This England
 
This country rolls off soft parliamentary souls
I bet they sleep soundly in their beds tonight
And they know the people on the dole won’t put up a fight
They drop their gaurds and they fall to the right
 
Their politics just bring confusion
In the minds that don’t know wrong from right
And your queen is just an illusion
I don’t wanna be in England tonight
 
You don’t wanna sleep, and you’re desperate to eat
Waiting for the debt to take over your life
You’re sitting inside this bubble with everybody else
They tell you it’s ok, sleep soundly tonight
 
Their politics just bring confusion
In the minds that don’t know right from wrong
And your queen is just an illusion
I don’t wanna be in England tonight
 
Get up to work go home to sleep
Get up to work, the same next week
Get up to work go home to sleep
Get up to work, the same next week
 
Kill your country and cleanse your soul
This ain’t the Eng-er-land you was brought up to know
They cannot understand where you’re coming from
Oh why has everything gone wrong?
 
Their politics just bring confusion
In the minds that don’t know right from wrong
And your queen is just an illusion
I don’t wanna be in England tonight
 
 
Bang Bang
 
This place of ours that once was great is straining now beneath the weight
Of those who’d take it all
And the rot within will take us down, they’ll smash it up and rip it down
This country’s got it all
Respect for all has all but gone, I don’t like where my country’s gone
 
The days of innocence have gone, our trust exploded like a bomb
As communities divide
You stick to yours I’ll stick to mine, the gap increases all the time
We’re cracking up inside
Our national pride has now become, a dirty subject thanks to some
 
Bang bang you won’t take me alive
It’s been one hell of a ride, but now it ends
You said you’d take me straight to hell
Well you were wrong, oh can’t you tell
We’re already there
 
As we get swamped by drug fuelled crime I think it’s time we drew the line
And took a little back
We’re spread across a world at war, who’s there to fight wolves at our door
I want my freedom back
 
As scum breeds nothing more than scum
I don’t like where my country’s gone
 
Bang bang you won’t take me alive
It’s been one hell of a ride, but now it ends
You said you’d take me straight to hell
Well you were wrong, oh can’t you tell
We’re already there
 
 
Holiday
 
Saving up your money for a week away,
A cheap shit fucking holiday,
No one cares where you’ve been…did you see the sea?
 
Candy floss, nicotine, sticks of rock
Dickheads and amphetamines.
I’d rather stay at home you see
Than go on holiday…..For their,
Candy floss,nicotine, sticks of rock, 
Dickheads and ampthetamines
I’d rather have a cup of tea than go to scumbag-on-sea!
 
3 hours sitting in a traffic jam,
How do you like your holiday?....Fuck you man!
I can’t swim and don’t want to see….I don’t wanna see the sea!
 
Candy floss, nicotine, sticks of rock
Dickheads and amphetamines.
I’d rather stay at home you see
Than go on holiday…..For their,
Candy floss,nicotine, sticks of rock, 
Dickheads and ampthetamines
I’d rather have a cup of tea than go to scumbag-on-sea!
 
They say you gotta get away,
Get yourself on holiday, enjoy the English weather
They say you gotta have a break and take some time to see,
All this countries poverty!
 
Candy floss, nicotine, sticks of rock
Dickheads and amphetamines.
I’d rather stay at home you see
Than go on holiday…..For their,
Candy floss,nicotine, sticks of rock, 
Dickheads and ampthetamines
I’d rather have a cup of tea than go to scumbag-on-sea!
 
