Angelic Upstarts

On 42nd street There's gentlemen I'd rather not meet I'd like to call it skid row There's so much grass I had to blow See them lining door to door Faces I've seen in cities before Sirens had to clash This was the interstate New York bash On 42nd stre...

Young punk born to lose But never the right to choose At the 100 club there's not a lot else to do Ponce a drink maybe sniff some glue A young punk asks where's the change As his world it's still the same As he stands up to pay his toll The problem's s...

Why are you asking? Do you want to know? Understand the meaning A lot to know If the answers hurt your brain My questions feed the pain Do you want to hurt me For the words I say? Don't it make you find them to play When they call the Jew And my ban...

I don't want your charity Maybe that's what you see I'll keep on fighting till the very end With anything that comes to hand You can't see through that and this is what I say As the passion Runs through my soul We turn and face Our final goal Virgin...

Avanti o popolo alla riscossa Bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa Avanti o popolo alla riscossa Bandiera rossa trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Evviva il comunismo e la libertà Avanti o popolo t...

Are they at war, who can justify? Are you so holy, have you got the right? Who is the judge and who is your jury? Or let them get it by decree? What do you hold in front, hold in front of them? It's only your Democracy. There a killer on the street, a k...

Wipe the tears from your face They have never been disgraced They live on forever They won't die never See them laughing in our face Cos they think they've won the race We will disappear without trace Legends don't die They'll go on forever Can't st...

Walking on the empty street with tomorrow on my mind. Every day it seems the same I find it hard to reason why, a reason why. I see the man in the big black car wishing he could have my place. Give him just a week of my life and wipe the smile off from...

The red in the flag is the blood that was spilt in the way that your forefathers tell And never a country been so great The stories Britannia could tell I never want to live my life away from the golden shores There's never a country in the world with...

It’s so easy to be a fool, It’s not so easy to tell it true, to say you care and mean that you care. A seconds thought for a peaceful time. Everyday, I want to hear you say. Everyday, it could happen to you Everyday, I want to hear you say. Everyday...

Hey Geordie your brow it’s full of cold sweat I see by your face that it’s causing distress But you may as well sleep cos alas it is true They’re closing your yard and there’s nothing you can do So sleep bonny lad don’t you worry for me I’m always beside...

The chimneys are as black as the future All the faces grey as stone Thanks very much Margaret For the work that you have done Just pull out your fingers Clean 'em with a snow Just like the metal when it melts At the top there is just scum Echoes in th...

Well, how do you do young Willie McBride? Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside? And rest for a while in the warm summer sun I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done I see by your gravestone, you were only nineteen When you joined the gr...

Guns for the Afgan Rebels, And the rest the rest they've go to label The hammer and sickle seems so ficlke When the tanks are rolling in They fight with muskets But never surrender The tanks are rolling in.. Taking guns to Afghanastan Taking guns to...

There goes another one falling into line, falling for the overdose of the twisted mind. Looking for excuses of the simple kind. No gratitude or knowledge, now it’s thinking time. A heart attack in Paris, when I heard the news A heart attack in Paris, I kn...

Standing here in the freezing cald, standing for our rights. There's a police standing wimme? Sent to defend the government's right. N'were all out, never to return, not that we're beaten, let the bastards burn. We've had enough of humble pie I can see it i...

I feel a sense of disbelief when I read the lies of Media Street. What to do and when to hate. Come on, lads; let’s fight a war. But what are we going for? There not the enemy. Its closer to the land I feel. In the seasons of discontent that lead in to...

I stand accused, I feel abused, won’t someone listen to me? I see your face; I see no trace. I ask no sympathy I stand accused, I feel abused, won’t someone listen to me? I see your face; I see no trace. I ask no sympathy. Two men can seal my fate, and y...

So you, you can’t live in peace so why, why should we. War mongering everyday, it costs us to be free. Living under clouds of hate that control our destiny. I won’t follow your rules of hate cause I’m fighting to be free. I won’t pay for liberty, I thin...

Nineteen years old, what an age to die Ashford is a prison where they hide or die Richard Campbell were you mad? Or just a bit insane? Was it being a Rasta cause you so much pain White nigger Black nigger Bleed the same White nigger Black nigger R...

