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Dead Kennedys – Life Sentence | Track profile | Dork

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Dead Kennedys
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Life Sentence

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Life Sentence

From Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

Track 6

2:40

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About This Track

"Life Sentence" is a track by Dead Kennedys, from the album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death. The track is 2:40 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys

Lyrics

Life Sentence

You used to be a partner in crime
Now you say you ain't got the time
Gotta get serious, gotta plan
Gotta pass those entrance exams

Oh my God
It's your senior year
All you care about is your career

It's your life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence

You're squelching your emotions
All you talk about is old times
You don't do what you want to
But you do the same thing everyday

No sense of humor
But such good manners
Now you're an adult, you're boring

It's your life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence

The walls... are closing in
You stayed... too long in school

I'd rather stay a child
And keep my self-respect
If being an adult
Means being like you

Are you really you, you, you?
You, you, you
You, you, you
Are you really you? No!

You're a chained-up dog fenced in a yard
Don't see much, you can't go far
Pace and froth, you're getting sick
Run too fast and it'll snap your neck

You say you'll break out
But you never do
You're just another ant in the hill

It's your life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence

Life sentence
Life sentence
Life sentence

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Track details

From Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

2:40

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Album

Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

21st December 1987

Track number

6

1Police Truck
2:25
2Too Drunk to Fuck
2:41
3California Über Alles
3:27
4The Man with the Dogs
3:02
5Insight
1:40
6Life Sentence
2:40
7A Child and His Lawnmower
0:55
8Holiday in Cambodia
3:45
9I Fought the Law
2:18
10Saturday Night Holocaust
4:20
11Pull My Strings
5:53
12Short Songs
0:28
13Straight A's
2:13
14Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round
4:17
15The Prey
3:48
16Night of the Living Rednecks
5:10
17Buzzbomb from Pasadena
2:23
—Saturday Night Holocaust
4:20
—California Uber Alles
3:27
—Police Truck
2:25
—Too Drunk to Fuck
2:41
—Pull My Strings
5:53
—Holiday in Cambodia
3:45
—Life Sentence
2:40
—I Fought the Law
2:18
—The Man with the Dogs
3:02
—Insight
1:40
—A Child and His Lawnmower
0:55
—Short Songs
0:28
—Straight A's
2:13
—Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round
4:17
—The Prey
3:48
—Night of the Living Rednecks
5:10
—Buzzbomb from Pasadena
2:23

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jello Biafra
Composer: Jello Biafra
Producer: Dead Kennedys, Geza X, Thom Wilson
Engineer: Gary Mankin, John Cuniberti, Oliver Dicicco
Executive Producer: Norm (2)
Mixing Engineer: East Bay Ray