Dead Kennedys were an American United States hardcore punk band, formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. Pioneers of hardcore during the 1980s, the band gained a large underground following Underground music in the international punk music scene.
Their music mixed the more experimental elements of British 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American hardcore punk scene. Dead Kennedys' songs mixed deliberately shocking... [read more] - Winnebago Warrior
Roughin' it in the great outdoorsGuidebooks tell us where to goWinnebago Warrior Slow down traffic climbing hills30 gallons to the mileHoney, quick, the polaroid [Chorus]Winnebago WarriorBrave as old John...
- Trust Your Mechanic
TV invents a diseaseYou think you haveSo you buy our drugsAnd soon you depend on themPain is in your mindGotcha comin' back for moreAgain and again and again and againGonna rip you offRip you off Doctor says you need...
- Terminal Preppie
I go to collegeThat makes me so coolI live in a dormAnd show off by the pool I join the right clubsJust to build an impressionI block out thinkingIt won't get me ahead My ambition in lifeIs to look good on paperAll I...
- Government Flu
We got a drugWe're gonna try it out on youWon't make you dieIt'll getcha just a little bit sick [Chorus]Got a head coldGot a chest coldAnd it's three days old(Goin' on forever)Make you hazyMake you lazyDrive you...
- Forest Fire
No junk food, just earthly goodsI ate weird berries in the woodsNow I'm seeing colors, I'm getting higherI think I'll start a forest fire There's a forest fire climbin the hillBurning wealthy California homesBetter...
- Buzzbomb
Buzzbomb BuzzbombMacho-mobileThe road's my slave That's how I feel I cruise aloneI cruise real farI don't love youI love my car 'Cross NevadaAt 110Highway 50And there's nobody thereSign says, "Next sign 30 miles" I...
- Halloween
So it's HalloweenAnd you feel like dancin'And you feel like shinin'And you feel like letting loose Whatcha gonna beBabe, you better knowAnd you better planBetter plan all day Better plan all weekBetter plan all...
- Moon Over Marin
The crowded future stings my eyesI still find time to exerciseIn uniform with two white stripes Unlock my section of the sandIt's fenced off to the water's edgeI clamp a gasmask on my head [Chorus]On my beach at...
- I Am The Owl
I am your plumberNo I never went awayI still bug your bedroomsAnd pick up everything you sayIt can be a boring jobTo moniter all day your excess talk I hear when you're drinkingAnd cheating on your lonely wifeI play...
- Bleed For Me
You've been hanging 'roundWith an enemy of the stateCome with me to the buildingThat no-one stops to watch [Chorus]C'mon bleedC'mon bleedC'mon bleedBleed for me We'll strap you to a pipeElectrodes on your ballsC'mon...
- Dead End
Once I had a close friendI knew him for quite a whileHe seemed alright to meWe had this deal togetherTied up my money and timeAnd then he went awayTaking all that was mine [Chorus]Oh, well, things crumble to an...
- Riot
Rioting-the unbeatable highAdrenalin shoots your nerves to the skyEveryone knows this town is gonna blowAnd it's all gonna blow right now:. Now you can smash all the windows that you wantAll you really need are some...
- Well Paid Scentist
You're a well paid scientistYou only talk in factsYou know you're always right'Cause you know how to prove itStep by step A PhD to show you're smartWith textbook formulasBut you're used upJust like a factory hand...
- I Kill Children
I kill childrenI love to see them dieI kill childrenAnd make their mamas cryCrush 'em under my carI wanna hear them screamFeed 'em poison candyTo spoil their Halloween So your're in the kids' wardYou're in there cos...
- California Ãœber Alles
I am Governor Jerry BrownMy aura smilesAnd never frownsSoon I will be president… Carter power will soon go awayI will be Führer one dayI will command all of youYour kids will meditate in school California Über...
- Forward To Death
I don't need your way of life I can't stand your attitudes I can do without your strife I don't need this *** world I don't need this *** world This world brings me down Gag with every breath This world brings...
- Funland At The Beach
Sunny Sunday at the amusement parkSee the fat kids spill their popOh babe-lots of flags and balloonsBut someone sabotaged the rollercoaster last night Ran a turn and then it smashed right downThru the crowded haunted...
