D.R.I.

A coffin is ugly A coffin is sad Destined to be One's last pad To lay in as a corpse For the rest of your life In another coffin, of course Next to you is your wife A coffin is lonely A coffin is bad The shape of seclusion A coffin is sad 

Where have all the children gone? How long must the search go on? See them on the milk carton Someone stole their only son Abducted from their place of play It seems to happen every day Almost like it's done for pay But who to know and who's to say? P...

Will our children look back With hatred or despair At a generation of idiots Who just didn't care About the fossil fuel fumes And the aerosol sprays That put holes in the ozone And let in the rays That can cause cancer in humans? And what is it all wo...

Eyes full of hate, quick to condemn Just stay in the dark and wait for an end You don't really care, it's just give and take Keeping the distance, keeping it fake Waiting for something that doesn't quite jell Just cursing existence and hating your hel...

Argument then war Even the score Retaliate, revenge The will to win Man can't be wrong Man can never get along Man wants to fight Man wants to be right Man wants to kill Man will Argument then war Even the score Retaliate, revenge The will to win...

I'm building a spaceship in my backyard Using pieces of our family car I'm building this spaceship out of this car So I can fly off and live among the stars I'm gonna bail out before it's too late Get the fuck out, I'll dwell in space I'll travel around...

They've known all along Since the first time they dropped the bomb They saw the power Everyone knew it was time to stop But they could not Well I've seen the sign I know it's time To shed a tear To draw the line But they can't stop now 'cause it's too late The...

Beneath the wheel Go! Don't be late first one out of the starting gate run! Be on time first one to cross the finish line swim ahead of the school, if you have to, cheat if you never slow down, you'll never be beat if you lose in life, it's because you lagge...

You work all day to earn your pay To pay off all your debts You rent your square to live in And that's the best it gets Cubical man does what he can To keep himself alive Pays his share for his little square In order to survive Locked in a race, the money ch...

Give all my money to chicks And the dude at the corner store After I pay the landlord I ain't got no more Money comes and money goes It's already spent But it's no mystery Where it all went That's why I'm always broke Hey man, it ain't no joke I can'...

Police drive by, I hold my breath I've got 10 warrants for my arrest They stop at the light and whip it around Ten minutes later I'm headed downtown Free Ride Busted... stepped out of line Busted... no place to hide Busted... couldn't pay my fines It makes n...

Capitalist Suck Capitalist Suck Capitalist Suck You can't tell your wants from needs You buy America and do a good deed Create a job, don't bite the hand that feeds Capitalist Suck Capitalist Suck Capitalist Suck All of your goals are the fucking same As ev...

You think your real cool Starting fights at school And writing stupid lines like "Anarchy Rules" You don't even know what anarchy is You never will and you never did You're a closet punk You closet punk If your mother only knew you wear bandannas and boots Of...

I play Pac-Man and I watch T. V. I'm so happy 'cause it pleases me I couldn't really ask for anything else Maybe my own chain of Taco Bells I'm perfectly happy right where I am I could live forever in a traffic jam It doesn't really bother me to breath the po...

Home from school and here to stay I'll take it easy again today Ain't gonna work, don't need no pay Don't need no work, I sleep all day Couch slouch Fuck off My mom don't like the way I live She says I take but I don't give My dad can't stand the way I am He...

Counter attack, counter attack We've his underground long enough They've got power, but not enough Time to start, time to act They've got our lives, they've got us trapped Stab the system in the back Face your fears, face the facts Time to start, time to act...

A pretty young girl from the Oakland hills Stole her dad's car and all her mom's pills Got all fucked up and drove off a cliff Ended up dead, dead in a ditch Just like her mother always told her she'd end up All fucked up, dead, dead in a ditch 

You don't see the blood You don't see the pain You don't see the bolt Going through their brain You don't smell the death You don't hear their cries You don't see the fear Flashing in their eyes You feed upon the meat of the weak The weak must die to...

You ask me questions I can't answer Give me problems I can't solve Offer suggestions I can't respect Is there anything at all? You give me reasons for your ideas All the facts behind your thoughts Tell me of your observations And count the number of my...

My moms upset, my dads uptight Don't like my music, they say it isn't right Don't like my haircut, they call me a dyke They send me to a shrink twice a week He tells my mom I'm a fucking freak Dreaming scary dreams Wondering what they mean Living down under de...

Conform - It's only need Distort - Not what it seems Resort - To the deed Report - To the machine Modern day vendor that sells you hell A line is formed, will you live to tell? Money - machine, become all one Hand to hand, the damage done Conform - No not al...

