80-85

Early man walked away as modern man took control.
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was his goal,
So he built his great empire and slaughtered his own kind,
then he died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind.
Go!
We're only gonna die from our own arrogance.

Latch Key Kids (Graffin)

In this world today there ain't nobody to thank,
just blame it on the kids and toss 'em into the tank.
And if they yell for justice we'll hide them from the light
so that when they learn the truth they won't be scared of the night.
Put the key in the hole when you get home from school.
I'll be home by 8:30, your father will too.
If you cause any trouble then I don't want to see,
cause you'll go straight to bed and you won't have no TV.

Part III (Bentley)

The final page is written in the books of history
As man unleashed his deadly bombs, and sent troops overseas
To fight a war that can't be
won and kills the human race
A show of greed and ignorance
Man's quest for dominance
They say when a mistake is made a
lesson has been learned
But this time there's no
second chance
The hate engulfs the world
A million lives are lost each day
A city slowly burns
A mother holds her dying child
And no one is concerned

Faith In God (Graffin)

It's all right to have faith in god
but when you bend to their rules and their fucking lies
that's when I start to have pity on you.
You're living on a mound of dirt,
but you can't explain your reason for existence so you blame it on god.
So much hatred in this world and you can't decide
who's pulling the strings so you figure it's god.
Your whole life foreshadows death
and you finally realize you don't want to die alone so you'll always have god.
It's all right to have faith in god
but when you bend to their rules and their fucking lies
that's when I start to have pity on you.
It's all right to have faith in god
but when you bend to their rules and their fucking lies
that's when I start to have pity on you.
There's people in the world today who say they're Jewish, Christian and such,
They're all ignorant fools.
They'll tell you you can't have your own way
unless you pay money and dedicate your life or you'll be damned in hell.
Don't be feeble like all of them,
You have your own brain full of thoughts and choices,
So use it don't let them use you.
It's all right to have faith in god
but when you bend to their rules and their fucking lies
that's when I start to have pity on you.

Fuck Armageddon . . . This Is Hell (Graffin)

There's people out there that say I'm no good,
cause I don't believe the things that I should,
and when the final conflict comes, I'll be so sorry I did wrong,
and hope and pray that our lord god will think I'm good.
Countries manufacture bombs and guns
to kill your brother for something that he hasn't even done.
Smog is ruining my lungs, but they aren't sorry they've done wrong,
they hide behind their lies that they're helping everyone.
In the end the good will go to heaven up above,
the bad will perish in the depths of hell.
How can hell be any worse when life alone is such a curse?
Fuck Armageddon, this is hell.
We're living in the denouement of the battle's gripping awe,
so what's the use of being good to satisfy them all?
How could hell be any worse? Life alone is such a curse!
Fuck Armageddon, this is hell.

Pity (Graffin)

I show pity on the human race, on the ignorant plenty
who devote their lives to an icon that they've never known
I show pity on eons past when a clever man
started the first civilization and human aggression was born
I show pity on the future to come when the government systems
will be omnipotent and we'll be worse off.....than we are now
Pity, Pity, on the masses of ignorant people
Pity, Pity, on the masses of aggression
Pity, Pity, on the future centuries to come
It's all a matter of looking at the past
It's all a question: Are we going to last?
If we endure the aggression that's inside all of us
We'll wipe out our own species and thus....the world!

In The Night (Gurewitz)

In the city the day is too hot And you're looking for relief

'Cuz your heart is filled with pain But you get no relief 'cuz the night is the same

In the night In the night you see through jaded eyes

In the night In the night you feel barely alive

Your head is filled with darkness You've got pennies on your eyes

But you say that it's alright, because you never Lived a lie

As you crawl back to your womb-like existence

In the night In the night In the night you see through jaded eyes

In the night In the night you feel barely alive

You can't see any light, and you hear those

Heavy footsteps, and the little man inside twists

Your tormented mind palms are wet

With sweat limbs are bound and tangled in a Fatal net

There are two things you can do one is turn

And fight the other is run headlong into the Night.....