I saw the passing through the royal heir. Keep the bastards down it’s all too clear. Destroying the lives of thousands of men. Here is you medal parade it up high, so we can see! I wanna knighthood! May the medal honour exist. I wanna knighthood! I’m Que...

So you, you can’t live in peace so why, why should we. War mongering everyday, it costs us to be free. Living under clouds of hate that control our destiny. I won’t follow your rules of hate cause I’m fighting to be free. I won’t pay for liberty, I thin...

We don't need to be clever to learn your lies We only have to listen, open up our eyes Try to be honest, get kicked in the face But if you cheat you're just a rat in the race I'm an upstart Hey whatcha gonna do I'm an upstart Listen I'm talking to you...

Kids on the street Are the kids that you meet Long haired short haired Black and white Kids on the street just Kids that you meet Know how to laugh And they know how to cry Just go on and on They never die Cause the kids on the street Are the kids...

Putting on my wellington boots Overall, boiler suit Ready to face another day Down the black hole to earn my pay I loosen the ground just to fill my head To keep me from thinking of the day I dread Can you get me out of this dirty black hole Or have I...

Last night another soldier, last night another child No one seems to worry, no one sees his mother cry Can you see that smart, clean soldier, Standing straight and oh so proud He wants to fight for Queen and country He wants to make his family proud A...

I held you close My arms embrace You felt so cold inside Hands of time subside It was a dream of course No need for deep remorse A nightmare a dream (dance with me) (dance with me) (dance with me) (dance with me) I wish I'd said So much instead Y...

Don’t ask me why I shout and scream Don’t ask me why I drink too much Don’t ask me why I’m late tonight Don’t ask me why I’m looking outside Just go away and leave me alone [3x] Just go away and leave me, fuck off and leave me, go away and leave me alone...

Now you've finished flying Listen to the steps He's getting so much closer He hasn't started yet Now you sit there thinking Heart pounding through your chest Contemplate conclusions Of the noose around your neck The hangman is coming He's looking fo...

The loneliness of the long distance runner The loneliness is the feeling inside This was the start that was the end Saying goodbye to my friends, goodbye No one can break the spirit of the loner They’ll never know what’s going through his mind This was...

Lonely isn't the word to use For a man who's lost the right to choose So many years upon his head All of those days of constant dread Freedom is a dirty word With four grey walls so absurd Freedom is so far away they took the key threw it away Forgive...

Machine gun kelly is on the street Hes got a uniform, hes on the beat So watch out what you do One false move and he'll shoot you [Chorus] Hes got a gun and it frightens me A picture you thought that you'd never see Machine gun kelly is on the street...

Mr. Position sitting on your perch Looking at the numbers, thinking what we're worth You're price is your conscience when though it allowed So put your finger infidel We're only good when we're down What can we say what suspense? From the wings of demo...

He's eighteen and he wants to die He wants some glory but the price is high He sees the way out and wants to touch the sky A star for today and a corpse for tomorrow The media love him just for a day That's all he needs to pave his way His hours of glory...

Never, never, never again Will Tommy die for you Over the top the unknown go Into a land where no man lives Say goodbye to his friends Cause they will never see Tommy again General, general on the top of the hill Middle class man whose blood won’t spil...

There is no easy solution To an unfair constitution You just sit back and wonder why Now’s the time to sit up and try Where do we go from here Who do we turn to now Let’s go Never give up, never give up The time is right to take a chance No permiss...

Do you really want a war? What are you fighting for? Destruction may be the end, that I couldn’t face. Look someone in the eye, kill to survive. Never enough to know the hate that went before. Never return to hell. Never return to hell. The place tha...

There's gotta be a future somewhere There's gotta be a chance out there Look through your own eyes never stop Close your ears to those on top This country is for you and me Even if it takes anarchy The tune of glory's what we play, We'll try and h...

Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride? Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside? I'll rest here awhile in the warm summer sun, I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done. And I see by your gravestone you were only 19 When you joine...

Nobody was saved Nobody got out alive How can we survive In this hells paradise Johnny walks around the town He knows he can’t escape Wants to do something for himself Now he’s lookin’ for a way Seen it on a TV-show It looked a lot of fun Everything...

He’s out of control and he’s gonna break away “He’s out of control” that’s what his teachers say The classrooms, the lessons are all too much for him Your preaching, your teaching don’t mean a thing He wants out, there’s no doubt about it Stays in, with a...

