Shut Them Down Lyrics

Friday night and we're out on the town

Silent in the streets, there's no one around

All the clubs have been closed down

Too many complaints about too much sound

The list grows longer day after day

Another venue passes away

Soon they'll be nowhere left to play

What we need is an agent of change

Noise abatement notices and licensing fees

Property development and landlord's greed

Gentrification on every street

It's all killing our grass roots scene

Whatcha gonna do when it falls apart?

Where d'ya think your favourite bands got their start?

Bottom of the barrel in the clubs and bars

Enjoy the fucking show before it's a thing of the past

The music's too loud

Shut them down

Too much of a crowd

Shut them down

My life's mundane

Shut them down

So I'm gonna complain until they

Shut them down

Nowhere to go

It got shut down

There won't be a show

'Cause it got shut down

There's nowhere to play

'Cause it got shut down

And we didn't get a say

When it got shut down

Remember the Astoria?

It got shut down

Bar Fly, Roadhouse

It got shut down

What happened to the Troubadour?

It got shut down

All dead and gone, all shut down

Did you hear about the arches?

It got shut down

Surrey Vault, Picture house

It got shut down

Don't forget the 12 bar

It got shut down

All dead and gone, all shut down