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Too Much Too Young
Jerry Dammers / Lloyd Charmers |
You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me
oh no, no gimme no more pickni
You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a son
when you should be having fun with me
we don't want, we don't want
we don't want no more pickni
Ain't he cute?
No he ain't
He's just another burden
on the welfare state
You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me
no gimme,no gimme,no gimme no more pickni
Call me immature
Call me a poser
I'd love to spread manure in your bed of roses
Don't want to be rich
Don't want to be famous
But I'd really hate to have the same name as you
(you silly moo)
You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me
gi we de birth control, we no want no pickni
You've done too much
much too young
Now you're chained to the cooker
making currant buns for tea
oh no, no gimme no more pickni
Ain't you heard of the starving millions
Ain't you heard of contraception
Do you really a program of sterilization
Take control of the population boom
It's in your living room
Keep a generation gap
Try wearing a cap |
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| Released as : | The Special A.K.A. Featuring Rico |
| Single Cover : | 
The Special A.K.A. Live! EP
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| UK Release Date : | January 1980 |
| Catalog Number : | CHS TT7 |
| UK Single Chart : | 1 |
| Single Track Listing : |
Too Much Too Young
Guns Of Navarone
Longshot Kick De Bucket
Liquidator
Skinhead Moonstomp
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| Notes : |
- CHS TT7 was supposed to be Elvis Costello's, using 2 Tone whilst his own label was set up, but although the single was pressed, his label WEA got a court injunction to ban the release. The Specials simply recycled the catalog number for 'Too Much Too Young'
- Based on Lloyd Tyrell's (aka Lloyd Charmers) 1969 track 'Birth Control'. Jerry Dammers modernized the lyrics and kicked up the tempo a few notches
- This track on the single was recorded live at the Lyceum, London, in November 1979
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