Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

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Kill the Poor

03 : 05

Forward to Death

01 : 24

When Ya Get Drafted

01 : 24

Let’s Lynch the Landlord

02 : 12

Drug Me

01 : 56

Your Emotions

01 : 21

Chemical Warfare

02 : 56

California über alles

03 : 02

I Kill Children

02 : 04

Stealing People’s Mail

01 : 35

Funland at the Beach

01 : 49

Ill in the Head

02 : 45

Holiday in Cambodia

04 : 34

Viva Las Vegas

02 : 36

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Track Lyrics

Kill the Poor Lyrics

[Intro]

Efficiency and progress is ours once more

Now that we have the neutron bomb

It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done

Away with excess enemy

But no less value to property

No sense in war but perfect sense at home...

[Verse 1]

The sun beams down on a brand-new day

No more welfare tax to pay

Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light

Jobless millions whisked away

At last, we have more room to play

All systems go to kill the poor tonight

[Chorus]

Gonna kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

[Verse 2]

Behold the sparkle of champagne

The crime rate's gone, feel free again

Oh, life's a breeze with you, Miss Lily White

Jane Fonda on the screen today

Convinced the liberals it's okay

So let's get dressed to dance away the night

[Chorus]

While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]

Behold the sparkle of champagne

The crime rate's gone, feel free again

Oh, life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White

Jane Fonda on the screen today

Convinced the liberals it's okay

So let's get dressed to dance away the night

[Chorus]

While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

[Outro]

Ay-ay!

Forward to Death Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I don't need your way of life

I can't stand your attitudes

I can do without your strife

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't need this fucking world

This world brings me down

[Chorus]

Gag with every breath

This world brings me down

I'm looking forward to death

[Verse 2]

It seems so unreal to me

So much hate and so much pity

I can't take another day

[Pre-Chorus]

It's such a bore, it gets me really sore

I don't need this fucking world

This world brings me down

[Chorus]

Gag with every breath

This world brings me down

I'm looking forward to death

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

Looking forward to death

When Ya Get Drafted Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Are you believing the morning papers?

War is coming back in style

There's generals here, advisors there

And the Russians nibbling everywhere

The chessboard's filling up with red

We make more profits when we blow off their head

[Chorus]

Economy is looking bad

Let's start another war (When ya get drafted)

Fan the fires of racist hatred

We want total war (When ya get drafted)

[Verse 2]

Drooling fingers, panic buttons

Playing with missiles like they're toys

And there's easy money, easy jobs

Especially when you build the bombs

That blow big cities off the map

Just guess who profits when we build 'em back up?

[Chorus]

Yeah, what big business wants, big business gets

It wants a war (When ya get drafted)

Trilateral Commission goonies laugh

And scheme for more (When ya get drafted)

Call the Army! Call the Navy!

Stocked with kids from slums (When ya get drafted)

If you can't afford a slick attorney

We might make you a spy

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Forget your demonstrations

Kids today sit on their ass (When ya get drafted)

Just a six-pack and you're happy

We're prepared for when ya get drafted, when ya get drafted!

Let’s Lynch the Landlord Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The landlord's here to visit

They're blasting disco down below

Says, "I'm doubling the rent

'Cause the building's condemned

You're gonna help me buy City Hall"

[Chorus]

But we can, you know we can

Let's lynch the landlord, man

[Verse 2]

I tell them, "Turn on the water"

I tell 'em, "Turn on the heat"

Tells me, "All you ever do is complain," yeah

Then they search the place when I'm not here

[Chorus]

But we can, you know we can

We can, you know we can

Let's lynch the landlord

Let's lynch the landlord, man

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

There's rats chewin' up the kitchen

Roaches up to my knees

Turn the oven on, it smells like Dachau, yeah

'Til the rain pours through the ceiling

[Chorus]

But we can, you know we can

We can, you know we can

Let's lynch the landlord

Let's lynch the landlord, man

[Outro]

The landlord, man

Drug Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I don't want to think

Don't make me care

I wanna melt in with the group

I need the balls

To leap out of my shell

And let go with my friends

Can't come up with

Anything I want to do

I need a project I can finish

My brain needs some stimulation

[Chorus]

Drug me!

[Verse 2]

I'm so fucking tired

I gotta stay awake and get to work

I'm runnin' late

I gotta make it through the day

And make my time go by

TV and the stereo and girls are lots of fun

I want the max

I relate better loaded

"Got to see that movie stoned"

[Chorus]

Drug me!

Drug!

[Bridge]

Drug me with natural vitamin C

Drug me with pharmaceutical speed

Drug me with your sleeping pills

Drug me with your crossword puzzles

Drug me with your magazines

Drug me with your fuck machines

With a fountain of fads

More rock-and-roll ads

Drug me, drug me, drug me, me, me!

[Verse 3]

Finally off of work

Unwind and watch the ball game at the bar

Another potato chip weekend

Is here at last

Go away, go away, go away, go away

Go away, leave me alone

So I can't see myself

[Chorus]

Drug me!

