SKREWDRIVER "Boots & Braces / Voice Of Britain"

 

BACK WITH A BANG

Back with a bang now!

Do you remember in summer back in 1978?
When they reckoned that the skin'eads' days were numbered
And the papers dripped with liquid hate
Being patriotic's not the fashion so they say
To fly your country's flag's a crime
Society tried its best to kill you
But the spirit lives until the end of time

(chorus)
Back with a bang, now!
Back with the gang, now!
Back with a bang, now!
Back with gang, now! 2 - 3 - 4!

Reckoned every skinhead was a bad man
Enough to make an honest man be sick
And they filled the papers with this rubbish every day
Never missed a dirty little trick, what did I say...

(chorus)

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(chorus)

And still today they keep on lying
Four years on and they still ain't learned
That the skinhead way of life is getting stronger every day
And we are never gonna turn

(chorus x2)

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I DON'T LIKE YOU

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - I don't like you!

Get out on the job in the morning
Time is draggin' by real slow
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Boss is keepin' me on the go

Sick of that routine work now
Sorting's drivin' me insane
When I'm done doin' one thing
Boss says do it again
And I said...

(chorus)
I don't like you
I don't like you
I don't like you anymore

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8!

It's time to get off work now
Kick the boss right in the head
All the people givin' me orders
Tryin' to make me see red

I'm prayin' to break out free now
Playin' in a rock'n'roll band
Playin' that rock'n'roll music
Probably gonna get us banned

(chorus) x2

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BUILT UP, KNOCKED DOWN (1979)

The summer was coming, I was out in the fields
Well then I heard a guitar playing, loud and clear
I saw an old man, he sat by a tree
He said "Come and listen to me son now, come and listen to me."
He said "Hey boy, what does life mean to you? Well alright,"
"Does it mean got out, get drunk, and drown your blues?"
He said "If that's, what it means to you, well alright,"
He said "Well that's a wasted life and I got nothing more to say to you."

Quit my job and baby, I went out, and I bought my first guitar
Then I started to learn a thing, 'stead of propping up some bar, what happened?
Sent a tape, got our contract, made us all so glad
Then you started messing 'round with us, now life's just bad

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Are you trying to mess us up now, trying to make us quit?
If that's what your trying to do, well, you ain't achieving it

Built up, knocked down, knocked down to the ground (x4)

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A CASE OF PRIDE

You're wondering how you'll make it through the day
Pack your bag and then you'll get up on your way

(chorus)
Once you had the money baby, and you didn't have to steal
You're a case of pride and I know just how you feel

You can't go home 'cause they'll see that you have failed
Can't afford much food and you're looking pale

(chorus)

instrumental break

Once you had so many true ambitions in your head
Now you sleep in a railway arch but you can't afford no bed
Once they told you about the things that they'd achieved
Made you feel so useless that you had to leave

(chorus) x3

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BREAKOUT
(no lyrics found)

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TEARING DOWN THE WALL

It's been a long wait now, 1945
Lot of people've paid for it with their lives
Those peope have risked it, to unite their blood
To tear it down, if only they could
(chrous)
Tearing down the wall
Got to see it fall

Strength of Europe's people, gave reds their ?????
Now Europe starts to hear, its people's cries
The Allies are playing with European blood
It seems like a game of chess, from where I'm stood

We're tearing, yeah tearing, tearing down the wall
Got to, got to, we've got to see it fall
We're tearing, we're tearing, tearing down the wall
We've got to, we've got to, we've got to see it fall

It's been there for too long, try to tear it down
Lots of Marxist strongholds all around
European people, should reign in peace
Not be controlled by the terror from the East

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BOOTS AND BRACES

Trying to figure out just what to do
Wonder what the future holds for you
Being in a cult is part of growing up today
Drifting 'round the streets you're living your life your own way, in your...

