“The Sad Skinhead” is regarded as some of Faust’s strongest lyrical work. It’s a masterwork of irony, taken straight from the perspective of the dolorous skinhead (a violent racist, remember): “Apart from all the bad times you gave me / I always felt good with you,” the narrator opens, before deadpa...
[Verse 1]
Apart from all the bad times you gave me (bad times)
I always felt good with you (with you)
Going places, smashing faces
What else could we do?
What else could we do?
[Verse 2]
Apart from all the good times I gave you (good times)
You always felt bad with me (with me)
I was nervous, you were nervous
What else could have happened to us?
What else could have happened to us?
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Apart from all the bad times you gave me (bad times)
I always felt good with you
Going places, smashing faces
What else could we do?
What else could we do?
The Sad Skinhead was produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.
Faust released The Sad Skinhead on Fri Sep 21 1973.