- When Ya Get Drafted
Are you believing the morning papers?War is coming back in styleThere's generals here, advisors thereAnd Russians nibbling everywhereThe chessboard's filling up with redWe make more profits when we blow off their...
- Viva Las Vegas
Twilight City gonna set my soulIt's gonna set my soul on fireGot a whole lot of money that's ready to burnSo get those stakes up high There's a thousand pretty women waiting out thereThey're all waiting, they'll never...
- Chemical Warfare
Down at the arsenal they keep the nerve gassesGuarded day and night by caged white rabbitsBeen sitting there for yearsI'm gonna have at itI cut through the fence, run right in and grab itGo crazy crazy crazy crazy:...
- Your Emotions
Your mommy told you thisAnd your daddy told you thatAlways think like thisAnd never do thatYou learned so many feelingsBut what is there to thatWhich are really yoursOr are you just a copycat Your school told you...
- Stealing People's Mail
We ain't going to the partyWe ain't going to the gameWe ain't going to the discoAin't gonna cruise down main We're stealing people's mailstealing people's mailstealing people's mailOn a friday night Drivin' in the...
- Ill In The Head
In a desperate mindLittle gardens growThey grow very wideThey grow very tall Why am I aliveUrban WonderlandBy the fence I standIn and out of hand There are many pathsDripping dark so denseDo not enter hereEnter over...
- Take This Job And Shove It
Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way When I'm walking out the door Take this job and shove it I ain't...
- Nazi Punks *** Off
Punk ain't no religious cultPunk means thinking for yourselfYou ain't hardcore cos you spike your hairWhen a jock still lives inside your headNazi punksNazi punksNazi punks-*** Off!Nazi punksNazi punksNazi punks-***...
- D.M.S.O
D.M.S.O.CryptoWonderDrugIn vogueSome people sayIt cures arthritisMaybe that's whyIt keeps getting bannedIt's absorbedDirectly through the skinMix it with lemon juiceTouch your fingertipsYou'll taste the lemonThe...
- Life Sentence
You used to be a partner in crimeNow you say you ain't got the time Gotta get serious, gotta planGotta pass those entrance examsOh my GodIt's senior yearAll you care about is your career [Chorus]It's a Life...
- A Child And His Lawnmower
Some clown in Sacramento was dragged into courtHe shot his lawnmowerIt disobeyed, it wouldn't startMight makes right, it's the American wayRThey fined him $60 and sent him on his way You know, some people don't take...
- Buzzbomb From Pasadena
Buzzbomb buzzbomb macho-mobileThe road's my slave, that's how I feelI cruise alone, I cruise real farShoo young punk! I love my car Cross Nevada at a 110Highway 50 and there's nobody thereSign says, 'Next sign 30...
- Straight A's
Sixteen, on the honor rollI wish that I was deadParents hate me, I got zitsAnd bruises 'round my head Pressure's on to get good gradesSo I can be like themDo my homework all the timeI can't go out just then People...
- Saturday Night Holocaust
There's a prefab building and a funny smellAround the hill outside of townEvery now and then we wonderBut we shrug our shouldersAnd get back to workThere's a railroad there and trains go byAnd there's people locked in...
- Night Of The Living Rednecks
Ray's guitar broke. No, we won't play Rawhide, won't play anything. We'll play the theme from the Dinah Shore show. Who wants to be Dinah Shore? Who's alter-ego is Dinah Shore? Oh, his fists didn't go up so quickly...
- The Prey
You're from out of townI can tell that by your shoesFlew in for the conventionGetting tipsy in a bar You're leaving pretty lateGotta get up in the morningThinking she's just too expensiveAnd you know...
- The Man With The Dogs
I am no oneBut I'm well knownFor I am the Man with the Dogs I stare at you shoppingWatch while you're walkingTwo dogs run around your toes You turn aroundTwo eyes break you down"Now, who does that guy think he's...
- Too Drunk To ***
Went to a partyI danced all nightI drank 16 beersAnd I started up a fight But now I am jaded You're out of luckI'm rolling down the stairsToo drunk to *** Too drunk to ***Too drunk to ***Too drunk, to ***I'm too...
- Short Songs
I like short songs[Repeat 13 times]
- In-Sight
Who's that kid in the back of the roomWho's that kid in the back of the roomHe's setting all his papers on fireHe's setting all his papers on fire Where did he get that crazy smileWhere did he get that crazy smileWe...