You don't know who i am You don't know what i want You can't see in my head You can't even imagine You don't know what i'm feeling You don't know what i'm like You don't know what i'm dreaming In the middle of the night So please, please don't...

When it comes down to the wire No one will help, every man for himself When it comes down t the wire You have to do what you can for yourself There's a contract out on me Now there's no safe place to be I'm on the run all day and night Laying low, stayi...

Draft me... give me a gun Draft me... I'd understand Draft me... I want to be a man I want to help America keep the peace I want to be a trooper in the world police, Draft me 

We've waited with patience For acceptance Into your lame-o stations You've left us no choice Because you won't let us Voice our opinions We've got to drown you out Drown you out x2 When commercial sponsors Decide what we hear Something's wrong How...

I was drinking beer, then i was drinking jager I know i shouldn't mix the two, i always pay later But that's just beside the point, what is done is done Now i'm hurting real bad and i've got the runs I hate the dry heaves, i hate dry heaves I hate the dry...

Mommy, Daddy Help me please I beg of you I'm on my knees Save me from This Life I Lead The pain, the blood The agony I want to stop Somehow I can't The time draws near I start to pant Once again I put it off I swallow hard And Then I cough [C...

I look at you, then look at me There is no difference I can see 

Horrible plans of hate they're tending The evil minds with plans predicting Bitter vibes of hate they're sending Broken heart and mind is mending Deflective action onslaught ending Crazy plans of fame descending And conspiracy is all I fear 

I'm a first round draft choice... 19 A man without a choice... unseen Feedback from society Please... A reason For Kampuchia The problems in Korea The wars in Iran Afganistan Argentinas Falkland Islands 

Step on mine, I'll step on yours Take what's mine, I'll take what's yours Bleed on me, I'll spit on you Inconsideration Part of the game Voted rules Are always changed Plans are made But rearranged And only one thing Stays the same Yell at me, I'll...

I don't trust that girl with a gun Something about a girl with a gun The way they fly off the handle Someone's gonna get hurt She's gonna hurt someone That girl's got a gun She's got a 28 She's got a 38 She's got a 357 magnum She sleeps with one stash...

I give a hoot But I still pollute I don't know what's the matter with me I won't kill But I think I'd shoot If it meant whether or not I'd be free Simulated sympathy In a world full of pain It's each for his own If there's something to gain I've go...

They block out the landscape with giant signs Covered with pretty girls and catchy lines Put up fences and cement the ground To dull my senses, keep the flowers down I want 'em back Spend my money on a race to space Wasting my money, slapping my face Th...

You're bothering me For anything free Why can't you see? I'm out on a limb My nerves are stretched thin You really don't win Go die! You seriously ask For my autograph I can't help but laugh Just leave me alone Why can't you go home A brain you...

Salvation's around the corner Just dig into your soul Donations for the holy word A paycheck for god's goal His iron-handed, spiritual rule Is that what you fear most? God is green, a numbered face A scamming holy ghost God is broke Well ran dry Pay up while...

I call you up You've got nothing to say I get the hint And I'm blown away Been gone, gone too long I've been gone too long [x2] You must see me In some far away city Wonder, is she blond And is she pretty When I'm gone so long Our bonds grow week Trust gone...

My body is stupid But my brain is smart Luck rules both of them With the help of my heart Like a stumbling moron Unable to obey The simplest laws Of morality I'm the saddest excuse For a human being Wish my past was slate Which I could wipe clean B...

Automatic weapons were meant for the war But here they are right outside your front door Gangs and thieves are armed to the hilt Ready to kill without the quilt Lock and load We need gun control We need gun control A shot rings out from down the street The g...

Out of the woodwork Here you come, crawling On your knees, hands out I think you missed your calling You want a percentage Imaginary piece of the pie Take a number, get in line Asshole - nice try Cause we're playing hard ball Now we're playing hard ba...

You're tied down, you're locked up You've got no way out You're broke down you're fed up Your lungs start to shout You're wincing, convulsing You're aching with pain Gasping for breath, and you're feeling insane Hole after hole Just proving your point...

There's only one way to act When you're dealing with fools You stab them in the back And break all their rules There's only one way to be When you're making it with she You've got to play a role And you've got to make it seem like love 

Managers and engineers build machines To steal your dreams Take a taste of human waste Farting, belching in your face Take a taste Take a taste Take a taste Of human waste, farting, belching in your face Managers and engineers build machines To steal your dre...

Your numbers up you have to go The system say's "I told you so" Stocked in a train like a truckload of cattle Sent off to slaughter in a useless battle Thousands of us sent off to die Never really knowing why Fuck the system they can have me I don't nee...

