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Every generation gets fooled again |
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And every generation is to blame |
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And its no good saying its not in your name |
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'cause it is in your name |
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And this generation is the same |
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And this generation is to blame |
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And I'm sorry that I can't join in any more |
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But I've been let down : too many times before |
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Oh yeah we mean it |
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We hate the kids |
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So dance dance dance to the radio tonight |
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I wanted to believe in rock'n'roll stars |
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I wanted to believe in contemporary art |
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I wanted to aspire to a higher path |
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But there's no higher path |
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It was ever thus, and it was ever you |
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And it's ever us because we'll do it too |
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And we're sorry to the all the disinherited meek, and |
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We're sorry for this con-trick that we play on the people |
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Oh yeah we mean it |
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We hate the kids |
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So dance dance dance to the radio tonight |
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And nobody ever comes alive |
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And the journalists clamour round glamour like flies |
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And boys who should know better grin and get high |
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With fat men who once met the MC5 |
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And no one discusses what they don't understand |
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And no one does anything to harm the brand |
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And this gift is an illusion, this isn't hard |
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Absolutely anyone can play the fucking guitar |
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Oh yeah we mean it |
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We hate the kids |
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Useless children genuflecting |
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To the idols who exploit them |
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Open mouthed and arsed expecting |
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Some god to anoint them |
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Dance Dance Dance to this radio tonight |
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And there's always a monk to get set on fire |
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And there's always a crackhead charismatic liar |
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And there's always a depth to which you can aspire |
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And there's always a teenager due to expire |
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Pop had a beginning, it grew and was tended |
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Now it is rotten. Let it be ended. |
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Let every hopeless case that every drummer befriended, |
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Every seven-inch that every student intended |
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Every groupie and ligger and identity seeker |
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Every druggy and drinker and every loudspeaker |
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Be done with, be piled up, tossed, set alight |
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No more music, thank you, goodnight. |