Your Emotions Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Your mommy told you this

And your daddy told you that

"Always think like this

And never do that"

You learned so many feelings

But what is there to that?

Which are really yours

Or are you just a copycat?

[Verse 2]

Your school told you this

And your church told you that

"Memorize this

And don't you dare look at that"

They're all so concerned

To make their thoughts into yours

Just a tape recorder

Mimicking of the bores

[Chorus]

You're so boring, boring, boring

Always tape machine recording

You're so boring, boring, boring

I've heard all this before

[Verse 3]

Planless and mindless

Scraps from anywhere

Bunch of used parts

From garbage pails everywhere

Frankenstein became a monster

Just like you

Your scars only show

When someone talks to you

[Chorus]

You're so boring, boring, boring

Always tape machine recording

You're so boring, boring, boring

I've heard all this before

[Outro]

Your emotions make you a monster

Chemical Warfare Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Down at the arsenal, they keep the nerve gasses

Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits

Been sitting there for years, I'm gonna have at it

I cut through the fence, run right in, and grab it

[Refrain]

Go crazy, crazy

Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy

[Verse 2]

Now I got my own mustard gas in my pocket

Climb on a tree on a branch and drop it

On a country club full of Saturday golfers

So I can watch them die chokin', shakin' in convulsions

[Refrain]

Go crazy, crazy

Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy

[Chorus]

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

[Verse 3]

Panic in the air, see the headless chickens runnin'

Golf carts head-on crashin', crackin' heads wide open

Scratch the grass and, mister, you can't breathe

And roll and writhe in a sand trap, starting to heave

Claw those clubs, let me see you seethe

[Refrain]

Crazy

Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy

[Chorus]

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

[Bridge]

Yellow air, yellow clouds

Blowin' down, down, down the fairway

Sensitive to the touch

Mowin' down, down the putting green

Heading straight for the big clubhouse

Where the stuffed country club

Effervescent ladies, so carefree

Relax, pose by the pool

Limber limp with a dry martini

Until...

["Clubhouse Scene"]

Oh, shit, what is going on in here?

Come on, move, God damn it, please!

I've got the answers, [?]

Let me out!

(One, two, three, four!)

[Chorus]

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

Chemical warfare, chemical warfare

Chemical warfare, warfare, warfare

California über alles Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I am Governor Jerry Brown

My aura smiles and never frowns

Soon, I will be president

Carter power will soon go away

I will be Führer one day

I will command all of you

Your kids will meditate in school

[Chorus]

California über alles

Über alles, California

[Verse 2]

Zen fascists will control you

One-hundred percent natural

You will jog for the master race

And always wear the happy face

Close your eyes, can't happen here

Big Bro on white horse is near

The hippies won't come back, you say

Mellow out, or you will pay

[Chorus]

California über alles

Über alles, California

[Bridge]

Now it is 1984

Knock-knock at your front door

It's the suede denim secret police

They have come for your uncool niece

Come quietly to the camp

You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp

Don't you worry, it's only a shower

For your clothes, here's a pretty flower

Die! On organic poison gas

Serpent's egg's already hatched

You will croak, you little clown

When you mess with President Brown

[Chorus]

California über alles

Über alles, California

I Kill Children Lyrics

[Intro]

God told me to skin you alive

[Verse 1]

I kill children

I love to see them die

I kill children

And make their mamas cry

Crush 'em under my car

I wanna hear them scream

Feed 'em poison candy

To spoil their Halloween

[Verse 2]

So you're in the kids' ward

You're in there 'cause you're ill

How about some Pavulon

So I can see you chill?

Time to hit the school bus

I think I'll shoot the tires

Offer them a helping hand

Of open telephone wires

[Bridge]

Ever wanted to die? Of course, you have

But I won't 'til I get my revenge

Been fucked far, far too many ways

I don't wanna see people any more

Things I never ever saw before

Make me see them for the shit they are

Take as many as I can away with me

Anyone can be king for a day...

[Verse 3]

So, I kill children, I love to see them die

I kill children and make their mamas cry

I kill children, I bang their heads in doors

I kill children, can hardly wait for yours...

[Outro]

Can hardly wait for yours

Can hardly wait for yours, yours

Stealing People’s Mail Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We ain't goin' to the party

We ain't goin' to the game

We ain't goin' to the disco

Ain't gonna cruise down Main

[Chorus]

We're stealing people's mail

Stealing people's mail

On a Friday night

[Verse 2]

Drivin' in the mountains

Winding 'round and 'round

Rummage through your mailboxes

Take your mail back to town

[Pre-Chorus]

And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns

Checks to politicians from real estate firms

Money, bills, and canceled checks

Pretty funny pictures of your kids

[Chorus]

Gonna steal your mail

On a Friday night

We're gonna steal your mail

By the pale moonlight

[Post-Chorus]

We got grocery sackful after grocery sackful

After grocery sackful after grocery sackful

Of the private lives of you

[Solo]

[Verse 3]

People say that we're crazy

We're sick and all alone

But when we read your letters

We're rolling on the floor

[Pre-Chorus]

And we got more license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns

Checks to politicians from real estate firms

Money, bills, and canceled checks

We cut relationships with your friends

[Chorus]

We're gonna steal your mail

On a Friday night

We're gonna steal your mail

By the pale moonlight

[Outro]

We better not get caught

We'll be dumped in institutions

Where we'll be drugged and shocked

'Til we come out born-again Christians!

