If I had a penny for every time that someone said Didn't you read the magazines? They said that punk is dead I'd have the money to waste my time at shows most every night So you give up and go home if you want, but I'm signed up for life And maybe punk's a promise that was never fully kept Johnny Rotten been selling butter on telly while England slept I've seen the Damned with two original members in the band But nevertheless I'll smash it up whenever I get the chance And if I had a penny for every time that someone said Didn't you hear the radio? They said that punk is dead I'd have the money to waste my time at shows most every night So you give up and go home if you want, but I'm signed up for life I've spent my time at Cambridge Folk and seated classical shows I've got a taste for techno and I love Counting Crows But if I want to flex my head with a sense of community While running around in circle pits, you know what it has to be Never mind the back problems And if I had a penny for every time that someone said How the hell are you still standing? Go to fucking bed! I'd still wake up to ringing ears, shivering sweat and shame But I'd have the money to get back up and do it all over again So give me beer and straight edge kids and music that's just noise Give me hardcore, grind and ska, and emo-core and oi I'll find the money to waste my time at punk shows every night So you give up and go home if you want, but I'm signed up for life