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Two Minutes To Midnight

from Kidnoise by Ripcordz

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ally was the girl next door
Knew just where she was coming from
Worked at the corner store
Straight-A student, queen of the junior prom
Said all the right things at all the right times
She had it made
Knew all the right people, flashed all the right signs
She had it made in the shade
Had her whole life laid out in front of her, every day
All she had to do was wait

Sally was the girl next door, the all-Canadian cover girl
Had more brains than they gave her credit for
Looked around and she saw the world
Saw that the reality they’d created was a jail cell
Started breaking down the walls and living her life
By herself, and her rules
Her parents and her teachers they lost all their control
They were fools, she left them behind in their schools
CHORUS
You say it’s wrong
How can thinking for yourself be anything but alright?
Live free and strong
Cutting through the slogans, it’s two minutes to midnight

Sally is the girl next door, knows just what is going down
Works at the leather store, hangs out in the clubs downtown
Got the clothes on her back never takes any flak from no one
Works enough to get by, never has to say why
To no one, or no thing
Left behind their empty lives, their corporate lies forever
She’s daddy’s little girl no more

Can’t you see she’s right?
Keeping people stupid is no way to have freedom
It’s “Live free or die”
But freedom to you is just a corporate kingdom
It’s lost all its charm
With hypocritic morons leading the dogfight
Sound the alarm
Coz she’s thinking for herself and it’s approaching midnight

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from Kidnoise, released February 15, 1992

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Formed in 1980 and been playing ever since. Proud Punks from Montreal. We've played more than 2,500 shows and put out 18 albums. But we're not living in the past. Our new stuff is our best stuff.

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