Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
We ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Repeat
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
We ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Repeat
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
We ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
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lol... ironcheese... with a name like that you probably are weird, but its something you should be proud of! they should have weirdness pride day! i'll sure as hell be there! i'm weird! YEAH! anyways, i sing all the time, people KNOW im weird. i sing blink and sum 41 ... etc etc etc...moneen... tomorrow it will be this song!
Yeah cause liking Blink 182 and Sum42 is just so hardcore and unheard of! I suppose you have the MASS PRODUCED t-shirt saying "You laugh at me cause i'm different, i laugh at you cause you're all the same." "I fell in love with the girl at the rock show"? Oh that is fucking badass! You fucking butt-pirate, what would you think if someone was singing stuff like...
"You still think swastikas look cool The real Nazis run your school They're coaches, businessmen and cops In a real Fourth Reich you'll be the first to go
Nazi Punks, Nazi Punks, Nazi Punk FUCK OFF!"
Or
"Pull down your dress heres a kick in the ass Lets beat you blue til you shit in your pants Dont move child, i've got a big black stick There's 6 of us babe so suck on my dick."
...just listen to any Dead Kennedys song and you'd be ashamed you ever considered yourself different for listening to Blink 182. Who by the way sold-out... actually, they were never really "sell-in"s...
itltfan
And you... you claim to like DKs and the Sex Pistols and the Clash. First off, Sex Pistols had one album. And "London Calling" isnt punk, this was after they diversified, Sandinista was the most punk Clash album. It's a discrace people like you are allowed to listen to these fine bands when you are into the "warped tour" crap. As MxPx are clearly a christian-pop-rock band, have you ever heard the Dead Kennedys song called "Religious Vomit"? No? I didnt think so you fuckin moron. That is like campaigning for no war and then enrolling in the fuck army you ass pirate.
"i hate how our society labels everything i mean for instance "the REAL punk rock died in 77" and "the punk bands now arent really punk they just say they are" i mean people wo say that shit probably have a picture in their mind of how punk should be (i am going to stp right here because if i dont i will ramble on all day i didnt get my whole point across or even half of it but i think you get the idea) like tis song lot by the way"
OK, punk should be about questioning authority and not conforming to any stupid rules. For example, RELIGION! How can you listen to this band sing about god and not feel dirty?
This band fails at a fundamental basis.
And for anyone who wants to know, i've never listened to a single note this band have played, and i really dont intend to, i already hate them.
I repeat, this band is "christian-pop-rock"!
Christians in a punk band? What's next? A homophobe campaigning in a gay pride march? A KKK member in a racial equality rally?