(chorus)
Boots and braces, shaven-headed hoards
Boots and braces, fighting 'cos you're bored
Boots and braces, you'll always get the blame
Boots and braces, we'll come in just the same

Wearing your Ben Sherman in the sun
Trying to figure out just who to run
Levi jeans, Doc Marten boots, and just hear the skinhead roar - Skinhead!
No one stands against us, 'cause we've beat 'em all before

(chorus)

instrumental break

(chorus)

Try and get you banned from everywhere
'Cos you wear your boots and you cut your hair
They would rather see you in a dirty old Afghan
If you were a Left-wing hippie, you won't face no ban

(chorus)

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ANTI-SOCIAL

I don't like papers, reading books
Gettin' sick, think it sucks
I don't wanna listen to another word
I'm so bleedin' bored

I'm an-ti-so-ci-al
An-ti-so-ci-al
An-ti-so-ci-al
I hate the world

I don't wanna go to work another day
I wanna be somebody
I don't wanna wear no three piece suit
I don't wanna family

(chorus)

Wanderin' round the streets wondering what to do
Thinking of a job you like
I got no money or a set of wheels
It's a bloody drag
Lookin' at the posers and their flashy cars
I'm just walkin' round
Parents asking for a kid
I ain't gonna settle down

(chorus)

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WHITE POWER

White power 1 - 2 - 3 - 4!

I stand and watch my country, going down the drain
We are all at fault now, we are all to blame
We're letting them take over, we just let 'em come
Once we had an Empire, and now we've got a slum

(chorus)
White Power! For England
White Power! Today
White Power! For Britain
Before it gets too late

Well we've seen a lot of riots, we just sit and scoff
We've seen a lot of muggings, and the judges let 'em off

(chorus)

Well we've gotta do something, to try and stop the rot
And the traitors that have used us, they should all be shot

(chorus)


Are we gonna sit and let them come?
Have they got the White man on the run?
Multi-racial society is a mess
We ain't gonna take much more of this
What do we need?

(chorus)

Well if we don't win our battle, and all does not go well
It's apocalypse for Britain, and we'll see you all in hell

(chorus) x2

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SMASH THE I.R.A.

On the streets of Ulster, the battle rages on
British people fighting for their land
Fought in two world wars for us, fought and died for Britain
Gotta help them, support the Red Hand

(chorus)
Smash! Smash! The IRA!
Smash! Smash! The IRA!
Smash! Smash! The IRA!
Remember the victims of their bombs

Gotta change our policies and hang the IRA
Let the Army deal with them their way
Corrupt politicians and sniveling left-wing scum
Are quite content to let them get away
Come on Ulster!

(chorus)

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(chorus)

IRA supporters are marching on our streets
Are we gonna let them spread their lies?
Are we gonna let them march or are we gonna smash them?
Laughing while the British people die
Come on Ulster!

(chorus x2)

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SHOVE THE DOVE

Don't wanna talk about the government peace
It's just another virtue with a throwout piece
Congratulate yourselves while the people die
Just to win one election dosen't fly

(chrous)
You can talk about a thing called love
While the bombs rain down from above.
You can talk about a thing called love
While the bombs rain down from above.
You can talk about a thing called love,
And you can shove your fucking Dove! Up your ASS!

Where was the dove flying in Belize
Where was the dove when the cannon shoots
Lots of poor people are sick in the end
Where was the dove fighting round the bend

(chrous)

Where was the dove in the Falkland Island
Where was the dove hiding in Northern Ireland
Where was the dove in Afghanistan
When the Russian bastards gave everyone their hand

(chrous) x2

SICK SOCIETY (ALBERT MARINER R.I.P.)

You risked your life for this country when you were young
Never questioned orders that they gave
'Cos the love of the Red White and Blue was in your heart
And I never thought I'd ever see the day, when I'd hear you say

(chorus)
Now look at a sick society, look back in time
Now look at a sick society, who commits the crime?

You did your time for King & Country overseas
Spent years to keep this nation free
Now you're not allowed to walk the British streets today
And you're fighting 'gainst a foe you cannot see, and I hear you say

(chorus)

When you wanna march in a democratic fashion
Through the streets of the country that you love
Then you're struck down by a mob of screaming monkeys
Raining with bricks from above, and I hear you say

(chorus)


We remember the things that you have done
Against all odds you would not run
We remember the life you gladly gave
Put an English Rose upon your grave

(chorus)

Now you have died, whilst fighting for your country
Fighting 'gainst an enemy that's within
Now I'll make a promise to your memory, Albert Mariner
We'll keep on fighting, until we win
Yeah, we'll never forget you

(chorus x2)

And what happened to the inquiry?

