When bands are talking shit about the other bands in town And just to get ahead they drag each other down When venues only cater to promoters with a national act That don't care for the local bands there might be
No scene, no scene, no scene No camaraderie, this might as well be battle of the bands No scene, no scene, no scene No common enemy, we might as well be playing in a talent show I don't want to be no scene I don't want to be no scene
You know there's a basement show where the kids can go But you've got to be elite They're making every standard so impossible to meet At 21 and over you get to play the club Where the disenchanted go to show no love