From sun up to sun down Decisions make my head spin round Make me drunk, sick and tired Keep me up 'til I retire And while I could be out bar hopping Meat market, rocker chick shopping Out there, chasing my dick In its never ending search for chicks But I'd...

I love life but I don't think life loves me I'll recreate my own reality The teachers and the preachers, they all lied to me There's no end to what a kid will believe You don't know what's going on You believe what you've been told You don't know what's...

Look into my eyes Tell me what you see Amplified starlight Pure energy You cringe from my power Go home and take a shower I am intelligent life You are less Look into my heart Tell me what you feel Pain and agony >From a horrid ordeal You flee...

Hey punk, with that bottle in your hand What makes you so sad? Could life really be that bad? Sure, you've got your reasons But your alibis are lies The story is an old one It's been told a million times You were glad to be alive On life's journey, you were e...

Kill the author Of the best seller Place a bounty Upon his head Kill writer Of opposition Tell the squad I want that man dead I want him dead x2 Kill free speech As an example Hang the corpse For all to see Kill all hope Of restitution And all Who dare oppos...

Felling sick and weak inside Lost all hope and my pride Something's gone wrong with me Diseased body, what can this be? She turned me on to her fate Now i lie here losing weight I was home and being bored She's one chick i should have scored Labeled u...

Let it go! let it go! Let it go! let it go! Leave it alone, let it go. Learn when to shut your mouth Leave it alone, you gotta know. When to just let it go. I hope for the best, but i expect the worst I'm a realist at heart, searching for treasure Buri...

Way down here on level 7 So far from the radiation Push-button soldiers underground Stationed seven levels down We're even deeper than the president We are permanent residents We're here for the duration Only we could kill the world All of us at pb com...

He's old and cranky and he's got white hair He yells at us in his underwear He'll attack you like a crazed bear But come on in don't be scared mad man He'll kick down the door Mad man he'll call you a whore Mad man he'll brand you a slut Mad man he'll kick you...

Sadder than any song I've sung Is growing old or dying young This earth is a grave, round and green A tomb of sorrow which I've seen A massive field we wander through Great sky above vast and blue Death may come in a day or two Whether or not I'm false or tru...

Manifest Destiny More blood on the hands of Christ They called themselves Christians And gave themselves the rights Disguised as missionaries They were really after gold Many Indians died for that How many's never told Manifest destiny [x2] Forever moving on...

Beginning with its conclusion Misdirected by what's right Actual illusion Weakened by its might Deserving marital value Priced for quick exchange Worth in the open market Only half its weight in change Enthusiastically disfigured By anticipated, sterile wast...

What they have now They want for me Misery loves company Live a life of bigotry On the way to bankruptcy Beer belly and family Crackers, cheese and burgundy You're life's no anomaly Live your life accordingly Wake up to the certainty Of ageing and misery No...

Rapid transit Star wars Traffic jam No wax floors TV dinner Nuclear reactor Cordless phone Max factor Modern world [x2] Space shuttle Microwave Fuel injection Late night Dave Computer Terrorist Microchip Nasal mist Modern world [x2] Crack, Aids PMRC Miam...

I stayed at homw today And I'm not going back to work Money Stinks... Money Stinks This city stinks Smell the power, smell the health Smell the poverty of Americas wealth Money smells of evil, greed Capitolist wants and pumped up needs Money stinks Money stin...

It's m fate to hate I realized but way too late It's my fate to hate Now I have a reason why It's my fat to hate - You! Is fate a lasting emotion? If so I sure am blind [From: http://www.elyrics.net] A misdirected maniac A misdirected mind - No! It's my fate...

Seasons change and they change you Round you go life, and then there you are Life is hard, you know the truth Old age creeps up, robs you of your youth Through sheer luck we survive I'm surprised that we're even alive The sum of all you are Is all in yo...

Won't see me on my knees Take my soul and save it, please Ten hail Mary's for my sin Paying heaven to get in Got no money for your basket A million times you can ask it Find your bible far too odd Ain't got time for your god I've made my decision Don'...

I got this feeling that I need to express Laying it out so you don't have to guess I'm making myself vulnerable But you keep holding, so scared to let it go If you're looking for love I think I could be the one, the one, the one. Tell me why you wanna be so c...

I am an old man living alone My loved ones stuck me here in this nursing home I've lost all usefulness I want to die I have them all the best years of my life Then Maggie passed away, now I've got no wife So kill me, young man, or hand me your knif...

