歌曲 | What If Punk Never Happened |
歌手 | The King Blues |
专辑 | Save The World, Get The Girl |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
Well on a cold | |
Tuesday morning, | |
I was walking into town, | |
Had my headphones blaring, didn’t notice what was around, | |
I crossed the road, a car swerved and nearly ran me down, | |
Looked in the driver’s seat, | |
I swear to | |
God it was | |
Doc Brown, | |
He said “Are you | |
Michael J | |
Fox?” I said “ | |
No I’m Jonny | |
Fox”, He said “ | |
Close enough, get inside, | |
I’m taking you with me to see another time, | |
A place you could only have dreamed in your mind, | |
An alternative reality situated just outside of | |
Clapham, So strap yourself in, | |
Cos where we’re going you don’t need roads, | |
To get to where punk never happened” | |
We landed in a concrete desert, rubble as far as the eye could see, | |
I says to | |
Doc “Where we goin’?” | |
Doc says he’s following me, | |
We found the only building in the city that was left standing, | |
It was my local venue, | |
I know cos | |
I recognised the landing, | |
And there’s a gig on tonight! | |
This town ain’t so bad, | |
I got everything | |
I need, right here in this pad, | |
So I pulled out a bottle and took a heroic swig, | |
Made myself comfortable and got ready for the gig, | |
Well an hour after doors and there was still no-one there, | |
The soundman was on acid, the fucking long hair, | |
The bands never showed cos they didn’t see the point, | |
When all the kids are at home still smoking a joint, | |
They won’t go out and do nothing, not on your nelly, | |
They’re just watching the telly and then feeding their belly, | |
Their parents listen to | |
The Beatles, while they listen to | |
Nirvana, Cos | |
Green Day and | |
The Pistols, well they never heard either, | |
They got long sleeve | |
T-shirts and they never shower, | |
They still believe in flower power, | |
The hippy dream’s faded but they got nothing new, | |
So they wear flares and slippers and burn incense sticks too, | |
The kids would rather skate than go out and smash the state, | |
While their parents sit still and meditate, | |
Action’s at a low when people just don’t care, | |
They zoned out to their surroundings, the anger’s not there, | |
And I’m stuck in this hippy, grunge reality, | |
Where the buildings are crumbling down from apathy, | |
They grab you at school when you’ve just turned 13, | |
And show you your brand new, life long routine, | |
You can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
So you can save up the money to buy a new jeep, | |
So you can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
Then sleep. | |
Then work. | |
Then work. | |
Then sleep. | |
I pulled a fanzine out my back pocket, held it in my hands, | |
And watched the colours slowly fade away, | |
The words bled right off of the pages til it had nothing left to say, | |
I banged on the jukebox but it was useless, | |
It had no good records on, | |
Not even something weak like ‘ | |
The Best Punk | |
Album In The | |
World Ever | |
Volume 1’, | |
Outside the windows, | |
I saw the excavators coming to tear the place down, | |
No-one stopped them, for there is no community left in this town, | |
There’s no-one around to fight | |
Margaret Thatcher, | |
The power of the flower just couldn’t match her, | |
Too strong was the will of | |
Parliament to cause damage, | |
That with no punk rock everything went unchallenged, | |
Land got knocked down to build more land, | |
That got knocked down again for a couple more grand, | |
With no punk the protests were full of throwbacks calling each other comrade, | |
Of course the young folks’ attendance started to fade, | |
So it was easy for the police to move in, they were trusted, | |
And that’s when the whole damn town got busted, | |
They moved | |
CCTV cameras in everywhere, | |
But the people were too apathetic to care, | |
They made them carry | |
ID cards to state where they’re from, | |
As if by being born they had done something wrong, | |
They shipped all the poor folk to live out in the edges, | |
So the rich folk could move in and peer over their hedges, “ | |
But before you leave, you’d better build our homes, | |
There, we’ve done you a favour, now you’re on your own, | |
This ain’t your home no more, go find somewhere new, | |
I know you ain’t got the money, cos it’s me who employs you, | |
