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