Didn't want no MTV,Didn't want no VH-1Was a time so long agoYeah, we had some punk-rock funMade a great big noiseFor all the girls and boysIt was 1977Now two are gone to heavenYeah, I was in an office spaceThere across the streetDown an alley, dirty stairs,And a basement underneathBrendan ran The MasqueHe played drums, we drank a lotWe started playing undergroundPeople started comin' roundComin' round.Mark Moreland played his guitarAnd I clawed there at the keysLittle brother Bruce showed up one dayAnd now we're threeI had this rhythm boxThat I got from Yogi BearAnd Joe and Chas jumped on to playAnd we practiced music night and dayNight and day.Hey, the scene was growin' outPeople everwhereOld hippies, beatniks, glam-rock kidsGoin' punk rockcut their hairOne night we played The WhiskeyWith Miss Ivy and Mister LuxBackstage the record man approachedYeah, we thought we had hit the bucksBig bucks.So we put out a record EPJim Hill was our engineerAnd when it got played on the radioWe could not believe our earsThere it was.So we went out on the roadStarted playin' near and farDrivin' in that beat-up vanOr two or three old carsDrivin' everywhere.Then the sharks showed up and circledA big manager for StingSaid sign here, boys, you'll all be starsWe'll go for that brass ringThe contract was like a bookTwo hundred pages longWe signed there on that dotted lineJust a dollar for each songJust a dollar.Things started gettin' wildWith the band and me and MarcWe did that methedrine a lotAnd drank that Cutty SarkRichard Mazda came from the UKHelped us to record in a brand new wayOne weekend, Marc's song fell outThe single they still talk aboutWe made a videoWith Frank Delia behind the lensLabor Day in Mexico,Lots of beans 'n drugs 'n friendsBut all was gonna bustHey, how are chumps like us to knowWe took off on that tour so longAnd played and sang our radio song.Oh-woah.Now, it seemed like that old voodoo dog we hadWas payin' for its feesWe lost control of our own bandTo the record companyYeah, I guess we blew it big timeBusiness got us bentWe played a show for fourty grandAnd the manager took every centEvery goddamn cent.Yeah, things got worse, and pretty soonIt was time for me to goI did my best to patch it upBut we were all just big assholesSo, if you wanna make a band,Get ready for a good rideDon't let weasels, sharks, and fiends, and creepsForce you to comprimiseUh-huh.Didn't want no MTV,Didn't want no VH-1Was a time so long agoYeah, we had some punk-rock funMade a great big noiseFor all the girls and boysIt was 1977Now two are gone to heaven
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