third time lucy

i don’t wanna be knocked down
i don’t wanna be pushed around
i don’t wanna be fucked over in my sleep
i don’t wanna be your cow

uncle joe i’m watching you
i know what you’re here to do
and this time you forgot to bring your friends along with you

i don’t wanna be part of your game
i don’t wanna see you round here again
i’m not gonna be fucked over in my sleep
you don’t wanna fuck with me

uncle joe i’m watching you
i know what you’re here to do
and this time you forgot to bring your friends along with you

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expressing concern at the potential for abuse of the offensive language laws

“lucky country” my fucking arse

if you’re a rasta watch out
if you’re a rebel watch out
if you’re a black man watch out
if you’re a tranny watch out

if constable dick is just having a bad day
speak up son, what did you say?
into the swear jar, out of your pay

if you have a stutter watch out
if you sleep in the gutter watch out
if you cut classes watch out
if you wear glasses watch out

punk arse white kid with time on your hands
thought he could bust you, but no evidence
keep your mouth shut, he’ll still hear what he wants
watch out

if constable dick has a quota to meet
it’s your word against his, alone on the street
thank you officer, have a nice day
into the swear jar, out of your pay

no judicial oversight
watch out

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you
how do you do
will you go out to a show
and oh
will you hold my hand

sway
sway till the end of time
dance
dance till the stars collide
dance to feel alive

look around the room
is it all in my head
when the music plays
everybody turns red

look
into my eyes
oh i want you to be blue
i want
want to see you turn

blue
everyone else
can go far far away
but you
do not redshift please

tell me honey please
is it all in my head
when i look around
everybody turns red

i’m watching yeast expand
is it all in my head
we all grow apart
we are raisins in bread

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be a good boy
throw your ball
fall off your bike
you’ll be alright

be a good girl
twirl your curls
pretty in pink
wouldn’t you think
hah

don’t be weird

be a good boy
cut off your nose
spit in their face
flip them the bird
be a good girl

don’t be weird

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a murder ballad using only two strings (one on bass, one on guitar)

a purple sunset on the way in tonight
old jimmy jacobson came in for a bite
placed his order and got a good deal
i asked him if he’d like a serve of fries with his meal

“no thanks,” he told me and pulled out a gun

“i’m sick of fries,” he confided to me
“last time i ate them i was in tennessee”
like in a movie he fired from his hip
two shots rang out – ben collapsed on the chips

with two gaping holes in the back of his skull

a lady somewhere gave a terrible shriek
jimmy whirled as if he’d practised all week
her scream turned into something more of a glug
seemed like she was choking on a .38 slug

her daughter beside her got one in the arm

old jimmy grabbed his food and turned to the door
made his way around the blood on the floor
the other patrons avoided his gaze
david took his phone out and got shot in the face

the customers sighed in relief once he’d gone

outside a man wished him a wonderful night
jimmy thanked him and murdered his wife
unwrapped his burger and started to eat
the sunset watched him fall down by the side of the street

choked on the pickle he didn’t take out

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fawm link: http://fawm.org/songs/17407/

“don’t fail the contact” eventually morphed into this, a sweet lil valentine for milady

you make me smile
i’ll be your crocodile
if you be my bee
i’ll make you a cuppa tea

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fawm link:  http://fawm.org/songs/15081/

a bit of a blues that i’m not really sure what to do with, so thought i’d just throw it out there as is and think about it more later.

woke up this morning at quarter past nine
rolled over, went back to sleep till lunch time
it’s hard to sing the blues when life is so fine

this afternoon i spent creatively
played guitar till it was time for tea
it’s hard to sing the blues when life is so fine

all my working friends say i should get a job
you’re looking kinda stressed mate so i think not
i like a good eight hours, or ten or twelve

spent the night intelligently
popped a beer and stayed up watching documentaries
it’s hard to sing the blues when life is so fine

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fawm link: http://fawm.org/songs/14631/

a shoegazey instrumental thing cause lyrics were evading me

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fawm link: http://fawm.org/songs/14433/

second fawm track for 2011, a little punk number.

everywhere we go
people wanna know
will you buy our shit
if we shove it in your face

every time we ride
along the dandy line
the scenery is covered
in giant fucking signs

every time we’re out
putting up some art
last week’s work is gone
but the billboards live on

rattle your can in their corporate faces
take back our public spaces
our eyes are not for sale

bomb their billboards, cover all traces
take back our public spaces
our eyes are not for sale

[2011-10-28: uploaded fresh/better mix!]

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fawm link: http://fawm.org/songs/12748/

first track for fawm 2011!  in response to the numbers challenge, here’s a little ditty about the square root of minus one.

i will cause you complication
i am an abomination
yes i am my own negation

i will cause you aggravation
literal interpretation
straining your imagination

what is reality anyway

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fawm link: http://fawm.org/songs/12038/