DIARY OF THE SEVENTIES BY POLY STYRENE ©2005
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"DAY FIVE"
July 3rd 1975 Hastings Pier. Its my birthday and I’ll party if I want to.
Eighteen today, what a birthday suprise.
Tacky dayglo sign ‘SEX PISTOLS’ market traders or my Freudian peers?
Cockles Winkles and Mussels never did like shell fish.
I stand centre point in an almost empty ballroom.
Three Swedish Babes stared at Johnny.
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OBSESSED WITH YOU
YOU ARE JUST A CONCEPT
YOU ARE JUST A DREAM
YOU’RE JUST A REFLECTION
OF THE NEW REGIME
YOU ARE JUST A SYMBOL
YOU ARE JUST A THEME
YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER FIGURE
FOR THE SALES MACHINE
OOO OOO THEY’RE OBSESSED
WITH YOU OOO
OOO OOO THEY’RE OBSESSED
WITH YOU OOO
OOO OOO COS THEY’RE WATCHING YOU OOO
YOU ARE JUST A VICTIM
YOU ARE JUST A FIND
SOON TO BE A CASUALTY
A CASUALTY OF TIME
Poly Styrene (c) 1976
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"DAY SIX"
Marylebone, London. Temping. Head Office.
Woolies typing pool, copying endless pages of consumer data.
Somebody has to go to the Super Market.
My first experience of apartheid as I am sat next to the only other non white girl on the floor,
who was almost albino and as sweet as vanilla ice.
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WARRIOR IN WOOLWORTHS
WARRIOR IN WOOLWORTHS
HUMBLE HE MAY SEEM
BEHIND HIS SERVILE INNOCENCE
HE PLOTS AND HE SCHEMES
HE’S THE REBEL ON THE UNDERGROUND
SHE’S THE REBEL OF THE MODERN TOWN
HE’S THE REBEL ON THE UNDERGROUND
SHE’S THE REBEL OF THE MODERN TOWN
WARRIOR IN WOOLWORTHS
HIS ROOTS ARE IN TODAY
DOESN’T KNOW NO HISTORY
HE THREW THE PAST AWAY
WARRIOR IN WOOLWORTHS
DIPS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS
YOUTHS MEET AT STOCKWELL TUBE
WEAPONS RULE THEIR LIVES
Poly Styrene (c) 1976
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