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1. |
Hey Hey
02:52
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HEY HEY
HEY HEY
Shimmy shimmy, out into the sea (HEY HEY)
Like that has anything to do with me (HEY HEY)
I leave a trail, I’m a glittery mess (HEY HEY)
And I look awful in a cocktail dress (HEY HEY)
I bite the big one, I kick sand in my eye (HEY HEY)
And tell myself I was a loveable guy (HEY HEY)
But I have my hobbies, and I know my lines (HEY HEY)
And I have better uses for my time…
And I’m lining up to be
My own worst enemy
Pick me up and I’m putting you down (HEY HEY)
I’m the best thing to come out of this town (HEY HEY)
I only like you cos you look like me (HEY HEY)
All big blue eyes and opportunities (HEY HEY)
I could be happy but it’s so hard to tell (HEY HEY)
I treat my body like a cheap hotel (HEY HEY)
A string of accents from morning to night (HEY HEY)
And all my promises sound alike…
And I’m lining up to be
My own worst enemy
HEY HEY
HEY HEY
I know it’s over but I wanted to say (HEY HEY)
I had a really perfect wonderful day (HEY HEY)
Sitting fighting with my only friend (HEY HEY)
Why would I ever want today to end?
And who wouldn’t want to be
Their own worst enemy?
Sha na na na, na na na
Sha na na na, na na na (HEY HEY)
ETC.
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2. |
Risk
03:11
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Well I first saw her
A week past yesterday
And I knew
That there was something I’d have to say
I considered it
Quite carefully
And I knew
That it was the right thing to do
She might say no
I’d hope she wouldn’t
She might say no
In fact I’m certain that she wouldn’t
But she might
She might!
Then I could never face her again
I could never face her again
I could never face her again
I could never face her again
And again and again and again and again
“Go on, ask her!
That’s all you have to do
Go on, ask her!
It’s really quite an easy thing to do
She might say yes
I’d hope she would
She might say yes
In fact I’m certain that she would
But she might not
She might not
She might not
Then I could never face her again
I could never face her again
I could never face her again
I could never face her again
And again and again and again and again
Oh no
Oh no (Oh yes)
Oh no
Na na na!
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3. |
D.I.S.C.O.M.G.
02:32
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Another night, another oh no
I got some brand new moves to show. So?
I break my neck just for a go, oh.
Another night, another oh no
Trip through the door, please take my coat, oh
A Roman ruin, a Diet Coke, oh
The floor is mine so here I go, oh
Another night, another oh no
Pitch and invert, heart on sweatshirt
Oh-oh
Push my tragic car crash go-go
D.I.S.C. OH MY GOD NO
The red on red, the blue on blue, oh
I’d give my arms to move like you, oh
I shashay in, I fall right through, oh
And that’s the best that I can do, oh
Pitch and invert, heart on sweatshirt
Oh-oh
Push my tragic car crash go-go
D.I.S.C. OH MY GOD NO
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
This is only getting better
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
They can’t help me, I won’t let them
NO ONE’S WATCHING!
No one cares about your T-shirt
THIS IS TORTURE!
I’m not here if no one’s looking!
Pitch and invert, heart on sweatshirt
Oh-oh
Arms bent backwards, face turned skywards
Oh-oh
Push my tragic car crash go-go
Oh-oh
Please massage my fragile ego
D.I.S.C. OH MY GOD NO
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4. |
Theme from Ciaran
02:13
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Meeting Dennis Wilson
back in '68
Living like a cowboy on the Spahn estate.
You gotta be bored...
Folger, Frykowski, Sebring, Tate.
Singing about love while preaching about hate.
You gotta be bored...
There was a crooked man, he had a stupid smile,
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile;
He bought a stupid cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a crooked little house.
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5. |
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Sarah, light-fingered aping you’re aware of
Is all that I can offer you
Standing like some actor I saw today
Pushing the empty claim that
I’m 24! I am! I am!
Look, I don’t think you understand
It’s such a crime to be so bland
So I get younger ‘til
I’m 21! I am! I am!
I had my future well in hand
But maybe baby lately I’m all “NO, NO, NO, NO”
Sarah, what’s wrong with holding onto errors
If they are all your better parts?
Farewell to childish things that keep you boring
And just embrace the lie that
I’m 24! I am! I am!
Look, I don’t think you understand
It’s such a crime to be so bland
So I get younger ‘til
I’m 21! I am! I am!
