, they say you'll go to hell
You're locked up in group homes or in juvenile hall
They give you stupid curfews everything's against the law
(Chorus)
Take charge of your life You're old enough to know what's right (X2)
Authority's established by instilling fear in you
They tell you that you're powerless there's nothing you can do
Move in with a friend if your parents mistreat you
Start organizing protests with all the kids at school
(Chorus)
Don't end up just like them, don't end up just like them!
March
March Along
She walks march march along like the rest of the world
She cries she cries alone cause no one will listen
She said what's wrong with me I don't seem to fit in
I can't march march along march march along
The parents said try to be happy be like us
The teacher said there's something wrong a problem in your head
The doctor said I'll give her drugs to keep her from crying
The girl said I'm losing my mind I'm losing my mind
This girl became suicidal
Instead of killing herself she ran away
Put out her thumb and hitch-hiked down south
After a long fucked up trip she wound up in LA
Started living in squats started living with friends
She realized it was OK that she never fit in
She knows now that she is not the crazy one
It was her parents, teachers and doctors that were messed up now she says
Can't get to me in my head (X4)
She knows she's got to be strong and hold her head up high
She learned she can't let this world break her down break her pride
She knows it's not wrong to be herself and speak her mind
She won't march march along march march along
Lock
Us Away
Don't support the war on crime
Innocent people are doing time
More and more cops and more jails
This solution to crime is gonna fail
Don't you see what they're trying to do
They're not concerned with your safety
They want to control you congress passes
More oppressive laws then they lock us away
Wall street perpetuates poverty then they lock us away
The media creates hysteria then they lock us away
Soon the whole country will be under martial law
Then they'll lock us all away
People have always been the same
There's always been asshole who should be locked away
such as murderers, rapists and all politicians
But now there's people getting locked away for no reason
(chorus)
Incarceration the death penalty
Do nothing to reduce crime it distracts us
From fighting the social conditions
which create this insane violence
such as poverty and racism and sexism and homelessness
The only way to fight against crime
is to put human need before profit
Don't support the war on crime
Innocent people are doing time
We're denied health care, education and housing
Domestic violence and child abuse is never ending
But none of these atrocities are seen as crime
Neither is sending someone off to war to die
In
the Night
We sit and laugh out loud
At stupid comments made to put us down
We laugh but we don't smile
What does this tell you? We got so fucked up every night
And in the morning when we wake up
We'll do anything to pass time
But in the night seems like we're the only ones alright (X2)
People like security
There life becomes so stale it becomes monotonous
I cannot live like that
What does this tell you? I want to get more out of life
During the working day it's constantly
A conflict with the mainstream crowd
But in the night seems like we're the only ones alright (X2)
We sit and laugh out loud
At stupid comments made to put us down
We laugh but we don't smile
What does this tell you? We got so fucked up every night
Kill kill kill me I don't care
You see I'm already half dead
I'm not afraid to go out at night
I like the excitement the thrill of the fight
It's not exciting if you're not scared
I have more fun cause I don't care
I'll drive my car at 120
Sometimes life can be so funny
Life can be so funny (X2)
Don't
Waste My Time
I don't really fucking care
I've heard it all before I swear
I'm so sick of social games
All your gossip's so damn lame
I don't really want to know
What who did what with so and so
Can't you see how shallow all these social games are
Stop wasting my time
I just wanna break some glass
I just wanna kick your ass
I'm not gonna stay relaxed
Stop talking shit behind my back
(chorus)
Stop wasting my time (X4)
Why don't you just shut your trap
You're just so damn full of crap
Everybody's talking shit
I'm so sick of hearing it
Anthem
They say that I'm a loser cause I don't have fancy things
I don't have a fancy job don't wear no diamond rings
Well they'll never know that the joke is on them
Cause I'm lucky go free don't got no worryin'
You can laugh at me and say I'm wrong
You can try and say that I'm a fool
But there's some things that I'll never change
Cause I know what's best for me
I say that I'm free cause there's nothing tying me down
I say that I'm lucky cause I got friends in many towns
I say I got no worryin' cause I got nothin' to prove
Happiness is what matters 'cause it's one thing that is true
(chorus)
So when they put you down
for not livin' like them
don't try to change your ways
cause you'll regret it in the end
Why let them get you down
When they don't have a clue
Don't ever let them tell you
That they know what's best for you