TENNENTS & TERROR - LYRICS

VERSE 1

WHERE WERE YOU
CIRCA ‘92’
WHEN THIS LITTLE CREW
WAS ‘THE LINK’ AND ‘D.H.U.’
WERE YOU IN THE FRONTLINE
BUYING THE TAPES
OF CATCHY LOOPS
AND OLD SKOOL BREAKS
IF THAT WAS YOU
I MUST GIVE YA YOUR DUE
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FEW
WHO HEARD THE GOOD NEWS
A COUPLE OF FOOLS
FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL
WITH NO MUSICAL TOOLS
COULD WE EVER BE COOL
THE DAYS OF GOOD AND BAD TRIPS
GORY HORROR FLICKS
KUNG FU PIX
THOSE FILMS HAD A KICK
CARD GAMES AND TRICKS
EATING FISH AND CHIPS
OR PICK A CURRY DISH
AND THROW THAT IN THE MIX
YA DRINK CIDER TIL YOUR SICK
GET TO THE TOILET QUICK
SHIT I MISSED
IN TIMES LIKE THOSE
ANYTHING GOES
YOU WAKE UP IN A HOUSE
MISSING HALF OF YOUR CLOTHES
THEN THEY ASK HOW YOU GOT THERE
AND NOBODY KNOWS

VERSE 2

SO IN LAYMANS TERMS
WE NEVER FOLLOWED THE HERD
WE MADE THE BEATS
AND WROTE THE WORDS
TAKING INSPIRATION
FROM THE BANDS WE HEARD
SO WHAT ABOUT THE GIRLS?
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
WE SOUGHT OUR BIRDS
WITH LIKEWISE MINDS
AND WHEN THEY WEREN’T AROUND
ANY LASS WE’D FOUND
SOMEDAYS THEY WERE PLENTY
SIPPING ‘TWENTY/TWENTY’
BUT WHEN THAT WAS EMPTY
SOME WEREN’T SO FRIENDLY
SO WE SOUGHT THE TRUTH
IN ‘TWO DOGS’ AND ‘HOOCH’
IT WAS A LITTLE UNCOUTH
BUT OUR PRIME OF YOUTH
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAKE
CAN NEVER BE SURPRESSED
CAN’T BE DOWN AND DEPRESSED
NOT ALWAYS AT IT’S BEST
BUT IT OUTSHINES THE REST
WE SAT ON MANY A BENCH
DISCUSSING MUSIC AT LENGTH
AND WASHED IT DOWN WITH ‘SUPER STRENGTH’


VERSE 3

THE PRODIGALS RETURN
WITH LYRICS TO BURN
FRESH NOUNS AND VERBS
AND OBSCURE WORDS
NEW IDEAS, OUT OF OUR EARS
SCARING OUR PEERS
ARE RETURN WAS THERE FEAR
I DON’T NEED TO ASK
YOU’VE HEARD NOTHING GOOD
SINCE I WAS HERE LAST
ONE THINGS FOR SURE
YOU’VE HEARD NOTHING FRESH
OR A NEW CONCEPT
THAT’S WAY WE HAD TO RETURN
AND SPIT AGAIN THROUGH THE MESH
DID YOU FEEL THE PAIN
AND NEGLECT LIKE A CULT UPSET
WHEN THE LEAD SPACE CADET
UPPED AND LEFT
AND DISOWNED HIS OWN SECT
WE’VE SCORES TO SETTLE
AND LOOSE ENDS TO TIE
WE WON’T LEAVE AGAIN
AND LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY
THERE’S MORE CHANCE OF
OSAMA BIN LADEN
GETTING A U.S PARDON
CHASING LAURA BUSH NAKED
ROUND THE WHITEHOUSE GARDEN
TO ALL THE ‘BAG SWINGERS’
DID YOU REALLY FORGET US
BEGIN PHASE TWO OF


CHORUS

TENNENT’S AND TERROR
BROUGHT US TOGETHER
BUT IT WAS YOU
THAT SET IT FREE
TENNENT’S AND TERROR
WHATEVER THE WEATHER
AND I THANK GOD
AND THAT’LL DO FOR ME