I had my future well in hand
But maybe baby lately I’m all “NO, NO, NO, NO”
Sarah, you’ve looked for long enough now
Give up and turned to mirror, make-up
Sorry, I took your baby and I put it
In a FUCKING MAZE
I’m 24! I am! I am!
Look, I don’t think you understand
It’s such a crime to be so bland
So I get younger ‘til
I’m 21! I am! I am!
I had my future well in hand
But maybe baby, “NO, NO, NO”
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6. |
Born For Wheels
02:22
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Some were born to beg
Some were born to steal
Some were born to run
He was born for wheels
Some were born to fail
Some were born to thrive
Some were born to walk
He was born to drive
He told me that he loved me and he said he'd be back soon
But as he kissed me I could tell that that young man was doomed.
Some were born to laugh
Some were born to cry
Some were born to walk
He was born to drive
Some were born to run
He was born for wheels.
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7. |
Gently Redecorating
03:12
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When she comes she will come from the East
When she comes she will come to feast
And she will not rest
Till she’s got those teeth in my neck
When she calls she will call me easy
And as I fake it I will make it easy on her
And she will not rest
Till she’s got those teeth in my flesh
And she is gently redecorating my heart
Watch me fall apart
Gently redecorating my mind
Come back another time
And she will not wait
And I will not hesitate
(Audience: imagine a beautiful piano solo in place of this racket)
And she will not wait
For what I dare not contemplate
She’ll be gently redecorating my heart
Watch me fall apart
Gently redecorating my mind
Come back another time
She’ll be gently redecorating my heart
Watch me fall apart
Gently redecorating my mind
Come back another time
You and me we will be gently redecorating
My mind, your mind, everybody wants some piece of mind
And you and me we will be gently redecorating
My mind, your mind, everybody wants to be mine
And she will not rest
Until she tastes that salt in her mouth
Again
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8. |
3MP
02:48
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A heart hungover
Wired up to the nines
Oh, and my novelty hair
Sang of dreams left by the stair
I sidled over
With a look at my hands
Oh, another vacancy lands
Alarmist reeling
Tip-toe to the front
Despite the knives in me
I fear no enemy
Oh for the life of me
It’s on with the show
Two parts calamity
To one disharmony
I get so bored of me
So on with the show
The church bench ray gun
Was the quote of the year
Oh, and the look in your eye
Sang of dreams left out to dry
This reputation
Nicked from Just Seventeen
Saw me through to seventy three
Alarmist reeling
Tip-toe to the front
Despite the knives in me
I fear no enemy
Oh for the life of me
It’s on with the show
Two parts calamity
To one disharmony
I get so bored of me
So on with the show
Under amber skies
My half-forgotten lies
Don’t step on threes and you’ll be fine tonight
Don’t step on threes and you’ll be fine
Yeah right
A head hungover
Washing up in the waves
Drifts into the eightieth day
And sings of all the anyways
A broken ankle
And a family glare
Oh, if there is somebody there
Please take my hand
And tip-toe to the front
Despite the knives in me
I fear no enemy
Oh for the life of me
It’s on with the show
Two parts calamity
To one disharmony
I get so bored of me
So on with the show
Cha cha cha
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9. |
S.A.D.
05:53
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Birds sing out for the springtime
I feel this could be our time
You’ll be mine
And everything is going to turn out just fine
Hotdog! Here comes the summer
Sunburn and sweat: it’s a bummer
Ice cream cones
In your erogenous zones
But I’m well read, though maybe not so well bred
Baby, who needs a reason?
I’m a man for no season
It has been said that I’m easily led
Happy ever after as a seasonally adjusted disaster
Fireworks crack for the autumn
Don’t feel the sparks like I ought to
Dreams fall down
All the trees are rusting and brown
But I’m well read, though maybe not so well bred
Baby, who needs a reason?
I’m a man for no season
It has been said that I’m easily led
Happy ever after as a seasonally adjusted disaster
Keep warm, make trouble this winter
Old certainties start to splinter
Truth be told
I’m beginning to feel very old
But I’m well read, though maybe not so well bred
Baby, who needs a reason?
I’m a man with no season
It has been said that I’m easily led
Happy ever after as a seasonally adjusted disaster
YEAH!
I
I know where you are
I know where you’ve been
I know where you came from
And I
I know where you are
I know where you’ve been
I know where you’re going to
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