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9. Misunderstood

from The Future Sound of Punk by Newtown Aces

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I really wanted the album to have a beginning, a middle and an end. I could write a lot about this song but the lyrics do it better than I can simply explain. In short, never forget to be a decent person no matter what politics you abide by.

So after all the messages of all these songs - dont write me off as a thug just because of how I look. Anger is easy. Hates a drug, but being decent to people no matter who they worship, love, where they come from or what they do - thats important and it has to come first.

lyrics

Oh Lord don’t let me be misunderstood
I know you think I’m just a thug in your posh neighbourhood
I don’t care what grudges you’re selling,
Your ‘isms’ and your factions
I’ll judge you by your kindness, your spirit and your actions
If you’re obsessed with money and status and class
You’ve missed the fucking point mate and you can kiss my newtown arse
And if you look down on other people
Because of what they do, who they love or worship
Then I’m a better Englishman than you.

Oh Lord, don’t let me be misunderstood.


So what more can I tell you, about what’s in store?
Having lived for nearly 60 summers, and I don’t know how many more
I’ve watched liars make war and call it democratic
I’m not buying your politics - or any other fucking tactic
All those systems failed us, so when people wave their flags
Remember they always sell you out – and put a rifle in your hands
We scar the land, poison the sea, and there’s too many of us you see?
Even hatred of different coloured skin – I mean how thick have you got to be?
So don’t let anyone tell you, what to say think or do
Even us, this is just some art, we hope it puts a stone in your shoe
But we tell you what your left with in a world that chooses blindness
The place to start, is with your own kindness

Oh Lord, don’t let me be misunderstood.

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from The Future Sound of Punk, released August 9, 2022
All words & music, Barny & Dist

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Newtown Aces London, UK

Barny Smyth (punk poet, bass player, video producer and roadie) and Dist (Elephant Assault Course, go-to guitarist and producer) team up to take you on a politically charged punk rollercoaster.

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