Minor Threat Rules The Landscape

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  1. BOTTLED VIOLENCE
  2. MINOR THREAT
  3. LOOK BACK AND LAUGH
  4. SOB STORY
  5. SEEING RED
  6. OUT OF STEP
  7. SALAD DAYS
  8. GOOD GUYS (DON'T WEAR WHITE)

BOTTLED VIOLENCE




Get your bravery from a six-pack

Get your bravery from a half pint

Drink your whiskey, drink your grain

Bottoms up, you don't feel pain



Go out and fight, fight



Lose control of your body

Beat the shit out of somebody

Half-shut eyes don't see what you hit

You don't take any shit



Go out and fight, fight





MINOR THREAT




We're not the first, I hope we're not the last

'cause i know we're all headed for that adult crash

the time is so little the time belongs to us

why is everybody in such a fuckin' rush?



make do with what you have

take what you can get

pay no mind to us

we're just a minor threat



i was early to finish i was late to start

i might be adult i'm a minor at heart

go to college be a man, what's the fuckin deal?

it's no how old i am, it's how old i feel



take your time try not forget

we never will

we're just a minor threat







LOOK BACK AND LAUGH




i want to tell you a little story

'cause it makes me warm inside

it's about some friends growing up

and all the things they tried

i'm not talking about staple shit

they went for something more

i guess it was too much dreaming

too much to hope for



one day something funny happened

but it scared the shit out of me

their heads went in different directions

and their friendship ceased to be



i'm telling you i want it to work

i don't like being hurt

something's not right inside

and i can't always out it aside

what can we do what can we do?



i guess i make too much shit

someday we'll look back and laugh

mr. present go away

come and fuck with us some other day

mr feelings, run and hide

you have no right to what you feel inside

motherfuckers, quick to kiss

talk your shit but don't fuck with this



all i want to know is

am i holding on? am i moving on?



what can we do what can we do?





SOB STORY


life's not been good for you

it's just not fair

you did nothing to deserve it

you did nothing at all

sit back and watch

it turns from bad to worse

no matter how loud you cry

it always hurts



boy i'm glad i'm not in your shoes



how could things get any worse for you

you're so fucking alone

how could things get any worse for you

i don't blame you when you bitch and moan



everybody gets

what you should've got

everybody takes

your opportunites

everybody gets

the breaks that belonged to you

everybody takes

your just desserts



life's not been good for you

it's just not fair

i've got some news for you

nothing is fair

i wish there was some way

to make it all better

i wish there was a way

to make you happy

'cause i'm sick and i'm tired

of all your whining, your bitching, complaing, and moaning

boo fuckin hoo





SEEING RED




you see me and you laugh out loud

you taunt me from safe inside your crowd

my looks, they must threaten you

to make you act the way you do



Red, i'm seeing red



you see me and you think i'm a jerk

first impressions without a word

you can't believe your eyes at first

but now you know you've seen the worst



red, i'm seeing red







OUT OF STEP




(i) don't smoke

don't drink

don't fuck

at least i can fucking think



i can't keep up

i can't keep up

i can't keep up

out of step with the world





SALAD DAYS




wishing for the days

when i first wore this suit

baby has grown older

it's no longer cute

too many voices

they have made me mute

baby has grown ugly

it's no longer cute



but on, i stay on, where do i get off?

on to greener pastures

the core has gotten soft



look at us today

we've gotten soft and fat

waiting for the moment

it's just not coming back

man we're so serious

about the stuff we lack

dwell upon our memories

but there are no facts



but on i stay on where do i get off?

on to greener pastures

the core is getting soft



do you remember the time (i don't know)

we'll call these our salad days





GOOD GUYS (DON'T WEAR WHITE)





[POOR MEMORY--SORRY]

i'm a bored boy born in the road

some say my manners ain't the best

some of my friends they've been in a whole lot of trouble

some say i'm no better than the rest



but tell your mama and your papa

sometimes good guys don't wear white



everyday i work hard

at night i spend a restless [?]  time

with all those rich kids and their lazy money

you can't hold a candle too long [?]



but tell...

sometimes...



good guys bad guys which is which?

the white collar worker or digger in the ditch

man who's to say who's the better man

of those two i do the best i can



you thought i had a dirty mind

all the messed up chicks all the changing times

white filth and easy living

you can't come come close to the love that i've given



but tell..

sometimes...





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