by Stiff Little Fingers on album Flags & Emblems

How do you propose to live your life in times like these Growing up surrounded by the fear and hate disease I believe that we all need protection from the world And our friends enfold us like a barrie

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Flags & Emblems

Everything is turning upside down in this town The crime rate's rising up as employment swoops down Kids can't trust their parents to protect them no more And if you're black or Irish you just can't t

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Flags & Emblems

"We'd like to help you." the consul said "But there's nothing we can do Well, you knew the risks when you took the job After all you're not a fool So, don't call me, don't call me I just can't bend th

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Flags & Emblems

Oh it must be so romantic When the fighting's over there And they're passing round the shamrock And you're all filled up with tears "For the love of dear old Ireland" That you've never even seen You t

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Go for It

Look at every man you meet It can be him on every street The woman's waiting for the next attack Bold black headlines made in dark Show how the man can make his mark The woman learned it from her dad

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Go for It

She makes a home and she stays mum About the things she might have done She keeps her eyes firm on the ground, to set her own life Makes up her face and not her mind, to be a wife There was a time aw

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Greatest Hits Live

When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd We j

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Record boss said we would be a smash Yeah, go straight to number one He talked of hits and tours and lots of cash And all the time it wasm't on And I beleived every word was true Yeah I swallowed ever

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Punctuality's a waste of time Now, nostalgia is past, it's prime History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last Beep beep, I'm an answering machine I mean to say, I say what I mean Beep b

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Rastus was a nigger. Thug mugger junkie. Black golly gob. Big horny monkey. Pimp pusher coon. Grinning piccaninnies. Send him home soon. Back to the trees. Black wogs. Black wogs. Face don't fit. Bla

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

69 it was fine you say but by 79 it's gonna be mine I say 71 rang the knell 72 we went through hell 73 & 74 only gave us more bloody bloody bloody bore But now its here our new year it's gonna be 78

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

You're looking for something But what could it be? You look for a hero Well don't look at me You look for solutions But there's none you can find You beleive in something That's only in your mind You'

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Punctuality's a waste of time Now, nostalgia is past, it's prime History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last Beep beep, I'm an answering machine I mean to say, I say what I mean Beep b

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Rastus was a nigger. Thug mugger junkie. Black golly gob. Big horny monkey. Pimp pusher coon. Grinning piccaninnies. Send him home soon. Back to the trees. Black wogs. Black wogs. Face don't fit. Bla

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

Record boss said we would be a smash Yeah, go straight to number one He talked of hits and tours and lots of cash And all the time it wasm't on And I beleived every word was true Yeah I swallowed ever

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Inflammable Material

You're looking for something But what could it be? You look for a hero Well don't look at me You look for solutions But there's none you can find You beleive in something That's only in your mind You'

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Nobody’s Heroes

When we started we thought we were great Tho' nobody else agreed Just you and I wasting our time Playing and singing out of key And they said we played too loud Cos we didn't play for their crowd We j

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Back-Stage Pass

Punctuality's a waste of time Now, nostalgia is past, it's prime History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last Beep beep, I'm an answering machine I mean to say, I say what I mean Beep b

by Stiff Little Fingers on album Back-Stage Pass

Punctuality's a waste of time Now, nostalgia is past, it's prime History's a thing of the past Being first just cannot last Beep beep, I'm an answering machine I mean to say, I say what I mean Beep b

by Stiff Little Fingers on album The Story So Far

It was a different world back then Though not so long ago I thought I understood most men And now I just don't know For all that I thought myself smart I can't fix the rupture and break In my achilles