Punk Is Dead Lyrics - 12 Crass Songs - Jeffrey Lewis

Punk is dead 

Yes that's right, punk is dead 

It's just another cheap product for the consumer's head 

Bubblegum rock on plastic transistors 

Schoolboy sedition backed by big time promoters 

CBS promoted the Clash 

but not for revolution, just for cash 

Punk became a fashion just like hippy used to be A 

And it ain't got a thing to do with your or me 

Movements are systems and systems kill 

Movements are expressions of the public will 

Punk became a movement cos they all felt lost 

but the leaders sold out and now we all pay the cost 

Punk narcissism was a social napalm 

The Sex pistols started doing real harm 

Preaching revolution, anarchy and change As they 

Sucked from the system that had given him his name 

Well I'm tired of staring through shit stained glass 

I'm tired of staring up a superstars ass 

I've got an ass and a heart and a name 

I'm just waiting for my fifteen minutes fame 

And me, yes, I, do I want to burn? 

Is there really something I can learn? 

Do I need a business man to promote my angle 

Can I resist the carrots that fame and fortune dangle 

I see the velvet zippies in their bondage gear 

The social elite with safety pins in their ear 

I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing 

The scorpions attack, but the systems stole the sting 

PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD