1.Punx 'N' Skins
Oi! Oi! Let's go!
We're here to play Oi! Oi! music for you
And in return here's what we want you to do
Come to our gigs - dance but don't fight
Punx 'n' skins unite! unite!
UNITE AND WIN - PUNX 'N' SKINS
Do you like our country being run this way?
Doyou like the government? And doing what they say?
Punx 'n' skins together we'll put things to rights
So unite now and put an end to the fights
No punx versus skins no us versus them
If we stand together we'll beat the system
Punx 'n' skins united - You know that it's right
Unite now - Can you see the light?
Oi Rat! Punx 'n' skins have got to unite eh?
Yeah, too right mate
Aye, 'cos if we're united then we can fight back
Against the system eh Ken?
And against government oppression
Yeah that's right - Oi! fancy coming down the pub
For some lager top?
Well I wouldn't mind a pint of merrydown myself
Yeah - And some dry roasted peanuts full of
Mother nature's protein
That's if we don't get lifted on the way down there
What?
Like we might get done by the pigs on the way down
Oh yeah too right mate
Ruin a good night's drinking
Aye
Let's go then...
2.We Don't Need Them
Opened the paper what did I see?
A load of complete rubbish staring out at me
"Oi man killed" so the headline read
Said one of Oi Polloi had wound up dead
Well we all knew that that wasn't true
'Cos we're still here playing Oi! Oi! music for you
No one of us had wound up dead
Hear our Oi! Oi! music pounding through your head
WE DON'T NEED THEM - WE DON'T NEED THEM
WE DON'T NEED THEM - DON'T NEED TO READ THEM
WE DON'T NEED THEM - SO DON'T BELIEVE THEM
Oi! is dead so the music press say
They seem to think that we'll all just fade away
Seem to think that Oi! is over and done
But I'm telling you straight we've only just begun
There's thousands of folk like me and you
We're still here and we're still true
They can try to ignore us or smear us with lies
But we'll fight on and our spirit never dies
The papers have always got it wrong
They try to deceive they lie and they con
Just a form of brainwashing by the ruling elite
So what you read you shouldn't always believe
But there's alternatives in the music scene
Who needs rags like "Sounds" when we've got our own zines?
Yes we've got our own press doing things our own way
And as for rags like "Sounds" I want to hear you all say
3.Lowest of the Low
Spreading lies and muck behind our backs
A vicious cowardly attack
A spiteful scheming slimeball with a huge ego
Your pathetic negative actions make me want to throw
I can't belive the depths to which you've sunk
You've got some nerve to call yourself a punk
But you'll pay for your trouble making and your deceit
For as ye sow so shall ye reap
You make me sick - You make me sick
You're the lowest of the low - lowest of the low
You've sunk so low down you've got nowhere to go
You pass by the pickets on the front gate
You don't care that you're letting down your mates
I don't know how you dare to show your face
Scum like you are a disgrace
Deserting your mates sucking up to the boss
Has all your self respect been lost?
You're only thinking of the money thinking of yourself
Well you're a dirty scab and you can go to hell
You dirty scab - You dirty scab
Well now you really must take the prize
You must be so warped and twisted inside
To actually grass someone up to the pigs
You wanted me in front of the judge in his wig
You fingered me for that crime
You stinking piece of slime
Scum like you are just the pits
There's ony one description that fits
You filthy grass - You filthy grass
4.Nuclear Waste
Nuclear energy is a con
It's just a cover for making their bombs
And it sends people to an early grave
So we want the power of the wind and the waves
Harness the wind
Harness the waves
We don't need this filthy nuclear waste
Solar power - yet another alternative
Think of the boundless energy the sun has to give
Then there's hydro-electricity with turbines and dams
And we can out our consumption with conservation programmes
Harness the wind
The sun the waves
We don't need this filthy nuclear waste
The civil atomic energy programmes
is nothing but an elaborate cover-up for the real use of nuclear power
namely the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons
We call for an end to the nuclear power programmes and properly
funded research into renewable sources of energy
Harness the wind
The sun the waves
We don't need this filthy nuclear waste
5.Commies and Nazis
I want to have a drink I want to have a laugh
I don't want no dodgy politics 'cos I ain't that daft
Don't need some nutter telling me what to do
I can think for myself and so can you
Commies and nazis they're all the same
They only want to use you for their own gain
They lie deceive and try to confuse you
Commies and nazis they only want to use you
Right wing nutters spreading race hate
Communist loonies who want a one party state
Their extremist views are all too clear
Commies and nazis you're not wanted here
Commies and nazis what a shower
They only want to use you to grab themselves power
But once they got it they don't care about you
Commies and nazis give 'em the boot!
COMMIES AND NAZIS - OI!
COMMIES AND NAZIS - ON YER BIKE!
A fascist government you're almost better off dead!
And it would be much the same under the reds
More police more laws more prisons and the draft
That ain't exactly my idea of a laugh
And when there's no fun no freedom no future
Is marching round in jackboots really going to suit you
Or going on your parade waving your red flag
If you're into that rubbish then you must be mad
Commies and nazis try it on with us
But we tell them where to go 'cos we've got more sus
Than to be taken in by these scum we despise
Commies and nazis we can see through your lies
Commies and nazis they've got to be stopped
They only want to use you to get to the top
But once they're there they don't care about you
They only want to give you orders and tell you what to do
Commies and nazis try it on with you
But these people are plonkers they ain't got a clue
Try to flog your papers full of drivel and lies
Well I'm asking you now is it any surprise
That these people and their ideas are so despised
When they've nothing to offer to you and I
They only want to use you as their tools
So tell 'em where to go if you know what's good for you
But if you think that it's smart, hard, or hip
To be a commie or nazi then mate get a grip
You don't want to be taken in by none of that drivel
Commies and nazis sit and swivel!
