Crass - Penis Envy - Poison In A Pretty Pill - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: Crass

Album: Penis Envy (1981)

"Poison In A Pretty Pill"

Your tactile eyes is running over glossy paper,
Printed on with tactile lies of glaze and gause.
They say, "Forget yourself, adorn with this disguise",
This womanhood of smooth and tampered whores.
Let me warn you of their cold sensitivity,
They'll have you gathered in a trap of glass.
Is your reflection all that you will recognise?
That cruel lie will stare you in the face.
Wrapped up in haze and flow of bridal gown,
They tell your lover he must hold a gun.
You're the pornographic reassurance he's a man,
They deal with flesh, incarcerate with rags,
Red lips, shimmer-silk and body-bags,
Hairless legs against the blistered napalms burn.
I want to rape the substance of your downy hair,
In that mist a gutted child fights for air.

Against the fragile, mashed and sweaty wound
Your facile beauty has an outrageous sound,
Like a glamour billboard on a battlefield.
At least the blood-red poppy was of nature will,
That flower perfecting by the barbed wire fence
Must be insulted by your scented poor pretence
Just as I, who finds it hard to touch you now,
You traumatise my love with needle doubts,
I want so gently to remove your mask.
It's hard enough to find water here
In this barrenness of dishonesty and fear
Without you accepting poison in a pretty pill.
Your bondages of silky robes and lace
Are the bandages on a bullet punctured corpses,
The layers of precious imitation worn
Are the layers of history to suffocate the unborn.

Poison, poison, poison, poison
Poison, poison, poison, poison
Poison in a pretty pill.
Poison in a pretty pill.
Poison in a pretty pill, etc...

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