The Five Knuckle Shuffle - Crass

Anything and everything can be so easily institutionalized

A poor parody of itself

Itself contained by itself

There’s no point in just mouthing the words

The token tantrums just aren’t enough

Nor is speed and weed and the Positive Creed

Exclusive clubs where the various tribes congratulate each other for doing fuck

all

Will achieve nothing but the strengthening of the status quo

Punk has spawned another rock and roll elite

Cheap Rotten Vicious imitations thinking they’ll change their world

With dyed hair and predictable gestures.

Nouveau wankers!

There’s a thousand empty stages waiting for their empty performances

A thousand empty faces waiting for their empty stances

How many times must we hear rehashed versions of Feeding of the 5000

By jerks whose only fuck off to the system has been one off the wrist?

It’s the Feeding of the 5 Knuckle Shuffle!!!