Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

This is a compilation album of many hard to get
singles, B sides, and well known "classics".



  East Bay Ray- Guitars

  Klaus Flouride- Bass and Vocals

  Jello Biafra- Vocals

  6025-Guitars on "short songs" and "straight a’s"

  D.H.Peligro- Drums on half of the songs

  Bruce Slesinger(Ted)- Drums on the other half

  

  Virus 57 Alternative Tentacles

  All selections previously released but appeared in this form in 1987


Police Truck Tonight's the night that we got the truck We're goin' downtown gonna beat up drunks Your turn to drive I'll bring the beer It's the late late shift to one to fear And ride, ride how we ride We ride, lowride It's roundup time where the good whores meet Gonna drag one screaming off the street And ride, ride how we ride Got a black uniform and a silver badge Playin' cops for real, playin' cops for pay Let's ride, lowride Pull down your dress here's a kick in the ass Let's beat you blue 'til you shit in your pants Don't move, child gotta big black stick There's six of us, babe so suck on my dick And ride, ride how we ride Let's ride, lowride The left newspapers migth whine a bit But the guys at the station they don't give a shit Dispatch calls 'Are you doin' something wicked?' 'No siree, Jack, we're just givin' tickets' As we ride, ride how we ride Let's ride, lowride   
Too Drunk to Fuck Went to a party I danced all night I drank 16 beers And I started up a fight But now I'm jaded You're out of luck I'm rolling down the stairs Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk To fuck I'm too drunk, too drunk, too drunk To fuck I like your stories I like your gun Shooting out cop tires Sounds like loads and loads of fun But in my room Wish you were dead You ball like the baby In Eraserhead Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk To fuck It's all I need right now Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk to fuck Too drunk To fuck I'm sick soft gooey and cold Too drunk to fuck I'm about to drop My head's a mess The only salvation is I'll never see you again You give me head It makes it worse Take out your fuckin' retainer Put it in your purse Too drunk to fuck You're too drunk to fuck Too drunk To fuck It's all I need right now Oh baby I'm melting like an ice cream bar Oh baby And now I got diarrhea Too drunk to fuck Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah Oooohhh...   
Man with the Dogs I am no one But I am well known For I am the Man With the Dogs I stare at you shopping Watch while you're walking Two dogs run around your toes You turn around Two eyes break you down 'Now who does that guy think he's starin' at?' Stop in your tracks You're being laughed at Your armored ego is nude And I do and I do Crack up 'cos I'm getting to you I see you I see you And you're pretty self-conscious too Down to you church I'm looking for victims Spell of the Man With the Dogs I'll haunt you And follow you to work That ghost is back again Creep into you I won't go away You're taking yourself too seriously I smile as you frown And turn to walk away Your habits for all to see I see a shrew I see you And the rodent things you do You see you I see you And you're pretty self-conscious too And I'm gonna crack your mask Yeah, and I'm gonna laugh Open wide... Saw you again You'll see me tomorrow Curse of the Man With the Dogs You may not like me You won't forget me Not safe even in Walgreen's They've seen me Ask your friends 'Oh I know him' Seen but I'm never heard By your lot A stare Is worth a thousand biting phrases See how stupid you are? I dare you I dare you To erase my laser tattoo You see you you see you And you're pretty self-conscious too And I'm gonna crack your mask Yeah, and I'm gonna laugh What's inside? Is it pubic hair Is it cobweb air I bet you just don't care As you go to work and you cash your check Gotta rush it home baby you gotta pay the rent Turn on the TV and watch the Football Game Tell your kids, "Just shut up and go away" Cover your eyes as you see me on the sidewalk "He’s Nuts! (not like us)"  As you and your rigid corporation lives are slowly disentegrating into ashes, ASHES!  ASHES! AND WE ALL... FALL... DOWN!  
 In-sight Who's that kid in the back of the room? Who's that kid in the back of the room? He's setting all his papers on fire He's setting all his papers on fire Where did he get that crazy smile? Where did he get that crazy smile? We all think he's really weird We all think he's really weird We never talk to him He never looks quite right He laughs at us We just beat him up What he sees escapes our sight We never see him with the girls We never see him with the girls He's talking to himself again He's talking to himself again Why doesn't he want tons of friends? Why doesn't he want tons of friends? Says he's bored when we hang around Says he's bored when we hang around We never talk to him He never looks quite right He laughs at us We just beat him up What he sees escapes our sight We're all planning our careers We're all planning our careers We're all planning our careers He says we're growing old...   
Life Sentence You used to be a partner in crime Now you say you ain't go the time Gotta get serious, gotta plan Gotta pass those entrance exams Oh my God It's senior year All you care about is your career It's a life sentence It's a life sentence It's a life sentence It's a life sentence You're squelching your emotions All you talk about is old times You don't do what you want to But you do the same thing everyday No sense of humor But such good manners Now you're an adult You're boring It's your life sentence It's your life sentence It's your life sentence It's your life sentence The walls are closing in You stayed too long in school I'd rather stay a child And keep my self-respect It being an adult Means being like you Are you really you you you you you you you you you Are you really you? No You're a chained-up dog in a yard Don't see much, you can't go far Pace and froth, you're getting sick Run too fast it'll snap your neck You say you'll break out But you never do You're just another ant in the hill That's your life sentence
A Child and his Lawnmower Some clown in Sacramento was drugged into court He shot his lawnmower It disobeyed, it wouldn't start Might makes right, it's the American Way (R) They fined him $60 and sent him on his way You know, some people don't take no shit Maybe if they did if they'd have half a brain left You know, some people don't take no shit Maybe if they did if they'd have half a brain left
