![]() Sham 69 broke up after their fourth album. They then started to move away from punk rock into a sound heavily influenced by classic British hard rock bands such as Mott The Hoople, The Who and The Faces, evidenced on their third album, The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. The latter came from their second LP and first full studio album, That's Life. ![]() Their major label debut was "Borstal Breakout" in January 1978, followed by UK singles chart success with "Angels With Dirty Faces" (reaching number 19 in May 1978), "If The Kids Are United" (number 9 in July 1978), and "Hurry Up Harry" (number 10 in October 1978). Sham 69 released their first single, "Ulster", on Step Forward Records in August 1977, and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor to sign the band. ![]() Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978 was broken up by National Front skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. The band had a large skinhead and hooligan following, which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many rock bands of the time, and brought in football chants, drinking songs and a sort of inarticulate political populism. Read Full Bio They formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. ![]() Writer(s): Parsons PurseyLyrics powered by formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. Running for the bus in my flash blue suit Someone shouts out poof So I put in the boot I don′t want to wear it It's my boss that tells me to So when you laugh at me You only laugh at you Anyway who gives a damn I′m doing the best I can Anyway who gives a damn I'm doing the best I can Everybody's on a lead We′re all dogsbody′s Look at me in anger But I've got to survive So when you look at me You better run and hide I don′t want to go to work But I've got to get my pay The weekend′s getting nearer I won't go in on Monday Anyway who gives a damn I′m doing the best I can Anyway who gives a damn I'm doing the best I can Everybody's on a lead We′re all dogsbody′s Looking out the window People everywhere But nobody's looking at me Cos nobody really cares Two stops to go I′ll soon be there But it's five past eight Oh shit I′m late Anyway who gives a damn I'm doing the best I can Anyway who gives a damn I′m doing the best I can Everybody's on a lead We're all dogsbody′s I′ve listened to the gossip From my row to the next Some little boys' lost his conkers And his aunties budgies′ dead I don't think I can take much more Of this week and the next But it ain′t no good me worrying It'll always be the same Anyway who gives a damn I′m doing the best I can Anyway who gives a damn I'm doing the best I can Everybody's on a lead We′re all being taken for a walk
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