New York vs London Boys 

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The Pistols were the first out of the block with this pisstake of The New York Dolls  giving them a good verbal going over. The reply was by Johnny Thunders below and the irony is not lost on me that Steve Jones and Paul Cook play on the Thunders track. What I can say is the Pistols win hands down in the sarcasm and verbal punching stakes.
 

New York - Sex Pistols 
(Jones/Matlock/Cook/Rotten)

An imitation from New York
You're made in Japan from cheese and chalk
You're hippy tarts hero 'cos you put on a bad show
You put on a bad show - Oh don't it show.

Still - oh out on those pills
Oh do you remember

Think its swell playing Max's Kansas
You're looking bored and you're acting flash
With nothing in your gut you better keep your mouth shut
You better keep your mouth shut - in a rut

Thinks its swell playing in Japan
Well everybody knows Japan is a dishpan
You're just a pile of shit, you're coming to this
You poor little fagot -you're sealed with a kiss

Still - oh out on those pills
Oh do the sambo

Four years on you still look the same
I think its bout time you changed your brain
You're just a pile of shit you're coming to this
Ya poor little faggot -You're sealed with a kiss
Kiss me
Pills cheap thrills aspros anything
You're condemned to eternal bullshit
You're sealed with a kiss

A kiss a kiss you're sealed with a kiss
Looking for a kiss you're coming to this
You do just about anything
Eh Boy?

      The Reply.........

London Boys - Johnny Thunders

YOU’D BEST BELIEVE I’M FROM NEW YORK CITY..
YOU’RE TELLIN’ ME TO SHUT MY MOUTH
IF I WASN’T KISSIN’ YOU WOULDN’T BE AROUND
YOU TALK ABOUT FAGGOTS LITTLE MAMA’S BOY
YOU’RE STILL AT HOME YOU GOT YOUR CHAPERONE..

YOU NEED AN ESCORT TO TAKE A PISS
HE HOLDS YOUR HAND THEN HE SHAKES YOUR DICK
YOU’RE SO PRETTY SUBURBAN KITTY (KIDDY?)
YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA CHANGE REARRANGE THE CITY..

LITTLE LONDON BOYS
YOU’RE LITTLE LONDON BOYS..(X2)
YOU THINK YOU’RE GONNA FOOL ME?

LITTLE RICH KID WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
YOU HAD EVERYTHING DON’T YOU THINK IT DON’T SHOW`
YOU’RE HIDING IN THE CLOSET JUST  A FACIN’ THE WALL
TOO MUCH TOO SOON DO YOU RECALL?

HAVE A HOLIDAY IN THE CITY???????
YOUR SOUVENIRS (?)?? VASELINE PRETTY (?)
YOU DON’T NEED NO JUNK JUST LSD
YOU WON’T GET SHOT – SHOT BY ME!

LITTLE LONDON BOYS..
AND I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU..

TOO BAD YOU BOYS DON’T KNOW
AND THE GIRLS THEY DON’T GO
EVERYBODY JUST SHOWS
YOU POOR LITTLE PUPPET...