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BARDON: Some people, when they start, they can't stop.
They say it can be hereditary.
DANTE: I'm going to throw up.
BARDON: His dad was an alcoholic.
DANTE: I've decided Estella's going to sing backing vocals for us.
Attempt number 535.
Yesterday, I get a letter. Compulsory redundancy them call it.
After 15 years!
I propose we march.
DEUCE: Rover! - CROWD: Will not die!
DEUCE: Rover! - CROWD: Will not die!
Before you go, I wanna give you a little message.
Your mission now is to find out what the Coventry battalion
are planning to do in London.
If it should turn out that Virgil's not actually being truthful with us...
Then his guarantor becomes liable for his mistake.
You and I are going on a wee trip to London.
BARDON: I no longer just want this band to work.
I need it to work.
D'you see her arms? She had needle marks.
MATTY: You should come to Moseley.
I'll introduce you to some really interesting people.
SHE ROARS
MUSIC: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by J Robinson, G Agard & S Crooks
# It was the third of September #
# A day I'll always remember, yes I will #
# Cos it was the day that my daddy died #
MUSIC ECHOES AND FADES
#...I'm depending on you to tell me the truth #
# Mama just hung her head and said #
# Your papa was a rolling stone #
# Wherever he laid his hat was his home #
# And when he died #
# All he left us was alone # - INDISTINCT CHATTER
MUSIC: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by The Slits
# Two of a kind you know I love you more #
MUSIC: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by J Robinson, G Agard & S Crooks
Come on in.
We don't bite.
# I never had the chance to see him #
# Never heard nothin' but bad things about him #
# Mama I'm depending on you to tell me the truth #
# And Mama just hung her head and said #
# Your papa was a rolling stone, my son #
# Wherever he laid his hat was his home #
# And when he died, all he left us was alone #
# Singing, Papa was a rolling stone... #
MUSIC: "He's the Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge
# He's the greatest dancer #
# Oh, what, wow #
# That I've ever seen #
# Oh, what, wow #
# He's the greatest dancer #
# Oh, what, wow #
Beer please.
# One night in the disco on the outskirts of Frisco #
# I was cruisin' with my favourite gang #
# The place was so boring, filled with out-of-towners touring #
# I knew that it wasn't my thing #
MUSIC: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by J Robinson, G Agard & S Crooks
# Folks say papa used to beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills #
# Hey, mama #
# Folks say papa never was much on thinking # - Fucking commie!
Trouble-making, shit- stirring fuck. - # Spent most of his time #
# Chasing women and drinking #
Nigger! - # Mama, I'm depending on you #
# To tell me the truth # - DEUCE YELLS
# And Mama lift up her head and said #
# Your papa was a rolling stone # - You can't treat me like this!
# Wherever he laid his hat was his home #
SHE BLOWS - # And when he died... #
Shh!
D'you want to go for a walk?
# Folks say Papa never was much on thinking #
# Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking #
# Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth #
# And Mama just hung her head and said #
# Your papa was a rolling stone #
Dad!
# Wherever he laid his hat was his home #
# And when he died #
# All he left us was alone #
About fucking time!
You don't easily wake up from what he's been smoking.
Anyone see ya?
I know what I'm doing. I used to rob houses.
Actually...
I often went to Sutton Coldfield.
ENGINE REVS
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Not in my mum's car.
Does your mum know you've taken her car?
No. She was at rotary.
Rotary... wow.
But I asked my dad if it was OK and he said yes.
Even though he's dead.
I still talk to my dad, even though he died two years ago.
Can you ask your dad if it's OK for me to smoke?
Jeannie...
We're forming a band together
but we don't really know each other at all, do we?
No. - Well...
maybe we should. - So let's do it.
But no crap.
You can only say things that you can say in one breath.
What colour are you waiting for?
This is important, OK?
My dad's dead.
My mum's taking a lot of medication for depression and it's hard.
I used to love a girl in my class but it passed.
I cut myself sometimes.
I really don't want to become my mother.
I used to break into houses and smoke that shit.
