THE BLISSETTS LYRICS

NOTHING TO LOSE (BUT OUR CHAINS)

An honest man trying to make my way / A slave to the grind every fucking day / Forced to work for what is rightfully mine / I've had enough, I won't walk in line / You make decisions that control my life / Stab me in the back and then turn the knife / Everything you do suits your own ends / I'm left with nothing, gonna make amends

Chorus - I won't be what you want me to be / I won't see what you want me to see / I won't do what you want me to do / Leave me alone, I won't be like you, NO!

I can see through your political game / You're all 'oppression' with different names / Building your empires, you're on the make / Push the foundations and the building will shake / You can get the law to take me away / But I'll be back to fight another day / We've nothing to lose, 'cept our chains / Nothing to lose and everything to gain

Chorus - I won't be what you want me to be / I won't see what you want me to see / I won't do what you want me to do / Just fuck off!, I won't be like you, NO!

Fuck your politics, fuck your laws / Fuck everything you stand for

Big singalong rant - FUCK - YOUR - (FUCK YOUR) POLITICS - FUCK YOUR LAW!

Pauls Note: Total anarcho punk! First set of lyrics I ever wrote and the first ever original Blissetts song. Former bassist Chunky came up with the idea for the singalong rant at the end. I wrote an early version of these lyrics in 1996 and I feel just as angry now as I did then. It's about being born into, and being forced into supporting a system that does nothing but bleed you dry and hold you down.