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VOICE OF BRITAIN

Walking 'round streets, hand-in-hand with fear
No-one can tell what is 'round the bend
Don't side with the other side, 'cos if you do we'll find you
Want to know exactly if you classify as friends

(chorus)
'Cause this is the voice (the voice), the voice (the voice) of Britain
And you better believe it
The voice (the voice), the voice (the voice) of Britain
Come on and fly the flag now

It's a time when our old people cannot walk the streets alone
Fought for this nation is this all they get back?
Risked their lives for Britain, but now Britain belongs to aliens
'Bout time that the British went and took their Britain back

(chorus)

Now we'll have a go at the TV and the papers
And all the media Zionists that like to keep us quiet
Trying to bleed our country, they're the leeches of the nation
We won't give up quickly, we're going to stand and fight

[alternative lines in live set]
Now we have a go at the outlaw state of Israel
And all the Jewish Zionists that like to keep us quiet
Start a war with Germany, and gave our Empire
Remember Adolf Hitler, remember Crystal night
(chorus x4)

Come on Britain awake now!

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ON THE STREETS

Walking down the subway, at the weekend
After a good night out on the town
There's gangs over here, gangs over there, well there's gangs everywhere
You'd better watch out now, if your on your own
It's the day of the boys dressed in blue
You'd better watch out if one of them looks at you

(chorus)
On the streets, of our towns
On the streets, all around
On the streets, everywhere
On the streets, it makes you scared

Standing in a concert, having a good time
Paid your money out to see the show
In come the cops, looking for trouble 'cos your white men
Would you believe that this was Britain '84
It's the day of the boys dressed in blue
You'd better watch out if one of them looks at you

(chorus)

You never see politicians out there standing on the streets
They don't care if your kids are fed or got shoes upon their feet
They don't know what's happening, they don't see what's going on
If they did, they'd all be screaming "What the hell is going on?!"

(chorus)

People seem to think if it's in The Sun they've got to believe it
Try to tar everybody with the same brush
Remember, birds of a feather don't always flock together these days
So don't get carried away by the sight of us

(chorus)

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INVASION

They came across the border in the middle of the night
It was much much worse in the cold daylight
There's hundreds of tanks and thousands of men
And helicopters buzzing right above your head

(chorus)
Oh no, it's an invasion, invasion
Oh no, it's an invasion, invasion

They're moving out of cities, they're moving out of towns
If you're caught resisting you're quickly mown down
Everybody's running, but they don't know where
So long as they escape, well they just don't care

(chorus)

You can't understand, why they murder your land
But you can't fight a tank with a stick
And you want to fight back, but the future is black
And the killing is making you sick
The tanks pass by, in a never ending line
Not a man or a woman is spared
And then you wonder why, no help does arrive
The world doesn't seem to care

You've formed a small resistance, you've got a few guns
You plan a small ambush, but you end up on the run
You're running through the foothills, but you'll never make your cave
You're just another rebel in an unmarked grave

(chorus)

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WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN (this song do appear on the original vinyl releases, not on the cd though)

Take no shit from anyone 'cos Great Britain rules
We fight the communists, 'cos communists are fools
Try to take our nation, and give it to the blacks
We won't take it anymore, we're gonna take our nation back...and we say:

(Chorus)
Nigger, nigger, get on that boat
Nigger, nigger, row
Nigger, nigger, get out of here
Nigger, nigger, go, go, go...

They riot on the British streets, they're burning down our land
But the fools in government put money in their hands
Give them money, give them jobs, ignore the British Whites
We won't stand and watch our land be taken without a fight

Nigger nigger out out! 4x

We've got to love this land of ours, and fight to keep it white
Never going to give it up, 'cos we know we're in the right
And if they try to take it we will fight them to the death
And in the end, the White man wins, 'cos there won't be no rest

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