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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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from I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND YOU'RE NOT IN IT., track released October 1, 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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