My mum has had the hardest life imaginable
and I didn't help but I wanna do something for her one day.
I love her so much... SHE CHUCKLES
My dad on the other hand...
What about your dad?
I won't waste my breath on him.
If we're telling each other things about ourselves
I should tell you something important.
Has to be in one breath.
Before the lights go green again or we'll be here all night.
No, no, it's Dante, different rules, let him roll.
Fuck the lights.
If our band is successful
and if we get rich
and if I buy a farm
and if for whatever reason I buy a horse...
I will call it Fiona.
Or Jeannie.
THEY LAUGH
MUSIC: "Stand Down Margaret" by The Beat
# I said stand down, Margaret, stand down please #
# Stand down Margaret #
# Stand down Margaret, stand down please #
# Stand down Margaret #
DISTANT SIRENS BLARE
Dante, where the fuck have you been? - We've been rehearsing.
Dante, Dad's been sacked for misconduct.
So that means no redundancy when the factory closes.
He's in a bad way, we need to find him.
Are you f...
Is it you giving him this stuff?
It was Jeannie who got him away from it.
Dante, listen.
We need to search the estate, d'you understand?
I don't think he can make it.
Listen, straighten up, soldier.
JEANNIE: We'll go with him.
Just tell us where to look.
Listen, take your little guardian angels to Dad's church.
He might've gone there.
There is a place he's more likely to be heading.
BANGING ON DOOR
BANGING CONTINUES
Mr Williams. Whoa, whoa, whoa! - Wire!
Mr Williams, what you doing?
DEUCE RAMBLES - Mr Williams...
Mr Williams, what you doing?
I need one bottle of rum.
Alright?
Mr Williams, don't do this.
You've come so far. - Come so far! Which part?
Nobody tell me nothin' about come far!
Y'know, after 23 years, them give me dismissal notice.
For violent and disruptive conduct.
Come far!
HE KISSES TEETH You don't know nothing.
Where's strong drink, Errol?
Mr Williams.
Mr Williams, I remember as a kid, we all used to laugh at ya
when you were drinking.
They used to make you dance!
Remember what that was like?
For Gregory and Dante to see you like that.
Errol! Shut your mouth.
You've got Jesus now, Mr Williams.
Fuck the Rover, there're other jobs.
There are no other jobs!
The government is closing down Birmingham.
They're closing it all fucking down.
Just put the bottle down.
Pray.
We'll pray together.
Our Father...
who art in heaven.
Some fucking father I am.
Hallowed be Thy name.
I've forgotten the next bit.
Hallowed be thy name. Mr Williams, what comes next?
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done.
Please...
Thy will be done.
MUSIC: "Jezahel" by Shirley Bassey
Thy will be done.
Dad?
Dad, where are you?
# Come tomorrow way down south in St. Amore #
# Whoa, oh, oh #
# Reunited with my love in St. Amore #
# Oh #
Dad!
# Jezahel #
# Jezahel #
# Jezahel #
# Jezahel... #
God?
This is Dante, and I am of no use.
You have to take care of him.
He says only good things about you.
HE GRUNTS
# Jezahel #
# Jezahel #
# Jezahel #
Thy will be done.
Tell him he doesn't need a job at the Rover.
Dante...
your dad can be our driver.
When we get a van, he can drive the van and take us to gigs.
I've decided to change the name of the band.
We're going to be called "Fuck the Factory".
MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYS
So, will you come back with me tonight?
I've got a flat.
I can't tonight.
But I've had a good time.
HE LAUGHS You mean you like me buying you drinks.
More than that.
Really?
D'you even know who I am?
No.
Who are you?
I'm someone who really shouldn't be here.
So am I.
Listen, I've got a place.
I live with a friend.
OK.
Have you got a piece of paper and a pen?
Yeah.
OK.
Flat five. - Mm-hm.
17 Winstanley Gardens. Camden.
Top bell. It's by the canal.
How romantic.
Yeah. I'll be there Friday night.
Do I get a goodnight kiss?
I have to go.
