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Kid's Today

from Punk Uncle by The Antipoet

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"they may have dedicated this cd to Ian Dury but it’s Lonnie Donegan to the fore here. “Kids today / they’ve got no respect / and they tend to be / grammatically incorrect” – proper word magic! Multi-tasking: not only a swipe at snowflake millennials and younger, but also a parody of the sort of people – “never did us any harm” – who go around bemoaning , um, kids today. Singalong chorus of “Stick ’em up the chimney” just for starters."

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"KIDS TODAY"

Kids today; they don't know they're born:
their hands aren't calloused and their soles aren't worn;
they've never had rickets;
never fought in a war; never had to ask
 "please sir... can I have some more?"

Kids today; they’ve got no respect
and they tend to be grammatically incorrect
they're self obsessed and over confident
with a well developed sense of entitlement

So, Stick'em up a chimney! I tell yer, stick'em up a chimney! Like we were
sent up the chimneys, back in our day.
Kids today: they think they know it all,
they wanna start at the top as soon as they leave school.
We call 'em the snowflake generation
'cause they've got a very short... attention... span!

Kids today would say we're past our best
we've nothing left to say of any interest;
our experience has no relevance,
that's why they should be taught a little common sense,
or sell 'em on on ebay;
don't worry, people do it every day,
if you find they're costing more than they are worth.
Swap 'em for a new car,
it'll save on faff and all that hoo ha,
a lesser parent might just strangle them at birth...

So, Stick'em up a chimney!
I tell yer,
stick'em up a chimney!
Like we were
sent up the chimneys,
when we were young.
Yes, stick'em up a chimney!
They'll thank yer;
stick'em up a chimney!
Like we were
made to lick a chimney
clean with our tongue!

So, Stick'em up a chimney!
They'll thank yer,
send'em up a chimney!
Like we were,
yes, we understand that
you might have qualms.
So, shove'em down a coal mine,
don't worry, parents;
they will be fine,
…..a little bit of work
won't do them any harm...

a little bit of work
won't do them any harm

a little bit of well intended physical and mental torture
didn't do us
any harm.

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from Punk Uncle, released July 22, 2019
Words and Music by The Antipoet. Other instrumentation by Mark Gordon

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"The Antipoet are at the forefront of the new movement; their material dripping with parody, takes poetry to a new level, with performances as memorable as they are hilarious"
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Combining the wit and wisdom of one of the finest performance poets with solo bass and the odd piece of gratuitous percussion to create the unique sound and spectacle that is The Antipoet
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