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Faces
Faces


Background information
Origin England
Genre(s) Rock
Blues Rock
Years active 1969—present
Label(s) Mercury Records
Associated acts The Jeff Beck Group
The Rolling Stones
Small Faces
Free
The Who
The Jones Gang
Simply Red
Sex Pistols
Website Website
Members
Ronnie Wood
Kenney Jones
Ian McLagan
Glen Matlock
Mick Hucknall
Former members
Rod Stewart
Ronnie Lane
Tetsu Yamauchi



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Faces Lyrics

"Borstal Boys" lyrics


cell block five, how I hate Bromide
with your coffee in the morning makes you so sterile
the corner gang never made a man of me boy

you know the walls are tall and the inmates scheme
there's no one here thatÂ’s more than seventeen
bet your life there's a riot tonight in the messhall, listen

a letter from your home town makes you sad
you read it when the wardens had a second laugh
he said sentimental rubbish ain't got no place in here boy

see the years roll on by
such a senseless waste of time
what a way to reform
call out your number, who's a nonconformer
not me baby, oh yeah

Shakey Brown didn't hang around
when a Molotow didn't do its stuff
you went back in there and said it with a sawed-off shotgun

you know Poker Sam couldn't lose a hand
if he did you were hit by a downtown tram
or crushed in the path of a moving elevator, elevator

see the years roll on by
such a senseless waste of time
what a way to reform
call out your number, who's a nonconformer
not me baby, oh yeah

when I get out, I'll get straight
if this old world gives me half a break
but, if you see me in the corner with a chip on my shoulder
don't blame me, don't blame me baby, no, no

got to make a break for the county line

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