TOXIC REASONS
Independence Lyrics

MERCENARY
Written by Bruce Stuckey & Ed Pittman

I'm a mercenary
And I want to kill
And if the price is right
That makes it better still

I'm a mercenary
And you're gonna die
So when I get my sights on you
Don't you ask why

I got a license to kill
And you know I will
If the price is right
I got you in my sights


DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
Written by Snot & Ed Pittman

What do you mean I've had too much to drink?
Well, I don't give a fuck what you think
What do you mean that you'll kick me out of your bar?
I can't even find my car!

Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
. . . Not me!

Well, I never said that to your wife
Mister, do you care for your life?
Well, now it's time to go and do the show
But I'm so drunk I jsut don't know!

Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
Drunk & Disorderly, Drunk & Disorderly
. . . Not me!


WAR HERO
Written by Joel Agne, Bruce Stuckey & Ed Pittman

I don't wanna be no war hero
Don't want a movie made about me
I don't wanna be no war hero
Just get away from the madness I see

Ten thousand dead in Phenom Phen
Happens every day again and again
I didn't wanna come here in the first place
Didn't wanna destroy another race

Sent me over here when I was a boy
Taught me to kill with their government toy
Now the G.I.'s, they're all dead
And my best friend just lost his head


RIOT SQUAD
Written by Bruce Stuckey, Snot & Ed Pittman

Flashin' fists and billy clubs
A wavin' in the air
They'll kick your ass
They'll bash your brains
They don't fuckin' care

Riot squad, nazi squad
Got shields of plexiglas
Riot squad, nazi squad
Got your brains up in your ass

You're under arrest
You don't know why
Resist, resist, resist
You're gonna die

Riot squad, nazi squad
Got shields of plexiglas
Giot squad, nazi squad
Got your brains up in your ass


NOISE BOYS
Written by Ed Pittman & Greg Stout

Well, you say that you want it loud
Well that's the only way we know
Full blast until the last number of the show
Well, you say that your ears are hurtin'
Then we'll turn it up some more
And when thy start to bleed
Well, it's time to hit the door

Is it loud enough, or do you want some more?
I told you once that we weren't wimps
We're born to be hard-core
And now that we've got our amps maxed out on ten
Do you think that you'll ever come and see us again?

Noise Boys - They don't like all the rules
Noise Boys - Hate opinionated fools
Noise Boys - Well, they're not ashamed to cry
Noise Boys - Aren't afraid to die!


GHOST TOWN
Written by Joel Agne & Ed Pittman

No money, no fun, no bullets, no guns
No highways, no cars, no battles, no scars
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town

No robbers, no cops, no factories, no jobs
No groceries, no food, no music, no good
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town

I don't wanna live in a ghost town
I don't want people standing all around
Yes, I do, me and you
Well, I don't wanna live in a ghost town
I don't wanna see all the buildings falling down
I don't wanna see my world tumbling down
KILLER
Written by Bruce Stuckey, Snot & Ed Pittman

What about the children you shit on in life?
You tell all your lousy rules
You swear that they're right

What about the children that you lie to constantly?
You tell 'em everything is fine
From sea to shining sea

You're a killer, a killer!
You're a murderer of thought
You're a killer, a killer!
You stab 'em in the heart

What about the children that grow up in school?
They're torn between the system
And they're torn between the rules

What about the children practicing politics?
They wind up in the White House
With the other hypocrits


SOMEBODY HELP ME
Written by Bruce Stuckey & Joel Agne

Someone help me, I think I'm a Jew!
Nazis are comin', gonna beat me black and blue
They killed my family and I got no one
Everyone knows that a nazi's no fun

Someone help me, I think I'm black
Klan is comin', gonna sent me back
They killed my family and I got no one
Everyone knows that the Klan is no fun

Someone help me, I think I'm white
Too old to work and too young to fight
I killed my family and I got no one
Everyone knows that a judge is no fun


HOW DO YOU FEEL
Written by Snot

How do you feel in El Salvador
With armed guerillas at your front door?
American influence in your land
American guns in their hands

Death's American-made
In this modern age
If there's any wars around
U.S. guns are found

How do you feel in the Middle East
Where America's liked the least?
Selling guns to the other side
They promised you, now they lied

Death's American-made
In this modern age
If there's any wars around
U.S. guns are found

How do you feel in El Salvador?
How do you feel in the Middle East?
How do you feel in the U.S.A.
When all you got is war today?


WHITE NOISE
Written by Bruce Stuckey & Joel Agne

Standin' in the streets of El Salvador
The last son of freedom won't fight no more
The Viet Nam era and Khrushchev have died
But the war goes on and I'm left asking why

I'm standing here at the Berlin Wall
The scent of war, thanks and bombs

White Noise - White Noise
White Noise - White Noise

Move me here, move me there
'Cause I'm a pawn and I don't care
Use me, kill me


RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS
Written by Bruce Stuckey & Ed Pittman

I don't want to go to foreign shores
I ain't gonna fight unless they're knockin' on my door
Some say that I'm not a patriot
Some say that I ain't got no guts

They'll promise you that
They'll promise you this
They'll promise you a future
It's hard to resist

Johnny get your gun, can't you hear their call?
Johnny get your gun, it's time to go to war

Hey, mister technology
Where are you now?
Got all caught up in your games
Forgot about us somehow



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