It became his first Top 40 hit in the US, and its cue-card promo clip opens Dont Look Back.
The words
A rapid-fire run of warnings about cops, fads and authority, telling a young listener to trust no leader.
A rush of street-level warnings is aimed at a young listener trying to get by. The verses fly past in quick bursts, with police, informers, people mixing drugs, schooling that leads only to dull work, and fads that change by the hour. Running through it all is the advice not to trust anyone who claims to lead. It is fast, funny and paranoid, delivered almost as a chant over a rough electric band.
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The words
A rapid-fire run of warnings about cops, fads and authority, telling a young listener to trust no leader.
A rush of street-level warnings is aimed at a young listener trying to get by. The verses fly past in quick bursts, with police, informers, people mixing drugs, schooling that leads only to dull work, and fads that change by the hour. Running through it all is the advice not to trust anyone who claims to lead. It is fast, funny and paranoid, delivered almost as a chant over a rough electric band.
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