LYRICS


RETURN TO THE BLACK HOLE
1997
Amsterdamned Records
(Recorded live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA December 1989)

LINEUP:

Tony Adolescent - Vocals
Rikk Agnew - Guitar
Steve Soto - Bass
Frank Agnew - Guitar
Casey Royer - Drums

NO WAY | WHO IS WHO | WORD ATTACK | SELF DESTRUCT | L.A. GIRL | BRATS IN BATTALIONS | WELCOME TO REALITY | WRECKING CREW | DO THE EDDY | I LOVE YOU | LOSING BATTLE | CREATURES | ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT | RIP IT UP | AMOEBA | KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE | I GOT A RIGHT

NO WAY
...Is anybody out there? Cos i can't see you. (Hi!) Yeah, if I can throw paper and do that cunt bullshit. (Open your eyes!) Hey you guys alive? Hey, I forgot, what band is coming on next? I can't remember. (The Adolescents!) Ah..Motley Crue? (Yeah!) Where's Opie? I..I can't remember. (Tough!) Oh, Bon Blow Me! Ok, waitaminute...
...(Show your tits!)... Yeah the crowd wants you all to show your tits.

Before we go anywhere, we wanna thank all the bands that played with us tonight. The Hard Ons... Jeff Dahl... The Grim... of course MD. We're a little bit rusty here. Vocals, a little more. Check check check check... Check check... Ready girls? Mike wants soda pop.


No way!!!
Rock!

No class (No class!)
No job (No Job!)
I'm just a victim of society a slob
No ass (No ass!)
No head (No Head!)
I gotta go home and jack off instead!

No mind
No kind
My brain is jelly and my memory is blind
No way (No way!)
No way (No way!)
I cannot live in a world this gay!

..Ok... Lets go..

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WHO IS WHO
Friends call me enemy cos they're a fucking joke
Better get their act together it's time that they awoke
Cast out by my relatives cos they don't want me around
Just sit in a corner and I don't make a sound - Not one word

The walls are closing in on me
I don't know what to do
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who!

Policemen are my friends so why they always stare
Raid our clubs, bust out parties, condemned for short hair
Teachers are my friends so why they make me stand
In front of a class of gawking fools who'll never understand - They'll never understand

The world around me falls apart
I don't know what to do
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who!

Whoa...The world around me falls apart
I don't know what to do
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who! (Tell me who is who!)
Please tell me who is who!

Just tell me... Tell me... Tell me...
Just tell me who is who!
Tell me who is who!
Tell me who is who!

oh yah...huh..

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WORD ATTACK
1, 2, 3, 4

I'm not paranoid (Don't!)
No I'm not afraid (Stop!)
But I sometimes wonder (Fight!)
What is on your mind (Back!)
I'm not paranoid (They!)
No I'm not afraid (Won't!)
But I sometimes wonder (Win!)
What is on your mind

CHORUS:
The gun in your hand is the gun at my head
The gun in your hand is the gun at my head
The gun in your hand is the gun at my head
The gun in your hand is gonna kill me dead
Word attack! Word attack!
Word attack! Word attack!
Word attack! Word attack!
Word attack! Word attack!

Running into walls (Don't!)
Say good things (Stop!)
Say bad things (Fight!)
Unpredictable (Back!)
Say good things (They!)
Say bad things (Won't!)
Unpredictable (Win!)
Running into walls

CHORUS

Do you wanna die? (Don't!)
Do you wanna die? (Stop!)
Do you wanna die? (Fight!)
Do you wanna die? (Back!)
Do you wanna die? (Won't!)
Do you wanna die? (Win!)
Do you wanna die?
I don't wanna die!

CHORUS

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SELF DESTRUCT
Looking back on stupid things I've said
Was that really me or was I misled
Not even a smile cos it's been done before
And you don't think it's funny anymore

Crying I'm sorry I'm out of my head (Self destruct!)
End up fixing junk instead (Self destruct!)
Taken too much got nothing to give (Self destruct!)
Got no reason left to live (Self destruct!)

Stupid kid you don't really know
But I'm a time bomb ready to go
Is it really fair it's not up to you to decide
But hitting your arm is slow suicide

Crying I'm sorry I'm out of my head( Self destruct!)
End up fixing junk instead (Self destruct!)
Taken too much got nothing to give (Self destruct!)
Got no reason left to live! (Self destruct!)

