I Heard A Rumour - Conflict
Time and time again
We hear the same old rumours
Conflict doing this
Conflict doing that
Have you heard the one about
Conflicts pacifism
The message is swing on a baseball bat
Have you heard the one
About the anarchist bust fund
Really it goes to Conflicts beer fund
Buys Hoddy's smack
Colin meat pies
Did you know Mortarhate's really EMI
Time and time again
We hear the same old rumours
Conflict doing this
Conflict doing that
I saw I heard
Guess what they done
Got the punters to riot down in Brixton
They say they will bring the nation to its knees
But where were they when it went off in Leeds
Is it true Colin bought his girlfriend a horse
Owns a block of flats
Does a science course
Heard about how they rip off bands
A fiver expenses for touring the land
Said the money was going to ALF
Gave a carrot to the animals
And pocketed the rest
Eight hundred gigs in just eight years
Said it caused hard work
Blood and tears
They say our movement is been destroyed
It's just another Conflict ploy
Time and time again
We hear the same old rumours
Conflict doing this
Conflict doing that
"The King's of Punk"
Are they so sincere
Their chauvinist stance
Makes the answer clear
We are in it for the drugs
Birds and booze
There ain't a dirty trick we wouldn't use
Well drop it forget it
Because you got it fucking wrong
And while I'm about it
Should I sing it Should I shout it
Standing on the world's stage
The emotion the outrage
A target in the firing line
For a slagging of a new age
And just as we attempted
To spark a little hope
Trigger fingers started wagging
"you're just a fading joke"
You never wanted leaders
But you treated us as such
And then when we said "no more of this"
Who kicked away your crutch
You accused us of hypocrisy
And ripping people off
Who co-arranged Stop the City
Who told it was not enough
Who's been nicked for animal raids
Hunt sabbing speaking out so what)
Oh yeah while I'm about it
Should I scream or should I shout it
All criticisms that you made
The song remains the same
The gathering down in Brixton
Who was it who took the blame
Blamed for causing riots
Blamed for causing violence
Blamed by you for being born
Then blamed for being silent
Drop it forget it
You got it fucking wrong