OK.
Uh, I'll see you on Friday... at ten.
Yeah, Friday at ten.
OK.
DOOR SLAMS
He's barred.
How much has he had?
That's a lot of rum after how many years?
Four years.
The devil waits his moment like a sniper on a roof.
Your family, Virgil.
Your fucking family.
Don't talk about my family, Wire. Don't fucking ever talk about my family.
When you were a kid, running around the estate like a wild fucking dog
my mum cooked you egg and chips
and my dad chased away the men who had use for wild boys.
Yes, my family is broken right now, but I will fix it.
I will fucking fix it.
Virgil's got a plan.
Yeah. Virgil does have a fucking plan.
You know Robbie Carmen's after you now, as well as the RA?
Come on, Dad, let's get out of here.
You're good.
It's one of them dreams again.
Did you hear me, Virgil?
The RA have threatened to blow up Robbie Carmen's new club
if you turn out bad
because it was him who recommended ya.
Yeah, well you can tell Robbie Carmen, I'm almost done.
And there will be no bombs in Birmingham.
You can tell him, I have a soldier carrying out a mission
and after that, I will be done.
Thy will be done.
Thanks for trying though.
Come on.
Come on.
Bardon, I swear to God, what a place this Soho is.
Just sitting here
I've seen some sights I'm not gonna forget.
Is it done, son?
It's definitely him?
Yeah, it was him.
And you made the arrangement?
He'll be by the canal on Friday?
Friday night, ten o'clock.
And when he's by the canal, your people can put a bullet in his head.
Not my people, our people.
And then his body will be taken away with the rubbish.
I'm so sorry I had to put you through that, Bardon.
You know what? He was OK.
He was what, now?
He's a human being.
You know what he is.
What is he?
He's one of the engineers of the strategy starving our heroes
to death in the fucking H Blocks!
Another good man dead two days ago.
He's a member of the British government and that makes him a legitimate target.
High Command has realised that blowing up property
and killing their soldiers has no effect.
You have to kill them.
And then they'll fucking hear it go off, alright.
And you have played your part
in a volley of return fire from their murderous onslaught.
You know in the club...
in the flashing lights...
the fucking awful disco music...
on the dance floor, I saw Nan.
I saw Nan standing there, staring at me
as I laughed and joked with a man
whose death I was arranging...
and organising...
and making certain...
and she looked at me.
And she turned and walked away.
MUSIC: "One I Love"
It's morning, son.
You did well.
Let's head back to Coventry before the traffic starts.
# If they can part the sand from the sea #
# Then they can part my true love from me #
# One, I love #
# Two, she loves #
# Three, she's true to me #
Ba.
What?
Everywhere God lives, there are brilliant acoustics.
He must really love music.
DOOR OPENS
GREGORY: OK, Dad, Dante.
I will be quick
but I need to speak to both of ya.
I will speak to you on behalf of myself
and on behalf...
of our mother.
Yeah, hang your fucking heads.
Gregory, mind your language in this place--
Says the betrayer of all promises.
Look up...
cos I'm going to tell you both your future.
Our future.
OK, Mum...
take a look at your husband
and your son.
Some little fucking caterpillar in our family DNA
sometimes sprouts wings, turns into a moth
that flies into the night and leads our bloodline into danger and addiction.
Dante.
You first.
Before God...
tell Mum what you've been doing to yourself.
I smoked.
If I hear you say you smoked ganja, me a' gone kill ya' now.
Not ganja actually, Dad.
It was from the garden, but I think it was heroin.
Hold on, you smoked what?
I'll kill you even more--
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Sit down, Dante.
Tell Mum what you did last night.
Brenda, my beautiful darling I, um...
I broke a vow I made on your eternal soul.
GREGORY: You are a joke.
And Dante, you are a joke.
I also am a joke...
made hilarious by my many contradictions.
But the joke is over.
After Dad's arrest, I stayed up two nights and I wrote a song
about what happened.
About people like us, about who we are, and how we live.
I'm joining the band.
