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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Performer
Robert Quine
Guitar
Richard Hell
Vocals
Ivan Julian
Guitar
Marc Bell
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Hell
Songwriter
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Arranger
Robert Quine
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Richard Hell
Producer
Fred Wilkes
Assistant Engineer
Greg Calbi
Mastering Engineer
Richard Gottehrer
Producer
Don Hunerberg
Recording Engineer
Rob Freeman
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I was sayin' let me out of here before I was even born
It's such a gamble when you get a face
It's fascinating to observe what the mirror does
But when I dine, it's for the wall that I set a place
[Verse 2]
I belong to the blank generation
And I can take it or leave it each time
Well, I belong to the generation but
I can take it or leave it each time
[Verse 3]
Triangles were fallin' at the window as the doctor cursed
He was a cartoon, long forsaken by the public eye
The nurse adjusted her garters as I breathed my first
The doctor grabbed my throat and yelled, God's consolation prize
[Verse 4]
I belong to the blank generation
And I can take it or leave it each time
Well, I belong to the generation but
I can take it or leave it each time
Take it
[Verse 5]
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 6]
To hold the TV to my lips, the air so packed with cash
Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot
To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks
And watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot
[Verse 7]
I belong to the blank generation
And I can take it or leave it each time
Well, I belong to the generation but
I can take it or leave it each time
[Verse 8]
I belong to the blank generation
And I can take it or leave it each time
Well, I belong to the generation but
I can take it or leave it each time
[Verse 9]
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Wee-ooh
Written by: Richard Hell