Stealing people's mail

Stealing people's mail on a Friday night, n-n-n-night

Funland at the Beach Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sunny Sunday at the amusement park

See the fat kids spill their pop

Oh, babe, lots of flags and balloons

But someone sabotaged the rollercoaster last night

Ran a turn and then it smashed right down

Through the crowded haunted house below

Oh, no! Human hamburger, no!

[Pre-Chorus]

And it's crushed little kids

Crushed little kids

Crushed little kids adorn the boardwalk

[Chorus]

Crushed little kids adorn the boardwalk

[Verse 2]

See the tourists drop their jaws and cones

See the owners smell a big lawsuit

Oh, police! Call your lawyer first!

Make the witnesses go home

And they'll turn on the TV

[Pre-Chorus]

And see the crushed little kids

Crushed little kids

Crushed little kids adorn the boardwalk

Crushed little kids

Crushed little kids adorn the boardwalk

[Chorus]

Crushed little kids adorn the boardwalk

Ill in the Head Lyrics

[Verse 1]

In a desperate mind

Little gardens grow

They grow very wide

They grow very tall

[Chorus]

Why am I alive?

Urban wonderland

By the fence, I stand

In and out of hand

[Verse 2]

There are many paths

Dripping dark so dense

Do not enter here

Enter over there

[Chorus]

Why am I alive?

Urban wonderland

By the fence, I stand

In and out of hand

[Bridge]

People closing in

Barking at my mind

Shoving me to whine

I want all alone

[Verse 3]

I want my own home

I want my own girl

Help me hate the world

Own and love my life

[Chorus]

Why am I alive?

Urban wonderland

By the fence, I stand

In and out of hand!

Holiday in Cambodia Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

So, you've been to school for a year or two

And you know you've seen it all

In daddy's car, thinkin' you'll go far

Back east, your type don't crawl

Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz

On your five-grand stereo

Braggin' that you know how the niggas feel cold

And the slums got so much soul

[Pre-Chorus]

It's time to taste what you most fear

Right Guard will not help you here

Brace yourself, my dear

[Chorus]

It's a holiday in Cambodia

It's tough, kid, but it's life

It's a holiday in Cambodia

Don't forget to pack a wife

[Verse 2]

You're a star-belly sneech, you suck like a leech

You want everyone to act like you

Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich

But your boss gets richer off you

Well, you'll work harder with a gun in your back

For a bowl of rice a day

Slave for soldiers till you starve

Then your head is skewered on a stake

[Pre-Chorus]

Now you can go where people are one

Now you can go where they get things done

What you need, my son

[Chorus]

Is a holiday in Cambodia

Where people dress in black

A holiday in Cambodia

Where you'll kiss ass or crack

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Pol Pot

Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot

Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, it's a

[Chorus]

Holiday in Cambodia

Where you'll do what you're told

A holiday in Cambodia

Where the slums got so much soul

[Outro]

Pol Pot

Viva Las Vegas Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Bright Light City gonna set my soul

It's gonna set my soul on fire

Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn

So, get those stakes up high

[Pre-Chorus]

There's a thousand pretty women waiting out there

They're all waiting, they'll never make air

And I'm just a devil with a lung to spare

[Chorus]

So, viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

[Verse 2]

How I wish that there were more

Than the twenty-four hours in the day

Even if I ran out of speed, boy

I wouldn't sleep a minute of the way

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, there's blackjack, poker, and the roulette wheel

I'll poach your money lost on every deal

All you need is sonar and nerves of steel

[Chorus]

So, viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

[Bridge]

Viva Las Vegas where the neon signs flash your name

The one-arm bandits cash in, all soap's down the drain

Viva Las Vegas

Turning day into nighttime, turning night into daytime

If you see it once, you'll never be the same again

[Verse 3]

Gotta keep on runnin', gonna have me some money

If it costs me my very last dime

If I wind up broke then I'll always remember that

I had a swingin' time

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I'm gonna give it everything I've got

Lady Luck's with me, the dice stay hot

Got coke up my nose to dry away the snot

[Chorus]

So, viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

Viva, viva Las Vegas

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Track Lyrics

Kill the Poor Lyrics

Forward to Death Lyrics

When Ya Get Drafted Lyrics

Let’s Lynch the Landlord Lyrics

Drug Me Lyrics

Your Emotions Lyrics

Chemical Warfare Lyrics

California über alles Lyrics

I Kill Children Lyrics

Stealing People’s Mail Lyrics

Funland at the Beach Lyrics

Ill in the Head Lyrics

Holiday in Cambodia Lyrics

Viva Las Vegas Lyrics