I fought the Law (and I Won) Drinkin' beer in the hot sun I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won I needed sex and I got mine I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends That's how this country's run Twinkies are the best friend I've ever had I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won I blew George & Harvey's brains out with my six-gun I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won Gonna write my book and make a million I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won I'm the new folk hero of the Ku Klux Klan My cop friends think that's fine You can get away with murder if you've got a badge I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won I fought the law and I won I am the law So I won   
Saturday Night Holocaust There's a prefab building and a funny smell Around the hill outside of town Every now and then we wonder But we shrug our shoulders And get back to work... There's a railroad there and trains go by And there's people locked in cattle cars And have you noticed The french fries at the A&W Taste a little strange? I drive down to the disco Pompadour and pink lamme I bow and blow the doorman He parts the chain, says join the game A quick line in the girls' room To the bar for the electrodes A coin into the right slit Tape my temple, watch me go Blacks are banned, 'cept on the records O' life's a cabaret Like Berlin, 1930 All I crave is my escape Now I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I wnat your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Slip my fingers down your Barbie-doll dress Up and down your Spandex ass If I lit a match to you You'd melt before my eyes C'mere my pretty glow-worm You look so fine to dance with me The fly-eye lights a-throbbin' I'm burning up the floor Whirling twirling Close my eyes No faces judging me But I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I wnat your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Slip my fingers down your Barbie-doll dress Up and down your Spandex ass A Hitler youth in jogging suit Smiling face banded 'round his arm Says 'Line up, you've got work to do We need dog food for the poor' A scream bleats out, we're herded into lines Customized vans wait outside I'm getting scared of my new home To Auschwitz Condominiums we go Oh no But I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I wnat your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Let my fingers down your dress One more time...   
Pull my Strings I'm tired of self-respect I can't afford a car I wanna be a prefab superstar I wanna be a tool Don't need no soul Wanna make big money Playing rock and roll I'll make my music boring I'll play my music slow I ain't no artist I'm a businessman No ideas of my own I won't offend Or rock the boat Just sex and drugs And rock and roll Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool (etc.) My payola! Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool (etc.) My payola! You'll pay ten bucks to see me On a fifteen foot high stage Fatass bouncers kick the shit Out of kids who try to dance If my friends say I''ve lost my guts I'll laugh and say That's rock and roll But there's just one problem... Is my cock big enough Is my brain small enough For you to make me a star Give me a toot, I'll sell you my soul Pull my strings and I'll go far And when I'm rich And meet Bob Hope We'll shoot some golf And shoot some dope Is my cock big enough Is my brain small enough For you to make me a star Give me a toot, I'll sell you my soul Pull my strings and I'll go far   
Short Songs I love short songs.   
Straight A’s Sixteen, on the honor roll I wish that I was dead Parents hate me, I got zits And bruises round my head Pressure's on to get good grates So I can be like them Do my homework all the time I can't go out just then People they ain;t friends at all They tease and suck me dry Yell at me when I fuck up And party while I cry I look so big on paper I feel so fucking small Wanna die and you don't care Just stride on down the hall Suicide suicide Read the paper, wonder why Turn the light out, then you cry It's you fault, you made me die Touch me won't you touch me now So frozen I can't love When I was born my mama cried And picked me up with gloves Girls, they kick me in the eye Want answers to the tests When they get them they drive off And leave me home to rest Hold my head Make me warm Tell me I am loved Give me hope Let me cry Make me feel Give me touch The window's broken bleeding screaming Lying in the hall I'm gone no one remembers me A picture on the wall 'He was such a bright boy The future in his hands...' - Or a spineless human pinball Shot around by your demands Suicide suicide Goin' to sleep and when I die You'll look up and realize Then look down and wipe your eyes Then go back to your stupid lives Aw shit  
Kinky Sex Makes the World Go "Round Greetings...
This is the Secretary at the State Department of the United States... We have a problem. The companies want something done about this sluggish world economic situation...Profits have been running a little thin lately and we need to stimulate some growth...Now we know there's an alarming high number of young people roaming around in your country with nothing to do but stir up trouble for the police and damage private property. It doesn't look like they'll ever get a job... It's about time we did something constructive with these people...We've got thousands of 'em here too. They're crawling all over...The companies think it's time we all sit down, have a serious get-together - and start another war...The president? He loves the idea! All those missilesstreaming overhead to and fro ... Napalm...People running down the road, skin on fire...The Soviets seem up for it...The Kremlin's been itching for the real thing for years. Hell, Afghanistan's no fun...So whadya say?...We don't even have to win this war. We just your drug supply. So many people have hooked themselves on heroin and amphetamines since we took over, it's just like Vietnam. We had everybody so busy with LSD they never got too strong. Kept the war functioning just fine...It's easy. We've got our college kids so interested in beer they don't even care if we start manufacturing germ bombs again. Put a nuclear stockpile in their back yard, they wouldn't even know what it looked like...So how 'bout it? Look - war is money. The arms manufacturers tell me unless we get our bomb factories up to full production the whole economy is going to collapse...The Soviets are in the same boat. We all agree the time has come for the big one, so whadya say?!?...That's excellent. We knew you'd agree... the companies will be very pleased.
 
