Rancid

[fox69]

"Telegraph Avenue"

"Telegraph Avenue"


I was there in the rain
Man, even if them skies were blue
You can find me on the corner of Durant
And Telegraph Avenue

When I was only 17
I knew what I had to do
So I grabbed my left handed guitar
And I headed out to Telegraph Avenue

Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Oh yeah

Mario Savio gave a speech
It was him against The Machine
For that he spent 3 months in jail
But he said he'd do it again

Governor Reagan had enough
So the National Guard they pushed on through
Tear gas and riot police
On Telegraph Avenue

Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Oh yeah

The ones who stand for freedom of speech
Well this one goes out to you
Well I can still hear your voice
On Telegraph Avenue

Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na
Oh yeah

 

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"Tenderloin"

"Tenderloin"


Realize you're dehumanized
You critisize your existance
It's your demise when no sun arise
When you're paralized by your lack of resistance

She know she is
She knows she's going
Down below where the fire's glowing
Tenderloin

The tricks she gets them she's not a victim
She makes a list of them and reads them all alone
For money she's walking down on larkin'
In T.I. they're rocking all night long

 

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"That's Just The Way It Is Now"

"That's Just The Way It Is Now"


Car Lights flash my eyes
Blinded, Hypnotized
Lord knows I'm living
and I'm never coming back
Now one generation dies
Next one wins the prize
and that's the big surprise
There's demise in all of their lies
It's never to late to realize

That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now [x2]

I walk through the cemetery
It's all empty
Now I put a rose
on the grave of a fallen hero
And I look out into the wild
All I see is emptiness
So much loneliness
I just want forgiveness

That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now [x2]

When dreams fade away
It won't be long
End up singing the same old song
What went right, What Went Wrong
Bad times here, Good times gone
First rule they always sell
Second rule never tell
Third rule straight to hell
White collar criminals
Living in jail
It's all that they gave
Sold your soul to get paid
Buy you end up in an early grave
Your own neck you can't save
It's a letter that you can't send
It's a wound that will never mend
Pain level peaks at ten
Some stand out Some stand in

That's just the way things are
That's just the way it is now [x2]

 

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"The 11th. Hour"

"The 11th. Hour"


Hey little sister do you know what time it was
when you finally seen all your broken dreams
come crashing down your door
they demand an answer and they demand it quick
or the questions fade and the wasted days
come crawling back for more

do you know where the power lies? and who pulls the strings
do you know where the power lies it starts and ends with you

the face of isolation
well that's one you recognize
well you can't get straight
it's a lonely place and
it's one you do despise

boredom is for sale now
and helplessness you feel
it's a wounded dove and the hawks are above
blood splattered on a reel to reel

I was almost over my world was almost gone
in a sudden rush I could almost touch the
things that I'd done wrong
my jungle's made of concrete
through silence I could feel
my aim is true I will walk on through
these mountains made of steel.

 

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"The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny"

"The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny"


Jimmy and johnny two friends of mine
skinheads what they clamed
Outside simalarities but they don't feel the same
Johnny thinks jimmy is a mod
and jimmy thinks johnny's a punk
Jimmy listens to ska
and johnny likes last resort
Jimmy and johnny in the trenches
We down tonight
Drinking guiness smoking 555's
Once you're in the middle you feel alright
Skinheads tats and a fred perry
There's a was in the cemetary
Start to fight stop drinking
What the fuck were they thinking

Jimmy and johnny tell me what you're seeing
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Jimmy had his two tone girl on the back of his scooter that night
Johnny had a jackes up chevy that could blow you right off the line
Skinheads tats and a fred perry
There's a was in the cemetary
Start to fight stop drinking
What the fuck were they thinking

Jimmy and johnny tell me what you're seeing
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

 

[fox69]

"The Bottle"

"The Bottle"


climb in
climb in
climb inside me.. pain

another night of drinkin'
another night of beeing
out of my head and i don't know
where i was last night
drinkin' on a empty stomach
or an empty mind
it makes no difference when i'm way out of line
things i can't remember comes back to haunt me
a lot of people out there who seem to want me
climb in the bottle and never come out

i may know nothing but i'm good at something
i will drink till the sun comes up
no more one of these days gonna come out of my haze
better hurry up it's getting harder to come back

 

[fox69]

"The Bravest Kids"

"The Bravest Kids"


The teleprompter is read
by the telegenic dead
And it goes out across the nation
There ain't no war information

The Bravest Kids I know
Are the one's that got to go
fighting over there [x2]

All channels pre-emptied
Another socialite is gonna get arrested
Pop culture transition
taking over my television

The Bravest Kids I know
Are the one's that got to go
fighting over there [x2]

 

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"The Highway"

"The Highway"


Night clubs and one night stands
Play a show then I'm off again
This is my life
Living on the highway
It's all I've ever done
All I've ever known
Just wanna play one more show
Make some music with my friends
I am working class culture

Seen the bleak side
of the American experience
Scatter in the streets and show me
what you got
This is no set of ideas
This is flesh and blood

Night clubs and one night stands
Play a show then I'm off again
This is my life
Living on the highway
It's all I've ever done
All I've ever known
Just wanna play one more show
Make some music with my friends

Opinions are hard to put in prison
I tell the truth that won't be told
Uprising and rebellion
Social change with flesh and blood

Night clubs and one night stands
Play a show then I'm off again
This is my life
Living on the highway
It's all I've ever done
All I've ever known
Just wanna play one more show
Make some music with my friends [x3]

Living On The Highway

 

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"The Sentence"

"The Sentence"


My life the blessing
Understand my aggression
I don't regret nothing
It's all been a lesson
Me and my friend got the music
Like a loaded gun we're gonna use it
Tell us we ain't shit I won't listen
Try to hit us but you keep on missing
I KNEW THE SENTENCE THEN
I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BLOW
DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU
APOCALYPSE RADIO
Sometimes I'm a total wreck
I want to break someone's neck
I get a subwoofer going
Four twelves get my blood stream going
Never saw it coming paid my price in time
It's been ten years or more with all the
battle scars in my mind
I KNEW THE SENTENCE THEN
I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BLOW
DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU
APOCALYPSE RADIO

 

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"The Wars End"

"The Wars End"


Little Sammy was a punk rocker
you know his mother never understand him
went to his room and smashed his Billy Bragg record
didn't want him to hear that communist lecture

Little Sammy was a punk rocker
you know his mother tried to take him to war
Sammy now the war is over now we're at the wars end

Little Sammy was a punk rocker
now it's time for you to leave home