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L.A. GIRL
Hey...in case nobody told you, we're recording this for a live album - another one. So you guys are on it with us. We won't sell out like Sham did.

L.A. Girl, take one... 1,2,3,4


We don't really care if you say we're too young
We don't waste our time tanning in the sun
We don't even care what you now or think
Spoiled rich brat you ain't so neat

CHORUS:
L.A. girl, L.A. world
Don't tell us how to act
Don't tell us what to wear
L.A. girl, L.A. world
You didn't create our scene

We don't care
We can't see why
We dont live our lives
To keep you satisfied

Stuck in your world of dreams again
My life starts where your life ends
You've burned out your battery has died
If it wasnt for O.C. your scene wouldn't be alive

CHORUS

We don't really care if you say we're too young
We don't waste our time tanning in the sun
We don't even care what you now or think
Spoiled rich brat you ain't so neat

CHORUS

I'm bored of the sleasy make-up
You'd fuck any guy in town
Your life's a total mess-up
Why the hell do you hang around
L.A. girl you bring me down... Down... Down!!!
Yeow!!

And they said "1, 2, 3, oh yah."

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BRATS IN BATTALIONS
This one's for the Hard Ons.

YEOW!!!

Tonight!
We fight!
Does might!
Make right?

Brats in battalions, brats in battalions

Tonight!
We fight!
Does might!
Make right?

Does might make right in this world friends?
It's justified as a means to an end
Power mad, can't accept defeat,
Revenge is bitter and the taste is so sweet!

CHORUS:
Brats! - Brats! - Brats in battalions!
Brats! - Brats! - Brats in battalions!
Brats! - Brats! - Brats in battalions!
Brats! - Brats! - Brats in battalions! Brats in battalions! Brats in battalions...

Tonight!
We fight!
Does might!
Make right?

Law of the jungle and acts of aggression
You glorify war, ignore the situation
Children with toy guns will roam,
Then they grow up and kill at home!

Brats in battalions, brats in battalions

Tonight!
We fight!
Does might!
Make right?

Does might make right in this world friends?
It's justified as a means to an end
Power mad, can't accept defeat,
Revenge is bitter and the taste is so sweet!

CHORUS

CHORUS

HA!
Yeah that's how to end the song.

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WELCOME TO REALITY
Blood so deep the horse must hold his head up high
In the valley of decision where one-third of the world will die
Beat your hoes and plows into axes and spears
As the armies meet in a battle they've predicted for years

CHORUS:
Let the weak say I'm a warrior - Bring down the warriors
Let the faithless regain faith - Your faith is hopeless

The prophets and psychics and the military agree
Continued world crisis leads us straight to World War III
Roll out the red carpet let the angel of death ride in
To the valley of decision let the mayhem begin

CHORUS

Apocalyptic madness - Two-thirds of the world in sadness
The other third is gone but the insanity lingers on
Crumbled cities in an aftermath of hate
No way to stop it - now it's too late

The Anti-Christ his mission done
The dead are the only lucky ones

Are you ready? The picture's painted
For the valley the scene is set
Of decision - Make your decision
For the valley it's too late

Welcome - Welcome to reality
Welcome - Welcome to reality
Welcome - Welcome to reality
Make your decision 'cos you've got no choice!

You guys having fun?

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WRECKING CREW
There's nothing to do
Excitement level zero
I can't find a girl
Cos they're all out chasing cheap plastic heros... Like Guns 'N fucking Roses; bunch of shit.
We're just a wrecking crew bored boys with nothing to do!

Alone in a corner of a room with a knife
Better ways out than taking your life
Home's not so bad don't need to run
Come join our primitive ways of fun
We're just a wrecking crew bored guys with nothing to do!

Safety in numbers an enemy to beat
Let's overturn cars and rip up the street
I'm tired of being a peaceful citizen
Noise and destruction are in my vision
We're just a wrecking crew bored boys with nothing to do!

How's mellow?

You're not all by yourselves
You've got a few friends
When we become one
The violence never ends
We're just a wrecking crew bored boys with nothing to do!

This one's for the incredible Eddy Egan. It's called "Do the fuckin' Eddy Egan" (Do the Eddy Egan!) ...Drums Casey. (Ready? Now?)

