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Mediocre Minds
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Written by: Greg Graffin, Greg Hetson
Released in: 1998
BPM: 89
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Look around the country, an abundance you'll find of
Mediocre minds.
Sift trough the fodder as the sane justice declines because of
Mediocre minds.
Shrouded under cover, the most flamboyant guise hides a
Mediocre mind.
You got yours, but you can never bend mine with your
Mediocre minds.

When they cry foul, you had better watch out
Because you never know which aptitude they're griping about.
Don't act too smart for their stenoscopic ways.
You'll be discarded away.

Reason's not to be what the privileged define with their
Mediocre minds.
So many sighted people act so helplessly blind from their
Mediocre minds.

If you want attention, then you will be asked to bend,
But the surest insurrection is enlightenment,
Then you can live outside inharmoniously without friends and enemies.

They wanna keep me locked away
'Cause I'm an overactive brain.

Leaders, presidents and the nightly news guys cater to
Mediocre minds.
Reason's not to be what the privileged define with their
Mediocre minds.
You got yours, but you can never bend mine with your
Mediocre minds.
The only natural thing that I despise are
The mediocre minds.
Mediocre minds,
Mediocre minds!

Versions
Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
1:56 No Substance United States 12" 2022
1:56 No Substance Europe 12" 2018
1:56 No Substance United States 12" 2018
1:56 No Substance United States 12" 2018
1:56 No Substance Europe 12" 2013
1:56 No Substance Europe 12" 2013
1:56 No Substance Europe 12" 2013
1:56 No Substance 6997-1 United States 12" 2010
1:56 No Substance 6997-2 Europe CD 2008
1:56 No Substance CPT-2007 South Korea MC 2007
1:56 No Substance ESCA-6949 Japan CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 489570-2 Australia CD 1998
1:56 No Substance United States CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 489570-8 Germany MD 1998
1:56 No Substance 83094-4 United States MC 1998
1:56 No Substance DRA 489570 4 Germany MC 1998
1:56 No Substance United States 12" 1998
1:56 No Substance Germany 12" 1998
1:56 No Substance DRA 489570 2 Germany CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 83094-2 United States CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 83094-2/4 United States CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 83094 United States 12" 1998
1:56 No Substance Spain MC 1998
1:56 No Substance Russia MC 1998
1:56 No Substance Poland MC 1998
1:56 No Substance A 006497 Bulgaria MC 1998
1:56 No Substance Turkey MC 1998
1:56 No Substance 489570-4 Indonesia MC 1998
1:56 No Substance No catalog ID United States MC 1998
1:56 No Substance 489570 2 Argentina CD 1998
1:56 No Substance South Korea CD 1998
1:56 No Substance Canada CD 1998
1:56 No Substance Canada CD 1998
1:56 No Substance Austria CD 1998
1:56 No Substance Russia CD 1998
1:56 No Substance United States CD 1998
1:56 No Substance DRA 489570 9 Germany CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 83094-2 Israel CD 1998
1:56 No Substance 758.443/2-489570 Brazil CD 1998
Not specified
1:56 The New America ZK07115 Russia CD 2000
1:56 No Substance 83094-2P United States CD 1998
1:56 No Substance SAMPCD 4959 Germany CD 1998
1:56 No Substance tbd United States CD 1998
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05/01/2007 at 23:34
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