We've been playing now for much too long
And never gonna dance to a different song
I'm gonna scream and shout till my dying breath
I'm gonna smash it up till there's nothing left

Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up
Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up

People call me weird, oh it's such a shame
Maybe it's my clothes, must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't want to be a sucker like all the rest

Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up
Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up
Smash it up

Smash it up
Smash it up
Smash it up

Smash it up
And you can keep your crystal glasses
Smash it up
And you can see a very dead-way end
Smash it up
And you can stick a frothy lager
Smash it up
Up the fuck with your lesson

We've been playing now for much too long
And never gonna dance to a different song
I'm gonna scream and shout till my dying breath
I'm gonna smash it up till there's nothing left

Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up
Oh smash it up
Smash it up smash it up
Smash it up

And everybody's smashing things down
I said everybody's smashing things down


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Smash It Up Lyrics as written by Christopher John Millar Alasdair Mackie Ward

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    Yeah, great cover of a great song. I heard this before the original, and was floored how much it sounds like the original.

    psyconiuson January 04, 2007   Link

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