I recall back in '79, I was just a wee kid livin' in a divenDidn't drink, didn't dance, didn't ever smoke hashnBut it changed when I heard The ClashnAnd you know I needed more so I gotnUp and out to the record storenI bought all the records I could affordnAn' I played 'em all on my stereonnThis is a song saluting punk rockers' risenAnd what they did to change the timesnBut with such a lifestyle they're burnin'nOn both sidesnNow they're droppin' like fliesnAll those old punk rock guysnnI became a fan and I remain that waynAnd to this day, I'm still blown awaynThose bands just cut me to the bonenLike The Damned, The Pistols and The RamonesnNow we just wanna saynThey made us what we are todaynSo now every time we playnWe remember those of yesterdaynnThis is a song saluting punk rockers' risenAnd what they did to change the timesnBut with such a lifestyle they're burnin'nOn both sidesnNow they're droppin' like fliesnAll those old punk rock guysnnWell, I became a fan and I remain that waynAnd to this day, I'm still blown awaynAnd then there's me: I'm not dead yetnBut you never know - I could be nextnnThis is a song saluting punk rockers' risenAnd what they did to change the timesnBut with such a lifestyle they're burnin'nOn both sidesnNow they're droppin' like fliesnAll those old punk rock guysnThey're droppin' like fliesnAll those old punk rock guysnThey're droppin' like fliesnAll those old punk rock guys