The day has come, the time is near For all to end. It's true, it's here It's all over now, no way to stop The button's been pushed, the bomb's been dropped The city is melting, the sky burns red The ocean is boiling, we'll soon be dead Death has come kno...

I was getting out, without a doubt This was my last patrol, wished I could shout But then the reds were there We were taking our share Fifteen to thirty, but fair is fair I was fighting wild, shooting blind Nothing I could do, nowhere I could go Someone...

I've lived in a van and i've lived in a tree Never did what anyone expected of me I ate at soup kitchens and i slept in squats Abandoned buildings and parking lots I borrowed money and played for free Living in america in poverty Pay! paying to play! Pa...

I think of things that bring people down I'm the type of person no one wants around Everyone stares at me wherever I go They all suck, what do they know? They're living inside a designer world A fresh and clean pretty little world Reality to them is a new pair...

They set the rules They want me to break Take all my money Set me straight Then they confine me Make me check in Analyze my piss Ask me where I've been They send me to classes That say I've been bad Take some more money Prove to me I've been had...

You're so problematic And I know it's symptomatic Of you own masochistic ills A psychoanalyzer would say "Better tranquilize her. Numb her with some of these pills." A triple case of nerves Is more than you deserve But you've only got yourself to blame...

Reaganomics killing me Reaganomics killing me Reaganomics killing me Reaganomics killing you 

Way past overdrive Full on redline No easing up Your life's flying by Pushing and passing Yourself you've just passed First over the finish You still come in last Face turning to stone Your eyes owl-wide No easing up More speed is your high Look an...

My mommy says I should join the church The mad man tells me what I'm worth True, it's clear, he beats me down Makes me bitter, makes me frown Till I myself as a human being Hide my eyes to what I see I myself as a human being Hide my eyes to reality Me, alone...

Go ahead and say it! what have you got to lose? Go ahead and say it! no need to hold back Go ahead and say it! voice your opinion Go ahead and say it! while you still have the right Why keep it all bottled up inside? Say it loud and at least you've tried...

No blacks, no whites, no Ku Klux Klan Orientals, Mexicans No guns, no bombs, national front No greed, no hate, no government No smog, no filth, no factories No more cities to keep clean No locks, no gates, no property No states and no boundaries No tre...

We won't mention names But why don't you ever shut up? You're constantly talking And I just can't keep up Conversations a joke Is your head made of oak? Endlessly blabbing But sometimes it feels like you're stabbing Shut up [x2], shut the fuck up Bragging a...

Every day I get more pissed Slit my wrist, slit my wrist I hate to care, I hate relations A pile stacked high of complications Every day I get more pissed Slit my wrist, slit my wrist I hate the thought that I must give All my time just to live Every d...

Old battered building Ready to condemn High valued property Expensive piece of land Half fill with tenants All poor on welfare No heat or electricity And slumlord doesn't care Slumlord doesn't care [x2] Millions in insurance Covers the wrecked lot And a wee...

No, there are no easy answers To sum up the problems which we face History's a lesson Let us learn by our mistakes Just don't expect to make sense Out of what you see For I can tell you now that Knowing is believing So if you open your mind you might...

Vicious circle's got me down Days turn into weeks of hanging out Got to shake these soup kitchen blues Growing tired of barley cabbage stew And there being nothing Nothing new to do Dumb and hungry, we make our way For free refueling Like an alarm clock, our...

Standing in line For something to eat Dragging my ass Dead on my feet No more possessions Just my clothes Down on my luck And I'm sure it shows No confidence No self-esteem When I lost my love I lost my dream Aching heart Head and soul Sleepless nights Are ta...

In my head My mouth cried And my eyes bled I stretched my thoughts Put them on the rack In a mind so dark It's almost black Strategy x2 These distorted, contorted Ideas of mine Are telling me something I think it's a sign Hidden meanings Found...

You think you look good in your new uniform Starched and pressed into the perfect norm Until Uncle Sam puts that gun in your hand Points you in the wrong direction And says, "Kill that man" Well, I don't fit into your plan You can't make me kill, man You can'...

Ever had one of those days? Argumentative, no incentive Can't do anything right I'm trying so hard to analyze and compromise But there's no solution in sight Can I live up to your greed? Shopping, buying, spending, lending I can't give you all you need W...

Suit and tie guy With his fashion phases And his quarterly raises Feels he's better than you and me Suit and tie guy Thinks he's real cute In the bathroom for a toot Until his nose starts to bleed Suit and tie guy I see he always hurries I know he always wor...

