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CAN YOU HEAR THE WORDS?

Gesticulate, express, dictate
From poverty to church and state
Just make sure your rips are straight
Three chords in and punch the air
Fashion shirt'n'spiked up hair
Message? Do you really care?
To unsettle and scare 'em
You spike, rip and tear 'em
If the boots fit you wear 'em
Entertainment for the mass
Punk rock's fallen on it's arse
A youthclub for the middle class
Entertainment for the mass
Punk rock's fallen on it's arse
A playground for the middle class

Can you hear the words? x8

Is the tempo or the image right?
A soundtrack to which you can fight?
Or somewhere to drink on Friday night?
Punk belief or drunk relief?
The spanner's caught up in the teeth
Teenage phase? Where's the beef?
Vegan straight edge action man
Where d'you fit in the masterplan?
You're nothing more than a music fan
The dancing makes you feel alive
Forget your problems as you dive
An office job when you're twenty five
I know all this may sound absurd
But of all the songs you ever heard
Did you only ever learn the swear words?

Can you hear the words? x8

Blah blah power blah blah government
Blah blah death blah blah famine
Blah blah pain blah blah starvation
Blah blah hate blah blah injustice
Blah blah corporation blah blah war
Blah blah system blah blah disease
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

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from A Nasty Piece Of Work LP (Full Session), released February 4, 1998

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Four Letter Word Cardiff, UK

Punk rock band formed in 1991 in Cardiff, U.K. Released debut EP in 1995, debut album in 1998 on BYO Records. Toured U.S./Canada in 1998. Released second album on BYO in 1999 before Trade Mark issues with the first of many name claimers. FLW fought and won and soldiered on releasing two further albums and a handful of EPs, toured the U.S. again, before in 2011 they called it a day after 20 years. ... more

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