I just can't take much more of this oppression I’m going out of my head and it's getting that impression I cannot go out for a walk, I cannot sit down and have a talk. They're asking me how, and they’re asking me why, Have you ever seen grown man cry? Po...

Robby and Rupe, who’ll we’ll do it to next? Who can we buy? Who can we impress? I bought a football team, I got the money it’s so obscene. This is what the country thinks you might think it fucking stinks, it doesn't matter what you think. It’s sold yo...

Sneaking in the daylight Crawling through the night Why do they always follow For their ultimate prize Did you ever have a mother? Did you ever have a son? Would they like to see you And what you have become? Planting all your evil Whit the seeds of...

twelve O'clock midnight the scene is set for a journey in the night they thought was right no turning back till the job was done no need for regret when they shoot some scum no one else will suffer no one else will bleed one finger of the right hand will...

In a station in the city a British soldier stood Talking to the people there if the people would Some just stared in hatred, and others turned in pain And the lonely British soldier wished he was back home again Come join the British Army! said the poster...

As the polish workers fight to make their stand And behind them every honest working men In unity there's each other and your friend becomes your brother And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learnt Give them hope Give them strength Give them life...

Call himself a brother, call himself a friend, put him on the moment, you can see he’s just pretend. Smile your way through it, a kiss in the end. Smile to the fullest, we know you’re just pretend. Stab in the back, stab in the back, stab in the back, from...

They thought I didn’t wanna go I was nothing all the time Oh god, I love her so much, I can’t live without her I had to come home I didn’t want to Oh how boring [?] Sick as a pig, same routine I’m gonna phone Karen to make me feel better I’m gonna g...

Students try to put you down Try to knock you to the ground Because of the kind of clothes you wear Marten boots, outrageous hair Don't try to push me around I'm sick of being lost and being found Student power what a shower Student power what a shower...

You wind me up Like a clockwork orange Then you hide the key To my destination No satisfaction its all frustration The times are changing They're changing me Open the cage Let free the animals Running wild With hardened criminals No satisfactio...

Out tonight John, out tonight Out on the streets I'm watching your windows Lookin' for a way to get in Keep a lock on your television Or you won't be doing much viewing Trying your doors sliding down the drainpipes I come creepin' in the night Some peo...

Who killed Liddle? Did you kill Liddle? Who killed Liddle? Police killed Liddle Towers Who killed Liddle? Did you kill Liddle? Who killed Liddle? Did you kill Liddle Towers? Who killed Liddle? Did you kill Liddle? Who killed Liddle? Police killed Liddle Tower...

They can't see it coming Don't realise he is mad It's getting so much closer They could have it yet The memories still linger Of a [?] of events It's still not enough To make the small minds relent They still see the future As seen in his eyes The...

2 million voices, can you hear 2 million voices 2 million voices, can u hear 2 million voices 2 million voices! 2 million voices shout at the street can u hear the cry theres no retreat look at there mouths there open wide shout for an answer trying...

I’ve been waiting for five years Nothin’ yet to belay my fears Sometimes so unreal But still searching for the truth I’ve been waiting I’ve been hating But where can we go, it’s so unreal I’ve been waiting I’ve been hating They’ll never change There...

What do you do when you run out of scapegoats? What do you do when there’s no one left to blame? Turn on the people, the people that made you. Turn on the people, try fooling us again The corruption that happens is not at the bottom The corruption we hav...

In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refuses to shine People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due, I know Watch my daddy in bed a-dyi...

You say you'll never be free It's not the way it has to be Grab it, take it, are you going back to where you started Cos what you got is what you wanted It's not the same your dream's departed Are you going back to where you started It never happens tha...

White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own Black people gotta lot a problems But they dont mind throwing a brick White people go to school Where they teach you how to be thick An ev...

She's been through history, but always appeared as the foe, I saw her on a sailing ship, it's name was the bounty and she captained it, She spoke of blossoms that were to bloom, and the country whistled to her tune, But the flowers were full of discontent,...

Youth youth youth, youth leader Try to stop them breaking windows Keep the kids off the streets Don't matter how you do it You're the sort that lands on your feet You're a youth leader You're the man in charge of this place You're a youth leader You'...