The breathing at your side, is it yours or is it goodbye

Damned To Be Free (Graffin)

Death and the shadow that it casts on life
Scares me little or none
People tell me of a divine right and a happy chosen one
I'm a freak 'cuz my morals clash with others in my world
I go home, while they work hard
And they say I'm wrong
There's only one place to be
While living with tragedy
If their sins affected me
I gotta be damned to be free
Freedom is responsibility
Pay more than its worth
Instincts tell us not to die
Hazy myths since birth
Learn their rules, play their games
Deceive yourself in haste
Turn your own brain into dust
Its not theirs to waste
Thinkin' this world it ain't so bad
Dyin' it's just another fad
Workin' eight hours its not for me
Dyin' it's just your destiny

White Trash (2nd Generation) (Gurewitz)

Wasted children, fixed blank eyes, blood and sweat, we socialize
broken homes from which they come, beer-stained dad, compliant Mom.
Fear and love, much despised, replaced by comfortable lies.
Teenage classic, more cliché, one step further on the edge of decay.
White trash, 2nd generation, white trash, 2nd generation,
white trash, 2nd generation, don your crown and cleanse the nation.
Are you ready to fight for your morality? Right wing allies, white supremacy.
Pretty fascist on the tube draped in red and white and blue
white trash, 2nd generation, stupid foibles, indignation
offspring of suburban fright, pearl-white creatures of the night
white trash, 2nd generation, white trash, 2nd generation,
white trash, 2nd generation, don your crown and cleanse the nation.
Stiff blue collar, coat and tie, brand new breeds side by side.
Christian ethic, right extremes, shoved down our throat as the American dream.
White trash, 2nd generation, stupid foibles, indignation
offspring of suburban fright, pearl-white creatures of the night
white trash, 2nd generation, white trash, 2nd generation,
white trash, 2nd generation, don your crown and cleanse the nation.
White trash, 2nd generation, white trash, 2nd generation,
white trash, 2nd generation, don your crown and cleanse the nation.

American Dream (Gurewitz)

I hate my family, hate my school, speed limits and the golden rule.
Hate people who aren't what they seem, more than anything else, American dream.
American dream's gonna swallow you whole, it's bursting at the seam,
it'll sweep you away, so enjoy it today, tomorrow you'll be old thus useless.
American dream . . . American dream . . .
American dream, that's ok, cause no one dare give you away.
I hate my job, I hate your god, I hate hypocrites and common slobs.
Hate people who aren't what they seem, more than anything else, American dream.
Promise me today I'll have a Chevrolet, with whitewalls on the side,
one boy, one girl, comfortable lies
the American dream . . . American dream . . . American dream,
that's ok, cause no one dare give you away.
American dream!

Eat Your Dog (Graffin)

Weak and sick, dying in the sand, no such thing as a promised land.
Don't lose faith in a better life -- reincarnation, poor excuse.
You're dying you assholes, your religion can't help you now.
Dying and starving in the fields you used to plow.
Rotting bones in your barren fields. Worshipped creature's supposed to heal.
He won't save you and he won't save me. See what you want to see.
Hindu religion in the mind of a working Joe,
starving and dying in the fields you used to know.
You're tied and bound to a god's useless advice.
Bloated stomachs from aching diseases hold back the fight.
In the end you'll return once more to die again.
Go on 'til you can't no more in non-eternal sin.

Voice Of God Is Government (Graffin/Bentley/Gurewitz)

Neighbors, no one loves you like he loves you,
and no one cares like he cares.
Neighbors, let us join today in the holy love of God and money,
because neighbors, no one loves you like He loves you.
And what better way to show your love than to dig deep into your pockets.
Dig real deep, until it hurts. Alleviate your guilt,
free yourself once again, because he gave to you, brothers and sisters.
Please give a 10, 25, or 50 dollar tax-deductible donation,
and I assure you your modest pledge will be used to censor TV and radio,
ban questionable books, and contribute to many other Godly services.
No longer will young Christian Americans hedonistically indulge in masochistic
submission to rhythmic music, for with your monetary support,
there is no end to what we can achieve in this country.
The voice of God is government. The voice of God is government.
The voice of God is government. In God we trust, sinners repent!
Can't you see what we believe in, all our thoughts, all our reasons,
pursuit of life and liberty and happiness we cannot see?
Speak of truth with a mighty voice, but politics are your real choice.
Hire men to change the law, protect and serve with one small flaw.
Voice of God is government. The voice of God is government.
Voice of God is government. In God we trust, sinners repent!
If we shun God and Jesus Christ, religious love is sacrifice.
Love for God is shown in cash, the love they send is mailbox trash.
With every pamphlet we receive, more money asked for Godly needs.
Build a million dollar church, with money spent on God's research.
Voice of God is government. The voice of God is government.
Voice of God is government. In God we trust, sinners repent!
On late night TV, God can heal, a certain force you cannot feel.
Love for money in God's name, religion's now a TV game!
Build a million dollar church, with money spent on God's research.
Build a million dollar church, with money spent on God's research.
Voice of God is government. The voice of God is government.
Voice of God is government. In God we trust, sinners repent!
Yeah!
Voice of God is government. The voice of God is government.
Voice of God is government. In God we trust, sinners repent!