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DO THE EDDY
1, 2, Eddy Egan!

Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Hunch your shoulders, bulge your eyes,
Jump around and don't ask why!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!

Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
First you wander, then you linger,
If you get bored, drink a toast!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!
Do the Eddy!

I got a joke, for my soda pop!

Oh! Ah! Oh!

Alright, this is for a dear friend of mine...


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I LOVE YOU
Go!

I'm still wondering how I could have said
All the wrong things at the wrong time
And how you managed to keep your head
When I got - way out of line
These feelings of mine should have come sooner
There's no way I can imagine your loss.
I ask myself "How could you do this to her?"
You're the last person I'd ever cross.

CHORUS:
And I hear your anger,
It's too late to take back what's been said.
It won't go away the morning after,
Guilt's a parasite that leaves all dead.
And I break down, yeah I want to die,
I can't because I know there's something more
Alone in the morning I start to cry,
In the end I feel worse than before.

As we sit outside so afraid to see him,
We wonder if he's better off now.
We can't face the pain of the mausoleum,
We can't be strong because we don't know how.
And we know he's right here next - beside us
The feelings in the air are all so tense.
We want so much more, too much ain't enough
Why are we so afraid of his presence?

CHORUS

Mother looks her husband in the eye,
"Our baby's gone." They start to cry.
If you come back and its just for a day
There's only three words we all want to say:
I LOVE YOU! (x8)
Go!

Ok, ready?

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LOSING BATTLE
1, 2, 3, GO!

Can't handle this life anymore
Born in the mirror and I ask what for
Just a miserable monster or part
Dangling at ropes' end good start

Crumbling down - into a mess
I've got too many problems - that tell me I'm less
Than the good god - who watches above
Who'll damn you to hell - and then tell you to love

Now suicidal, caught in a trap
I can't get out and don't want to fight back
Now the firing squad is set
Give me the bullet, try to help me forget

Thinking smart, acting dumb
So, come on tell me which side has won?
Just one message before my head explodes
Can't win the losing battle, but I didn't know!

Now suicidal, caught in a trap
Can't get out and don't want to fight back
Now the firing squad is set
Give me the bullet try and help me forget

Crumbling down - into a mess
I've got too many problems - that tell me I'm less
Than the good god - who watches above
Who'll damn you to hell - and then tell you to love!!
Yeow!

(Oh yah!) ...Jeff goes "Oh yah."
This one's for Casey, because he made waffles.
Cos why?
You made waffles.
Excellent!
Excellent! *Mimics guitar riff*
Rikk, do the riff... Excellent! ..Haha.. ..I'm Bill, this is Ted, we're from the future.
How can we make a triumphant video, if we don't get Eddie Van Halen on guitar?
But Bill, I think before we get Eddie Van Halen, we need a triumphant video.
But we can't have a triumphant video if we don't have Eddie Van Halen on guitar. (Yeah, we've seen that movie before...)
..And thats why we need Eddie Van Halen. And thats why we need a triumphant video!
EXCELLENT!!
(Fuck that) ..Ok, ready?.. Oh Rikk, look he's tough now. Ok, here we go. This song's about little green men. Ready?


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CREATURES
1, 2, 3, 4

I'm not accepted by my peers - so what!
I could care less about the queers - they're fucked!
The chicks are hot and full of cheers - pleasers!
They say "no" so I jerk white tears - teasers!

CHORUS:
I hate them all - creatures!
I hate all them - creatures!
I hate them all - creatures!

I do not act or dress the same - hopeless!
I do not fit inside their frame - or class!
Oh can't they see that they are lame - no heads!
That they're just tokens of my game - pieces!

CHORUS

I'm not accepted by my peers - so what!
I could care less about the queers - they're fucked!
The chicks are hot and full of cheers - pleasers!
They say "no" so I jerk white tears - teasers!

CHORUS

I hate them all - creatures!
I hate them all - creatures!
I hate them all - creatures!
I hate them all!

Hey listen, I don't mind if you sing along. But don't... Don't take my mic. Cos if you do, I will kill you.. *Gunshot* *Gunshot* *Gunshot* ..I don't have a gun.. I will pee on you. No I dont mean it.

..Someone gave us a watch! We can play keyboards on it. We can play.. We can play keyboards on it. ..We can play keyboards on it.

