Down By Law


Punk Won:

I'm gonna give you a straight answer
I'm gonna lay it all out on the line
I've thought it all a million times now
And i'm not gonna turn back this time
There was a time when you and I were taking on the world
We believed in what you told us
So please don't tell me that you've changed your ways
It's all depending on your frame of mind
My faith is gonna get me through these days
There was a time when you and I were taking on the world
There was a time when you and I
We shared a different way
Is there still time today?
It's time to lay it on the line
To lay it on the line
To lay it on the line

Hit or Miss:

So you want to become a hero
Stop the world- become a hero
You just can't find one anywhere
You can't find one anywhere
So you're thinking you're a victim
Stop the world become a victim
Well, you can find one anywhere
You can find one everywhere
Life's just a hit or miss
All the time, just a hit or miss
Sometimes you take a swing and miss
You take a swing and miss
Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit
Now you're thinking about the future
Can you tell me- what is the future
You just can't see one anywhere- can't see it anywhere
Well we need to find us a hero
Can you tell me where are the heroes
Who can clean up everywhere
Hey G.I. Joe, where are you now
Life's just a hit or miss
All the time, just a hit or miss
Sometimes you take a swing and miss
We take a swing and miss
Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit
And if I could count the times
That I looked up to the sky
And asked someone to save me- to save me
I've really got to know
Life's just a hit or miss
All the time, just a hit or miss
Sometimes you take a swing and miss
We take a swing and miss
Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit, yeah


Flower Tattoo:

Do you wanna
Go for a walk?
You can hold my hand
We can laugh and talk
You can lead the way
Which way ya wanna go?
Tell me all the things
I really wanna know
Hair is gold and her eyes are blue
I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo
With a t-shirt, sneakers and some faded blue jeans
A pocket in the back, ripped from the seams
She really doesn't care
What they hear and see
What they think about her, what they think about me
Hair is gold and her eyes are blue
I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo
And if I wrote the perfect song
You know i'd name it after you
Hair is gold & her eyes are blue
I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo

Sympathy for the World:

Of all the times i've tried to talk to you
And acted out of line
Please understand
When I tell you more than anything

And there's no fire without lots of smoke
Everyone laughed, I didn't get the joke

Why must we hold a candle to all our shames
I forgave my enemies
But I never forgot their names
And there's no fire without lots of smoke
Everyone laughed, but I didn't get the joke
But i'm secure with my insecurity
And i'm so sure with my uncertainty
This time, I don't want to know what i'm thinking
I just want to know what you're thinking
Do you think that i should think this way
Of all the times i've tried to talk to you
This time I think i'm fine
We'll make it through
'Cuz i'll never want you to cry
And there's no fire without lots of smoke
Everyone laughed, I didn't get the joke
I know we're bored with our apologies
This time we're making everything we need

500 Miles (The Proclaimers cover):

When I wake up
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
And if I get drunk
Yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver
Whatever that means
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
When I'm working
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money
Comes in for the work I do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old
Well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you
And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
Surrender
Surrender
When I'm lonely
Yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man
Who's lonely without you
When I'm dreaming
Yes, I know I'm gonna dream
I gonna dream about the time when I'm with you
And if I get drunk
Yeah, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man that gets drunk next to you
And if I haver
Whatever the fuck that means
I'm gonna be the man who havers next you
And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
Surrender
Surrender
When I'm lonely
Yes, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home...
'Cause I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
Surrender
Surrender
Surrender

Brief Tommy:

Wooo!

