New Times Lyrics by Violent Femmes

New Times Lyrics

    New times. new times. new times.
    Good morning. good morning. good morning.
    I'm the guard. at one time
    This was rather pleasant
    The poets they still had to muse
    Over the classicism of clean shoes
    But who today still knows a button stick
    Well, that's the new times
    That's the new times
    That's the new times
    The girls would lie down before us
    First one went dancing, then behind the bushes
    Today you have to run through twenty places
    Get drunk on saccharin and methyl
    And then you still don't get them that far
    Well, that's the new times
    That's the new times
    That's the new times
    Now take it easy there in the early morning
    Who arrives but the brethren from the press
    If somewhere there lies a cadaver
    Or something is foul in the state
    You can be sure that a writer is not far behind
    With his excellency i only say:
    Hands off the literature
    The laurel wreath one gets today
    Second hand so to speak
    >from the old empire's stories
    Sold underhand at the alexanderplatz
    With all the wigs and costumes
    Twitching from the shoulder one is informed
    Well, that's the new times
    That's the new times
    That's the new times
    New times. new times. new times.

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