Stiff Little Fingers - Stands To Reason lyrics

rate me

They say our country's on the rocks and Britain is the greatest

They say the blacks get all the jobs, they say that they are lazy

A nice girl won't let you have sex, enjoys it if you make her

The media all twist the facts, I read it in the paper

Stands to reason

You've heard it said so it has to be the truth

Fact or fiction, what's the difference, they say it's so

But think again, repeat mistakes and it's never gonna change

And you never get the truth if you never ask yourself

What do they know?

They say all cops are bastard thugs, they're all a bunch of racists

The Scots are mean, the Irish mugs, at heart all men are rapists

Girls today they ask for it, I never touched your mother

And youngsters now are all on drugs, yes, thanks, I'll have another

Stands to reason

Mark my words, take a tip from one who knows

You will know more when you're older, they say it's so

But come again, question it when you see it doesn't fit

And you never get the truth if you never ask yourself

So you ask me what's the score

Well, I can only say to make up your own mind

I'd rather see the whole world die than you or I believe a lie

What do I know?

We had it hard when I was young, we used to have such great times

A man took pride in what he'd done, you should have seen the breadlines

To get back to that golden age there must be unemployment

But kids today don't want to work, they're just out for enjoyment

Stands to reason

It won't change cos it's always been the same

People hating, people fighting, they say it's so

Do you believe that? Perhaps you do but it's only up to you

And you never get the truth if you never ask yourself

What do they know?