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Boom Boom Boom
04:50
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With great legroom comes great responsibility
Tough Luck to repay whats due
but needs must now my plane crashes into the sea
Should I grab at the handle or brace for impact?
Metal don't collapse, like a dream.
Don't hide from this charged synapse
Like a dream that might be turning true.
So I break through the door with pride
shout cowabunga and inflate the slide
I'm present and I'm here
All my juices running clear.
Then boom boom crash the engine takes
I dive from death down the fire escape
Fosby flop into the lifeboat
even the jacket matches my coat.
With great Acts of heroism come great expectation for more
All eyes in the life boat fixed upon me
as we all bob up and down in the sea, lost at sea
Should I stand as captain or draw straws till the last?
Metal don't collapse, like a dream.
Don't just avoid eye contact
in a dream that might be turning true
When there'll soon be only death to nourish you.
So I hoist up the flag and sails
shore this dingy up with planks and nails
shes a beautiful galleon
set sail for the setting sun
Then boom boom boom crack the cannon ball blasts
knock a humpback out with the steel ball's mass
and we laugh and suck its bones
and we never ever talk about home.
Boom!
I feel it coming, the air breaths out the kitchen,
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Mr Monk E Moo
02:45
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Once our Honeypot was decorated and freshly painted
We set sail down the M60 eagerly but legally on Thursday night
Cos waiting there our new friend
Long ears and short tail end
Had packed his bags and said his last goodbyes
We drove home our little bag of bones
and laughed as is sniffed round every room
Our posh rug in horror protested:
"That dog will molest me, don't leave us alone"
First we called him Spot
Then we added ty-poo
And now he signs all his checks Mr Monk E Moo
He sailed over the Irish sea
Such a long long way
For such a little little piggy
And on this ship
This ship of salty sea dogs
Captain Spots only rule was:
Don't splash me (woof)
Morning Yoga's at eight
Then its bag to bed at five past
And if he like you, he'll put his bum on you
It's Mr Monkey Moo.
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3. |
Mankind
06:12
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’Twas another night in Strangeways
And all through the big house
The only creature stirring was a scrawny little mouse
Dumb enough to think that we had scraps to spare
Mate we even fight over dreams of cheese when the cupboards are this bare.
And as I lay in my bunk
The keys jangled in the lock
Like a dog that hears the postman
I was all excitement and shock
“Now you two play nice” the jailer laughed as he left
And this big guy mooched in singing under his breath:
Mankind is gonna save you
He's got two eyes on you
He sees in your heart
So make sure your heart is true.
As you know I’m a real nice guy and I’ve been brought up to share
So I showed my new cell-mate round the gaff
Even offered him a chair
I said “Nice singing, I like it, you know I’m in a band?”
But the way he looked at me I knew he'd never understand.
He reached into his bag
Pulled out a poster all rolled up
Then pinned the dog-eared corners to the wall just where I stood
On unfolding he unveiled what can only be described
As a life sized portrait of the wrestler Mankind.
Mankind is gonna save you
He's got two eyes on you
He sees in your heart
So make sure your heart is true.
Now I’ve been in here too long to know its a bad idea to laugh
But seeing this hairy wrestler sweating in his leather-face mask
Drew the squeak of a giggle from somewhere deep inside
And as it made for this nut's ears he quickly cut me down to size.
“Don't you laugh at this icon for you will feel his wrath
The true path to salvation is upon Mankind's path
Accept him as your spirit guide and learn about his ways”
And I’m not kidding he just went on like that for days!
Mankind is gonna save you
He's got two eyes on you
He sees in your heart
So make sure your heart is true.
A plan I hatched at midnight to rid me of these two pests
A poster of a wrestler and the man that its possessed
I snook across the prison yard
Stole scissors from a sleeping guard
And crept back in
But I didn't kill him
And while he soundly slept and snored I snipped a sliver of the poster
A millimetre off each side so subtle he wouldn't notice
And tucked up back in bed I ate the pieces I'd cut off
The evidence eaten, a job well done, I slept like a sneaky log.
I did this every night for months
The poster slowly shrinking
But so gradual was its demise Its disciple just kept thinking
That all was as it should be, mankind was by his side
But more and more I saw growing confusion in his eyes.
Mankind is gonna save you
He's got two eyes on you
He sees in your heart
So make sure your heart is true.
Four months into my plan and Mankind's a quarter smaller
By Christmas I’ll have eaten it all, get things back how they ought a
But Christmas had come early when I heard my cell-mate scream
“He's coming out the wall for me, tell me its a dream!”
And as he held his head and rocked the white coats they dragged him off
A look of sheer horror was the only goodbye I got
See an optical illusion played tricks upon his brain
He didn't see the poster shrink but Mankind grow in the frame.
Like he was looming out the poster
like he was peering out the wall
reaching out to grab him and chase him down the hall!
Mankind is gonna save you
He's got two eyes on you
He sees in your heart
So make sure your heart is true.
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4. |
The Atom Song
05:04
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I'm an atom
I'm the little guy doing all the work
Upstairs is the big guy
a faceless corporation or something holy?
It depends what you believe..
(Don't ask me I just work here)
I'm currently stationed at sea
As part of the thin and delicate tivia convulsiva covering the lateral surface of a Southern Right Whales left eye
Yeah I've had worse jobs
But every night I close my eyes I dream
of the girl I left behind.
Now I need to be back in my baby's arms
She'll be up each night waiting
Sipping peppermint tea
And time cannot hurt her
And it can't hurt me
We met in a Summer's meadow
Oh I will never forget that night
Rising up with the Sunrise
We grew together two parts of a petal
Oh but the seasons change so fast
Now I need to be back in my baby's arms
She don't sleep right without me
I sweep her mattress for peas
And time cannot hurt her
And it can't hurt me
My room is just a damp and tiny cell
Your picture in my wallets all that proves its not Hell.
Take this ID, lanyard and tag
Jump in the sea and swim right back.
Now I need to be back in my baby's arms
If i'm not back by Autumn our home will be sieged
Cos with no-one to pass her
a glass and some paper
the spiders won't leave
The spiders won't leave.
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5. |
Minor Hit
02:54
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I've scored myself a minor hit
The first peg on the battleship
And I've made a tiny splash
Poured the caustic soda in the bath
And now I know how these things go
For others not like me
What page am I on?
Which photo did they use?
Mum, keep all the cuttings from the evening news.
Cos I've made a tiny wave
After all they're only babies
And i'm sought out by the spotlight
I hear the choppers circling
Where will I sleep tonight?
And now I know how these things go
For others not like me
Where did you get your inspiration?
Why did you do it? Why did you have to do it?
Minor hit....I think my face it just fit
And now I know why pigeons always walk through wet cement
Its no accident!
Build or destroy it
Build or destroy it
Minor hit
Minor hit
I think my face it just fit
Now I've a sick taste for it.
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Michael Chadwick UK
Songwriter and performer. Making music with Limbs and composing for anything else that looks fun.. Always looking to write for new interesting projects, have a look round and email: mchadwickmusic@gmail.com
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