- Pull My Strings
I'm tired of self respectI can't afford a carI wanna be a prefab superstar I wanna be a toolDon't need no soulWanna make big moneyPlaying rock and roll I'll make my music boringI'll play my music slowI ain't no...
- Kinky *** Makes The World Go 'Round
Greetings:This is the Secretary of War at the State Department of the United StatesWe have a problem. The companies want something done about this sluggish world economic situationProfits have been running a little...
- Jock-O-Rama
You really like gorillas?We've got just the pet for youIt's the way you're forced to actTo survive our schools Make your whole life revolve around sportsWalk tough-don't act too smartBe a mean machineThen we'll let...
- A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch
In lonely gas stations with mini-martsYou'll find rows of them for saleLiquor-filled statues of Elvis PresleyDrink like a vampire His disciples flock to such a fitting shrineSprawled across from his graceless mansionA...
- Soup Is Good Food
We're sorryBut you're no longer neededOr wantedOr even cared about here Machines can do a better job than youThis is what you get for asking questions The unions agree'Sacrifices must be made'Computers never go on...
- Chicken Farm
Another rainy morning mingling at the marketBartering for food for another dayRifle shots ring out behind the crumbling building***ecutions have begun Sprawled in the square are today's broken bodiesLots to pick clean...
- Goons Of Hazzard
Happy hour belongs to America's best-loved thugsHere comes the 4-wheel prosthetic ***esGot yer gun racks, tractor tires and lynch mob driversWe couldn't find a chick to sit in the middleSo we drink ourselves...
- Stars And Stripes Of Corruption
Finally got to Washington in the middle of the nightI couldn't waitI headed straight for the Capitol MallMy heart began to poundYahoo! It really existsThe American International Pictures logoI looked up at that...
- Hellnation
Hellnation's when they teach usProfiting from greedHellnation's what they give usCoke, heroin & speed Hellnation's when they tell youYou gotta go clean up your actYou're the one who dragged me hereAnd now you drag me...
- MTV Get Off The Air
Fun Fun Fun in the fluffy chairFlame up the herbWoof down the beer[click!]HiI'm your video DJI always talk like I'm wigged out on quaaludesI wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go My job is to help destroyWhat's...
- This Could Be Anywhere (This Could Be Everywhere)
Cold concrete apartmentsRise up from wet black asphaltBelow them a few carcassesOf the long gone age of privacy It takes a scary kind of illnessTo design a place like this for payDowntown's an endless generic mallOf...
- At My Job
If your machine might slip a gearPush this button to help it clear Your time card says your name's JoeBut we'll call you 6-3-0 [Chorus]I'm working at my job I'm so happy More boring by the day But they pay me All that...
- Hop With The Jet Set
i say, come on!To pleasures unknownWhere we fly to when we are all boredC'mon for the rideAnd hop with the jet set tonight We'll sun ourselves red down in Montego BayHotel-hired guards keep the natives away We wanna...
- Fleshdunce
We're world industry's thoughtlordsThe entertainment wingWe keep you all in line By fixing your free willSurround you with pop fantasiesJust slightly out of reachTo soften all the blowsOf your forced daily routine We...
- Shrink
If only people could shrinkOur world wouldn't be so overcrowdedBring ourselves down to sizeThere'd be so much more food to go 'round Why don't we build a machineWith all the know-how of the industriesWe put a man on...
- Anarchy For Sale
Step right up folks Anarchy for sale!T-shirts only 10 dollarsBadges only 3.50I nicked the design, never asked the bandI never listen to them either Buy Buy Buy from Circle ALike hula hoops, it's a disposable...
- Do The Slag
Have you heard about the latest crazeThat's sweepin' across the nationAll the punks from coast to coastHave discovered an old invention: "Your hair's too long Man, you're a queer You're too new wave Put down that...
- I Spy
You look at me from the back of the roomAll I see is a bumbling buffoonHead down like you don't see muchUntil you move in to make your bust I spy for you and meI spy for you and me Disguised like you're one of the...
- Triumph Of The Swill
Life can only get betterAll you need to do is fall in loveEveryone else has fun but youBuy that fun you'll fit in too Dance your problems awayGOVERNMENT MUSICCheap escape to that mind-control beatGOVERNMENT...
