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Seriously, it's getting us down now

by Burning Hank

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1.
Cake 02:57
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
2.
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
3.
Keep digging 04:04
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
4.
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
5.
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?
6.
Birthday 03:02
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
7.
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!
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Get a job 02:36
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
11.
Socks 00:51
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
12.
Earthquake 02:39

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