We're on a bullet and were headed straight into God
Even he'd like to end it too
We take a pill, get a face, buy our ticket
And we hope heaven is true

I saw a cop beat a priest on the T. V.
And I know they killed our heroes too

We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
(We sing the death song, kids)

We light a candle on an earth we made into hell
And we pretend that we're in heaven
Each time we do we get the blind man's ticket
And we know that nothing is true

I saw a priest kill a cop on the T.V.
And I know they're our heroes too

We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you

We sing the death song, kids
We sing the death song, kids

We sing the death song, kids
We sing the death song, kids
We write our prayers on a little bomb
Kiss it on the face and send it to God

We sing the death song, kids
'Cause we got no future
And we wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you

We were the world, but we got no future
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We were the world, but we got no future
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you
We wanna be just like you

We sing the death song, kids


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    There's something great about hearing the chorus "no future", ala Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen.

    Eatcarpeton June 20, 2005   Link

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