Fuck the politically minded, here’s something I want to say, about
the state of the nation, the way it treats us today. At school they
give you shit, drop you in the pit, you try and try to get out, but you
can’t because they’ve fucked you about. Then you’re a prime
example, of how they must not be, this is just a sample of what
they’ve done to you and me.

Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do.
Do they owe us a living? Of course they do, of course they do.
Do they ow us a living? OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DO.

They don’t want me anymore, cos I threw it on the floor. They
used to call me sweet thing but I’m nobody’s plaything, and now
that I am different, they’d love to bust my head, they’d love to see
me cop out, they’d love to see me dead.

Chorus

The living that is owed to me I’m never going to get, they’ve
buggered this old world up, up to their necks in debt. They’d give
you a lobotomy for something you ain’t done, they’ll make you an
epitome of everything that’s wrong

Chorus

Don’t take any notice of what the public think, they’re so hyped
up with t.v., they just don’t want to think. They’ll use you as a
target for demands and for advice, when you don’t what to hear it
they’ll say you’re full of vice.

Chorus


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    He said he misheard it AND THEN mentioned that if it were in there it would be perfect. I guess he just doesnt like them or thinks that it sounds like a solid statement.

    Cpt_Blood_Sausageon August 23, 2006   Link

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