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Staring At The Rude Boys Lyrics
It's a very small world in the middle of a crowd
The room gets dark when the music gets loud
Treble cuts through' when the rhythm takes the bite
But there's no room to move 'cause the floor is packed tight
A voice shouts loud
"We'll never surrender"
A voice in the crowd
"Never surrender"
A hand in the crowds flying propaganda,
"Never surrender, we'll never surrender"
The skins in the corner are staring at the bar
The rude boys are dancing to some heavy heavy ska
It's getting so hot people are dripping with sweat
The punks in the corner are speeding like a jet
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
A bunch of BM's march in on the DM's
With some standing there saluting the air
They want to be pirates but the sea is not calm
Tattooed crossbones on their arm
A voice shouts loud
"We'll never surrender"
A voice in the crowd
"Never surrender"
Another head bowed,blind propaganda,
Propaganda, propaganda
The lights come alive in a blinding flash
Dance floor clears as the victims clash
Everyone leaves when the heavy's arrive
Someone hits the floor, someone takes a dive
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
[Repeat: x8]
We'll never surrender
The room gets dark when the music gets loud
Treble cuts through' when the rhythm takes the bite
But there's no room to move 'cause the floor is packed tight
"We'll never surrender"
A voice in the crowd
"Never surrender"
"Never surrender, we'll never surrender"
The rude boys are dancing to some heavy heavy ska
It's getting so hot people are dripping with sweat
The punks in the corner are speeding like a jet
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
With some standing there saluting the air
They want to be pirates but the sea is not calm
Tattooed crossbones on their arm
"We'll never surrender"
A voice in the crowd
"Never surrender"
Propaganda, propaganda
Dance floor clears as the victims clash
Everyone leaves when the heavy's arrive
Someone hits the floor, someone takes a dive
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
We'll never surrender
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It's about going to a show and watching the scene unfold. The "Rude Boys" were followers of the two-tone Ska movement, and they had a distinctive style of dress, wearing white shirts, black coats and skinny ties, often with a fedora and sunglasses to complete the look. In this song, the Punks and Skinheads watch the Rude Boys until the inevitable fight breaks out.
Great song by one of my favourite bands.
Back in the late 70's it was very tribalistic. I remember going to discos where the kids were all split into different groups (by genre). This song seems to document the building tension between these groups - they coexist in an uneasy truce until the Doc Martin'ed politicos arrive (is tattooed crossbows a reference to swastkas ? - racial tension being a theme in Ruts songs) and the place erupts.
Treble cuts through' when the rhythm takes the bite - is a cool line ❤️
*...a bunch of BM's march on on th DM's. not peers ( BMs=skins, British Movement. DM's are obviously Dr Martens, punk wear usually
... tattooed CROSSBONES not cross bows ( you know...like...PIRATES?
... VICTIMS clash not mutants wtaf
... another head bowed not another hand fly....
Lost interest now, but this attempt at these lyrics are pitiful.
No point trying to remedy these ridiculous lyrics, they never change them