Let's Pretend - Germs

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Let's Pretend Lyrics

Out on the streets, what ya lookin' for
Thing in your bed's just another whore
Tear in your eyes, not a tear at all
Girl that you touch, you could never fall
Stream in your mind, it's a tearin' sty

Let's pretend you're vicious
Let's pretend you're cool
Let's pretend suspicious
Let's pretend you're a fool

Your leather is tight but you wear it full
Together is right but you gotta be cool
Cut your wrists but you don't feel the pain
Change your mind but you still feel the same
Dream ain't your kind, just another lie

Let's pretend you're vicious
Let's pretend you're cool
Let's pretend suspicious
Let's pretend you're a fool

Sell us a story that we can believe
Spend your dollars on pills for relief
Love is a future that you just can't see
Standing answers to questions are free
Scream in your boredom, life's just to die

Let's pretend you're vicious
Let's pretend you're cool
Let's pretend suspicious
Let's pretend you're a fool

Dive in problems, just like stealin' a fix
Is your life to live or is it for kicks?
Kick dirt in the faces of angry dream men
Stand on your chairs,
Don't stand in the light 'cuz you know you can't cry

Let's pretend you're vicious
Let's pretend you're cool
Let's pretend suspicious
Let's pretend you're a fool

SONGWRITERS
CARMEN, ERIC

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The Germs were a classic LA punk rock band formed in 1977, disbanded in 1980. Their fast spit-and-blood punk rock sound mixed with singer Darby Crash’s (real name Jan Paul Beahm) highly literate and dark poetic lyrics made them, to many, one of the most distinctive bands in the entire punk scene. The Germs are still remembered by fans as being among the best in the genre. They disbanded when Crash, after long bouts with drug addiction and self-destructive behavior, committed suicide at age 22 on December 7, 1980. The Germs’ 1977 single, Forming/Sexboy (live), is generally regarded as the first punk record from Los Angeles.

The band started when Jan Paul Beahm and Georg Ruthenberg decided they should start a band after being kicked out of University High for antisocial behaviour, allegedly for using ‘mind control’ on fellow students. They named themselves “Sophistifuck & The Revlon Spam Queens,” with Beahm (then ‘Bobby Pyn,’ and later Darby Crash) on vocals, Ruthenberg (then and later called Pat Smear) on guitar, an early member called Dinky on bass, and Michelle Baer playing drums. This lineup never played live.

In April ‘77 the band featured its final bassist, Lorna Doom, with transitional member Dottie Danger on drums, later famous under her own name as Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go’s (Carlisle never played live, due to her being sidelined by a bout of mononucleosis for an extended period, although she can be heard introducing the band on the Live At The Whiskey recording), and was soon replaced by Donna Rhia, who played three gigs and recorded their first single. Nicky Beat, of various noteworthy LA bands, then sat in for a time. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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