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Jeffrey Lewis – Banned from the Roxy (2007) | Track profile | Dork

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Jeffrey Lewis
12 Crass Songs
Banned from the Roxy

TRACK

Banned from the Roxy

Release date: 30th September 2007

From 12 Crass Songs

Track 5

2:02

Alternative Music

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"Banned from the Roxy" is a track by Jeffrey Lewis, from the album 12 Crass Songs, released 30th September 2007. The track is 2:02 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Jeffrey Lewis.

About the Artist

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis

Lyrics

Banned from the Roxy

Banned from the Roxy... Ok
I never much liked playing there anyway
They said they only wanted well behaved boys
Do they think guitars and microphones are just toys?
Well, i've chosen to make my stand
Against what I feel is wrong with this land
They just sit there on their overfed asses
Feeding off the sweat of less fortunate classes
They keep their power cos their finger's on the button
They got control and won't let it be forgotten
The truth of their reality is at the end of a gun
The proof is all in history and is no fun
Seeing the army in your front yard
Seeing the machine guns resting on the fence
finding the entrance to your door is bared
and they got the nerve to call back defence
Seems their defence is a just the threat of strength
Protection for the privileged at any length
The government protecting their profits from the poor
The rich and the fortunate chaining up the door
Afraid that the people may ask for a little bit more
Than the shit they get, the shit they get, the shit they get,
the shit they get.
defence it's nothing less than war
and no one but the government knows what it's for
Oh yes they say it's defence, say it's decency
Mai Lai, Hiroshima, know what I mean?
The same lies with depressing frequency
They say "We had to do it to keep our lives clean"
Well whose life? Who are they talking to?
I'll tell you one thing, it ain't me and you
And their systems, christ, they're everywhere
School, army, church, the corporation deal
Our reality based on fear
A conspiracy to stop you feeling real
But they're wrong
I'd say they're wrong
I swear they're wrong
I know they're wrong
I ain't quite ready with my gun
But we've always got our song
So i've been
Banned from the Roxy, Ok
Never much like playing there anyways

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Track details

From 12 Crass Songs

2:022007

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Album

1st October 2007

Track number

5

Release year

2007

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Bass: John Kessel
Drums: Raphi Gottesman
Guitar: Jeffrey Lewis
Vocals: Helen Schreiner, Jack Lewis (2), Jeffrey Lewis, Nan Turner
Percussion: Jeffrey Lewis, Major Matt Mason