Oi Polloi 1. Go green 2. You cough/They profit 3. Punx or mice? 4. Nuclear waste 5. The only release? 1. GO GREEN Governments and multinationals Corrupt and twisted women and men Are going to bring this planet To a premature end With their selfishness and greed They destroy anything of worth Are you just going to sit and watch Their rape of mother earth? They just could´t care less About the ecological devastation Inflicted by their insane striving For profit maximisation We´ve got to fight back We´ve got to give resistance Or they´ll pollute and exploit Our world out of existance Industrial accidents and radiation leaks So babies are born as freaks Like the Re-Chen babies with one eye Or those who Windscale called before their time And the petrol is full of lead So kids grow up wrong in the head And aerosols destroy the ozone layer No protection - no we´re layed bare And nuclear waste is dumped into the sea A slow poison for you and me And what was once fertile land Has now turned to desert sand And acid rain pours from the sky So whole forests wither and die And dirty cities grey and drab Cover theyland like concrete scabs And toxic chemicals are pumped into streams Death where once life would have been The whole situation has got out of hand So go green and make your stand And it seems you couldn´t care less That our earth is in such a mess It makes me wonder how long it will take Before you finally awake Please, please you got to open your eyes ´Cos you´ve got to realise Exactly what those in power got planned This is the last chance to make your stand Now that we see what´s going on We´ve got to stop them and we aint got long This isn´t something just to sing about ´Cos our time is running out... 2. YOU COUGH/THEY PROFIT You cough - they profit Well i thought it was about mutual respect But your filthy smoke chokes me so am i incorrect? With your pathetic sick habit you pollute my air Have you no respect for others? No, you just don´t seem to care I don´t like your selfish attitude one little bit You´re just a hypocrite Animals die in the laboratory Forced to smoke over thirty a day Don´t think you can ignore them ´cos they got no voice Cause only you can stop it - only you have the choice Like it or not, they´ve murdered in your name While you continue to smoke you must live with the blame You think you´re oh so sussed but there´s something that you´ve missed And the big tobacco businessmen are laughing at this Yes, you actually pay to ruin your health While you suckers abuse your body They´re just making more wealth You cough - they profit You choke - they profit You die - they profit You cough - they profit Have you got the strength of will to stop it? STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT I know you´ve got the strength of will to stop it. 3. PUNX OR MICE You come to the gig And you think you´re really big but to me you just look small As you cover the back of the ball Lacking even the guts to get up the front and dance It´s enough to make me cry Are you punx or mice? chorus: Are you punx or mice? They cheat you, they rob you And they treat you all as fools And yet you sit and take it Are you going to give up without a fight? Are you punx or mice? chorus They´re sick, they´re wrong They´ve oppressed us for too long Now it´s our turn to attack We must fight back United, as one, together - you and i Don´t say we cant do it Are you punx or mice chorus 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 chorus: 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 chorus: 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 chorus: Harness the wind The sun the waves We don´t need this filthy nuclear waste 5. THE ONLY RELEASE? You wouldn´t believe the pain That´s tearing trough my head If you were in my place Then you´d wish you were dead Locked in a cage like a prison cell Im living in a living hell All around screams of fear But they fall upon def ears chorus: Why won´t they leave me in peace? Is death really my only release No! Tortured to death behind closed doors Cries for help are just ignored Set me free! Please! If it were you instead of me You´d screaming to be set free Set us free! Please! Animal liberation and human rights It´s one struggle - it´s one fight Set us free! Please! chorus And now they´re coming back To stick me on the rack To put me through pain They´ll drive me insane They put their profit before my pain My suffering is their financial gain And you know this ain´t right So show you care about my plight chorus Is death really the only release? chorus One, Two, Three, Four - Kick down that laboratory door Five, Six, Seven, Eight - LIBERATE!
