The Next In Line - Swingin' Utters

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The Next In Line Lyrics

bon on the southside, and you're living alone
Four walls and a roof but it's always cold
Look out the window and there's nothing to see
But a riot torn city, the death of your country
You're chilled to the bone
With no possessions to call your own
You control your rage and you resist the crime
'Cause you're the next in line

Born on the southside, and you're living alone
Four walls and a roof but it's always cold
Look out the window and there's nothing to see
But a riot torn city, the death of your country
Now you're chilled to the bone
With no possessions to call your own
You control your rage and you resist the crime
Because you're the next in line

Out the back door and to the corner store
All you want is a drink and nothing more
Sit on the stoop and let the liquor
Soothe your pride before you go inside
Now you're chilled to the bone
With no possessions to call your own
You control your rage and you resist the crime
You're the next in line

You cut in front and you're the next in line
You cut in front and you're the next in line
You never thought you'd lead a life of crime
You cut in front and you're the next in line

Freedom's the only thing you need
But the truth is something few understand
And an unwelcome reality
Now it's dark and it's black and it's sad and gone
You express and repress the thing gone wrong
And you want to be the man who ran away
And you wish you could go back to yesterday
Now he's in her room and he's about to lie
So you pull the gun and squeeze the trigger and let the bullets fly...

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Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band that formed in the late 1980s. Having begun in Santa Cruz, California, the band moved to San Francisco where they are now based. They have been signed to Fat Wreck Chords since 1996.

As well as being classed as a "punk revival" band (reminiscent of UK 1970s bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Sham 69 and Eddie & the Hot Rods), Swingin' Utters have increasingly shown themselves to be influenced by Irish folk, particularly The Pogues. The Utters paid homage to their influences with a stellar cover of Cocksparrer's I Got Your Number on the Blackout compilation Punk Rock Jukebox.

Members of the Swingin' Utters have been involved in many musical side-projects, most notably Johnny Bonnel and Darius Koski's Filthy Thieving Bastards and Druglords of the Avenue (formed in Oakland, California in 2004), and Spike Slawson's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (in which he is the singer). Drummer Greg McIntee's side project Viva Hate was founded with Tiger Army bassist Geoff Kresge and singer Matt Wedgley of The Force. Guitarist Jack Dalrymple formed and fronted the Fat Wreck band Dead to Me after One Man Army disbanded. Dalrymple, Slawson and Koski also play together in the Re-Volts.

Swingin' Utters tracks have been used in the soundtracks of computer games including "Five Lessons Learned", which appeared on the soundtrack to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and "Stupid Lullabies" which was used as the title track to Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. 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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