I know everything about you, what you eat, how you dress, | |
Your hobbies, your turn-ons, your email address, | |
While I had you working in the dark, you didn’t realise, | |
That I completely stopped your ability to organise, | |
I didn’t let you have a reason to communicate, | |
I banned punk rock knowing you hippies would seal your own fate, | |
I controlled everything you wrote, everything you created, | |
I distracted you with advertisements so you forgot what you hated, | |
I fed your dark side, kept you consuming and competing, | |
And like a dog that doesn’t know when to stop eating, | |
You took it all, oh and long was it my intention, | |
You could have beat me if punk rock was your invention”, | |
Instead the city will be sold to the highest bids, | |
If only Sham 69 had of united the kids, | |
If only the 4 | |
Skins had told us | |
ACAB, If only | |
The Ramones had let us know we were a happy family, | |
If only The | |
Buzzcocks had shown us how to do it ourself, | |
If only Crass had shown us there are things more important than wealth, | |
If only The | |
Vandals had shown us it was | |
OK to smile, | |
If only The | |
Dead Kennedys had helped us put our government on trial, | |
If only Rancid had played live, and brought with them that vibe, | |
If we had | |
Sick Of It | |
All and Madball we could put them all on the frontline, | |
If we had | |
GG Allin we’d have learned it’s | |
OK to be hated, | |
If we’d have had | |
The Refused then we could have innovated, | |
If we’d had | |
Poison Idea then they couldn’t push us over, | |
If we’d had | |
Minor Threat then we could have done it sober, | |
If we’d have had | |
Against Me we could have done it all unplugged, | |
If we’d had | |
Operation | |
Ivy we could have done it then fucked off, | |
If we had | |
The Blitz, | |
The Clash, | |
Disorder, | |
Propagandhi, | |
The Exploited, | |
NOFX and anyone that’s handy, | |
There’s a lesson to be learned, one that | |
I will take home, | |
When I return to my normal reality zone, | |
Punk rock has the power to change the world, | |
It lies in every single punk rock boy and girl, | |
So don’t let anyone tell you you’re not worth the earth, | |
These streets are your streets, this turf is your turf, | |
Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve got to give in, | |
Cos you can make a difference, you can change everything, | |
Just let your dreams be your pilot, your imagination your fuel, | |
Tear up the book and write your own damn rules, | |
Use all that heart, hope and soul that you’ve got, | |
And the love and the rage that you feel in your gut, | |
And realise that the other world that you’re always looking for, | |
Lies right here in front of us, just outside this door, | |
And it’s up to you to go out there and paint the canvas, | |
After all, you were put on the earth to do this, | |
So shine your light so bright that all can see, | |
Take pride in being whoever the fuck you want to be, | |
Throw your fist in the air in solidarity, |
Well on a cold | |
Tuesday morning, | |
I was walking into town, | |
Had my headphones blaring, didn' t notice what was around, | |
I crossed the road, a car swerved and nearly ran me down, | |
Looked in the driver' s seat, | |
I swear to | |
God it was | |
Doc Brown, | |
He said " Are you | |
Michael J | |
Fox?" I said " | |
No I' m Jonny | |
Fox", He said " | |
Close enough, get inside, | |
I' m taking you with me to see another time, | |
A place you could only have dreamed in your mind, | |
An alternative reality situated just outside of | |
Clapham, So strap yourself in, | |
Cos where we' re going you don' t need roads, | |
To get to where punk never happened" | |
We landed in a concrete desert, rubble as far as the eye could see, | |
I says to | |
Doc " Where we goin'?" | |
Doc says he' s following me, | |
We found the only building in the city that was left standing, | |
It was my local venue, | |
I know cos | |
I recognised the landing, | |
And there' s a gig on tonight! | |
This town ain' t so bad, | |
I got everything | |
I need, right here in this pad, | |
So I pulled out a bottle and took a heroic swig, | |
Made myself comfortable and got ready for the gig, | |
Well an hour after doors and there was still noone there, | |
The soundman was on acid, the fucking long hair, | |
The bands never showed cos they didn' t see the point, | |
