Lone Ranger and Tonto
Laurel and Hardy
Batman and Robin
There Was Snoopy and Charlie
Friends Through Thick N' Thin
Friends to the Very End
I Think You Would Agree
That's How It Is For You and Me

I-i-i Want You to Know
I Need You
I-i-i Want You t

With labels lapping up the catchy spunk
Consumers surfing on a sea of punks
There's a long list of offenders yet to see a judge
And I don't wanna be another suspect

Watch your head
Cap that crop
Punk is dead
Scalped by pop

I can't compute who I should mute or

We're told we've got a brand of pride that nothing can take away.
Engraved in minds from young to old: the letters U.S.A
Controlling your emotions and convincing you its fair;
But no one ever questions what the voices say is there.

When someone could explain to me why everythin

We're told we've got a brand of pride that nothing can take away engraved in minds from oug to old the letters u.s.a controlling your emotions and convincing you it's fair but no one ever questions wh

we're gonna fight it till the end and we won't be beat down again
your culture's fed into our veins, your preaching tyranny and hate
to follow in your footsteps would be hypocracy
so now's the time to fight for our beliefs
are we the only ones here who won't judge your sexuality?

Verse One
The River Was Deep, the Water Was Cold,
I Was Only Twelve Years Old.
My Dad and Me, Trout Fishing,
Waist Deep in a Michigan Stream.

He Showed Me How to Make That Fly,
Look Like It Was So Alive.
And Then He Helped Me Understand,
How to Be a Fish

punching out and closing up
lets run amok the eve
pour some cups but they won't shut up
so theres piss in their listerine
and now weve gotta leave
punching out and closing up
we'll all meet at the park
boom-box blast and shattered glass
sound out in the dark
t

they've got you and your next move
push buttons for the army
block bullets for the rich
a stupid game, sit back and wait
for the day they decide to...
BLOW YOU AWAY
now you're no more
hang by, they won't feel us die
hold a shovel for the city
push a pencil for

Chorus
Hey Now People Come Along With Me,
Take a Little Ride Down Through History.
Turn Through Some Pages and You Might See,
Who It Is That You Were Born to Me.

Verse One
They Said That He Could Never Be the One,
After All He Was Known As the Family Runt.

cocktail stains on your G.Q. slacks
you'll show you're clever
go blow some lingo out your ass
libido takes over all the shit you learned in school
techno bass beats in your brain
all thoughts turn to drool
mommy, daddy, look at me
you decided what i'm going to be

shock value by your design
dead little babies on your great big sign
pro-lifer don't give me shit
you've killed too you hypocrite
cause for abortion
pass out pamphlets to pursue
how we shouldn't have the right to choose
your views on life are contorted
maybe you s

Tell me what they want us for
Tell the tale and leave a trail of clues
Pretty face rerun the wire with her pockets full of network skew

Listen, this is over now

Quell their moms with armor plates and tell them all we liberate
Sell the death toll and demonstrate how we kee

back and forth, t.v. to school, there's not much else you know
they're the only things that feed you what you think, you need to grow
in the meantime, washington's concerned with overseas
establishing (through corporate interest) foreigh policies
get off the bus, walk through the

all these stupid people, they live their lives the same
unless you try to change, then there's no reason to complain
conformity, conformity
conform to this society
conformity, conformity
conformity is just another word for giving up
subjected to the system you'll turn int

Kicking and screaming
Their don'ts to a teacher that cares
Who follows suit and soon points them to a room
Where parents and doctors await with a solution to share

Kid are just cut-ups
Cutting their cures on a plate

And don't say this song is on point
Or the neigh

Reject the stuff you're taught
Bored more than not
So what? They've got a crutch
It's nothing you could ever touch

Don't look
Don't look onto your lawn
There's a billboard built for God

You won't be saved if what you crave are god-fearing minds
So you'll be a

Always gumming how you've got it right,
just buy in, you're that type
no debate, you insist fate will warm you by spotlight
you talk but don't say much, and trends mend what you like
surround yourself with the wealth of fad and type
You're and earache youre to much for me to

you put quarters in the juke box to complain about the songs
you used to be supportive now you're telling us we're wrong
but nothing's really changed, we're still a bunch of kids
still singing nothing fucking different than we ever did
still playing for the kids
but why shoul

preach about the poisons that contaminate the earth
follow a religion, others question what it's worth
frustrated by the outcome, but never say a word
talk about the causes, but never say a word
we all know the problems
we all know the fear
all have existed, but haven't c

Everything is wonderful when you see light beyond the wool
Don't ask who responsible or feel for an alarm to pull
And in this house, shit's going south

It's feeding mouths and breeding more

Bought in, layed off,
But still no doubt it's as good as it gets
Cause the sun