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Cake
02:57
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I'm the kind of guy was self raised
want to have and eat my cake
everybody needs their own space
wants a bigger slice of the pie
don't strive for balance I know excellent bakers
best recipes in the world
steady girl
as the sugar in my blood drops feel uneasy
someone's gonna get themselves killed
do you like keylime pie?
I've been dreaming bout my cherry pie
I've been dreaming bout the cherry on top
but I'll let it slide
Everyone's on the take
so let them eat cake
it's easy to see you have a disease
I know cause I tried
Battenberg, Lemon Tarte, Jaffa Cakes don't make me laugh
ginger bread, madeira, parkin parkin parkin
cheesecake, chocolate cake, with chocolate flakes and icing
birthday cake, wedding cake, funeral cake funeral cake
do you like keylime pie?
I've been dreaming bout my cherry pie
I've been dreaming bout the cherry on top
but I'll let it slide
Everyone's on the take
so let them eat cake
it's easy to see you have a disease
I know cause I tried
Battenberg, Lemon Tarte, Jaffa Cakes don't make me laugh
ginger bread, madeira, parkin parkin parkin
cheesecake, chocolate cake, with chocolate flakes and icing
birthday cake, wedding cake, funeral cake funeral cake
hindenberg, circling sharks
things go bump in the dark
give him head in you car
park him park him park him
he's a fake, she's opaque
thunderbolts bring lightening
you'll be late for you own wake
and funeral cake funeral cake
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Cat has got your tongue
02:54
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I'm of the school was lead to believe you can have and eat your cake, had a few good times seemed not long ago when I made the grade, said I made her night cause I nearly touched the sides, first cadet in space
and she wore my clothes and should talked about men how that was a mistake but we made it just the same
We went to India overland all the way, do you think the cast is ever gonna come off? cause you never know your luck- it might just. We won't fly on a plane, we have reasons, reasons change
we saw a Kodak moment when we stood out from the crowd, fell for all the gimmicks, just not got it now, just not got it, No
I put the glass right in your hand but you're so feeble, I just sit back and wait for it to drop. I've always been an underachiever but you're used to thinking of me as your rock. We went to hospital, waited all day cause we both were feeling rough. Then the sister came to say that we better go away cause the doctor had a cough. We had nothing to say. We had feelings, feelings change
and I know you were faking all along and I now know cat has got your tongue
How many hospitals have your body parts? you are incomplete. Got your tonsils out in Tokyo and your head kicked in in Greece. They were acting their age, they'd been playing streets of rage. In the Samba Blocco, Oh it's really not your song. Please don't sing the lyrics. Cat has got your tongue
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Keep digging
04:04
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It's hard to use the right amount of syllables at minus ten
But somehow they manage it in Sweden
It's hard to show enthusiasm for the job you hate
I'm still drunk and i don't wanna go
And it's hard to refuse the offer of make-up sex
I miss the warm afterglow
In a world of bad ideas, it's the first one that appears
But sometimes it's hard to say No
I agreed to some extent as the words rolled off her tongue
But feared her motivation
Now the writing's on the wall
And the bailiff's at the door
He wants answers and he won't take No
And he just called Rover a bitch
That dog won Best In Show
Rover put your back into it, we're gonna dig our way out of this whole
Keep digging, keep digging
We're gonna dig our way out of this whole
Mountain-worth of forms I've gotta fill in
If I want a crisis loan
My diet really isn't very filling
Fourteen weeks of beans on toast
And the papers say it's only the beginning
And they know more than we know
This weekend we decided we'd be pinning
All our hopes on Barack O.
Keep digging, keep digging
We're gonna dig our way out of this whole
What the hell's Aretha Franklin singing?
Seems somewhat off-tone
Who the hell's this fella Joe Biden?
I don't remember giving him my vote
And it seems now that Dick Cheney needs wheeling
Is there justice after all?
We graciously accept the second coming
Goodbye Doctor Strangelove!
Keep digging, keep digging
We're gonna dig our way out of this whole
And if we don't, we can always live in denial
Pretend we never tried
If that don't work, there's always suicide
You can jump off a cliff or slit your throat
I don't mind, as long as we're in the same sinking boat
I don't mind, as long as we're in the same sinking boat
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Crashing the pips
02:46
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I'm not a bourgeois whore
because I listen to Radio Four
I know the names of stars
and what is more...
