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I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND YOU'RE NOT IN IT.

by Paul McDermott

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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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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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The Remedy 04:34
4.
OC FC 01:55
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)
5.
Be Kind 04:16
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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released October 12, 2021

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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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