Lyric of the Week: PUNK ROCK
- Heshy R
- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
They were five high school boys from the Island
They wanted to play that rock’n’roll
So they took that two-chord sound
With heavy metal stripped down
And fused it with a little bit of soul
Started getting really popular
Around the Hamptons bars
They had more fans
Than the other local bands
It was the attack of the killer guitars
They thought, Hey, like, we’re original!
We can start a whole new craze!
So with their earrings on
And their makeup on
They entered their fashion phase
Made the rounds in New York City
Made some money now and then
Went to London town
When punk wound down
And they were never heard from again
Just another punk band in England
They disappeared without a trace
You couldn’t tell them apart
From a hundred other upstarts
Just another band without a face
If you wanna know what happened
To the five Long Island boys
They busk around
They can be found
Among the English unemployed
©2025 The Hesh Inc.
The story of a fictional band that I dreamed up during my army service in the 1980s, based on a bunch of stories I heard about different musicians during the era. More a dig on what seemed like the conformist, de rigueur fashion style that the musicians of that age felt the need to adhere to than anything else. No music, just a lyric ... never rehearsed, recorded, or performed.
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