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Trusty Bench Man
02:17
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We used to sing songs about politics,
But Her, The Dog and Me was our biggest hit,
Amongst ourselves, our wives, and our one fan
So it seems for success, a couple things are essential,
The lyrics must be catchy and self-referential,
About turning from a trusty bench boy to a trusty bench man
But I don't have Matt's vocabulary,
Unlike Laz, I'm not a multi-instrumentalist,
And, unlike Greg, I can't articulate how shit my depression is,
So let me write this song for our limited audience,
A song about our thirties signed off by the four of us,
About the adult problems they've all faced; of which I'm on the precipice
(Gotta buy a house
Gotta learn to to drive
Gotta have a kid
Gotta find a wife
Oh I gotta)
I'm not planning on buying a house
Which isn't in delivery range of my favourite takeaway
And when they tell me I should do what I'm told
Well maybe I should listen to somebody 'cause I'm thirty fucking three years old
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2. |
It's Over
03:41
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Not today, no, not tomorrow
(It's over)
2030 carbon neutral
(It's over)
Nuclear stations built too slow
(It's over)
Ten grand install solar panels
(It's over)
Not today, no, not tomorrow
(It's over)
More pipes, more fracking, more drilling
(It's over)
Plenty of oil in the Arctic, you know
(It's over)
More deaths, more fossil fuel spilling
The fires are spreading faster each year
(It’s over)
The land that is scorched, it doesn’t regrow
(It’s over)
The rain that we need, it just isn’t falling
(It’s over)
The rivers are dry, there’s nowhere to go
(It’s over)
Neighbourhoods are left abandoned
(It’s over)
People flee, looking out for themselves
(It’s over)
Not enough produce to feed everyone
(It’s over)
We survive the fire to starve somewhere else
(It’s over)
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(We're closed)
Hospitals and supermarkets
(We're closed)
Stadiums are shut
(We're closed)
Toilet condom vending machines
(We're closed)
Bike racks all locked up
(We're closed)
Centre parcs will lock you inside
(We're closed)
Food banks? There's no need
(We're closed)
Pubs, shops, cafes, restaurants
(We're closed)
Performing our grief
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
(You're banned)
Self checkouts loudly beeping
(You're banned)
Funerals of plebs
(You're banned)
Holding eggs and holding paper
(You're banned)
Have you no respect?
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
It's what she would have wanted
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