I'll work behind the scenes to make sure the band's successful.
Gregory, are you sure you wrote this?
"On the bridge his frozen hand is writing truth."
Is that about me? - I will also make sure
that nobody gives you any substances that may clip the wings
of such a beautiful butterfly.
And we do this without the woman who gave dope to Dante.
We fire the drummer, yes?
Agreed.
If we're taking votes, we need Bardon here.
Bardon is busy but he will be back.
How do you know that? - Band rule number one.
We don't ask questions about what I know and how I know it.
But Bardon will be back.
DEUCE: I don't really sing, and...
I don't play no instrument, me's too old for all of this.
What am I going to do?
It's all been decided.
Dad...
you're going to drive the van.
And um...
Estella is going to be a part of this as well?
Your new love is our heart and soul.
And I think there will be times ahead that you need her.
ESTELLA SINGS: # Don't worry #
GREGORY: Need each other.
# About a thing #
GREGORY: Protect you from the sniper on the roof.
# Cos every little thing is gonna be alright #
# Singing don't worry #
# About a thing #
# Cos every little thing is gonna be alright #
# Rise up this mornin' #
# Smiled with the risin' sun #
# Three little birds #
# Pitch by my doorstep #
# Singing sweet songs #
# Of melodies pure and true #
# Singing, this is my message to you #
# Singing don't worry, about a thing #
# Cos every little thing is gonna be alright #
# Singing don't worry #
# About a thing #
# Cos every little thing #
# Is gonna be alright... #
# Rise up this mornin' #
# Smiled with the risin' sun #
Nan, I swear to you this is the end of that, and the start of something new.
# Three little birds, pitch by my doorstep #
# Singing sweet songs #
# Of melodies pure and true #
# Singing, this is my message to you #
What's that?
A time and a place.
They used me to set up a hit on an MP.
Cabinet Secretary for Northern Ireland.
The London battalion heard that Coventry had a pretty boy in their ranks.
I betrayed a man with a kiss.
Like Judas.
What will the branch do with that information?
They'll make sure the honourable member of parliament
doesn't attend the rendezvous.
So well done.
You saved a life.
If the MP doesn't turn up, the RA will know that Coventry has an informant.
They already know.
They know because I told them.
I told them they have an informant by the name of Lemongrass.
A name that I made up myself.
And when the hit fails to happen
that'll be me saying "I told you so".
That was the bait.
Now for the hook.
What hook?
When they're sure that Lemongrass exists
they'll want me to tell them who Lemongrass is.
What name will you give?
Whoever the branch want me to name.
Whoever you name will get a bullet in the head.
I'd say that's a fair assumption.
What if they ask you to name me dad?
The British government will have no interest in disposing of your dad.
They wanna keep your dad in place because, according to his file
he's emotional, vulnerable and kind of fucking useless.
If the work we've done is enough
then you and me can start focusing on the F.T.F.
What's the F.T.F?
It's the new name of our band.
"Our" band?
Yeah. I heard your tapes.
You're good. But I realise, you need a grown up.
We started the band so we didn't have to grow up.
The name of our band is "Fuck the Factory".
Let me guess.
Dante's idea?
Dante's idea.
And you're our frontman.
If your pretty face is good enough for the IRA then...
it's good enough for Top of the Pops.
I'll take this information to the branch
and argue that we've served our purpose.
Go home, Bardon.
You're done.
Can leave the fishing tackle behind.
Hopefully you and me never have to go fishing, ever again.
Hopefully.
Did you catch anything, son?
No. - I think you did.
Who are you?
I think you're a very good fisherman, young man.
I'm sure we'll meet again.
GUITAR STRUMS
Listen to this.
# Down and down below #
# Into the hole, where people go #
# When they don't know #
# How to hold onto the edges anymore #
# Up and up I need #
# To be somewhere that I can breathe #
# I've got to leave #
# Cos I've got things I've got to be #
That's it.
That's all I've got so far.
"Fuck the Factory"?
Really?
I was going to call us "M6" but I didn't want to bring my religion into it.
