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Bad Reputation
03:44
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A bad reputation is a good place to start
Throw some paint at a canvas and call it ART.
A good reputation can be easily tarnished
Who says a turd can’t be varnished?
Put a clown in a White House and what do you get?
A world full of lies and deeply in debt
He is a dictator, he’s a man on a mission
And when he’s not dictatin’ he’s “nuclear” fishing
Poison your customers and blame them instead
As the P.R. disaster disturbs your head
Spill oil in the oceans and think of a ruse
Make a clever distraction and hide the news
You could be Florence Nightingale or Mother Theresa
Or think of yourself like every money-grabbing geezer
Fill the world with potential and water and bread
Or pile up a fortune and a hole for a head
A banker can do good or a whole lot of bad
Steal from the poor and make the rich so glad
Fill vaults with diamonds and bitcoin and gold
Ripped-off from the people whose souls they sold
A small act of kindness is a gift from the heart
That sets off a ripple from the very start.
A bad reputation is no place for a friend
A good reputation is no bad place to end
Leftist, rightist, Wolf in a glove
Sheep in an iron-fist, or a planet of love
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Can't Face the Bad Day
03:22
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Can't face the bad day,
I can't face the bad day,
Can't face the bad day,
That follows the good!
Can't face the bad day,
I can't face the bad day,
And even if I could...
I don't think that I would..... No No Noooo
I knew I would get hooked
But I just didn't care!
I knew I'd pay the price
But I had to get my share
Can't face the bad day,
Can't face the bad day!
And even if I could,
I don't think that I would....... No No Noooo
I knew that I was hooked
So I kept the lion's share
I wrote down everything
Because I did not care
Can't face the bad day,
Can't face the bad day!
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Dig or Hate
02:52
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Love it or Hate it
Make no mistake; It’s all good
Dig or Hate
Make no mistake; It’s all good
Well the kids at school, they were cruel, they said that I was mad.
But I was sane, I just played their game and things didn’t feel so bad!
Well I’m thinking in my thoughts, I can not get them across.
I might just fade away, But I’ll be back some day
Love it or Hate it
Make no mistake; It’s all good
Dig or Hate
Make no mistake; It’s all good
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Sexy Europe
02:24
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We want back to sexy Europe?
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Fred & Jane
04:16
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I was riding my tandem with style and grace
When I spotted a crab with no carapace
It thumbed a lift and hopped on the back
And we harmonised a song by Roberta Flack.
It said “I’m called Fred and I like to scratch
Especially when visiting a football match
I’ve a friend called Jane, she’s a real cool slug
And we like to hang out on a Persian rug”.
I asked him if he missed his shell
And Fred just shrugged, but I could tell
That he wasn’t happy with his naturist look
So I made up my mind to read a book
To find out how we could solve his case
And cover up his modesty and save him face
But he suddenly seemed to change his mind
And he said “Heck, I look like a slug from behind
So now I’ve decided that a slug’s what I’ll be
And I’m going to ask Jane if she’ll marry me
And we’ll raise a great big slug family
On the Persian rug, in matrimony”.
Some years later I met him again
And a happier slug(-crab) I’ve never seen
Fred and Jane were dancing with glee
And their song is still sung in the land of the free.
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We started off life as cells and slime
And turned into algae, to have a good time.
We grew into worms, but worms are glum
Got scales and fins and then we swum.
We crawled from the water to see the sun
And hopped and jumped before we could run.
We took to the air and we took to the trees,
and grew some hair and knobbly knees.
So we took to the ground and lived in a cave,
and learned to talk and farm and shave.
And we built some cities and started a war
now we’re back to the start for evermore.
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When Bees Collide
01:04
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James Dean
01:11
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All my friends are livin' a lie
James Dean didn't wanna die
Everybody wants to live
Everyone has a right to give
James Dean didn't wanna die
Friends live their lives high in the sky
All my friends are at the age
They still see him on the stage
Do you think it's time to go
Live your life in the James Dean code
James Dean didn't wanna die,
He was a man made looking good!
James Dean was misunerstood!
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Karma Pyjamas
01:55
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I’m going to the bathroom
In my pyjamas
It’s messing with my look
And with my karma.
I’m getting worked up
It’s a melodrama
So I’m going to take a trip
To the Dalai Lama.
I’ve come back home
I’ve chilled right down
I’ve thrown away my phone
I’ve lost my frown.
The moral of the story
Is free for all
So listen to the NoMen
And have yourself a ball!
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A Million Civillionz
02:24
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A million civilians,
Created who we are.
A horde of tiny minions,
Complaining in the car!
An art of non-opinions,
Unlike our friends afar.
Abstinence from brilliance,
Our motive and our star.
A million!
Civilion!
A million civilians
A million civilians
A million civilians
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Massage Chair - DIY
01:59
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We are DIY, This is Lo Fi
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Wrecker of Civilisation
02:31
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Wrecker of civilisation…
G.P.O…
An examination…
of the dark side…
Plunged into turmoil…
the forbidden…
The taboo…
the dystopian future…
G.P.O…
G.P.O…
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Lock Me Up
03:26
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Lock Me Up and Throw Away the Key
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Nag Nag Fags
03:35
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SAW YOU IN A MAG…
WITH A BOTTLE AND A FAG!
YOUR BOTTLE AND YOUR FAG
ARE GONNA DRIVE ME MAD
I CAN NOT BREATHE!
TAKE OFF THIS GAG!
IT’S A MARRAIGE MADE IN HELL
NAG NAG NAG
MAMMA’S GOT…
A BRAND NEW BAG
POSING ON THE KINGS ROAD
WITH A BOTTLE AND A FAG!
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Once Upon a Time
04:40
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Once upon a time in NoMan Land
We were Good, Bad and Creepy in the desert sand.
We dined at a camp-fire in Mexico
But as the beans dried up, we had nowhere to go.
We went out West and climbed up to see
If the Movies had music as Therapy.
But Hollywood failed to set us free
And it all ended Weird, not happily.
Yeah, it all ended Weird…
Not happily…
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Pound Shop
02:21
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Pound Shop. Yeah!
We popped into the Pound Shop!
I popped into the Pound Shop - and M&S,
To buy myself a stapler and a party dress.
I popped into the Pound Shop - and B&Q,
To shop for a pen and some epoxy glue.
I popped into the Pound Shop - and HMV,
And walked back home with a new CD.
I went right doon, to Heads of Ayr,
And played with the fluffy creatures there.
I came back to Toon and the Toys-R-Us,
And bought a little model of a London bus.
I went to the Bank (which was a TSB),
And banked a cheque and paid a fee.
I returned tae the Bank in a JCB,
To ROB the cash-machine for me!
And we all went off on a spending spree…
…at the Pound Shop! Yeah!
Pound Shop. Yeah!
We popped into the Pound Shop!
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The Shouty Trilogy
03:20
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6 a.m.
03:07
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I was dragged from my slumber at 6:30am by my wife, who thought I would like to see Venus and Mars before they disappeared from the sky. I am not a morning person, unlike her, but the experience was pleasant enough. I considered my night's sleep to have been interrupted, however, and returned to slumber again.
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Jamie's Dirty Rag
01:10
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