1. |
Hiawatha
04:00
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Hiawatha
I cant see passed the pine trees, the river's getting wild
Feelling cold as rain, dripping into my brain
Mission sqzxyfor raecompany, surfing by the light of the moon
I am the great peacemaker, cuyugas, oneidas, cenecas
Paint myself w beetle juice, venoms part of me
Oh what a cartoon skit, ill have to make it fit
Stopping for supplies, i guess in gonna have to tell some lies now.
Hear noises in the dark, this is a national park!
Hiawatha, higher higher hiawatha
The squaws are circling round my canoe
Eyes dead as bark, a mohawk in the dark.
Mission for company surfing by the light of the moon.
I am the great peacemaker
Cuyugas, Oneidas, Cenecas
Meet my sisters downstream, i tighten up my bow
They spoil my flow, its time to go go go
Cant see past the waterfall, the rivers out of control, feeling cold as rain, dripping into my brain
Hiawatha, higher higher hiawatha
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2. |
Tecumseh
03:21
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Tecumseh
Tenskwatawa, brother of Tecumseh lived with the Shawnee band in Kansas.
He preached that Americans great white Americans grew from the scum of the great water.
Angry and correct he knew how to call it but never came through had a grave outcome.
Oh territory that is the story the plains and the glory and the gattling gun.
Tecumseh x 8
Oh Little Turtle who defeated Haman in 1790 and then St Claire.
Sneered at Tecumseh brother of Tenskwatawah he had a haircut like a 70s cop.
But not the kudos cos what he thought was that they would unite and live in harmony.
Oh territory that is the story tye flames and the glory and the gattling gun.
Tecumseh x8
Tenskwatawa, brother of Tecumseh lived with the Shawnee band in Kansas.
He preached that Americans great white Americans grew from the scum of the great water.
Tecumseh x 8
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3. |
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Don't Point That Quill At Me
The only thing I ever really wanted to own was the stage.
Id happily swap the home of the rich for the home of the brave
Pre-chorus
But age has worn me thin
I caught myself like a king surveying gardens of mine with a grin
Verse
A bard on horse back road into town
Like a big headed bird
Jumped over my fence with an axe
Bashed his brains into curd
Pre-chorus
Its never too late to change
Nothing cant be rearranged
Never to early to fall
Nothings undestroyable
Chorus
Dont point that quill at me
Dont point that quill at me
Dont you point that quill in my direction
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Verse
When i was a nipper gods in the music paper seemed to welcome
Me into brand new worlds
With the ragged promise of debasement
Pre chorus
But as i look at the television screen
My trousers grow with the thought of my bank balance, look at tye television screen
Trying to think but its too obscene
Chorus
Dont point that quill at me
Dont point that quill at me
Dont you point that quill in my direction
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Verse
Territory gaining, map is changing, old ideas are erroding, memory is fading, im becoming a giant, cant see my feet, when your trying to sit down, im removing your seat.
Pre-chorus
But age has worn me thin
I caught myself like a king surveying gardens of mine with a grin
Verse
A bard on horse back road into town
Like a big headed bird
Jumped over my fence with an ace
Bashed his brains into curd
Pre chorus
Its never too late to change
Nothing cant be rearranged
Never to early to fall
Nothings undestroyable
Chorus
Dont point that quill at me
Dont point that quill at me
Dont you point that quill in my direction
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
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4. |
Mink Toupee
04:35
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Mink Toupee
Sock it to me
Verse
Woke up on the beach I washed up on last night when all hope was lost
Cook the angel fish that is dead in the sand i just take a bite
Crunchy on my belly flopped lips
It come back to me, the wizard.
Line up tasks in the frenzied wood
Petrified
Chorus
When the sandy beach it burns
Its so exciting, ooh ooh
When the sandy beach it burns
(CUT!)
Its so exciting, ooh ooh
Its so exciting
Verse
Through the transparent flame i watch
Things moving in the wrong direct-
ion, I release rock to the eye
Im alive not the other guy
And a big ol swell starts to build
Strings and bows beat me into shape
Must have words with the composer
Cos this is ridiculous
Chorus
When the sandy beach it burns
Its so exciting, ooh ooh
When the sandy beach it burns (CUT!)
Its so exciting, ooh ooh
Its so exciting
Verse
Woke up on the beach I washed up on last night when all hope was lost
Cook the angel fish that is dead in the sand i just take a bite
Crunchy on my belly flopped lips
It come back to me, the wizard.