I don't know why I try and have normal conversations with you, Dante.
So Fiona has joined.
She's pretty good at the bass.
But someone else has left.
Who?
Who's left?
You didn't listen to the words of the song, did you?
I have quite a lot on my mind.
The song is called, "Farewell to Matty and Her Flowers".
No drug addicts allowed in the band.
What about people that get people killed?
I don't know, ask Jeannie.
She seems to have a lot of rules.
And with Fiona on bass on her side, they are pretty much in charge of everything.
Except for words.
Let's try this song about Matty.
BAND PLAYS
# Down and down below #
# Into the hole where people go #
# When they don't know #
# How to hold onto the edges anymore #
# Up and up, I need #
# To be somewhere where I can breathe #
# I've got to leave #
# Cos I've got things I've got to be #
# You and I are just the same #
# In how we don't belong #
# But we don't belong together #
# So I'm gone, gone, gone
# I stare into the traffic #
# Like it's your eyes across the bar #
# I see the world has gotta see #
# Into every scar # - # Into every scar #
# All I can see it's pulling at the strings #
# Of all the things #
# That make you do the darkest dance #
# I waited round till I missed my chance #
# You and I are just the same #
# In how we don't belong #
# But we don't belong together #
# So I'm gone, gone, gone #
Never again.
No need, never again.
# So wish me luck #
# I could try climb down there and pick you up #
# But if I'm not strong enough we'll both be fucked #
# Both be fucked #
# You and I are just the same #
# In how we don't belong #
# But we don't belong together #
# So I'm gone, gone, gone #
I was told she had a visitor.
I had an ugly picture in my head
but now I see it is real.
Eamonn, we cannot talk with a gun between us.
She is... my... wife.
No.
Not a wife.
A woman in exile.
I am exiled, Eamonn.
I am here in the bucket beside the motorway where you threw me.
You filth.
Eamonn. - Hush.
I will speak.
I have someone.
You are a volunteer, Eamonn.
You choose the cause over yourself every day and I respect your choice.
Now you can shoot me or shoot him.
Someone will be dead.
The battalion will disown you for using a weapon for trivial purposes
and bringing attention on yourself.
I don't want your men watching my place of exile anymore.
Stand them down and leave me alone.
We have made our choices.
Go and fight for your country.
Go and fight for the men who died of hunger.
Don't fight for the mother of your son.
HE MURMURS
Eamonn... - I will!
GUNSHOT
There.
You've spoken with your true voice.
Now get out.
DOOR SLAMS
On a scale of one to ten, how badly do you want a drink right now?
Ten.
Twenty.
A hundred.
So let's get dressed, get in your van
and drive to where our children are.
We can occupy our minds with their silly adventures.
You alright?
HE SIGHS
SHE SIGHS
Got a note...
pushed through my door...
saying stay away.
For the record, to whoever wrote the note...
SHE CHUCKLES
...the word "narcotics" ends in an "ics".
Doesn't end with an "X".
It looks cool written that way.
Would be a good name for a band, no?
Dante...
I'm sorry.
I've come here because, uh...
I really like the music you play.
Dante, I really...
I love the songs you write.
So, I've done a bit of gardening.
I've cleared out the weeds.
I've been clean for six days.
How did you even know we were rehearsing tonight?
I come here every night since I got the note.
Get the bus. Hitchhike back.
OK. Let's take a vote.
Alright, well before you vote I just I want to point out--
Those who want her out, raise their hand.
I want to point out...
that most of the songs this band sings...
they're about redemption.
This band's a lifeboat for every one of you.
Is for me as well.
May I make a suggestion?
You record a song with Matty
and then compare it to a song you've recorded without her.
Then based on the strength of what we hear, we take a vote.
Agreed.
DOOR SLAMS
We'll do "Pelicans".
Sorry we're late.
The traffic was terrible.
"Pelicans".
OK.
