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You Selfish Fuck [Live at Band Practice 2​-​27​-​15]

by Tracing Wires

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This song is called "You Selfish Fuck." It was recorded using a video camera at band practice on 2/27/15. I wrote the lyrics after arguing with conservatives and libertarians on the internet.

lyrics

"You Selfish Fuck"
Lyrics by: Tim Doorknob

You want to drug test people on welfare
Despite the fact that any tax money we'd save
Would be more than offset by the cost of the drug tests
But you don't care, you just want to punish the poor

And you're against universal healthcare
'Cause God forbid you would have to wait in line at
The doctor's office behind a single mother on food stamps
'Cause you don't care, you just want to punish the poor

You subscribe to the "fuck you, I've got mine" philosophy
"Life's not fair" but you've got yours!
I'm sure you've earned everything you've been given
You'll never need anybody's assistance
As if you could never lose your job
Or wake up with cancer (What if you got cancer?)

You better look in their shopping carts to
Police the purchases of the people on food stamps
To make sure they don't buy anything decadent
'Cause you don't care, you just want to punish the poor

You'll ignore statistics showing
The majority of people on government programs
Are elderly, disabled, or actually working
'Cause you don't care, you just want to punish the poor

You subscribe to the "fuck you, I've got mine" philosophy
"Life's not fair" but you've got yours!
I'm sure you've earned everything you've been given
You'll never need anybody's assistance
As if you could never lose your job
Or wake up with cancer (What if you got cancer?)

We aren't trying to make winners losers
Or take away any of your accomplishments
We're just trying to level the playing field
In hopes that one day it will even the score

But you selfish fucks don't want to hear that
There is enough wealth to go around
'Cause you would rather hoard it all to yourself
And continue to punish the poor

You subscribe to the "fuck you, I've got mine" philosophy
"Life's not fair" but you've got yours!
I'm sure you've earned everything you've been given
You'll never need anybody's assistance
As if you could never lose your job
Or wake up with cancer (What if you got cancer?)

credits

released March 16, 2015
Music and Lyrics by Tim D.
Guitar and Vocals by Tim D.
Bass by Shawn C.
Drums by Robert W.

Recorded 2/27/15 in Robert's Basement using a Flip Cam

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Tracing Wires Saint Louis, Missouri

Tracing Wires is an Alternative Punk band.

Tim D. - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Lizzy Q. - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Ethan C. - Bass
Tony P. - Drums

Influences include but are not limited to: Bomb the Music Industry, Future of the Left, Pennywise, NOFX, Bad Religion, Green Day, Rise Against, Queens of the Stone Age, Off With Their Heads ... more

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