Oligarchy (Gurewitz)

Presidential election every four years but neither man we can see or hear
Urgent cries for society but he can't see the blood on me
Do you see?
Do you see too much for me?
Try that with our oligarchy,
try that with our oligarchy,
oligarchy, oligarchy.

Doin' Time (Gurewitz)

See the fight, old men crying, deny their ruin.
Watch them try. The cynic laughs at the optimist's closed eyes.
Darkness falls, curtain calls, the cynic's beer soon overflows.
Other watches, has a drink, and from the same cup, they drink.
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
William had 26, blew his brains out, now look at him.
John had only one, watch the mother mourn her only son.
I'm doin' time, how long I don't know.
I'll kiss goodbye my brain and body and go to sleep for generations.
And go to sleep for generations.
Salvation.
Cease concentration. You'll only lose the fight.
Don't tell me what's wrong or right!
You're losing sight.
You're just gonna die anyway!

Bad Religion (Gurewitz)

See my body, it's nothing to get hung about.
I'm nobody except genetic runaround.
Spiritual era's gone, it ain't comin' back.
Bad religion, a cabal, that is all that's left.
Hey Mr. Mind, stop wasting my time,
With your factory precision.
Factory precision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion.
Don't you know the place your live's a piece of shit?
Don't you know blind faith in life will conquer it?
Don't you know responsibility is ours?
I don't care a think about eternal fires.
Listen this time, it's more than a rhyme,
It's your indecision.
Your indecision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion,
bad religion.

Politics (Graffin)

Economy, Technology, does it really work?
The guy running the government is just another jerk
Try to teach some values and they all erode away
You're lucky if they listen to a single word you say
What is right and what is wrong government decides
You don't have to like the laws as long as you abide
We're all being oppressed by the upper middle class
The government you vote for is the one that you possess
I'm so tired and now I'm through,
I'm through and so are you
Oppressive fear from the government its us not the president
We control the masses of the whole entire race
Soon our streets will all be filled without a happy face

Sensory Overload (Gurewitz)

This isn't art this is suicide in a social way
I don't have the need and I don't have the time
I will tell you why
Because I think about it all the time
I think about what's true and what's lies
I used to think the things in my head were true
Sensory feedback from things like you
I don't know why this must be
The guitar's misleading me
I don't know why
I've got this social suicide
From a sensory overload
It's a hell of a time
From a sensory overload
Tricky little mind
When I think about the quivering flesh
I think about this urban mess
It makes my brain begin to reel
I don't understand all the things that I hear
I just wanna hide from the things that I feel

Slaves (Graffin)

Congress runs your daily life but they brainwash you so you think it's freedom

We've had a war every twenty years they make you think we really need 'em

And we're all just slaves under stricter masters

You're brought up thinking it's bad to live in any country except this one

And when you grow into a man you realize it ain't so much fun

We're in a country of democracy, it's supposed to be the best on the globe

Living's expensive, it ain't too fun unless you fit in the high-class mode

And we're all just slaves under stricter masters

Drastic Actions (Gurewitz)

Heard a word, suicide,
Not from one, but from thousands that tried.
The lawyer's wife and the teenage brat,
one thing in common, they all wanted out.
And it's plain to see.
It goes for you and it goes for me,
and all the screwed up little girls and boys
all thrown in without a choice.
But I heard him say,
"I want out,
No complaints and no doubts, just a chance to go on."
I heard a word, suicide,
And not from one, but from thousands that died.
Want some attention and a little less regret, a teenage fluff, little threat.
And there are those, there are those who think
that drastic actions will make them unique.
It's really all the same,
that no one's happy and nobody's to blame.
And the moral to this story is old.
It's quite taboo, seldom told.
The seed is reaped before it's sown,
a bad choice was never resolved.

