The Man's Machine

This song is one of our first songs off the new album. It's about punks, skins, straights. I was walking along the street Minding my own affair Suddenly two policemen grabbed me And I wasn't aware. They said, "Is your name Matey?" I said, "Why sure". He says, "You're the punk That I've been waiting for. You're nicked" Better the devil you know Confess I guess I was the lesser of the two evils Convalesce about the stress the test caused Had me up and on the board, Now Im chairman of the board Im coming back for sequels Do you ever really think you Nothing on this far-gone son All these people Theyre laughing at the shit Ive done Ive sailed the seven seas to catch a breeze and took it back home in a trunk Met a matador who said its my woman is more Terrifying than any red bull that he saw Set a sail set a rail Met them Kings and Queens Theres so many trust Just the amphetamines Well her dream wouldve been That the boys got clean That her father never got his heart Caught up in the mans machine Well it seems even if I got away Theres always a part of me willing to stay Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All weve got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Underground travelling Overcast weather Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All weve got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Maybe one day thingsll get better Check, check, check, check 1, 2, 3, kick I met gods and monsters Women from Wisconsin Swimming in linen With another Thats not their partner Chicago be selfish drum On my journey I met Ernie So he spoke like Al Capone got drunk Im a lover, Im a brother, my son Im a traitor and Im on the run Watch em come As she said While she driving in her car Getting drunker than the bar Shes been smacking hard shoulders Since before shes legal Im a dragnet Right on through the city of sin Its the hard done bastards Taking it in Well I see what I say Save it on the way They cant sit bawling But theyre bawling away Well she cries all her tears But with all of her fears Well she run away She had a place Now all they ever see is the fears Take it as shes seen it Get away Well theres always a part of us Willing to stay Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All weve got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Underground travelling Overcast weather Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All we got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Maybe one day thingsll get better So run, run boyo Chase it to the border, border Should have alsove told her I was cannon fodder Wouldve if I couldve screamed to her Shout and holler Then I couldve saved the girl from the Mans Machine Run boyo Chase it to the border, border Should have alsove told her I was cannon fodder Wouldve if I couldve screamed to her Shout and holler Then I couldve saved the girl from the Mans Machine Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All weve got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Underground travelling Overcast weather Stone, glass, concrete and gravel All weve got to keep us together Stone, glass, concrete and gravel Maybe one day thingsll get better