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Young Punk
by Brown Word and the Big Whine

I was a young punk
With young punk energy
In a Midwest town
Suitably melancholy
Long cold winters looking for the party
Twenty-five bucks and nowhere to be
I'm going to the show
I got people to see

Downtown - too young to drink
Suburbs - kicked out of the mall
My boyfriend's house - little brother gonna tattle
Your mom's - baby pass the bottle

I was a young punk
With young punk aspirations
Smash the church and state with a hammer fulla truth
You want the truth young punk:
You better eat it while it's hot
In 10 years it will hit ya if you make it or not
The best thing to do was get out

Downtown - trying to score 40's
Suburbs - kicked out of the park
My house - I got my own pad
Your mom's - just cuz she was cool

Young punk
Lemme tell you it gets better
Everything you think you heard
Well, you're gonna hear a whole lot more

I was a young punk
Doing young punk things
Every time I think about it I get a tear
Because the past is past and you were all still here
When you're in my heart I got nothing, I got nothing to fear
When you're in my heart I got nothing, I got nothing to fear

Downtown - lots and lots of bars
Suburbs - no one shops at malls
My house - sleepy as can be
Your mom - baby I don't drink no more

Young Punk by Hoblit

Hey young punk! It might just be your turn and you really need to get out there and do something!

You’ve been waiting for the right moment and now is the time!

But you get lost in the uncertainty and you have to be careful or you could get in trouble!

Because they’re listening and if you’re listening they will say…

Hey young punk
Don’t wake up
Just keep on smiling

So don’t do this
And don’t do that
Just don’t do anything
Try voting harder!

They believe that they play fairly
Because they’re changing all the rules legally
So they’re bleating that It’s not cheating
It’s merely a tiny line redrawing
A little redistricting
Only gerrymandering
Well only just a little!

Hey young punk
Don’t look up
Just keep on smiling

So don’t do this
And don’t do that
Just don’t do anything
Because they’ve got it all under control!

Listen to me carefully
Don’t get caught in the activity
Do the right thing let the good blood sing
Crying out with demands to everything
And take the ding
If you swing
And keep on swinging!

Hey young punk
Just give up
And keep on smiling

Don’t do this
Don’t do that
Don’t do anything
Or don’t do nothing!

So out of an abundance of caution there can be no recommendations at this time. No, nothing.

But if you were going to do something you should definitely avoid some of what you hear right now!

Hey young punk
Don’t give up
And keep on smiling

Don’t do this
And don’t do that
Don’t do anything
Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!

If angels sing or church bells ring
Then oblige their lust for a day of reckoning
Fight and subvert them into the dirt
Being cautious not to overexert
That’s how someone might get hurt
Do you really want someone to get hurt?
Well maybe just a little!

Hey young punk
Let’s rise up
But keep on smiling

And do this
And do that
Doing anything
Anything we have to!