All The Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)

Album: Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978)
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  • Hanging about
    Down the market street
    I spent a lot of time on my feet
    When I saw some passing yabbos
    We did chance to speak

    I knew how to sing
    Why' know an
    They knew how to pose
    An' one of them had a Les Paul
    Heart attack machine

    All the young punks
    Laugh your life
    'Cause there ain't much to cry for
    All the young cunts
    Live it now
    'Cause there ain't much to die for

    Everybody wants to bum
    A ride on the rock 'n' roller coaster
    And we went out
    Got our name in small print on the poster
    Of course we got a manger
    Though he ain't the mafia
    A contract is a contract
    When they get 'em out on yer

    You gotta drag yourself to work
    Drag yourself to sleep
    You're dead from the neck up
    By the middle of the week

    Face front you got the future shining
    Like a piece of gold
    But I swear as we get closer
    It look more like a lump of coal
    But it's better than some factory
    Now that's no place to waste your youth
    I worked there for a week once
    I luckily got the boot Writer/s: JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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