Intro
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Verse 1
G
So when I think about sex I think of Durex,
And it's Armitage Shanks when I'm taking a piss,
Em
The icons of time are Swatch and Rolex,
C
And Captain Birdseye is the governor of fish.
Verse 2
G
So they found a way of controlling the masses,
On the sides of the buses and TV screens,
Em
The bombs start dropping when religion clashes,
CD
Atheism, the American dream.
Verse 3
G
With headlines designed to shoot down heroes,
Trading money for popularity,
Em
They're laughing stocks until they die young,
CD
And the papers cash in on their tragedies.
Verse 4
G
So Little Bo Beep would be knocked up at 14,
Addicted to vodka and ketamin,
Em
If she lost her sheep she wouldn't give a shit,
CD
As long as she gets home in time to watch Skins.
Chorus
G
Cos we're not a generation,
Em
We're just a target market,
C
This is an advert soundtrack,
EmD
Just for the broken hearted
G
Verse 5
G
So mix red and blue you get purple hazes,
Fills the sky on election days,
Em
Choke you down at the polling station,
CD
Fascists will blame it on immigration.
Verse 6
G
But the magazines, billboards, catchphrases, gimmicks,
You buy one you get one you get one free,
Em
They promised me fast cars, riches and women,
CD
All they ever gave me was A.D.D.
Verse 7
G
Life is a shit thing, a shit thing to me,
Em
I'm always looking back to the sixties,
C
What a waste of fucking space,
EmD
Most universities.
Verse 8
G
Cos the dole queue is stretching around the block,
And this empire has got no friends,
Em
That was not a recession,
CD
That was the beginning of the end.
Chorus
G
Cos we're not a generation,
Em
We're just a target market,
C
This is an advert soundtrack,
EmD
Just for the broken hearted
Chorus
G
We're not a generation,
Em
We're just a target market,
C
This is an advert soundtrack,
EmD
Just for the broken hearted
BRidge
C
So I'll put out my hands, and lay down my arms,
G
Plug me in to the matrix and facebook charms,
D
And I will buy all the things, that you want me to own,
C
My wife can give birth to a mobile phone.
Verse 9
G
And I'll try and get a gig at the Durex Apollo,
And I'll try and get sponsored by Dignitas
Em
And when I've got enough people to follow,
CDG
We can all turn up there one day en masse.
Chorus
G
Cos we're not a generation,
Em
We're just a target market,
C
This is an advert soundtrack,
EmD
Just for the broken hearted
Chorus
G
We're not a generation,
Em
We're just a target market,
C
This is an advert soundtrack,
EmD
Just for the broken hearted