- Macho Insecurity
Name one thing on earth lower than a tough guyWho talks with his fists instead of using his headWho beats the shit out of anything it can't understandBehind the muscle mask is a scared little boy called Macho...
- Dear Abby
Dear Abby, Got a problem. I'm a decent, underpaid, hardworking county coroner. It'simportant that my family eat meat at least three times a week. But we just can'tafford to with the prices the way they are. So I bring...
- Cesspools In Eden
Poison is bubblingBeneath your dreamhomeBuried there years before Kid runs in cryingFrom playing in the garden"Mommy, I burned my hands!" "What's making our eyes so itchy?""Don't rub 'em-they'll swell up." Oh Oh Oh Oh...
- Gone With My Wind
Wake up! Get down here quick!The president's had too much to drinkHis days of power are about goneHe's been talking to paintings in the hall He says, "I'm finished, so what the hell?My life is ruined, what matters...
- The Great Wall
Great Wall of ChinaIt's so big it's seen from outer spacePut there to keep starving neighborsLocked outside the gates What's changed today?Empires hoard more than they needAnd peasants threaten our comfort We'll build...
- A Commercial
Have we got a telethon for you coming soon on MTV! A rockin' bankrollextravaganza featuring all your vigilante rock stars! SammyHagar:Sylvester Stallone:Clint Eastwood. It's so important we've evenexhumed the bodies...
- Rambozo The Clown
Got a deadly toyTo brainwash your boy An egocentric muscle thugKicks butt on screen like a brat outa hellBullshitter in the Indochina shopPull the string in his back, we win the war That we never should have started...
- One-Way Ticket To Pluto
Get ready for the Blast Off! And don't forget the Hype! We're going into space. Distinguished scientistsA pesky senatorAnd monkey turds leaking from the labAll brought to us play-by-play by Howard Cosell You're going...
- Kepone Factory
i finally found a job in a paperMovin' barrels at a chemical plantThere's shiny-looking dust on my fingersGoin' up my nose and into my lungs It's the Kepone poisoning-MinamataKepone poisoning-MinamataAt the grimy...
- Rawhide
God damn, well let's do a tune called Rawhide, okayGod damn tape's rollin', let's go Let's move 'em out1, 2, 3, 4 Rolin' rollin' rollin'Rolin' rollin' rollin'Rolin' rollin' rollin'Rolin' rollin' rollin'Keep rollin'...
- Religious Vomit
[Chorus]All religions make me wanna throw upAll religions make me sickAll religions make me wanna throw upAll religions suck They all claim that they have the truthThat'll set you freeJust give 'em all your money and...
- Moral Majority
You call yourself the Moral MajorityWe call ourselves the people in the real worldTrying to rub us out, but we're going to surviveGod must be dead if you're alive You say, 'God loves you. Come and buy the Good...
- Dog Bite
Dog Bite"Dog biteOn my legNot rightSupposed to beg Daily to the filling stationUnderwater navigation OhOhOh
- Hyperactive Child
I'm tired of kissin' assI can't sit still all dayYou know I know your school's a lieThat's why you dragged me here 'You're a hyperactve childYou're disruptive, you're too wildWe're going to calm you downNow this won't...
- Kill The Poor
Efficiency and progress is ours once more Now that we have the Neutron bomb It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done Away with excess enemy But no less value to property No sense in war but perfect sense at...
- Drug Me
I don't want to thinkDon't make me careI wanna melt in with the groupI need the ballsTo leap out of my shellAnd let go with my friends Can't come up with anything I want to doI need a project I can finishMy brain...
- Let's Lynch The Landlord
The Landlord's here to visitThey're blasting disco down belowSez, "I'm doubling up the rentCos the building's condemnedYou're gonna help me buy City Hall" But we can, you know we canBut we can, you know we canLet's...
- Police Truck
Tonight's the night that we got the truckWe're going downtown, gonna beat up drunksYour turn to drive, I'll bring the beerIt's an easy shift, noone to fearLet's ride, ride how we rideLet's ride, lowrideIt's roundup...
- I Fought The Law
Drinkin' beer in the hot sunI fought the law andI wonI fought the law andI wonI needed *** and I got mineI fought the law andI wonI fought the law andI wonThe law don't mean shit If you got the right friendsThat's how...
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