NoFX - The separation of church and skate

Lost in a sea of combat boots,
flush the bouncers with wasted youth.
When did punk rock become so safe?
When did the scene become a joke?
The kids who used to live for beer and speed
now want their fries and coke.
Cursing and birds are not allowed.
In fact, let's keep noise levels down.

Must separate the church and skate.

Why don't we put pads on the kids?
Helmets, head gear and mouth pieces
zhen we could pad the boards and walls.
Put cameras inside bathroom stalls.
We make sure only nice bands play.
Make every show a Matinee.
Teach kids to be all they can be
and we could sing “My Country Tis' of Thee”,
sweet land of liberty!

When did punk rock become so safe?
I know it wasn't Duane or Fletcher
who put up the barricades.
Like a stake in the heart.
Somehow we got driven apart.

I want conflict, I want dissent,
I want the scene to represent
our hatred of authority,
our fight against complacency.
Stop singing songs about girls and love,
cou killed the owl, you freed the dove.
Confrontation and politics
replaced with harmonies and sticks.
When did punk rock become so tame?
These fucking bands all sound the same.
We want our fights, we want our thugs,
we want our burns, we want our drugs.
Where is the violent apathy?
These fucking records are rated G.

When did punk rock become so safe?