There once was a park where the kids used to go But not anymore 'cause their parents all know There's junkies and whores and bums drinking beer And the tragic event that happened last year Two kids were playing, digging in the sand One with a shovel and o...

Fighting this society, there's only one way to win We must stick together through all thick and thin Cross over the line of your stubborn, closed mind Don't be surprised at what you might find Things you thought wrong may have always been right You'll pro...

1) WHAT'S YOUR RELIGION? 2) WHAT'S YOUR PROFESSION? 3) WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR, IN THE ELECTION? 4) WHEN DID YOU LAST WORK? 5) HAVE YOU ANY SKILLS? 6) ARE YOU ON MEDICATION OR TAKING ANY PILLS? 7) HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN? 8) HAVE YOU EVER LIED? 9) LIST ALL Y...

Day after day I comb my brain Searching for words which sound the same Choosing these words and making them fit Hoping, somehow, they'll all make sense If they don't, don't blame me I'm exploring my identity I set the stage for the anonymous play Compos...

I lose, you win I lose, you win I lose, you win I lose again But you're on my five-year plan Your time will come When you least expect it, expect it! The five-year plan You fucked me over You did me wrong You know why I wrote this song The five-yea...

Somewhere, out past nowhere I was born in the middle of an air raid Since i hit the dirt, i was on the run The son of a gun and a switchblade Got my uzi lying on my bed stand I made napalm in my sink Pipe-bomb in my pants pocket I just put cyanide in yo...

I'm on a roll Out of control Another one night stand I can't get away 'Cause I'm on display But I can't see you, man [CHORUS] Smile for the cameras Smile for the fans Sign their records And shake their hands Try to stay healthy Try to get laid Make it to the...

They force feed you love, then serve you hate What are they teaching? I just can't relate Altar boys are the victims he defiled He took advantage of the virgin child Got them drunk and told them what to do He won't say it, but you know it's true There's...

How can you be So quick to condemn By word or rumor Heard from a friend? One can't believe All that one hears It's your decision And not your peers Think for yourself Don't rely on someone else How can you say That I'm that way? You don't know Just heard it...

There's a gig At 5th and Main Gonna catch the bus Or take the train We'll steal or find Or borrow cash And we'll be there Ready to thrash The band kickes in They begin to rage No-man's land In front of the stage Poseurs in the bathroom Still look...

Time out! time out! for the beginning of the end Time out! time out! of man's episodes of sin Time out! time out! glacier melt down overload Time out! time out! unnatural disasters Time's up for us mindless beings It seems we're destroying everything The...

Tone deaf - I can't play an instrument Tone deaf - I can't even sing Tone deaf - I have to wear ear plugs The noise makes my ears ring They told me when I was eleven "You shouldn't even bother to try You've got no musical ability" And they weren't tell...

Hungry vets carrying signs to our shame Starving homeless soldiers And who's to blame? Once protected our freedom and our lives Now society has cut all ties Once trained to defend our rights At the risk of his own ass Now sleeps in a cardboard box Unde...

I can't tell you anything you don't already know And I'm really not the type to say, "I told you so." But accidents can always happen, death is always near So if you drive to hell and back, don't let the devil steer You may think it's strange that you are...

You should have gone to Canada You could have run away But you couldn't shame your parents You say you had to stay So you get yourself drafted So you went ahead and went And you thought you'd be a hero And not a dissident War Crime... War Crime You used to b...

Who Am I? D.R.I. Who Am I? Three Simple Words Who Am I? A Human Being Who Am I? This Weird Thing Who Am I? Not What I Seem 

Sitting around watching T. V. Taking it slow, taking it easy Wanting to buy, wanting to hide And I'm wondering, wondering, wondering why Why is the word I want to hear Why is the word the government fears Why does the government fucking lie? I'm wondering, won...

You're a worker bee Can't you see? A cog in the wheel Of their factory You'll do what you're told Until you grow old Or you get laid off Because the company's sold Change your mind To change the way You've lived up till now Go somewhere And have some fun Whil...

Teacher moves me from seat to seat, huh All I do is talk "Teacher, may I use the bathroom please? Yes, it's an emergency" Teacher makes me take my test first I'll take your test Trapped inside this hourglass Thoughts of crass I'll give you the answers you wa...

Today i want to be with you for the rest of my life Tomorrow i may never want to see you again That's how it goes, people change But you know that i don't have to tell you I think about you all the time I think about you all the time I never wanted this,...

I want to play my music As loud as i please I want to grow my hair Down to my knees I won't get a job And be punching your clock Won't be another number In you lay off slot You say I'm scum x8 I want a house with a white picket fence Don't look at me like i...