Koro EP

Koro were a shortlived hardcore punk band from Knoxville, Tennessee. Their 7“ self-titled EP was their only release. (It was released in 1983) They also recorded a demo for an unreleased LP entitled “Speed Kills“. This EP was originally released with a pressing total of 500, although closer to 300 were actually sold. According to Carl Snow in an interview, the remainder were given to Jello Biafra when the band opened for the Dead Kennedys in Atlanta, and were subsequently lost. Koro split up in 1984. Track List : 1. 700 Club 2. Selfless Johnny 3. It’s Ok 4. Government 5. Dear Sirs 6. Blap! 7. Nauseous 8. Acid Causalty 700 Club Now I’m gonna watch T.V. all day Now I’ve got the chance to throw my life away I’m gonna pray for a happy meal I won’t cheat, I won’t steal Thank you Pat Listen to the preacher with the frosted hair He says god is everywhere I’ve gotta laugh cause I can see He’s fucking you but he won’t fuck me No siree You cry and cry for human sacrifice The gift is that of giving when you give Your life to Christ Amen Amen we sing unto these hills Suburban T.V. crazies strung out on diet pills That’s you Pat Now everybody in the neighborhood is gonna Love the man who was nailed to wood Useless martyrs need to die in the land Where only suckers cry Thank you Pat Selfless Johnny Johnny was a really great guy When you were depressed he’d help you cry Never crossed the grain of the throbbing masses Had the intelligence of natural gases He went off to die somewhere Johnny was fighing in a war But the girl in his bed was another whore Jonny was fighting for a cause Johnny came back wrapped up in gauze He went off to die somewhere Jonny you’re selfless Just like Ellsworth Tooey you’re selfless Go off and die somewhere What good were you anyway stupid asshole? It’s OK When the going gets tough you get going Everything’s OK Don’t concern yourself about it It’ll be just fine You don’t want to get involved You just want the problem solved Thinking while you’re drinking that there’s Nothing you can do You’re real calm Till it happens to you What are you gonna do When they knock on your door What are you gonna do When you get screwed You never really saw the big deal You never really thought it was for real Now it’s time to turn the other cheek And you’re scared too scared to speak You gotta find a place to run and hide You sneak through the alley You think it’s OK You’re dead now Government Give me unemployment I want my money now No sense in me working When I get paid anyhow I almost live for free Your taxes go to me This is how your money’s spent Don’t you love the government My mother is a drunkard She brings home the welfare check Gives it to my father He beats her to a nervous wreck Chorus See mom’s new baby, born alive He’s almost dead He’s a sickly little monster Another mouth to be fed Dear Sirs I don’t care about your nationality Give a shit about your hospitality Ronnie and his totality Fuck your cap gun mentalities Keep your back door strategies Mental sub zero capacity Lucrative poseur you’re not for me Show my own integrity Dear Sirs, why fight Dear Sirs, it’s not right T.V. soldiers nothing left to learn High technology to time to burn World of flames Ronnie’s real concern Washington Tea Party time to burn Why not write your own amendments We’ve got all day to rape your face If you love to live die for it? No way Ronnie I won’t eat shit Chorus Repeat 1st verse Dear Sirs! Blap! Wait a minute Take these Plaster caster On your knees Stupid bitch You don’t give a fuck Down out and Don’t get up You’re wasted all over Spill into the floor You gell and you know it Gell forever more Blap! Nauseous Carl went to the ladies room There he found a knife Flipping both wrists over He took his sorry life Nauseous again, Nauseous as hell Feeling pretty nauseous Feeling pretty bad Feeling like the breakfast David Squad never had Chorus Sitting in Bundulees Sitting in a chair I feel so sick I want to pull out my hair Chorus Tra la la (repeat)