When all the kids are at home still smoking a joint, | |
They won' t go out and do nothing, not on your nelly, | |
They' re just watching the telly and then feeding their belly, | |
Their parents listen to | |
The Beatles, while they listen to | |
Nirvana, Cos | |
Green Day and | |
The Pistols, well they never heard either, | |
They got long sleeve | |
Tshirts and they never shower, | |
They still believe in flower power, | |
The hippy dream' s faded but they got nothing new, | |
So they wear flares and slippers and burn incense sticks too, | |
The kids would rather skate than go out and smash the state, | |
While their parents sit still and meditate, | |
Action' s at a low when people just don' t care, | |
They zoned out to their surroundings, the anger' s not there, | |
And I' m stuck in this hippy, grunge reality, | |
Where the buildings are crumbling down from apathy, | |
They grab you at school when you' ve just turned 13, | |
And show you your brand new, life long routine, | |
You can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
So you can save up the money to buy a new jeep, | |
So you can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
Then sleep. | |
Then work. | |
Then work. | |
Then sleep. | |
I pulled a fanzine out my back pocket, held it in my hands, | |
And watched the colours slowly fade away, | |
The words bled right off of the pages til it had nothing left to say, | |
I banged on the jukebox but it was useless, | |
It had no good records on, | |
Not even something weak like ' | |
The Best Punk | |
Album In The | |
World Ever | |
Volume 1', | |
Outside the windows, | |
I saw the excavators coming to tear the place down, | |
Noone stopped them, for there is no community left in this town, | |
There' s noone around to fight | |
Margaret Thatcher, | |
The power of the flower just couldn' t match her, | |
Too strong was the will of | |
Parliament to cause damage, | |
That with no punk rock everything went unchallenged, | |
Land got knocked down to build more land, | |
That got knocked down again for a couple more grand, | |
With no punk the protests were full of throwbacks calling each other comrade, | |
Of course the young folks' attendance started to fade, | |
So it was easy for the police to move in, they were trusted, | |
And that' s when the whole damn town got busted, | |
They moved | |
CCTV cameras in everywhere, | |
But the people were too apathetic to care, | |
They made them carry | |
ID cards to state where they' re from, | |
As if by being born they had done something wrong, | |
They shipped all the poor folk to live out in the edges, | |
So the rich folk could move in and peer over their hedges, " | |
But before you leave, you' d better build our homes, | |
There, we' ve done you a favour, now you' re on your own, | |
This ain' t your home no more, go find somewhere new, | |
I know you ain' t got the money, cos it' s me who employs you, | |
I know everything about you, what you eat, how you dress, | |
Your hobbies, your turnons, your email address, | |
While I had you working in the dark, you didn' t realise, | |
That I completely stopped your ability to organise, | |
I didn' t let you have a reason to communicate, | |
I banned punk rock knowing you hippies would seal your own fate, | |
I controlled everything you wrote, everything you created, | |
I distracted you with advertisements so you forgot what you hated, | |
I fed your dark side, kept you consuming and competing, | |
And like a dog that doesn' t know when to stop eating, | |
You took it all, oh and long was it my intention, | |
You could have beat me if punk rock was your invention", | |
Instead the city will be sold to the highest bids, | |
If only Sham 69 had of united the kids, | |
If only the 4 | |
Skins had told us | |
ACAB, If only | |
The Ramones had let us know we were a happy family, | |
If only The | |
Buzzcocks had shown us how to do it ourself, | |
If only Crass had shown us there are things more important than wealth, | |
If only The | |
Vandals had shown us it was | |
OK to smile, | |
If only The | |
Dead Kennedys had helped us put our government on trial, | |
If only Rancid had played live, and brought with them that vibe, | |
If we had | |
Sick Of It | |
All and Madball we could put them all on the frontline, | |
If we had | |
GG Allin we' d have learned it' s | |
OK to be hated, | |
If we' d have had | |
The Refused then we could have innovated, | |
