1. |
No Singing No Dancing
03:43
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No singing no dancing no mingling
We've got to all stay inside
For a week or two
No singing no dancing no mingling
It might save your life
But not if you're inclined to be
A social butterfly like me
Who craves
Good times
A creature who needs company
To be the centre of the scene all the time
I went back to bed
When Gladys said
No singing no dancing no mingling
Clean and disinfect your hands
And try not to breathe
No singing no dancing no mingling
Go straight home and don't leave
But what if you like going out
Getting drunk and falling down
On strangers' beds
Waking with no memory
Of where you are or where you parked the car
Or what you did
Even Baby Jesus wept when Gladys said
We can't go out
We've got to stay home
With the people we love
24/7, 8 days a week
With the people we love
It's hell on earth to be trapped indoors
With the people we love
The people we love would like to kill us
I'm in the park
It's late at night
There's no one else around.
The Earth is gently humming
and I'm swaying to the sounds.
I sing softly to myself
So I don't disturb the peace
But my movement and my vocal
Has attracted the police.
The boy in blue is livid
He looks at me askance
He says "I heard you singing
and now you're trying to dance.
So are you dancing boy?"
I said, "Are you asking?"
He said, "Are you dancing?"
I said, "Are you asking?"
He said, "Are you dancing?"
He said, he said, he said!
No singing no dancing no mingling
We've got to all stay inside for the rest of our lives
No singing no dancing no mingling
If I can't dance I'll just die
No singing no dancing no mingling
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing no mingling
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing
No singing no dancing
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2. |
Canberra (In The 70s)
03:36
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I used to walk around with my head stuck in the clouds
Through empty city squares with no one else around
Everyone else stayed indoors
While I walked through empty shopping malls
Where all the stores were closed
No cars, no buses on the roads
I was 14 years old screaming, "Why Lord? Why?"
Now every city in the world
Every city in the world
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s
On a Sunday every city in the world's like Canberra
And I never knew I learnt so much from these lonely, lonely years
About loneliness
How to never see another living soul
And not get too stressed
Now every city in the world.
Every city in the world
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s.
On a Sunday every city in the world's like Canberra
And the days the weeks the months would pass
And I'd never see another living soul and not get too stressed
14 years old as previously mentioned
stuck in the opening scenes
Of the Omega Man
Now every city in the world.
Every city in the world
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s.
On a Sunday
Every city in the world's like Canberra
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s
On a Monday
Every city in the world's like Canberra
On a Tuesday
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s
On a Wednesday
Every city in the world's like Canberra
On a Thursday
Every city in the world's like Canberra in the 70s
On a Friday
Every city in the world's like Canberra
On the sabbath
Every city in the worlds like Canberra in the 70s
On a Sunday
On a Sunday
On a Sunday
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3. |
The Remedy
04:34
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4. |
OC FC
01:55
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Oxford Collar, French Cuff, Windsor Knot,
You prat, you prat, you prat, (you)
Oxford Collar, French Cuff, Windsor Knot,
… ... tosser...
You know they… you know they lie, (they lie, they lie, they lie)
You know they… you know they lie - Like pigs in a bucket of swill,
THERE’S NO - EXIT.
I got the feeling that somebody lied to me
THERE’S NO EASY - FIXIT.
I need somebody to try, to try for me.
Oxford Collar, French Cuff, Windsor Knot,
Red bus, red bus, red bus, red -
Oxford Collar, French Cuff, Windsor Knot,
You born again Fascists - give it to the masses,
Trick them into thinking, you’re the remedy,
Start with violent clashes, turn the truth to ashes,
Shouting Ubermensch and white supremacy.
Arr - arr - arr ah
Preach ya psycho-babble, convince ya filthy rabble,
Your bully boys and bully girls, to buy the myth,
Sell ya cultural cancer, you don’t have any answers,
In your stupid matching uniforms, march to this!
Arr - arr - arr ah
Oxford collar, French cuff, Windsor knot,
By god, by god, by god, you look good,
Oxford collar, French cuff, Windsor knot,
And you know, you know, you know, you know it.
So - just lounge back on the chesterfield, as your country burns down, you entitled arrogant louche lizard…
Oxford collar!
(Collar)
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5. |
Be Kind
04:16
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We’re fighting for space on the edge of the couch,
But we won’t survive if we don’t figure this out,
We’ve made it to the end of the map,
After this there’ll be no turning back.
Be kind, be kind, for fuck’s sake, for fuck’s sake, be kind to each other,
Be kind, be kind, for fuck’s sake, for fuck’s sake, be kind.
The system is rigged, and it cannot be saved,
But the future depends on decisions we make,
We’re bound by chains of inequity,
But it’s people, just people, who will set people free,
Chorus
We can make the world a better place to be,
Just try to be nice, just try to be nicer, please.
Be kind.
We’re caught in between times, but one day this will pass,
All this sorrow and this sadness can’t last,
And when we’ve woken from this longest of nights,
We’ll open all the doors, and let in the light.
Chorus
We can make the world a better place to be,
Be courteous and polite, try to find some em-path--y.
Be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind to each other,
Be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind, be kind to each other
We can make the world a better place to be,
We can make the world a better place to be,
We can make the world a better place to be,
Be kind.
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Paul McDermott Sydney, Australia
Paul McDermott has been fighting tyranny, injustice and enuui for 40 years, armed only with comedy and a pretty voice. As Australia’s original subversive Punk comedian, he is best known both for Good News Week and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars. ... more
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