"Heard It All Before" genre: Power Pop
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	The band's signature. Pissed off garage pop.Û
	CD: Seven Years Bad Luck   Label: Darwin's Beak Credits: Words and Music ©1992 Anthony Volpe
	Story Behind the Song The band's signature, a furious three-chord noisefest decrying the apathy of Anthony's generation. Unlike the rest of Concrete Jungle, this song was meant to be as loud and noisy and non-metal as possible, owing more to My Bloody Valentine and the Ramones than the Def Leppard influences heard in "Shame". Written in 1990. Demoed in 1992. Originally recorded in 1994 for Concrete Jungle, this version was re-recorded in 2001. The 1992 demo is more akin to what the song should have sounded like. The 2001 version was basically an attempt to clean it up and arrange the song differently to keep it interesting, thus the modified bassline and the building arrangement of the third verse.@ Lyrics Homeless people on the street No clothes to wear, no food to eat Every night they say their prayers Seems their cries fall on deaf ears A.I.D.S. spreads at the speed of sound Yet everyone still sleeps around They pray for a miracle I say it's a bunch of bull CHORUS And we've heard it all before And we don't do a thing about it And we've heard it all before And we don't give a frig about it We don't care We never do... ...until it's too late Everybody's out to score There's no one left worth voting for The country's turning communist while everybody sits back pissed Those who can't cope want escape They drink, do drugs, steal, lie, and rape The ozone layer's almost gone It's time to put my suncreen on CHORUS Earth's in a state of decay You wonder how it got this way The kids are left with all the problems And they have no resources to solve 'em What's the reason no one cares? Get involved, don't sit there scared We must bring the old Earth back Cause if we don't it'll all go black CHORUS It's too late

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