If we' d had | |
Poison Idea then they couldn' t push us over, | |
If we' d had | |
Minor Threat then we could have done it sober, | |
If we' d have had | |
Against Me we could have done it all unplugged, | |
If we' d had | |
Operation | |
Ivy we could have done it then fucked off, | |
If we had | |
The Blitz, | |
The Clash, | |
Disorder, | |
Propagandhi, | |
The Exploited, | |
NOFX and anyone that' s handy, | |
There' s a lesson to be learned, one that | |
I will take home, | |
When I return to my normal reality zone, | |
Punk rock has the power to change the world, | |
It lies in every single punk rock boy and girl, | |
So don' t let anyone tell you you' re not worth the earth, | |
These streets are your streets, this turf is your turf, | |
Don' t let anyone tell you that you' ve got to give in, | |
Cos you can make a difference, you can change everything, | |
Just let your dreams be your pilot, your imagination your fuel, | |
Tear up the book and write your own damn rules, | |
Use all that heart, hope and soul that you' ve got, | |
And the love and the rage that you feel in your gut, | |
And realise that the other world that you' re always looking for, | |
Lies right here in front of us, just outside this door, | |
And it' s up to you to go out there and paint the canvas, | |
After all, you were put on the earth to do this, | |
So shine your light so bright that all can see, | |
Take pride in being whoever the fuck you want to be, | |
Throw your fist in the air in solidarity, |
Well on a cold | |
Tuesday morning, | |
I was walking into town, | |
Had my headphones blaring, didn' t notice what was around, | |
I crossed the road, a car swerved and nearly ran me down, | |
Looked in the driver' s seat, | |
I swear to | |
God it was | |
Doc Brown, | |
He said " Are you | |
Michael J | |
Fox?" I said " | |
No I' m Jonny | |
Fox", He said " | |
Close enough, get inside, | |
I' m taking you with me to see another time, | |
A place you could only have dreamed in your mind, | |
An alternative reality situated just outside of | |
Clapham, So strap yourself in, | |
Cos where we' re going you don' t need roads, | |
To get to where punk never happened" | |
We landed in a concrete desert, rubble as far as the eye could see, | |
I says to | |
Doc " Where we goin'?" | |
Doc says he' s following me, | |
We found the only building in the city that was left standing, | |
It was my local venue, | |
I know cos | |
I recognised the landing, | |
And there' s a gig on tonight! | |
This town ain' t so bad, | |
I got everything | |
I need, right here in this pad, | |
So I pulled out a bottle and took a heroic swig, | |
Made myself comfortable and got ready for the gig, | |
Well an hour after doors and there was still noone there, | |
The soundman was on acid, the fucking long hair, | |
The bands never showed cos they didn' t see the point, | |
When all the kids are at home still smoking a joint, | |
They won' t go out and do nothing, not on your nelly, | |
They' re just watching the telly and then feeding their belly, | |
Their parents listen to | |
The Beatles, while they listen to | |
Nirvana, Cos | |
Green Day and | |
The Pistols, well they never heard either, | |
They got long sleeve | |
Tshirts and they never shower, | |
They still believe in flower power, | |
The hippy dream' s faded but they got nothing new, | |
So they wear flares and slippers and burn incense sticks too, | |
The kids would rather skate than go out and smash the state, | |
While their parents sit still and meditate, | |
Action' s at a low when people just don' t care, | |
They zoned out to their surroundings, the anger' s not there, | |
And I' m stuck in this hippy, grunge reality, | |
Where the buildings are crumbling down from apathy, | |
They grab you at school when you' ve just turned 13, | |
And show you your brand new, life long routine, | |
You can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
So you can save up the money to buy a new jeep, | |
So you can sleep and work, and work and sleep, | |
Then sleep. | |
Then work. | |
Then work. | |
Then sleep. | |
I pulled a fanzine out my back pocket, held it in my hands, | |
And watched the colours slowly fade away, | |
The words bled right off of the pages til it had nothing left to say, | |
I banged on the jukebox but it was useless, | |
It had no good records on, | |
Not even something weak like ' | |
