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(1978)
We met when we were in school
Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
The teacher says were dumb
Were only having fun
We piss on everyone
In the classroom
When we got thrown out I left without much fuss
An weekends we'd go dancing
Down Streatham on the bus
You always made me laugh
Got me in bad fights
Play me pool all night
Smokin menthol
I practised daily in my room
You were down the crown planning your next move
Go on a nicking spree
Hit the wrong guy
Each of you get three
Years in Brixton
I did my very best to write
How was butlins ?
Were the screws too tight ?
When you lot get out
Were gonna hit the town
Well burn it fuckin down
To a cinder
Cos' years have passed and things have changed
And I move anyway I wanna go
I'll never forget the feeling I got
When I heard that you'd got home
An I'll never forget the smile on my face
cos' I knew where you would be
An if you're in the crown tonight
Have a drink on me
But go easy ... step lightly ... stay free ...
(1978)
We met when we were in school
Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
The teacher says were dumb
Were only having fun
We piss on everyone
In the classroom
When we got thrown out I left without much fuss
An weekends we'd go dancing
Down Streatham on the bus
You always made me laugh
Got me in bad fights
Play me pool all night
Smokin menthol
I practised daily in my room
You were down the crown planning your next move
Go on a nicking spree
Hit the wrong guy
Each of you get three
Years in Brixton
I did my very best to write
How was butlins ?
Were the screws too tight ?
When you lot get out
Were gonna hit the town
Well burn it fuckin down
To a cinder
Cos' years have passed and things have changed
And I move anyway I wanna go
I'll never forget the feeling I got
When I heard that you'd got home
An I'll never forget the smile on my face
cos' I knew where you would be
An if you're in the crown tonight
Have a drink on me
But go easy ... step lightly ... stay free ...

![Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
(1980)
So you been to school
For a year or two
And you know youve seen it all
In daddys car
Thinkin youll go far
Back east your type dont crawl
Play ethnicky jazz
To parade your snazz
On your five grand stereo
Braggin that you know
How the niggers feel cold
And the slums got so much soul
Its time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here
Brace yourself, my dear:
Its a holiday in Cambodia
Its tough, kid, but its life
Its a holiday in Cambodia
Dont forget to pack a wife
Youre a star-belly sneech
You suck like a leach
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you bitch
So you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you
Well youll work harder
With a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers
Till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake
Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son:.
Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where youll kiss ass or crack
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, [etc]
And its a holiday in Cambodia
Where youll do what youre told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Mc5w88sXEQ/mqdefault.jpg)