We ain't thick and we won't play your game
Our message to you will always be the same
Commies and nazis go take a hike!
Commies and nazis on yer bike!
6.Pigs for Slaughter
They shot innocent 5 year old kid
murdered him in his bed
They beat folk with their truncheons
in the cells till they're dead
Humiliate and strip search you
as a matter of routine
Beat you up behind closed doors
and laugh at your screams
Were taking no more
Were booting down the door
Pigs Pigs Pigs for slaughter [x2]
At the Edinburgh Punx picnic
They were the cause of more grief
While a couple held a young punk down
a third smashed out his front teeth
paid thugs, covards and bullies
They're totally out of hand
so now it's up to you and I
were get to make our stand
Were taking no more
Were booting down the door
Pigs Pigs Pigs for slaughter [x2]
They shot a woman minding her own business
Now wheelchair-bound for life
They try to break your spirit with interrogation
misters nasty and nice
But though they torture and beat you
Don't let the spirit be shaken
Just remember that todays Pig
is tomorrows BACON!!
Were taking no more
Were booting down the door
Pigs Pigs Pigs for slaughter
(Put the Pigs to the slaughter!!)
7.Scum
Dealers selling smack that will ruin your brain
And bring you nothing but misery and pain
Teenage adicts dying - that's hardly very funny
But the dealers are laughing as they pocket the money
BRING THEM DOWN - RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN
They'll screw up your body and they'll screw up your mind
But as long as they're making money they think that's fine
They just don't care as long as they gain
Folk dying of the aids outrage well that's just part of their game
There ain't nothing that they won't do
They want to make a junkie out of you
So when the dealers come your way
You've got to make them pay
Find the scum, bring them down
Run the dealers out of your town
Smack the pushers - Oi! Oi! Oi!
Smack the pushers - Get them boys!
8.Thrown on the Scrap Heap
They fought in the war to keep the people free
From the nazi scum who would invade our country
Fighting the fascist filth they risked their lives
But now they're old and weak they're just left to die
IT AIN'T RIGHT - NO WAY!
IT AIN'T RIGHT - THEY'VE BEEN BETRAYED
As soon as they're no use the government says goodbye
They throw them on the scrapheap and leave them to die
As soon as you're no use the government will say goodbye
They're throw you on the scrapheap and leave you to die
Folk who've worked for society for all of their years
Given blood and sweat and toil and tears
As soon as they're no use when they're too old
The government lets them freeze to death in the cold
On the pittance of a pension, struggling to survive
Freezing to death in the winter while the government stands by
They don't care about the old but what did you expect?
Put your trust in government and this is what you'll get
9.Punx Picnic in Princes Street Garden
If you go down in the gardens today you're in for a big surprise
If you go down in the gardens today you won't believe your eyes
'Cos every punk 'n' skin that ever there was
Is there today because because
Today's the day the punx 'n' skins have their picnic!
PICNIC TIME FOR PUNX 'N' SKINS
THE PUNX 'N' SKINS ARE OUT TO HAVE SOME FUN
PICNIC TIME FOR PUNX 'N' SKINS
HAVING A LAUGH IN THE SUN
Oi!
Merrydown and salad rolls in hand
We come from all across the land
Skins and punx out to have some fun
Having a laugh in the midday sun
PUNX PICNIC! PUNX PICNIC! PUNX PICNIC! OI! OI! OI!
PUNX PICNIC! - IN PRINCES STREET GARDENS
Park attendants quake with fear
'Cos the skins and punx are here
They all know not to mess
So come and join the fun with all the rest
Having a drink and having a laugh
Trading zines and tapes - and acting daft
Making new friends and palying the fool
So come to the punx picnic if you know whats good for you!
10.Mindless Few
Went to a gig for a good night out
But of course it had to be ruined by some moronic louts
We were all looking forward to a good night
When for some stupid reason they started to fight
Picked on some folk and knocked them to the floor
Ten kicking one - oh very hardcore
One poor kid got a bottle down the side of his face
This ain't punk - it's a bloody disgrace
Yet another gig wrecked by the mindless few
Broken heads and toilets is what they're out to do
Yet another gig wrecked by the mindless few
They've got to be stopped and it's up to me and you
For breaking up our concerts who needs the pigs?
When there's idiots like these who smash up our gigs
They gob on the bands and ruin the atmosphere
Well don't come back 'cos you ain't welcome here
Kicked in the toilets and smashed up the chairs
Just another venue with no punk gigs there
And I bet they thought that they were really hard
But the only result's another venue from which punk bands are barred
Oi meathead! So you've smashed up a toilet eh? Hey, you must be really punky! Big hardman eh? But of course
toilets can't fight back can they?
Just like most of the folk you pick on at gigs. They're always weaker than you or else you've go a big crowd of
your mates with you to back you up. Hey! Big hardman! You get your kicks out of smashing up venues and
ruining folks' nights out - moron. Think you're really hard but all you do is close down venues and muck up our
scene. Call yourself a punk or a skin? You're scum. Folk like you make me sick - Pathetic little creep.
Went to another gig out for some fun
But it wasn't long before the trouble had begun
Group of idiots picking on folk on the dancefloor
Punched and kicked 'em about and then did it some more
Well it made me so sick that I couldn't stand back
So I went to help some people fomr the mindless attack
But no one backed me up so then I was kicked about
If we don't want these idiots at our gigs we must all throw 'em out
11.Unite and Win
Oi! Oi! Oi! Unite and win
Stick together - Punx 'N' Skins!
Oi! Oi! Oi! Unite Unite!
Young and old, black and white
Oi! Oi! Oi! Unit eand win
Stick together through thick and thin
Oi! Oi! Oi! Unite Unite!
Young and old, black and white