The Best Punk | |
Album In The | |
World Ever | |
Volume 1', | |
Outside the windows, | |
I saw the excavators coming to tear the place down, | |
Noone stopped them, for there is no community left in this town, | |
There' s noone around to fight | |
Margaret Thatcher, | |
The power of the flower just couldn' t match her, | |
Too strong was the will of | |
Parliament to cause damage, | |
That with no punk rock everything went unchallenged, | |
Land got knocked down to build more land, | |
That got knocked down again for a couple more grand, | |
With no punk the protests were full of throwbacks calling each other comrade, | |
Of course the young folks' attendance started to fade, | |
So it was easy for the police to move in, they were trusted, | |
And that' s when the whole damn town got busted, | |
They moved | |
CCTV cameras in everywhere, | |
But the people were too apathetic to care, | |
They made them carry | |
ID cards to state where they' re from, | |
As if by being born they had done something wrong, | |
They shipped all the poor folk to live out in the edges, | |
So the rich folk could move in and peer over their hedges, " | |
But before you leave, you' d better build our homes, | |
There, we' ve done you a favour, now you' re on your own, | |
This ain' t your home no more, go find somewhere new, | |
I know you ain' t got the money, cos it' s me who employs you, | |
I know everything about you, what you eat, how you dress, | |
Your hobbies, your turnons, your email address, | |
While I had you working in the dark, you didn' t realise, | |
That I completely stopped your ability to organise, | |
I didn' t let you have a reason to communicate, | |
I banned punk rock knowing you hippies would seal your own fate, | |
I controlled everything you wrote, everything you created, | |
I distracted you with advertisements so you forgot what you hated, | |
I fed your dark side, kept you consuming and competing, | |
And like a dog that doesn' t know when to stop eating, | |
You took it all, oh and long was it my intention, | |
You could have beat me if punk rock was your invention", | |
Instead the city will be sold to the highest bids, | |
If only Sham 69 had of united the kids, | |
If only the 4 | |
Skins had told us | |
ACAB, If only | |
The Ramones had let us know we were a happy family, | |
If only The | |
Buzzcocks had shown us how to do it ourself, | |
If only Crass had shown us there are things more important than wealth, | |
If only The | |
Vandals had shown us it was | |
OK to smile, | |
If only The | |
Dead Kennedys had helped us put our government on trial, | |
If only Rancid had played live, and brought with them that vibe, | |
If we had | |
Sick Of It | |
All and Madball we could put them all on the frontline, | |
If we had | |
GG Allin we' d have learned it' s | |
OK to be hated, | |
If we' d have had | |
The Refused then we could have innovated, | |
If we' d had | |
Poison Idea then they couldn' t push us over, | |
If we' d had | |
Minor Threat then we could have done it sober, | |
If we' d have had | |
Against Me we could have done it all unplugged, | |
If we' d had | |
Operation | |
Ivy we could have done it then fucked off, | |
If we had | |
The Blitz, | |
The Clash, | |
Disorder, | |
Propagandhi, | |
The Exploited, | |
NOFX and anyone that' s handy, | |
There' s a lesson to be learned, one that | |
I will take home, | |
When I return to my normal reality zone, | |
Punk rock has the power to change the world, | |
It lies in every single punk rock boy and girl, | |
So don' t let anyone tell you you' re not worth the earth, | |
These streets are your streets, this turf is your turf, | |
Don' t let anyone tell you that you' ve got to give in, | |
Cos you can make a difference, you can change everything, | |
Just let your dreams be your pilot, your imagination your fuel, | |
Tear up the book and write your own damn rules, | |
Use all that heart, hope and soul that you' ve got, | |
And the love and the rage that you feel in your gut, | |
And realise that the other world that you' re always looking for, | |
Lies right here in front of us, just outside this door, | |
And it' s up to you to go out there and paint the canvas, | |
After all, you were put on the earth to do this, | |
So shine your light so bright that all can see, | |
Take pride in being whoever the fuck you want to be, | |
Throw your fist in the air in solidarity, |