# I've never been the look of me #
# Inside is everything #
# A universe of Pelican #
# A universe of Pelican #
# My skin is skeleton #
# Never added up to what I'm carrying #
# A desert sun, a city wind #
# Inside I'm everything #
# Big beak #
# Swallow the world when I speak #
# Big beats, running away from my feet #
# Don't let them see you're scared #
# They don't know anything #
# Feet in the dirt, two feet in the dirt, two feet in the dirt #
# Too long I want my feathers in the wind #
# Big beak #
# My big beak #
# My big beak #
# My big beak #
Let him get closer.
Can't be sure.
No. It's not him.
# Whaaa-aaaa-aaa #
# Whaaa-aaaa-aaa #
# Whaaa-aaaa-aaa! #
SHE ROARS
Two hours late.
He's not gonna come.
He was never gonna come.
Virgil, you have really fucked up this time.
I mean really fucked up.
It's looking good in here though.
You're in so much shit.
Don't let them see you're scared.
Virgil.
You know these people.
I do know these people.
But do we know you?
Can I tell this fuck?
Can I tell him what's inside the briefcase?
Why not?
It'll concentrate his mind.
But I'm guessing inside the briefcase
there's 20 to 30 pounds of plastic Semtex explosive.
An alarm clock, some wires and a detonator.
And the time is probably set to a very scary time.
Sometime very close.
Ten minutes from now.
They are punishing me for recommending you.
You have 15 minutes, Virgil.
Or Gregory. Soldier or spy.
Informant or grass or whatever the fuck you are.
It's 14 minutes now.
Speak to them
and please tell me you know what the fuck they are talking about.
I know what they're talking about.
Lemongrass.
An important operation went wrong.
We want his name.
Give us the fucking name of the informant
or we walk out of here and let the suitcase blow.
Mr Carmen, before I speak to our friends from Sparkhill
I'd like an assurance from you.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Clock is ticking, Virgil.
What assurance?
All over town there are posters advertising your opening night.
And there is a band I'd like to be added to the line-up.
Somewhere near the top.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Yes or no, Mr Carmen?
Yes. Yes. Fucking yes. I'll put them on the bill.
Just give them the fucking name!
Is that it? - That's it.
And if you'd like, gentlemen, if this is a conventional set up with no surprises
I'll disable the mechanism for ya.
Virgil, no!
Somewhere near the top of the bill please, Mr Carmen.
MUSIC: "Rock And Roll" by The Velvet Underground
# Jenny said when she was just five years old #
# There was nothing happening at all #
# Every time she puts on a radio #
# There was a nothin', nothin' at all #
# Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station #
# She couldn't believe what she heard at all #
# She started dancin' to that fine, fine music #
# You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll #
# Despite all the computations #
# You know dance to a rock 'n' roll station #
# And it was alright #
# It was alright #
TYRES SCREECH
# Jenny said when she was just five years old #
# There's nothing happening at all #
# Yeah, every time she put on the radio #
# There was nothing goin' down at all #
# One fine mornin' she put on a New York station #
# And she couldn't believe what she heard at all #
# She started dancin' to that fine, fine music #
ON RADIO: # You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll #
# Despite the computations #
# You could dance to a rock 'n' roll station #
God, if you'd told me where we were going, I'd put sensible shoes on.
SHE SCOFFS
What, are we shooting pigeons now?
GUNSHOT
BIRDS CAW
DANTE (VO): This is the last 20 seconds before we get famous.
Before the ovation and the "which one betrays us".
All aboard for penthouse floors, cocaine bores, metropolitan whores.
The Who, The Stones, The Doors.
They all fold their arms and say
"Go on then, show us."
Escaping fuck-all without kicking a ball.
Words in chains, tunes like rain.
You resign yourself to the fucking shelf.
But someone comes along, heard your song, tells you you're wrong.
I know it's you, Mum.
I smell your perfume, in this smoky dressing room.
I hear the sound of you singing Motown.
We're on the top bunk, Dad's still drunk.
Shouting, smoking. You pretending he's joking.
That's what this is.
A forgotten memory.
Right, are you fuckers ready?
Ready. - Ready.
Yeah, we're ready.
