DEAD KENNEDYS - "Life Sentence" via Seconds, Aug. 23, 2007: Live Broadway, Summer 1984
Singer-lyricist Jello Biafra fronts the classic San Francisco punk rock ensemble the Dead Kennedys (DKs), talking about our lives and the way we sell out to The Man (at school, work, and the bank, not jail) without realizing it.
LYRICS: "Life Sentence"
Used to be a partner-in-crime
Now you say you ain't got the time
Gotta get serious, gotta plan
Gotta pass those entrance exams!
Oh my god, it's your senior year
All you care about is your career
[CHORUS]
It's your life sentence, life sentence
Life sentence, life sentence
You're squelching your emotions
All you talk about is those times
You don't do what you want to
But you do the same thing every day!
No sense of humor
But such good manners
Now you're an adult
You're boring!
[Chorus]
The walls (ah ah) are closing in
You stayed (ay ay) too long in school
I'd rather stay a child and keep my self-respect
If being an adult means being like you
Ah, ah
Are you really you, you, you?
You, you, you
You, you, you
Are you really you? No!
You're a chained-up dog fenced in a yard
Don't say much, you can't go far
Pace and forth, you're getting sick
Run too fast, it'll snap your neck!
Say you'll break out, you never do
You're just another ant in the hill
[Chorus]
- Jello Biafra (alternativetentacles.com), DeadKennedys.com; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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