 
 
 


The Prey

You're from out of town

I can tell that by your shoes

Flew in for the convention

Getting tipsy in a bar
 
 

You're leaving pretty late

Gotta get up in the morning

Thinking she's just too expensive

And you know you're...

Probably...

Right
 
 

There's no one on the streets

And you can't find your hotel

You walk a little faster

- someone's following you
 
 

The wallet-size bulge

In you double-knit butt

Has money for me

And maybe credit cards
 
 

You dart around the next corner

You can't look around

Quick now, fish for the keys for the door

You don't even know where you are
 
 

You walk a little faster

I walk a little faster

Sensing that I sense you

Now there's no escape
 
 

I can almost taste your dandruff

As I reach out for your face

- and I strike!
 
 


Buzzbomb from Pasadena

 
 
 

Buzzbomb buzzbomb macho-mobile

The road's my slave, that's how I feel

I cruise alone, I cruise real far

Shoo young punk! I love my car
 
 

Cross Nevada at 110

Highway 50 and there's nobody there

Sign says, 'Next sign 30 miles!'...
 
 

My pension comes

Each penny saves buys more escape from home

I'd rather carouse around all day

Than move into a home
 
 

Plow through rest area San-o-Lets

Splat goes the lonely salesman

Still wanking in the men's room...
 
 

Buzzbomb buzzbomb tape up loud

Lawrence Welk cranked up to 10

Faster faster in my car
 
 

Buzzbomb is my pride and joy

King of the trailer court

Waiting for a nice young man

Who'll love me for my car
 
 

Who tells me why I'm cool

Tells me just what I like

When I pretend he's here
 
 

Shred through Palm Springs across the golf course

Cops 'round here scratching their heads

Flashing sirens, State patrol... uh oh
 
 

They're scuffing up the side of my car

They're shooting out my tires

This ain't no way to go to heaven

Buzzbomb cornered at the 7-11

Shit!

Damn!

Let go of me motherfuckers!!

I wanna live by my rules!!









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