 
OCD
 
OCD’s got a hold of me, I gotta get it right, I gotta get it clean
I gotta count to ten then I’ll check it again
I gotta get rid of this OCD
 
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
 
I gotta check the doors or I won’t sleep
This crazy paranoia is controlling me
I gotta scrub my hands or I won’t feel clean
I gotta get rid of this OCD
 
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
 
---Solo---
 
1, 2, 3, 4 now I gotta count some more
1, 2, 3, 4 now I gotta count some more
1, 2, 3, 4 now I gotta count some more
1, 2, 3, 4 now I gotta count some more
 
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
OCD, OCD, OH, it’s got a hold of me, oh, oh, oh O CD
 
 
Punk Rock Radio
 
Livin on the never never, 
owned a TV me, no, not ever
Beans on toast for tea again
Hope this lifestyle never ends, not ever
 
Cos all I need is a beer or two
And all I need is a song that I can sing to
 
It’s another rainy Monday 
And I can’t wait to get back, get back home again
A nice little brew and a fag or two
And a shufty at the paper and a shave and a shower and relax again
 
Cos all I need is a beer or two
And all I need is a song that I can sing to
 
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it keeps me up all night
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it makes the world seem right
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it’s playing songs all night
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it makes the world seem right
 
I’ve been up and down and tearing all around
And i can’t wait to get back home because I’m beat
There’s been moans at work and trouble on the street
And I can’t wait to get back home and rest my feet
 
But all I need is a beer or two
And all I need is a song that I can sing to
 
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it keeps me up all night
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it makes the world seem right
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it’s playing songs all night
I’ve got my Punk Rock Radio and it makes the world seem right
 
 
Should’ve known better
 
It’s funny, seems to happen all the time
A couple too many you’re prepared to cross over the line
You’re a big boy now, you’re feeling brave
You couldn’t back down, you should’ve known better
 
Middle aged men, they’re seventeen inside
The alcohol, puts inhibitions aside
What’s lacking in youth is made up for in size
It’s kicking off, now there’s hate in there eyes
Chests out, there up for the fight
They’re getting on, I hope they’re alright
 
This always happens when they’re drunk
Reliving the days when they were punks
Those days are gone you can’t get ‘em back
Now the only arrest you’ll get is a cardiac
 
It’s gone too far, and now there’s flashing blue lights
You’re stupid pride’s got you a bed for the night
You’ve realised that there’s a price to pay
You’re not as fit as you were back in the day
The years of abuse have taken their toll
Listen fella, you should’ve known better
 
This always happens when they’re drunk
Reliving the days when they were punks
Those days are gone you can’t get ‘em back
Now the only arrest you’ll get is a cardiac
 
 
Middle Class Zero
 
What car will he strive to win today
He’s looking for a bonus to survive until next payday
He loves his country, he play’s rugby on a Saturday
He’s got a state school education but he just don’t like to say
 
He’s just a middle class zero
Sitting down all on his own
He’s not a working man’s hero
He’s just a middle class zero
 
Wife shops in Harrods, but he wears a primark suit
She’s a size zero, as skinny as her knee high boots
He can’t pay the mortgage and his credit’s fit to burst
He won’t tell his boss his views ‘cos he knows he’ll come off worse
 
He loves his country, he play’s rugby on a Saturday
He’s got a state school education but he just don’t like to say
 
He’s just a middle class zero
Sitting down all on his own
He’s not a working man’s hero
He’s just a middle class zero
 
 
Bookies Favourite
 
Through the door it’s the bookie’s favourite, he’s got a smile for me
He doesn’t know I’m feeling lucky
Pull out a wad from my trouser pocket, and get a cup of tea
And plan the future that’s in front of me
 
But by the 2.15 I’m a broken man
 
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
Nothing seems to go as planned
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
But I’ll be back next week, cos I don’t give a damn….
 
See the geezer standing over there, He lost the shirt off his back
He lost his wife, he lost his family
But I’m smart and I know what I’m doing, I’ve got it all sussed out
‘cos lady luck is smiling down at me
 
But by the 2.15 I’m a broken man
 
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
Nothing seems to go as planned
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
But I’ll be back next week, cos I don’t give, no I just do give
 
Because you win some, lose some, you’ll lose more than you win
And you kid yourself on you can stop when you like
Have you ever seen a bookie on a bike?
 
