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baby I wish I’d been a better popstar
wish I’d known when it started/I would’ve gone without more/would’ve stayed inside
I would’ve stayed in shape
I could’ve been even more of a bastard/I could’ve really settled some scores
stayed low/kept my head down/picked my moments/kept my powder dry and then BAM!
baby I wish I’d been a better popstar
cleaner! I was so messy/nothin’ but trouble
I should’ve showed up/had my act together/showed some respect for the room
baby I wish I’d been a better popstar
I could be dead by now/it’d be all over/you could be on your fourth or fifth
I blew it baby! I screwed up!when it was time to shine I wasn’t shiny
I should’ve stayed on message/I shoulda repeat myself/repeat
I shoulda known it was on!
baby I wish I’d been a better popstar
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Song Of Life
05:46
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yeah starin’ out from my cot/back where I started/where it began/where it stops
meet everybody by the age of ten/you search for those cats again
all your life/ faces in the street/you put ‘em to the lens
try everything on in your teens even though so much is down to your jeans
never knew such plenty in your twenties/get real sentimental in your thirties
get awful mean in your forties/get even better in your fifties
then you better find somethin’ else to do
song of life
ZIPPA DEEDOO what is/was that/this?
yeah, chucked all my toys out/here I am then/back where I started
song of life
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He Was A Sore Winner
03:04
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he was a sore winner
it was a thing
a real thing
they gathered in mobs
they gathered together to howl
the sore winners
they were the real people
the forgotten ones
he was their boy
their man I mean
oh yes a man
he was big on that
the sore winner
they had everything that you could want
but they heard whispers
about other people who got stuff
too, too easily
they turned to the sore winner
they heard the sore winner
he spoke for them
he said
“I got this…”
he was a sore winner
he was a sore winner
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you talk too much
we can't not know what you're thinkin'
what's on the front of your tongue
you talk too much
once- just once- you spoke up
your down words
they go on
we look at you
we hear ya
some things should stay on your mind
some things should stay in your mind
are you out of your mind?
get back in!
most of you should stay as an idea
you talk too much
where is the surprise?
its a need to know world
you talk too much
we can see what you're thinkin'
your front door is open
people just walk over and look in
some things should stay on your mind
some things should stay in your mind
are you out of your mind?
get back in!
most of you should stay as an idea
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Gloria Grahame
05:29
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GloriaGrahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto/
Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray
I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die
hashtag rebel/of course/hashtag me too whatcha gonna do?
you put me In A Lonely Place and made me love the killer/fuck or die
a jug of boiling coffeee freestyle to the face/fuck or die
Gloria Grahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto
Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray
I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die
where’s your son been? where’s your son been?
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6. |
You're All Wrong
08:18
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You’re all wrong/just you/not everybody/but all of you/you’re all wrong
I see a spectrum under you/that’s a nice way of sayin’ you’re on it/you’re all wrong/you’re all wrong
you’re all wrong/you’re not right/you don’t feel us feel you/you’re all wrong
you’re all wrong/ok/everybody/that’s the way you’re gonna hear this/you’re all wrong
you’re all wrong/nah/just you/but all of you/you’re all wrong
you’re all wrong/your nose/your smell/your walk/your words/your voice/your vibe/you’re all wrong
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you can’t have your boogie
and boogie too
you can’t re-pop a cherry
just your cork now
all you curators out there
all you curators nowhere
phony rock’n’roll clubs
guys collectin dogtags
cosplay cos
curators over here
is the world so small that people like you can grab it?
No!
you can’t have your boogie
and boogie too
you’re a bad shopkeeper
a sad barkeep
got your bar in the street with the gunslingers
we got the tales to tell
you can’t have your boogie
and boogie too
dunno thyself
I dunno
dunno thyself
barkeep!
what’s with the make up?
shave off that beard
so many brands in one face!
you can’t be iconical and be iconic too
you can’t have your boogie
and boogie too
woah!
you can’t have your boogie
and boogie too
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8. |
Where's My Buzz?
05:14
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where’s my buzz?
I walked in here/like I rolled/my head was tight/my tongue was thick/my eyeballs were warm and full
my voice was burred/where’s my buzz?/where’s all the talk?it’s worse/where’s the window?
the hot window for me/where’s my buzz?
everybody else flew outta the blocks/I need my time to come/soon/where’s my buzz?
I left it around here/I remember now/where’s my buzz?I paid my dues!?nothings happenin’!
I should be feelin’ it by now! where’s my buzz?my signature moment/my viral clip/my theme!
where’s my buzz?
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Answering Machine
02:44
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Once I had an answering machine
though I never asked it a question
it wasn’t for me
I suppose I could’ve called it myself but those were more serious times
things were simpler
everybody had one
they were filters
extensions
others threw them up as screens
force-fields
that’s how simple things were
you were in
you were out
you were how or away
people knew you
you knew how people knew you
if you weren’t around they could leave a message on your answering machine
don’t you wish you had an answering machine?
it never got smart
it never got any smarter
it didn’t answer back
it just answered
people had no reason not to believe that you weren’t really there
that you were sittin’ there listenin’ in real time
“hello, you have called Blah, Blah and Blah
we ain’t here right now
leave a message after the beep and we might get back to ya
hah!”
Once I had an answering machine though I never asked it a question
don’t you wish
don’t you wish you had an answering machine?
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ULTRAKEEF
04:50
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Fuck you day /fuck you time of day
fuck you breakfast/fuck you food/
fuck you mealtime/fuck you bedtime
fuck you Dartford/fuck you London
fuck you England/fuck you France
hello D-O-P-E hello dope
hello B-O-O-Z-E hello booze
hello Bentley/hello guns ‘n’ knives ‘n’ kohl
kohl for my eyes
goodbye Brian/hello Anita/sorry Anita/zzzzzzzzz
fuck you old man/fuck you young girl
fuck you Mick/kiss me Charlie
fuck you Canada (Toronto)/fuck you Australia
hello Jamaica/hello Walter Raleigh and Henry Morgan
fuck you life/fuck you death
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11. |
Is That What You Did?
09:27
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Is that what you did?that thing that you’re doin’?I heard about stuff you did but never seen this thing
is that what you did?is that what you did?is that it?
the man from the museum was passin’ through town/he said “I ain’t comin’ in unless I get it in print
that you’ll be doin’ what you did/is that what you did?Is that what you did?
should I know? I just gotta know
is that what you did?this thing that you’re doin’?is that it?
I just gotta know
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dave graney Melbourne, Australia
From Melbourne, Australia.
Dave Graney and Clare Moore were once in the Moodists, singer and drummer
respectively.Then there was the Coral Snakes and and now Dave Graney and the mistLY.
Stu Thomas on bass since 2004 and Stuart Perera on guitar since 1998
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Amos Garrett on guitar and vocals. He does both so very well. A vintage player - like me - but I only discovered him recently. Stellar sounds.
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If i said, "he's a freak", I'd be being very positive. So yeah - he's a freak.
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