Machine Head - Blank Generation Lyrics
They say we beenGoing down and goingDownBeen traveling on the roadTo nowhereGoing down, round andRoundTrying to get to the placeWhere we startedWhen I was just a boyAt four years old thoughtThe world was joyAs a kid Id play, justCreate the dayAs I saw it my wayBut time blows byAnd strips us to the bonePoisoned wind of woeTeach us that wereAlone in this worldWe learned to see all theCorruption and greedAll its hate, all its pain, soA toast to the end of ourInnocenceA toast to our blank generationThey say we beenGoing down, been goingDownBeen traveling on the roadTo nowhereGoing down, round andRoundTrying to get to the placeWhere we startedWhen I was seventeenRealizing the world wasntWhat she seemedUnderneath the night sanFrancisco skyI would see, too clearlyBut time blows byAnd strips us to the bonePoisoned wind of woeTeach us that wereAlone in this worldWe learned to take all theCorruption and greedAll its hate, all its pain, soA toast to the end of ourInnocenceA toast to our blank generationSo heres to our collagenLips and saline titsTo our growth hormonesAnd antibioticsTo the hollywood worldWe made out of barbie dollHeartsAfter we melted them downSo we could make our newStartHeres to a generationScared and alwaysWondering whyInstead of playing doctor,We play shoot each otherAnd dieInstead of ring around theRosie, we play hide fromMommycause mommys been drinkingAgain and we dontWant to get beatEven with all our tattoos,And all our cheap thrillsTheres still a hole insideOf us that may not ever getFilledSo we give back a little bitOf what the worlds givenUsGiving back a bit of neverGiving a *****Heres to the justice neverDealt, to innocent, provenGuiltyHeres to bad cops turningCheeks when real cops areOn the streetHeres to the rat-tat-n-tatOf gun shots, and your lifeIs shatteredHeres to gimme me yourCash or your brains isGettin splatteredHeres to mad cow diseaseAnd all that yummy msgHeres to mickey ds servingAll those mutant chick-a-deesThis is a toast to celebrateThe end of our innocenceThis is a toast to celebrateHow...Weve become desensitizedIf life is to growSome life must dieWe learned to take all theCorruption and greedAll its hate, all its pain, soA toast to the end of ourInnocenceOur generationWe now embrace all theCorruptionAnd greed, all its hate, allIts pain, soA toast to the end of ourInnocenceOur blank generation.