Right, let's go.
Right...
DANTE (VO): After all this time, coming back to me.
When it was you and me, and I was three
and you said I could be whatever in the world I wanted to be.
So now watch me, Mum.
After "one, two, three", it's live on stage.
Fuck the factory.
So now, we all say farewell to who we used to be.
CROWD WHISTLES
Ladies and gentlemen.
I wanna introduce some stage virgins
their first ever live appearance
all the way from Coventry.
CROWD CHEERS AND JEERS
And Chelmsley Wood Estate.
CROWD CHEERS
And look, I can't believe that this is their name
but this is actually their name.
Ladies and gentlemen
please give a big Birmingham welcome for...
Fuck the Factory!
CROWD CHEERS
INSTRUMENTS TUNING UP
Ba! - VOICE IN CROWD: Ba!
CROWD CHUCKLES
Ba! - VOICE IN CROWD: Ba!
Ba! - VOICES IN CROWD: Ba!
Ba! - CROWD: Ba!
Ba! - Ba!
Ba! - Ba!
Ba! - Ba!
Ba! Ba! - Ba! Ba!
Ba! - Ba!
Ba! - Ba!
Ba! Ba! - Ba! Ba!
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba! - Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba! Ba!
ALL: Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba!
CROWD CHEERS
Ba!
We are Fuck the Factory.
We don't fucking care.
CROWD WHISTLES AND CHEERS
Here is a song about our town.
This Town.
CROWD CHEERS
Hope you like it.
One, two, three, four!
MUSIC STARTS
# Be what you want unless you come from here #
# Get what you can, or get used to nothing #
# Fire all over the city #
# Fire all over the city - Don't care what you do #
# Just do something #
# Reach for the sky, unless the sky's burning #
# Bullets like eyes in the dark #
# Knives like hands in your guts #
# Searching #
# Keep dancing, don't stop the dance #
# Say what you like unless the wrong person is listening #
# Then you better keep your mouth closed #
# What you can't hold down, what you can't hold down #
# Sooner or later, it will all explode #
# Be what you want unless you come from here #
# Get what you can or get used to nothing #
# Fire all over the city #
# I don't care what you do, just do something #
# If I'm getting out - I'm getting out #
# Then you're coming with me #
# You're coming with me #
# If I'm going in - I'm going in #
# Then you're coming with me #
# You're coming with me #
# If I'm getting out #
# I'm getting out #
# Then you're coming with me #
# You're coming with me #
# We don't leave nobody behind #
# Forget what they tell you about this town #
# This town 's sinking #
# Never to be found #
# You can hear the sound of the children thinking #
# How can I get out before everybody drowns? #
# But I got a way, sing with me #
# I know the way #
# Make enough noise, they will hear us #
# Kicking up the dust in the distance #
# Spin the whole city, make it all disappear #
# Say what you like about this town #
# This town's mine, I love her and I'll never let go #
# This town's magic, harder to shake than a bad habit #
# And she's taught me everything I know #
# I, I go the way you lead me #
# I go the way, come follow me into the sound #
# Kicking up the dust in the distance #
# Raise it all up #
# When they burn it all down #
# If I'm getting out - If I'm getting out #
# Then you're coming with me - You're coming with me #
# If I'm going in - If I'm going in #
# Then you're coming with me - You're coming with me #
# If I'm getting out #
# If I'm getting out #
# Then you're coming with me #
# You're coming with me #
# We don't leave nobody behind #
CROWD CHEERS
CROWD ROARS
FRANTIC DRUMROLL
CYMBAL CRASHES - CROWD CHEERS
CROWD CHANTS: Fuck the Factory! Fuck the Factory!
MUSIC: "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" by Sekou
# Wonderful world, beautiful people #
# You and your girl, things could be pretty #
# But underneath this there is a secret #
# That nobody can reveal #
# Take a look at the world #
# And the state that it's in today #
# I am sure you'll agree #
# We all could make it a better way #
# Instead of fussing and fighting #
# Cheating but biting... #
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