Crass - Christ - The Album - Reality Whitewash - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: Crass

Album: Christ - The Album (1982)

"Reality Whitewash"

The grey man at the wheel
Looks around to see if there's some skirt he can steal
He doesn't really want to, he's just acting out a game
And in their own fucked up way, most people do the same
She cleans the bathroom mirror so she can line her eyes
An expert in delusion, an artist in disguise
She's not content with what she is, but she does the best she can
But she doesn't do it for herself, she does it for her man
And meanwhile he's out hunting, this master of the hunt
Cruising down the high street in his endless search for cunt
And the posters on the hoardings encourage his pursuit
Glossy ads, where men are men, and women simply cute
And the men are in their motorcars and the men have nerves of steel
And they dreams of charlies angels as they firmly grip the wheel
And they fantasise they're screwing in the back seat of the car
Fantasise they're fucking with a real life movie star
Fantasies to fill the gaps, to fill in every crack
A whitewash of reality to hide the truth they lack.
Now she's sponging down the cooker, on the surface all is fine
His dinner's in the oven cos he's doing overtime
She switches on the telly, it makes her feel secure
Helps confirm her way of life, who needs to ask for more
She sees the happy family unit, wife and hubby on the screen
The perfect social unit, just like it's always been
She's done the very best she can
To love and honour and obey her man
And if she should ever doubt the wisdom of her choice
She can turn on the television for its moderating voice
The ads and weekly series are the proof she needs
That a life of boredom outweighs the deeds
She sits up till the epilogue and goes to bed alone
Content that when he's finished work he'll go straight home
Meanwhile he downs another scotch, the lady has a coke
And if he's asked about the wife he treats it as a joke
"Hear the one about the you-know-what"
He's got what it takes and he takes what he's got
He took his woman and he'll take plenty more
She took on a rat to keep the wolf from the door
Then maybe in her loneliness she'll want to have a child
Who'll be taught the games of adulthood, boxed and filed
Another life to whitewash, to us a child is born
To follow in its parents' tracks, the path's well worn
Fantasy and falsehood, truth and lie
The fucked up system they call reality
The system needs its servants, each birth is one more
Gently talk of freedom as they quietly lock the door
Cos the system needs its servants if the system's going to run
Needs its fodder for the workhouse, its targets for the gun.

The Feeding Of The 5000 (1978)

1. Asylum
2. Do They Owe Us A Living? (Well?...Do They?)
3. End Result
4. They've Got Bomb
5. Punk Is Dead
6. Reject Of Society
7. General Bacardi
8. Banned From The Roxy
9. G's Song
10. Fight War, Not Wars
11. Women
12. Securicor
13. Sucks
14. You Pay
15. Angels
16. What A Shame
17. So What
18. Banned From The Roxy
19. Do They Owe Us A Living- (Well- Do They-)
20. Fight War, Not Wars
21. General Bacardi
22. Reject Of Society

Stations Of The Crass (1979)

1. Mother Earth
2. White Punks On Hope
3. You've Got Big Hands
4. Darling
5. System
6. Big Man, Big M.A.N.
7. Hurry Up Garry (The Parsons Farted)
8. Fun Going On
9. Crutch Of Society
10. Heard Too Much About
11. Chairman Of The Bored
12. Tired
13. Walls (Fun In The Oven)
14. Upright Citizen
15. The Gasman Cometh
16. Demoncrats
17. Contaminational Power
18. Time Out
19. I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick
20. Big Man, Big M A N
21. Chairman Of The Bored
22. Crutch Of Society
23. Heard Too Much About
24. The Gasman Cometh
25. Upright Citizen
26. Walls (Fun In The Oven)
27. White Punks On Hope

Penis Envy (1981)

1. Bata Motel
2. Systematic Death
3. Poison In A Pretty Pill
4. What The Fuck?
5. Where Next Columbus?
6. Berkertex Bribe
7. Smother Love
8. Health Surface
9. Dry Weather
10. Our Wedding
11. Yes Sir, I Will
12. Berkertex Bribe
13. Poison In A Pretty Pill
14. Systematic Death
15. What The Fuck-
16. Where Next Columbus-

Christ - The Album (1982)

1. Have A Nice Day
2. Mother Love
3. Nineteen Eighty Bore
4. I Know There Is Love
5. Beg Your Pardon
6. Birth Control 'n' Rock 'n' Roll
7. Reality Whitewash
8. It's The Greatest Working Class Rip-Off
9. Deadhead
10. You Can Be Who?
11. Buy Now Pay As You Go
12. Rival Tribal Revel Rebel (Pt. 2)
13. Bumhooler
14. Sentimental (White Feathers)
15. Major General Despair
16. Buy Now Pay As You Go
17. I Know There Is Love
18. Major General Despair
19. Nineteen Eighty Bore
20. Reality Whitewash
21. Rival Tribal Revel Rebel (Pt 2)
22. You Can Be Who-

Best Before (1986)

1. Do They Owe Us A Living?
2. Major General Despair
3. Angela Rippon
4. Reality Asylum
5. Shaved Women
6. Bloody Revolutions
7. Nagasaki Nightmare
8. Big A, Little A
9. Rival Tribal Rebel Revel
10. Sheepfarming in the Falklands
11. How Does It Feel?
12. Immortal Death
13. Don't Tell Me You Care
14. Gotcha
15. You're Already Dead
16. Nagasaki Is Yesterday's Dog-End
17. Don't Get Caught
18. Smash The Mac
19. Bloody Revolutions
20. Do They Owe Us A Living-
21. How Does It Feel-
22. Major General Despair
23. Nagasaki Nightmare
24. Rival Tribal Rebel Revel

Yes Sir, I Will

1. Yes Sir, I Will

Miscellaneous Tracks

1. Angels
2. Asylum
3. Banned from the Roxy
4. Bata Motel
5. Beg Your Pardon
6. Berkertex Bribe
7. Big a Little A
8. Birth Control
9. Bloody Revolutions
10. Bumhooler
11. Buy Now, Pay As You Go
12. Chairman of the Bored
13. Contaminational Power
14. Crutch of Society
15. Darling
16. Deadhead
17. Demoncrats
18. Do They Owe Us A Living?
19. Dry Weather
20. End Result
21. Fun Going On
22. General Bacardi
23. Gs Song
24. Have A Nice Day
25. Health Surface
26. Heard Too Much About
27. Hurry up Garry
28. I Know There Is Love
29. Major General Despair
30. Mother Earth
31. Mother Love
32. Nineteen Eighty Bore
33. Poison In A Pretty Pill
34. Punk is Dead
35. Reality Asylum
36. Reality Whitewash
37. Reject
38. Reject Of Society
39. Rival Tribal Rebel Revels
40. Securicor
41. Sentiment
42. Smash The Mac
43. Smother Love
44. So What
45. Sucks
46. System
47. Systematic Death
48. The Gasman Cometh
49. The Greatest Working Class Rip Off
50. Theyve Got a Bomb
51. Time Out
52. Tired
53. Upright Citizen
54. What a Shame
55. What the Fuck
56. Where Next Columbus
57. White Punks on Hope
58. Women
59. You Can Be Who?
60. You Pay
61. Youve Got Big Hands