Punk's Not Dead!

 

Times were hard

it's 1976,

Labour's Britain

smashed to bits,

what no jobs?

my hopes are sunk,

I know mum

I'll become a punk!

 

Hippies are out

we need something new,

garagebands

and sniffin' glue,

no Elvis, Beatles

or the Rolling Stones,

so long boys

here's the Ramones!

 

One, two, three, four

it goes like this

turn the volume up

let's get pissed!

zips and pins

bondage to wear,

coloured mohicans

and spiky hair!

 

Indie labels

taking risks,

coloured vinyl

picture discs,

Buzzcocks, Stranglers,

UK Decay,

Sex Pistols,

Anarchy in the UK!

 

The Damned, The Jam,

Going Underground,

Crass, The Skids,

A new wave sound,

X-Ray Specs

Magazine,

Siouxsie Sioux

God save the Queen!

 

Fingers, Upstarts,

Sham 69,

UK Subs and

999,

The Clash, The Ruts

Was it something that I said?

This is England -

Punk's not Dead!!

 

copyright 2008 Jeff Dawson