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Dead End Yobs

from Never Mind the Boolocks by Insane Society

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Wag: I love this, the lyrics conjure up a picture in my mind that only a select few could have written, - "Born in a house in Hackney with an outside loo" - absolute classic. I'm very proud of the tune as well, simple but very effective.

Garry: A very personal lyric with a message that is still relevant and true today, that being working class kids still only have boxing, football, crime or rock n roll to save them from the dole. There is no other way out of the backstreets.

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Dead end Yobs got football, boxing or rock n roll,
if they're any good at, to save 'em from the dole,
but even if ya make it, certain people will say,
you're still no good and you'll be no other way.
'cos ya don't talk proper, ya accent ain't true blue,
born in a house in Hackney, with an outside loo.

Dead end yobs, - kids like me and you,
Dead end yobs, - just do what you wanna do,
Dead end yobs, - we don't any notice of you.

We could be gangsters, we could rob a bank,
we could join the army, we could drive a tank,
no hope, no future, when you're down and out,
when you're at the bottom, nobody hears you shout.
an authority, keeps knocking on ma head,
from the day you're born, 'til the day you're dead.

Dead end yobs, - kids like me and you,
Dead end yobs, - they tell us what to do,
Middle class people, look down on me and you.

The school report read, he's a dead end yob,
might just make it, in a dead end job,
so I broke all the rules, in and out of school,
got into trouble, nothing else to do,
and when they nick us, don't they bleeding' love,
sod the system, got to rise above it.

Dead end yobs, - kids like me and you,
Dead end yobs, - always at the back of the queue,
It's us v them, the middle class and the boys in blue.

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from Never Mind the Boolocks, released March 28, 2020
Music © 2015 Paul D Waghorn
Words by Garry Johnson

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Insane Society Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK

Insane Society have been around for about 18 years. The first three albums had Sheldon Hannaford on lead vocals. Steve and Wag are almost ever present and Chris is the 4th bassist following Stefan (died) Gavin (retired due to fatherhood) and JJ Kaos who is still playing bass for The Last Resort. Sheldon took a free transfer to Vicious Rumours in 2011 before being dropped. ... more

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