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Bed Time for Donzo
01:17
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Bedtime for Donzo (Ian Roure)
He's off with a whirl and the papers fly
No one can stop him though some will try
He's painting the slander in your mind's eye
On his shaky easel
He's out in the world where the humans go
He's opened the gates now he's in our show
Out of his mouth angry noises blow
He must think he's people...
"What's the worst thing that I could say today
That'll have 'em all going on so?"
It's been a hard day throwing the wrenches in the works
Now it's bedtime for Donzo
Bedtime for Donzo
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2. |
Trouble Right Here...
01:56
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It's about time someone spoke directly to us
Not at all like any others who have come before
It's about time someone fed us easy answers
And it's about time someone promised us the world...
It's about time someone started spouting nonsense
It's a goldmine of ideas that we can get behind
It's about time someone dismissed limitations
And it's about time someone promised us the world...
Forget compliance, f*ck the earth, what has your caring ever done for us?
Forget the future, take the cash and f*ck the science that's been stopping us.
We've been angrily waiting...
Just suppress those nagging doubts
Don't look too close and it will all work out
Take your daily dose of fear
And bow your head before the biggest mouth
Ya got Trouble Right Here
In America...
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No argument, no reason why
A cracked mirror instead
No argument, attempt to convince
You're just stung by what was said
Propaganda action stations
Better think twice
No clever argument's gonna
Score you points tonight
It's not that kind of fight
Vicious and cold
The slander spews
Hollow toxic tales
Spreads and infects
Discredits those that
Still see through the veil
What some can see right through
A million choose to view as true
Their voices heard at last
Bounced off a cloud of orange chaff...
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4. |
King of the Past
02:47
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King of the Past (Ian Roure)
History hasn't gone your way
Somehow, some fairness has somewhat held sway
And Kodachrome colours complicate
When a black and white world is just a tyrant away
You've joined the caravan going back
In a procession of lies
One day you hope and pray your flag at last
Will be so proudly unfurled
By the King of the Past
In your black and white world
History hasn't gone your way
And the last thing you need is some more of the same
You want a ticket to '51
And a prophet who claims he'll make that kingdom come
You've joined the caravan going back
In a procession of lies
One day you hope and pray your flag at last
Will be so proudly unfurled
By the King of the Past
In your black and white world
We're all on the caravan going back
In a procession of lies
Now that it's come to pass your flag at last
Has been so proudly unfurled
By the King of the Past
Here's your black and white world
Here's your black and white world
Here's your black and white world
Here's your black and white world
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Spray Tan Apocalypse (Ian Roure)
Bombshells bursting here and there
A whiff of sulfur in the ether
Gradually the war began
On your phone and your computer
Incoming: voices of destruction punish and deceive
Incoming: scathing degradation
Venom imported from a well-known Slavic regime
And in the dawn's early drizzle:
Spray Tan surprise: a win for the delusive
Spray Tan Apocalypse!
Insults in the articles, injured in the comments section
Casualties have mounted up: spelling, grammar and non-fiction
Incoming: denial and distraction - always hide never seek
Incoming: gross appropriation
Tiny fingers grabbing that which was once out of reach
And o'er the land of the taken
Spray Tan surprise: a win for the delusive
Spray Tan Apocalypse!
The seven tawdry trumpets blow
The golden rain from heaven flows
The age ends for all who live below
In an orange glow...
Spray Tan surprise: a win for the delusive
Spray Tan Apocalypse!
Spray Tan surprise: there's no gettin' over it
Spray Tan Apocalypse!
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Horizon of Hope
03:19
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Horizon of Hope (Ian Roure)
And so the Mean Spirited have spoken:
"there will be no depth only brutal logic.
And pursuant to the previous declaration:
It's school yard bully law and you'd best abide it..."
And every day you wake
To the next move in the game
Another sketchy claim
Creating maximum disarray
And over the wall
The Horizon of Hope
Still calls you on
To a new all-time low...
And so the Mean Spirited have spoken:
"There will be no peace only fear and cruelty
And with a mixture of naivete and hatred
We will destroy the state and we'll profit richly"
And every day you face
The hostile lizard brain
As they strive to contain
The world in a zero sum game
And over the wall
The Horizon of Hope
Still calls you on
To a new all-time low...
And over the wall
The Horizon of Hope
Still calls you on
Through this new all-time low...
Horizon of Hope
Still calls you on
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See You in the Funny Papers (Ian Roure)
Saw you in the early days in your gaudy glory
A clownish cad about the town
Bullshit rich and horny
Saw you rising up in the headlines
Your churlish ways attracting the spotlight
Agenda angrier and mean
Demeanor scarier to see
You thought the world would simply bend and bow...
But I see you in the Funny Papers now...
See you in the Funny Papers
See you in the Funny Papers
See you in the Funny Papers
See you in the Funny Papers now!
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Dada Paradox Oxford, UK
Dada Paradox's Progressive Retro-Pop deconstructs the psychedelic pop, rock & folk of the 60s, 70s & 80s to create a
soundtrack that relates to the present world...
"Majestically Jangly"“Brilliantly lyrical, darkly funny”- New York Music Daily
Ian Roure: vocals, guitars, bass, mandolin, Irish bouzouki,
percussion
Liza Roure: vocals, melodica & assorted keyboards
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