Holloways - Nothing For The Kids lyrics
rate meI'm gonna pack up my troubles in my old kit-bag, I'm gonna run a mile from here<br />
'Cos the ASBO generation make this a terror nation full of loathing and fear<br />
All the bleary-eyed boys getting high on the low street<br />
While the girls lift clothes down the high street and they say, <br />
"Yeah I know, I know it's wrong but I can't be bothered to pay, <br />
I got the money but I need it for my dealer today."<br />
And her friends are all the same and they know it's not right<br />
But they were promised more from this life<br />
<br />
And they will steal and they will fight<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
And they will haunt the streets at night<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
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Shaun has an ASBO, he's only fourteen, he's tired and he's bored with the local police<br />
"They're pricks," he says, "I didn't get a second chance, <br />
They didn't ask why I did it"<br />
The pigs... <br />
The paedophiles playing his neck of the woods, <br />
He's got no safety numbers, his ASBO won't allow him to be hanging around in gangs<br />
What is he to do? He's been kicked out of school<br />
What a way to fix a fool, we are failing our youth<br />
Parents and governors can you handle the truth?<br />
<br />
And they will steal and they will fight<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
And they will haunt the streets at night<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
There's nothing for the kids to do<br />
<br />
Who's to blame? The mainstream media?<br />
Our rulers and idols get greedier and seedier<br />
They're an embarrassment, they should be shamed<br />
For misguiding our youth, they're the ones to blame<br />
They sit back and watch the evil grow from the youth club ruins where the kids used to go<br />
Take parts of Salford in Manchester, dying on it's feet<br />
While the players at United get a hundred grand a week<br />
The kids love them anyway, it don't make sense<br />
When you have a go at me for the sake of fifty pence<br />
Especially when some of you so called "poor kids" have got the money for a digital camcorder<br />
And the time to film a girl whilst you spit-roast her<br />
You hang about the park but you don't play football<br />
You trouble me for money 'cos you've got to make a drug call (?)<br />
You've got time, you've got money but you wrap it in a joint 'cos you don't see the point in using your time for making your dreams come true<br />
You're all too busy trying to lose our respect for you<br />
Why're you proud to be rude?<br />
You're just trying to be cool in front of your mates<br />
That's all that really matters when you're living in hate<br />
<br />
And they will steal and they will fight<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
And they will haunt the streets at night<br />
Because there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
<br />
Why do you wanna grow up, why do you wanna grow so fast and throw your youth away?<br />
Don't throw your youth away and don't let me hear you say<br />
That there's nothing for the kids to do today<br />
There's plenty for the kids to do today<br />
There's so much for the kids to do</
