Mindless Violence

Mindless violence is a newspaper phrase
It’s an excuse to vandalise a human frame
What a clever little gang can attack a single man
And then run into the night
Before you've seen what you'd done
Yes, you ran into the night, before you'd seen what you'd done

Mindless cowards 'cos that’s what you are
But you'll go far, you'll go far, you'll go so very far
Have you had your bit of fun
Now you've seen someone’s blood run?
And then you run into the night
Before you've seen what you'd done
Yes, you ran into the night
Before you'd seen what you'd done
And I say to you
What if the old man doesn't pull through?
What if the geezer doesn't pull through?
Now that the blame lies squarely on you
What if the old man doesn’t pull through?

Mindless violence, what does it prove?
It proves you don’t know the people who are shitting on you
See the bloodstains on his shirt
Picasso's completed another work
He's just another exhibit in a hospital bed
Just another exhibit in a hospital bed
And I say to you
What if the geezer doesn't pull through?
What if the old man doesn't pull through
Now that the blame lies squarely on you
What if the old man doesn't pull through?
Mindless violence - Who is to blame?
Mindless violence

(Copyright DREWETT 1981 - Cote Basque Music Publishing Limited)