Bright Green Globe:

Kids are burning up now
They got nowhere to go
In a spinning world of people
Such a bright green globe
Where all the wise men have something wise to say
Well it's a fishbowl world of troubles
So wade in today
Nobody knows at all
Nobody knows it all
And I think i've tried it all
Except the things I won't try
Except the things I won't try
Staring at a sitcom while your braincells melt away
Walk into a bookstore and see Rush Limbaugh's face
And maybe i'm stupid but I believe in heaven too
But who's paying the full ticket prices
It sure as fuck ain't you
Nobody knows at all
Nobody knows it all
And I think i've tried it all
Except the things I won't try
Except the the things I won't try
There's a road map in my head
There's a highway in my mind
But do you have a road map
That everyone can follow
Nobody knows it all

Minusame:

She hangs out with the coolest people
They all know her name
Always has to be the best
At the popularity game
Well, i know the things she does
she doesn't mean to do
Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt
She doesn't have a clue
She used to keep me in the picture
Just for being me
Now i'm hiding in this frame
Of what she used to be
She hangs with the careless people
The ones that give her pain
What good friends she had long ago
Have all watched her tilt away
Well, i know the things she does
She doesn't mean to do
Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt
She doesn't have a clue
She used to keep me in the picture
Just for being me
Now i'm hiding in this frame
Of what she used to be
Well, i know the things she does
She doesn't mean to do
Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt
She doesn't have a clue
She used to keep me in the picture
Just for being me
Now i'm hiding in this frame
Of what she used to be

Drummin Dave, Hunter Up:

Retro sucks
Retro sucks
Everything about it sucks
Retro sucks
Disco sucks
Ooh ooh, fuck you
Retro sucks
Retro sucks
Ravers almost suck as much
Take those stupid mirrored balls
And smash them into bits

Punk as Fuck:

Lookout for your chances to try to get away
When voices scream inside your head
Just turn your amp up all the way
All the lights are black lights except when they turn gray
I flicked the switch, I made my choice
I'm gonna change it all today
Cause I know that I can take them on
Cause I know that I can take them on
Want to find a way out, just get me out of here
Climbing to the next rung, well this is my wonder year
Burning up inside in my body and my mind
After all this work i've decided this is my time
Cause I know that I can take them on
Cause I know that I can take them on
And i'm not sorry that its done
And i'm not sorry that I won
Because i've cried my last tear
Because this is my freaking year
Lookout for your chances to try to get away
When voices scream inside your head
Just turn your amp up all the way
All the lights are black lights except when they turn gray
I flicked the switch, I made my choice
I'm gonna change it all today
Cause I know that I can take them on

1944:

Somewhere a pen is busy with hate tonight
Jaded eyes and cynics bring me down
Somewhere a kid is playing his heart out tonight
But he'll get nowhere with the Berkeley in-crowd
Well, put-downs are so easy
Like a novel without a soul
And every executioner wears a hood
When it's time for heads to roll
Well, they're just like new dictators
Trying to tell us what to love
Well their opinion they can take and shove
Somewhere young rebels will meet up tonight
Somewhere skateboarders and straightedgers will unite
They don't need no magazine that's filled with hate and lies
Get enough from the world around them
They're young but they are wise
But negativity's easy
You just fire and walk away
And it's the armchair general also
Who lives to fight another day
Well, they're just like new dictators
Trying to tell us what to love
Well their opinion they can take and shove
If this was 1944, they'd be pointing their guns at you
Cause every fascist, left or right, has a fucked-up set of rules
But do they really think the kids are such fools?
Or do they even care?
Somewhere...

The King & I:

Candy-coated promise
And candy-coated lies
I don't know what you've been told
But we've heard it a million times
From day to day is how you're livin'
Blowing chances that you've been given
Jaded ears, jaded spoons
Feed us like we're little fools
Now we've got our chance
I know the way it was
And now the way it is
You don't know what the fuck you're saying
And we don't give a shit
Should you stay, or should you go
You ask yourself- who wants to know?
This and that, get off my back
Go ahead and steal the show
Acting stupid, that's all you did
Now we're rolling and moving steps ahead
Jaded ears, jaded spoons
Feed us like we're little fools
Enough fake romance
I know the way it was
And now the way it is
You don't know what the fuck you're saying
And we don't give a shit
And now we're gonna draw the line
We're sick of wasting all our time
We won't change who we really are
You've pushed us way too far
Candy-coated promise
And candy-coated lies
I don't know what you've been told
But we've heard it a million times
From day to day is how you're livin'
Blowing chances that you've been given
Jaded ears, jaded spoons
Feed us like we're little fools
Now we've got our chance
I know the way it was
And now the way it is
You don't know what the fuck you're saying
And we don't give a shit
No, we don't give a shit