Line up tasks in the frenzied wood
Petrified
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5. |
Sunken Crate
04:58
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Sunken Crate
Verse
I had a notion
Just the other day
And then I thought yes
And then I thought no
Saw a sunken crate through a crimson gate
It was on fire
Then it went out
Read a book
Its so good
Im inside it
Then i wake up
Chorus
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
Verse
I had a notion
Just the other day
And then I thought yes
And then I thought no
Saw a sunken crate through a crimson gate
It was on fire
Then it went out
Getting off the plain
Gravel up my nose
Then im back on my toes
Is this really how it goes
Chorus
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
I wanna do the right things
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
Wanna take you to the right place
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6. |
Didn't Do
04:56
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Didn't Do
You didnt quite do, what you were supposed to.
Verse
I tried at a belligerent age
To turn the screw,
Embrace the rage
It didnt work
It didnt work
I attempted to burn my bridge
To fill the hole
To learn from the best
It didnt work
It didnt work
To look at me then i was an absolute wreck
I was above the law
I had written the check but
It didnt work
It didnt work
Chorus
Locked in the bedroom
Im locked outside in the rain
Im trying to find you
laughing at the seat of your romance
Romance
Two bodies of work
I had almost complete
Took to the printers but I lost the sheets
It didnt work
It didnt work
When i found out
It went up in smoke
I cried real tears
but i could see the joke
It didnt work
It didnt work
When i heard there had been a fire
I got great thoughts about a funeral pire and
It didnt work
It didnt work
Chorus
Locked in the bedroom
Im locked outside in the rain
Im trying to find you
laughing at the seat of your romance
Romance
Im going to try, in this particular game, in this particular game, in this particular game, in this particular game
Wooh!
You didnt quite do, what you were supposed to.
Chorus
Locked in the bedroom
Im locked outside in the rain
Im trying to find you
laughing at the seat of your romance.
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7. |
Object de Vertu
03:40
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Object De Vertu
Lyrics by Tom Hindley
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8. |
The Weather (Part 1)
03:18
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The Weather (part 1)
I saw a clipper off the shore of the beach
I saw it lurking through the weather
Tawa had warned me and so had the cheif
I saw the cannons shining in the water
Took two moments to regain my step
I made my path back to the elders
They smoked their pipes some with heavy hearts,
they said we strike cos they're not believers.
Chorus
Spider
Give me a dream
Well im sorry daddy
She's back on the scene
C'mon
Spider
Give me a dream
Well im sorry daddy
She back on the scene
A young squaw she came up to me
Asked of me what was the story
I said i had to go back to the pen
Id not received my special training yet
She said your more than ready and i'll show you how
Then she put my hand on her belly
I felt the force of the sun and the moon
Had the thought id be on my knees soon
And i was there was no one around
We lost the plot in the long grass then we were found.
Turned out id lost my virginity
To a member of a holy trinity
Id been fucked by the spider girl
She grabbed my throat and whispered something
Ill remember til the end of my days
When i look at the sun, the endless (rays)
Chorus
Give me a dream
Well im sorry daddy
She's back on the scene
C'mon
Spider
Give me a dream
Well im sorry daddy
She back on the scene
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9. |
Films
03:59
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Films
Verse
Gone r the days when things were bigger than u,
you no longer have to care if any of it's actually true.
It's not like any gods are gazing down or a Stalinist colonel is peering down his nose with a frown.
Chorus
Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in.
Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in.
Verse
You've gone to the dogs but you bet on a winner so everyone's coming to bed. It's clear as a sickly sweet medicine rain, this pain in my belly got to force it out into your armoured and delicate face. I'm sorry but where else can it go?
Chorus
Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in.
Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in.
Chorus
Fall from the bottom all the way to the top, but all I could feel was the drop.
same little smiles. I'm welcomed right into the flock. But at what expense have I prevailed, o who cares I've never been but let's go along to the sales?
Chorus
Films that I've been in, Films with cowboys in.
Films that I'm seeing, Films with nazis in.
Outakes:
(Gone the days,of those melancholy ways and bad food.
U no longer care, if the bible is actuslly true. It isnt like those norse gods r gazing down. Or stalin is giving u his eye and giving u his frown.
Rolling in front of my eyes)
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10. |
Town Centre
03:40
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Town Centre
Lyrics by Tom Hindley
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Executive Toys London, UK
Tick, tock, tick, squawk..
From the scum of the great water, after the dredge, shiny happy little toys did
remain.
Many years passed. ..
Disguised as just another plaything, the toys arrived, sweet little glittery pills, sparkling, addictive.. A chorus from a Boston séance, a boxcar shampoo hook, cold Wire synth washes, sprinkles, jabs and prefab lilts sprouting. Decidedly New Wave.
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