We wrote this song back in the 60s and it was stolen from us. But now we're here to take it back. (Where's Opie?) Ok this one's called Crazy Train. (Here he is. Hey.) Its for Steven Tom Martinez.


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ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
Yeow!

I'm not content to be with you in the day time
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side

Girl I want to be with you all of the time - All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side

Girl I want to be with you all of the time - All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

Franky, frankly, this one's on you dude.

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side

Girl I want to be with you all of the time - All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

(Ok.) Alright this one's for the wonderful Jeff Dahl. (Send him out there.) Excellent. Ok guys, here we go... Hey shep..

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RIP IT UP
Rip it up!!

Like Clockwork Orange - a bit of twenty on one
Breaking heads don't sound like much fun
Is that your only way of get - of getting kicks
By breaking heads you know you can't fix

CHORUS:
Do you think you're tough? (Rip it up!)
Because you rip it up? (Rip it up!)
Gotta rip you up!
Gotta rip it up,
Gotta rip it up,
Gotta rip you up!

I've had enough of violence
Just to kill boredom makes no sense
We're not the background for your stupid fights
Get out of the darkness - it's time to unite

CHORUS

Rip it up!
CHORUS
Gotta rip it up! (Gotta rip it up!)
Rip it up!

Ready? Really? Are you guys really? (Wait.) Ok, here we go. 1, 2

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AMOEBA
CHORUS:
Amoeba!! (x4)

We are scientist in the lab
Looking through the microscope
The little glass slides they never lie
How can this small mind cope?

I've never seen anything like it before
This amoeba's got a mind of it's own
But don't turn away you stupid science wolrd
This is reaching for the telephone

CHORUS

A one celled creature, one celled thing
It hardly knows it's alive
No legs or arms or eyes that see,
It thinks, it grows, it's an -

Amoeba...
Amoeba...

CHORUS

CHORUS

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KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE
No sound is heard from unit two
When there was once so much to do
It was once a green mansion, but now a wasteland
Our days of wreckless fun are through

1, 2, 3, Go!

Go!

Kids in a fast lane living for today
No rules to abide by and no one to obey
Sex, drugs and fun is their their only though and care
Another swig of brew another overnight affair

CHORUS:
House of the filthy, house not a home
House of destruction where the lurkers roamed
House that belonged to all the homeless kids
House of the filthy, house not a home
House of destruction where the lurkers roamed
House that belonged to all the homeless kids
Kids of the black hole!

Messages and slogans are the primary decor
History's recorded in a clutter on the floor
Inhabitants that searched the grounds for roaches or spare change
Another night of chaos is so easy to arrange

CHORUS

The nights of birthdays
The nights of fry
The nights of endless drinking
The nights of violence
The nights of noise
The nights that had to end for good, still not understood, by the girls and boys

Carefree in their actions as for morals they had none
When the girls were horny who would be the lucky ones?
Pushing all the limits to a point of no return
Trashed beyond belief to show the kids don't wanna learn

CHORUS

Thank you. ...Hey this is our last song, so you better kick some ass and get you money's worth. Or you'll feel sorry later.
Just slow one, we're gonna take it slow...
We're gonna play a slow one now. Ready?


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I GOT A RIGHT
YEOW!!

Anytime I want I got a right to move -
No matter what they say!
Anytime I want I got a right to move -
No matter what they say!

Sing it!
I got a right, a right to move
Anytime I want - Yeah any old time!
Honey, I got a right, a right to move
Anytime I want. (Any old time.)

Yeow!

Anytime I want I got a right to sing -
No matter what they say!
Anytime I want I got a right to sing -
No matter what they say!

I got a right, a right to sing
Anyway I want - Yeah any old way!
Honey, I got a right, a right to sing
Anyway I want.

YEOW!

Anytime I want I got a right to sing -
No matter what they say!
Anytime I want I got a right to sing -
No matter what they say!

I got a right, a right to sing
Anyway I want - Yeah any old way!
Honey, I got a right, a right to sing
Anyway I want.

I say "Hey, I got a right!" (x3)
I got a right! (x5)

(More!! One more!)
Alright, just a reminder about some upcoming shows: Next Friday, GBH and D.I.; Next Saturday, Bad Religion.
(More!!! More!! More!...)


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