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The Decline - NOFX
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By:Kent Riemondy(axion270@hotmail.com) suggestions on some parts please!
Yes thats right boys and girls this is the decline
Fat Mike uses a few effects pedals in this
this is long....very long
I'm preety sure about most of this
Intro:
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Where are all the stupid people from and how did they get to be so dumb
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bred on purple mountain range feed amber waves of grain
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to lesser human beings... zero feelings
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human nature, mans destiny Blame it on the greediocracy
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The fear of god, the fear of change, the fear of truth
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Add the bill of rights, subtract the wrongs...THERES NO ANSWER
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Memorize and sing star-spangled songs.....Whens the questions
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Aren't ever asked, is anybody learning from the past?
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Were living in united stagnation
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Father what have i done, I took that twenty-two a gift for me from you
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To bed with me each night, kept it cleaned polished it well
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Cherised every cartridge every shell
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Down by the creek under brush under dirt. Theres a carcass of my 2nd kill
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Down by the park under brush under pine. Theres a carcass of my brother WIll
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Brother where have you gone to i swear i never thought i could
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See so many times they told me to shoot straight,
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Dont pull the trigger, squeeze, that will insure a kill
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A kill is what we want, a kill is why we breed
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The christians love there guns, the church and NRA
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Pray for there salvation, prey on the lower faiths
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The story books been read, And every line belived
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Curriculm been set, logic is a threat,
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Reason searched and seized
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Jerry spent some time in michigan, a 20 year vacation
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After all he had a dime, a dime is worth a lot more in detroit
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A dime in california, a twenty dollar fine
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Jerry only stayed a couple months,
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Its hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
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Asphyxiation is simple and fast
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It beats 17 fun years of being someones bitch, dont think...STAY
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Drink your wine....HOME, watch the fire burn, His problems not mine
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Just be that model citizen
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I wish i had a shilling for every senseless killing, I'd buy a goverment
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Americas for sale and you can get a good deal on it and make a healthy pro
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Or maybe tear it apart and start with assumption, that a million people
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are smart, smarter than one
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