"All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)" lyrics
"All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)"
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, ya' 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 cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos there ain't much to die for
All the young punks
Laugh your life cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos 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 a poster
Of course we got a manager
Though he ain't the mafia
A contract is a contract
When they get 'em out on yer
All the young punks
Laugh your life cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos there ain't much to die for
All the young punks
Laugh your life cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos there ain't much to die for
You gotta drag yourself to work
Drug 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
All the young punks
Laugh your life cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos there ain't much to die for
All the young punks
Laugh your life cos there ain't much to cry for
All you young cunts
Live it now cos there ain't much to die for
Feeling bad for 3 to 4 days
Feeling sad for 3 to 4 more
Feeling hazy for 45 minutes
Feeling crazy for 45 more
We been dancing all night long
Waiting in the corner 'cause something's wrong
Don't wanna get up and see that dawn
Like the day before
A spliff, a pound, a half a pint of Brown
This is the way we spell Camden Town
I shouldn't speed, it's not my need
Feeling crazy for 45 more
We been dancing all night long
Waiting in the corner 'cause something's wrong
Don't wanna get up and see that dawn
Like the day before
Thanks to Manggar, James Joyce, VerĂ³nica for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer
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album:
"Give 'em Enough Rope" (1978)