Statistics on white-collar crime
the history of the Miners' Strike
Sailing By helps me sleep almost every night
Me I got mine, and you got yours too
While you're lying with him, I'm not thinking of you
National Anthem, forecast for ships
It's almost midnight, don't crash the pips
I don't need your Amen breaks
I don't need your weekend chores
I know there ain't no good on the dancefloor
You could be making shapes
I'd rather be home indoors
I loved it when she said No to Jacques Delores
Me I got mine, and you got yours too
While you're lying with him, I'm not thinking of you
National Anthem, forecast for ships
It's almost midnight, don't crash the pips
Me I got mine, and you got yours too
You're relying on him, I'm not counting on you
God save the Queen, forecast those ships
At the end of the night, don't crash the pips
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Worried about Coop
03:11
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Don't make me blush
The lines on your face and your explanations just won't wash with me
So it's time to give up faith and it's time to give up hope
And it's time to watch repeats
Let's watch Twin Peaks
It's beats Columbo, Quincy, Dukes of Hazard
They really can't compete with a Log Lady and a Dwarf that talks backwards
And things haven't been the same since Miss Palmer washed up wrapped in plastic
But Agent Cooper's on the case
And Harry Truman is his loyal sidekick
Things has been getting weird since Laura disappeared
Leave no stone unthrown
And Norma Jennings makes a damn fine cup of coffee
Take off those 3D glasses please Doctor Jacobi
And what the hell does Harry see in Josie?
And what the hell does Shelly see in Bobbie?
Fire walk with me
Don't cry Andy
Beware the owls in the Black Lodge
Let Coop speak to the log
and let Albert do his job
Falling, falling, are we falling in love?
Falling, falling, are we falling in love?
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Birthday
03:02
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You are 365 days older
That's another year
that you didn't get hit by a car
No deadly blood-borne viruses
Or stabbings at the bar
No falling to your death
in the lion's enclosure
No electrical shocks
No forks in the toaster
And I'm happy to report you didn't drown...
...In the bath, or cross paths
With the sandwich that finished Mama Cass
Did not find it hard to breathe
Cos bee-stings don't provoke a fatal allergy
You never run with scissors
Wear a helmet on your bike
You'd rather walk than run
But you'd rather run than fight
You read the morning weather warning
on the website
So no avalanches for you
And no giant hailstones for you
No falling cranes
Or de-railed trains
Or crashing planes for you
I'm glad that you are 365 days older
But I know that this can't go on indefinitely
So until they say when
And the walls cave in
Thanks for sticking around with me
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7. |
Al's on strike
01:27
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Al's on strike, Al's on strike
He'll do whatever he likes
Al's on strike, Al's on strike
He'll do whatever he likes
Oh, oh no
Al's on strike
Say goodbye to your post, Brudenell Road
Al won't sing, Al won't sing
He sits there and does his thing
Al won't sing, Al won't sing
He won't sing on 'Keep Digging'
Oh, oh no
Al won't sing
Say goodbye to your solo
Al won't work, Al won't work
He won't iron that postal shirt
Al won't work, Al won't play
He's on strike for better pay
Oh, oh no
Al won't work
Let My People Go!
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Mostly pointless
03:26
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She's been missing for quite a long time
Stuck up posters, call the helpline
Is something untoward?
No-one claimed the reward
Been observiing baby closely
They come out at night, mostly
They press gang my best friend
To find a cure for split ends
I console myself in the knowledge that she gave her life to science
Holed up in laboratories so the human race might triumph
But that lipstick sure looks good on you
When I dwell on the mystery
my mind races away with me
Been awake all night
Was it a drunken cab, was it a rabbid cat fight?
I console myself with the fact that life is mostly pointless
I console myself by thinking of the time you broke your leg
Maybe you still have eight lives left
I can only sell so many of your things on Ebay
Will the day come when she returns?
Only time will tell
But when I hit the bars I get the feeling she is with me
Every tuesday night there's time to kill
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9. |
Modern Medicine
00:48
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Modern medicine has quite a habit of backfiring on me
I took an aspirin last friday and it left me feeling
Spaced Out
like I was in another world
Surrounded by people with no necks and faces
And I woke up at my parents' house
of all places
Surrounded by blankets and my own faeces
Feeling like the greatest member of my species
And I wondered if what I took
maybe wasn't Aspirin at all
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10. |
Get a job
02:36
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Got a load of transferable skills
Done my time in Data Entry
Paid all your remitances and bills
Ate my lunch in the staff canteen
Didn't like wearing a tie
Didn't care for your corporate team-building exercise
Do you hear the boss snoring?
They call it life, it's not for me, though it's the done thing
Do not wanna get a job
And brown nose for your dirty money
Life is too short
why do I have to get out of bed every morning
Took your order never asked for a tip
Just some common courtesy
Another power lunch
Another power trip
So glad I gfot a degree
Christmas party, don't tell the wife
Busy photocopying his secretary's backside
Stick on the notice board with pride
Underneath the quarterly results, her polyester tights
Do not wanna get a job
And brown nose for your dirty money
Life is too short
why do I have to get out of bed every morning
Do not wanna get a job
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Socks
00:51
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I've been through your socks
I've been through my socks
To see whose socks are whose socks
I've been through your socks
I've been through my socks
To see whose socks are whose
You have been wearing one of my socks
You've been wearing my sock all along
I've been through your socks
I've been through mysocks
I'm staying strong
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12. |
Earthquake
02:39
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