Crass - The Feeding Of The 5000 - Banned From The Roxy - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: Crass

Album: The Feeding Of The 5000 (1978)

"Banned From The Roxy"

Banned from the Roxy... O.K.
I never much liked playing there anyway.
They said they only wanted well behaved boys,
Do they think guitars and microphones are just fucking toys?
Fuck 'em, I chosen to make my stand,
Against what I feel is wrong with this land.
They just sit there on their overfed arses,
Feeding off the sweat of less fortunate classes.
They keep their fucking power cause their finger's on the button,
They've got control and won't let it be forgotten.
The truth of their reality is at the wrong end of a gun,
The proof of that is Belfast and that's no fucking fun.
Seeing the squaddy lying in the front yard,
Seeing the machine guns resting on the fence.
Finding the entrance to your own front door is barred
And they've got the fucking nerve to call it defence.
Seems their defence is just the threat of strength,
Protection for the privileged at any length.
The government protecting their profits from the poor,
The rich and the fortunate chaining up the door.
Afraid that the people may ask for a little more
Than the shit they get. The shit they get.
The shit they get. The shit they get.
The shit they get. The shit they get.
The shit they get. The shit they get.
DEFENCE? SHIT, IT'S NOTHING LESS THEN WAR
AND NO ONE BUT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHAT THE FUCK IT'S FOR.

Oh yes they say it's defence, they say it's decency,
Mai Lai, Hiroshima, know what I mean?
The same fucking lies with depressing frequency,
They say "We had to do it to keep our lives clean"
Well whose like? Whose fucking life?
Who the fuck are they talking to?
Whose life? Whose fucking life?
I tell you one thing, it ain't me and you.
And their system, christ, they're everywhere,
School, army, church, corporation deal.
A fucked up reality based on fear,
A fucking conspiracy to stop you feeling real.
Well ain't got me, I'd say their fucking wrong,
I ain't quite ready with my gun, but I've got my song...
Banned from the Roxy, well O.K.
I never much liked playing there anyway.
GUNS.

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