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
Nothing seems to go as planned
How does it feel when you’re down, on your luck?
But I’ll be back next week, cos I don’t give a damn….
 
 
I won’t try
 
See suburbia’s, retribution
It cradles your soul in it’s caressed illusion
So come on down and mow the grass
And sow the seed that broke with class
And then it broke your heart
 
How soon is now, the sacred vow
How soon is now to break it down
How soon is now, the sacred vow
How soon is now to break it down
 
‘cos I won’t try, to bring it down completely
just a little at a time
and I won’t lie, to you completely
just a little to get by
 
it’s coming down destroyed by the clowns
with far right delusions, and monetary solutions
so pick it up, your vacant soul and sign right back on to the dole
a mini revolution
 
How soon is now, the sacred vow
How soon is now to break it down
How soon is now, the sacred vow
How soon is now to break it down
 
‘cos I won’t try, to bring it down completely
just a little at a time
and I won’t lie, to you completely
just a little to get by
 
 
Mid Life Crisis
 
Woke up at 6 this morning, alarm going off in my ear
Another day in this dead end job now it all seems crystal clear
I can’t believe how shit my life is, I think I’m having a midlife crisis
 
I gotta work to pay my bills, it’s the grown up thing to do
I’d rather go back 20 years and do the things we used to do
I can’t believe how shit my life is, I think I’m having a midlife crisis
 
I’ve had enough of conforming, don’t wanna do what they tell
I just wanna go out with my mates, but they’ve all grown up as well
 
I wanna dye my hair and wear the clothes I wanna wear
All this fitting in just makes me wanna scream and kick and swear
I can’t believe how shit my life is, I think I’m having a midlife crisis
 
I’ve had enough of conforming, don’t wanna do what they tell
I just wanna go out with my mates, but they’ve all grown up as well
 
Trapped inside this rotting shell, 
I drink too much, I don’t feel well
I sleep,  eat,  work,  eat,  drink,  sleep,  eat 
now there’s gotta be more than this for me
I’m going nowhere at a rapid pace
I’m either out of my mind or off my face
I wanna give it up and shave my hair
I wanna stick my finger in the air at you
 
 
Distant Star
 
And you drown your life in takeaways
Contemptful hate of the easy lays
squashed down with nicotine and alcohol
It leaves a bitter taste to your empty soul
 
But there’s a place where you can go
They say it’s as pure as the driven snow
 
The artless classes with low esteem
Break down the fabric of society
Smashed up commuters urban dreams
Just think of what it might have been
 
They say there’s a place where you can go
A place as pure as the driven snow
 
Just tell me…where can it be…
 
Is there a better life on a distant star?
They say it really ain’t that far away
Is there a better life on a distant star?
They say it really ain’t that far away
 
You can’t live your life here it seem
The daily fight with nine to five drudgery
You’re beat down, you get back up again
You carry on ‘til the lifetime ends
 
They say there’s a place where you can go
A place as pure as the driven snow
 
Just tell me…where can it be…
 
Is there a better life on a distant star?
They say it really ain’t that far away
Is there a better life on a distant star?
They say it really ain’t that far away
 
 
I don’t know why
 
I’ve been about in different places
Different people and different faces
I thought I saw you through a crowd
But it wasn’t you when you turned around
 
Will I ever see you again
I knew it really wasn’t meant to be, but now
I find myself, wondering how different things could be
I gotta know there wasn’t any other way
 
Oh why, god knows I tried
But I don’t know why, I can’t sleep at night
When I close my eyes, all I see is you
All the things you do, running round my mind
 
A brief encounter at the station
Thrown together in a situation
We made the most of the time we had
But now you’re gone I just want you back
 
Life goes on or so it seems
But every night, your in my dreams, And now
I gotta know I feel it strong
Was there something there, did I get it wrong
I gotta know there wasn’t any other way
 
Oh why, god knows I tried
But I don’t know why, I can’t sleep at night
When I close my eyes, all I see is you
All the things you do, running round my mind