Do They Owe Us A Living Lyrics - Best Before 1984 - Crass

"Do They Owe Us a Living" 

by Crass (c) 1977 

Fuck the politically minded 

Here's something I want to say 

About the state of the nation 

The way it treats us todayAt school they give you shit 

Drop you in the pit 

You try and try and try to get out 

But you can't 

Becuase they'be fucked you about 

then you're a prime example 

Of how they must not be 

This is just a sample 

Of what they'be done 

To you and me 

Chorus: Do they owe us a living? 

Of course they do 

Of course they do 

Do they owe us a living? 

Of course they do 

Of course they do 

Do they owe us a living? 

OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DO! 

They don't want me anymore 

Cos I threw it on the floor 

They used to call me sweet thing 

But I'm nobdy's plaything 

And now that I am different 

They'd love to bust my head 

They'd love to see me cop-out 

They'd love to see me dead 

Chorus 

The living that is owed to me 

I'm never doing to get 

They've buggered this old world up 

Up to their necks in debt 

They'd five you a lobotomy 

For something you ain't done 

They'll made you an epitomy 

Of everything that's wrong 

Chorus 

Don't take any notice 

Of what the public think 

They're so hyped up with T.V. 

Thay just don't wna tot think 

They'll use you as a target 

For demands and for advice 

When you don't want to hear it 

They'll say you're full of vice 

Chorus