punk was carnival in rio

Die Toten Hosen

Dad - what was punkrock...?

Punk was rotten, punk was vicious,
always being unambitious.
Punk was a piss-up, punk was a punch-up,
picking your nose and chucking your lunch up.
Punk was obnoxious, punk was obscene,
having a pop at our dear Queen.
Punk was a twisted tasteless trip,
punk was a pin through her majesty s lip.

We never took shit from noone, we just didn t give a fuck.
If you didn t like our music, that was just your bloody hard luck.

Punk was a riot, every night a rumble,
a nice bit o blow and a nice bit o grumble.
Punk was a sleazy, punk was a slum,
polaroid pics in bed with your mum.
Punk was unhealthy, quite unclean,
it was a mockery, malignant mean.
Punk was criminal, punk was a con,
and so was our favourite fugitive Ron.

We never took shit from noone, we just didn t give a fuck.
If you didn t like our music, that was just your bloody hard luck.

Now open your eyes and listen my son, there s no reason to be sad.
Just hang around and stay with us, it ll all be coming back.

We never took shit from noone, we just didn t give a fuck.
If you didn t like our music, that was just your bloody hard luck.