World War III (Graffin)

U.S. government blew its plan
Too much money down the can
Stop, look, and listen to what the president says
The first lady is a fucking les
They all think they know it all
America, Russia, China are all about to fall
Lethargy will over-rule
U.S. government's wading pool
World War Three
"Forget it"! came from the president's door
"I'll make us have another world war
it don't matter what the people think
We have to save our precious brink
Here I go, I'll push the first bomb
Yeah, it's headed straight for Guam
All the rest will release soon Right into your living room
World War Three

Yesterday (Graffin)

Run, but don't be scared to look behind
Stop, don't wait too long make up your mind
The end is almost here, the sky, the air so nice and clear
The sound of dirt decay, and the ringing in the air
is the screen-debris of yesterday
There, now that you know
it's not so bad
See, the good things soon flow proximad
So few tried to enhance,
we don't deserve a second chance
Just laugh yourself away,
and kiss your ass goodbye with a shadowed dream of yesterday
Yesterday, the good old days
Yesterday, the way we used to play
Yesterday, it just got worse and worse
Yesterday, the future has been rehearsed

Frogger (Graffin/Hetson/Martin)

I'm tired of this city, all this toil and strife.
Trying to cross the boulevard, playing Frogger with my life.
Frogger with my life.
I'm tired of this city, all this toil and strife.
Trying to cross the boulevard, playing Frogger with my life.
Frogger with my life.
Frogger with my life.

Bad Religion (Gurewitz)

See my body, it's nothing to get hung about.
I'm nobody except genetic runaround.
Spiritual era's gone, it ain't comin' back.
Bad religion, a cabal, that is all that's left.
Hey Mr. Mind, stop wasting my time,
With your factory precision.
Factory precision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion.
Don't you know the place your live's a piece of shit?
Don't you know blind faith in life will conquer it?
Don't you know responsibility is ours?
I don't care a think about eternal fires.
Listen this time, it's more than a rhyme,
it's conjured up in lies.
Your indecision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion,
bad religion.

Along The Way (Graffin)

I refuse to abuse what is fine to diffuse
but it's there and it's happening to me along the way
As we go through the snow we cannot forget our foes
But the dinner's always waiting at the table along the way
What you see, not for me, isn't what you plan to be
but you'll have what you wanted in the end along the way
And we'll try as we cry and our brothers pass us by
to be strong through the ages of our tears along the way
Now we grow as we show that the morals
we must know can be shapen and mistaken by the falls along the way
But regret, don't forget, to find love and happiness unless you're willing to be strong when they're gone along the way
My Tommy you are free and you will not follow me but we'll see each other once more on the path along the way

New Leaf (Graffin)

When everybody dies around you
From someone elses gun
It makes you really stop and think
About the years to come
Something good has gotta happen
To the human race
We all had better stop hoping
And set our heads on straight
You gotta Turn over a new leaf
Because that old one is turning on you
You gotta turn over a new leaf
Its the futures only hope or we are through
Today is over, it's already shot
So we can't think about ourselves
If we find worth in our nature
Then saving that can only help
Start filling up your pockets
With things you really only need
Save life and earth and water
There can't be any other deed

Bad Religion (Gurewitz)

See my body, it's nothing to get hung about.
I'm nobody except genetic runaround.
Spiritual era's gone, it ain't comin' back.
Bad religion, a cabal, that is all that's left.
Hey Mr. Mind, stop wasting my time,
With your factory precision.
Factory precision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion.
Don't you know the place you live's a piece of shit?
Don't you know blind faith in life will conquer it?
Don't you know responsibility is ours?
I don't care a think about eternal fires.
Listen this time, it's more than a rhyme,
it's conjured up in lies.
Your indecision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, too good to take.
Indecision, it's not too late.
Bad religion, bad religion,
bad religion.

Slaves (Graffin)

Congress runs your daily life but they brainwash you so you think it's freedom

We've had a war every twenty years they make you think we really need 'em

And we're all just slaves under stricter masters

You're brought up thinking it's bad to live in any country except this one

And when you grow into a man you realize it ain't so much fun

We're in a country of democracy, it's supposed to be the best on the globe

Living's expensive, it ain't too fun unless you fit in the high-class mode

And we're all just slaves under stricter masters