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i've had these jeans since i was born and now they're ripped and now they're torn and all my friends have skateboards i want the toys of other boys i want a knife and a gun and things but mum and dad will not give in and i can't put the needle in and now i know what it is it's called disease and it's got my head it always runs where i hide too scared to talk too scared to try too scared to know the reasons why and all my friends say bye bye...

I can't put the needle in...": band members insist that this line is not about doing drugs. Instead, says Thom, it's about getting revenge. A B-side for "Anyone Can Play Guitar," this track was a live favorite for much of 1993, but was rarely played thereafter. [taken from greenplastic.com]