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Chickenshit Conformist

๐Ÿ‘ค Dead Kennedys โ€ข ๐ŸŽผ bedtime for democracy [3rd uk press] โ€ข โฑ๏ธ 5:54
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๐Ÿ“œ Lyrics

Punk's not dead, it just deserves to die
When it becomes another stale cartoon
A closed minded, self-centered social club
Ideas don't matter, it's who you know

If the music's gotten boring, it's because of the people
Who want everyone to sound the same
Who drive the bright people out of our so-called scene
'Til all that's left is just a meaningless fad

Hardcore formulas are dogshit
Change and caring are what's real
Is this a state of mind
Or is it just another label?

The joy and hope of an alternative
Has become its own cliche
A hairstyle's not a lifestyle
Imagine Sid Vicious at 35

Who needs a scene? Scared to love and to feel
Judging everything by loud fast rules appeal
Who played last night? I don't know, I forgot
But diving off the stage was a lot of fun!

So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
Make the same old mistakes again and again
Chickenshit conformist like your parents

What's ripped us apart even more than drugs
Are the thieves and the goddamn liars
Ripping people off when they share their stuff
When someone falls are there any friends?

Harder-core-than-thou for a year or two
Then it's time to get a real job
Others stay home, it's no fun to go out
When the gigs are wrecked by gangs and thugs

When the thugs form bands, look who gets record deals
From New York metal labels looking to scam
Who sign the most racist, queer-bashing bands they can find
To make a buck revving kids up for war

Walk tall, act small
Only as tough as gang approval
Unity is bullshit
When it's under someone's fat boot

Where's the common cause?
Too many factions safely sulk in their shells
"Agree with us on everything or we won't help with anything"
That kind of attitude just makes a split grow wider

Guess who's laughing while the world explodes?
When we're all crybabies who fight best among ourselves

So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
Make the same old mistakes again and again
Chickenshit conformist like your parents

That farty old rock and roll attitude's back
It's competition, man, we wanna break big
Who needs friends when the money's good?
That's right, the '70s are back

Cock-rock metal's like a bad laxative
It just don't move me, you know?
The music so okay when there's more ideas than solos
Do we really need the attitude too?

Shedding thin skin too quickly
As a fan it disappoints me
Same stupid sexist lyrฤฑcs
Or is Satan all you can think of?

Crossover is just another word for lack of ideas
Maybe what we need are more trolls under the bridge
Will the metalheads finally learn something?
Will the punks throw away their education?

No one's ever the best once they believe their own press
Maturing don't mean rehashing mistakes of the past

So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
Make the same old mistakes again and again
Chickenshit conformist like your parents

The more things change, the more they stay the same
We can't grow if we won't criticize ourselves
The '60s weren't all failure, it's the '70s that stunk
As the clock ticks, we dig the same hole

Music scenes ain't real life, they won't get rid of the bomb
Won't eliminate rape or bring down the banks
Any kind of real change takes more time and work
Than changing channels on a TV set

So why are we so eager to please, peer pressure decrees
So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
Make the same old mistakes again and again
Chickenshit conformist like your parents

โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics

[00:10.70] Punk's not dead, it just deserves to die
[00:15.27] When it becomes another stale cartoon
[00:21.05] A closed minded, self-centered social club
[00:25.82] Ideas don't matter, it's who you know
[00:31.40] If the music's gotten boring, it's because of the people
[00:36.85] Who want everyone to sound the same
[00:41.91] Who drive the bright people out of our so-called scene
[00:47.27] 'Til all that's left is just a meaningless fad
[00:55.71] Hardcore formulas are dogshit
[00:58.06] Change and caring are what's real
[01:00.88] Is this a state of mind
[01:03.19] Or is it just another label?
[01:05.67] The joy and hope of an alternative
[01:08.30] Has become its own cliche
[01:10.83] A hairstyle's not a lifestyle
[01:13.41] Imagine Sid Vicious at 35
[01:16.31] Who needs a scene? Scared to love and to feel
[01:19.08] Judging everything by loud fast rules appeal
[01:21.51] Who played last night? I don't know, I forgot
[01:24.15] But diving off the stage was a lot of fun!
[01:26.75] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[01:29.25] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[01:31.75] Make the same old mistakes again and again
[01:34.28] Chickenshit conformist like your parents
[01:53.12] What's ripped us apart even more than drugs
[01:58.42] Are the thieves and the goddamn liars
[02:04.43] Ripping people off when they share their stuff
[02:09.38] When someone falls are there any friends?
[02:15.53] Harder-core-than-thou for a year or two
[02:20.50] Then it's time to get a real job
[02:26.73] Others stay home, it's no fun to go out
[02:31.63] When the gigs are wrecked by gangs and thugs
[02:37.18] When the thugs form bands, look who gets record deals
[02:42.27] From New York metal labels looking to scam
[02:47.65] Who sign the most racist, queer-bashing bands they can find
[02:53.19] To make a buck revving kids up for war
[03:00.53] Walk tall, act small
[03:02.87] Only as tough as gang approval
[03:05.26] Unity is bullshit
[03:07.85] When it's under someone's fat boot
[03:10.63] Where's the common cause?
[03:13.15] Too many factions safely sulk in their shells
[03:15.74] "Agree with us on everything or we won't help with anything"
[03:18.50] That kind of attitude just makes a split grow wider
[03:21.16] Guess who's laughing while the world explodes?
[03:23.67] When we're all crybabies who fight best among ourselves
[03:26.11] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[03:28.68] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[03:31.15] Make the same old mistakes again and again
[03:33.71] Chickenshit conformist like your parents
[03:50.83] That farty old rock and roll attitude's back
[03:56.61] It's competition, man, we wanna break big
[04:02.97] Who needs friends when the money's good?
[04:08.59] That's right, the '70s are back
[04:14.69] Cock-rock metal's like a bad laxative
[04:19.79] It just don't move me, you know?
[04:25.63] The music so okay when there's more ideas than solos
[04:31.23] Do we really need the attitude too?
[04:39.18] Shedding thin skin too quickly
[04:41.35] As a fan it disappoints me
[04:43.95] Same stupid sexist lyrฤฑcs
[04:46.40] Or is Satan all you can think of?
[04:49.19] Crossover is just another word for lack of ideas
[04:51.82] Maybe what we need are more trolls under the bridge
[04:54.38] Will the metalheads finally learn something?
[04:56.85] Will the punks throw away their education?
[04:59.42] No one's ever the best once they believe their own press
[05:02.11] Maturing don't mean rehashing mistakes of the past
[05:04.62] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[05:07.19] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[05:09.77] Make the same old mistakes again and again
[05:13.05] Chickenshit conformist like your parents
[05:26.34] The more things change, the more they stay the same
[05:29.01] We can't grow if we won't criticize ourselves
[05:31.55] The '60s weren't all failure, it's the '70s that stunk
[05:34.20] As the clock ticks, we dig the same hole
[05:36.68] Music scenes ain't real life, they won't get rid of the bomb
[05:39.16] Won't eliminate rape or bring down the banks
[05:41.98] Any kind of real change takes more time and work
[05:44.24] Than changing channels on a TV set
[05:46.38] So why are we so eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[05:49.32] So eager to please, peer pressure decrees
[05:51.85] Make the same old mistakes again and again
[05:55.66] Chickenshit conformist like your parents
[05:58.21]

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