Haircuts:

Pearl Jam clones are everywhere
Fuck that shit, go cut your fucking hair
Seattle sound is all around
But where's the huevos in that sound
Cause I don't want to hear it
Everybody's trying to make it
Heard it all a million times
Grab the brass ring before it falls down
Wish they'd all just go away
Go to the Whisky, see a band
Just all an 'L' and you've got bland
All those bands just sound the same
And they all look so fucking lame
Cause I don't want to hear it
Everybody's trying to make it
Heard it all a million times
Grab the brass ring before it falls down
Wish they'd all just go away
Pearl jam clones are everywhere
Fuck that shit, go cut your fucking hair
Not one word original
Not one word original
Not one word original
Cause I don't want to hear it
Everybody's trying to make it
Heard it all a million times
Grab the brass ring before it falls down
And then they all fall down
They all go down
Grab the brass ring, find the pot of gold (x4)

chocolatejerk:

All used up
And nowhere to go
Got a sad story to tell
But who wants to know?
Its written on the walls
You sing it in the halls
You're gonna have a ball
Who catches when you fall?
Don't look at me like that
Don't look at me at all
All used up
And nowhere to go
Got a sad story to tell
We all wanna know
Its written on the walls
You sing it in the halls
You're gonna have a blast
Who catches when you fall?
Can't look at me like that
Can't look at me at all
Fuck it
All used up
And nowhere to go
Got a sad story to tell now
And no one knows
Don't say I'm sorry
Cause we all had a ball

Sam I:

Waking up at 5pm
Tell the girls you're in a band
Hey, it's fucking awesome man
We're hanging out with Sam

Heroes & Hooligans:

Now this life is a wonderful thing
See the world, go a million miles
Faces come and go like the tide
On a summer day, or a lonely night
But everyone is telling you
What to do with your life
Just escape and breathe free, escape and breathe free
Daydream of a girl I used to know
So many memories have slipped away
Thinking a million thoughts an hour
Waiting for the waves to take me away
Well, everyone is telling you
What to do with your life
Just escape and breathe free
They say somewhere is a path
That's marked out just for you
Well I hope someday our paths will cross
When I lie awake at night, I still see only you
Somewhere you will find (x2)
Someday we will find (x2)

Soldier Boy:

Soldier of fortune
You go wherever the call is
Soldier of fortune
You go wherever it is
Thirty three and a third
Revolutions per minute
Bright lights go through his head
Gonna bring down the government
Gonna write to that girl
But first he puts on his walkman instead
Retreats to a world where no one can hurt him
At least till the batteries die
Soldier of fortune
You go wherever the call is
Soldier of fortune
You go wherever it is
Thirty three and a third
Revolutions per minute
A thousand miles an hour
This is another call to arms
Revolutions per minute
A thousand miles an hour
This is another call to arms
Do you know where you're going?
Do you know what you're doing?
Or are you gonna stick to your guns?
But he made a vow that he would never run away
I am a lonely soldier boy
Thousands of miles from my home
Soldier of fortune
You go wherever the call is
Soldier of fortune
You go wherever it is

Goodnight Song:

Look at you sleeping there
I couldn't love anyone or anything more
You really are my angel from heaven
So thanks, god
Wish I could tell you how much I love you
A 1,000 times a day
But I hope you can see it in my eyes
Every moment that we're awake
And every minute that I dream
I dream of you
God that sounds like such a used line
But fuck it, its true
Now most of my words are social
The human condition that we all share
And I'm not very good with love songs
But I just saw you sleeping there
And I didn't want to wake you up
But I feel us so strongly right now
I know it's the same for you for me
I love you
Etc.
Je t'aime aussi
Etc. (x5)
Thanks for being so great
And thanks for being my friend
I know it's the same for you for me
When you wake up, let's make out
Let's make out (x2)

Sam II:

Waking up at 5pm
Tell the girls you're in a band
Hey, it's fucking awesome man
We're hanging out with Sam
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