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ROCK N ROLL VOID
02:44
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Went to the Ramones
When I was thirteen
They’re the coolest thing
I had ever seen
Now I’m looking back
And wondering
Was it them or was it me?
I heard the Kinks
When I was three
That is my earliest childhood memory
Now I’m trying to find that feeling
Was it them or was it me?
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
I formed a band
When I was sixteen
That was the best that I have ever been
Looking back
I can’t help wondering
Was that person really me?
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
Rock n roll void
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2. |
I SOLD MY SOUL ON EBAY
02:03
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I sold my soul on eBay
Get a doctor someone get a doctor
Bids were derisory
Get a doctor someone get a doctor
I need some money
Don’t need a soul
So monetising is my goal
I sold my soul on YouTube
Get a doctor someone get a doctor
Got my own channel too
Get a doctor someone get a doctor
I need attention
I need it bad
And it’s the best I’ve ever had...
Doing it for free
Liberated
From that old scene
I’m gonna get evicted
Cos I’m doing it for free
Who needs money
When you’ve got fame and autonomy
I sold my soul on Spotify
Get a doctor someone get a doctor
I’m earning 0.000000000000001p
But several thousands follow me
Doing it for free
Liberated
Materially
I’m gonna get evicted
Cos I’m doing it for free
Who needs money
When you’ve got fame and autonomy
Been waiting for so long
Now everybody’s streaming my song
Been hungry for so long
Now everybody is streaming my song, yeah they’re streaming my song
I sold my soul on eBay
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3. |
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Sometimes I worry
Sometimes I get scared
Everyone seems to turn away
Everyone seems to turn to hate
And when I’m here wandering
My whole world on a screen
Everyone seems so cruel today
All the kindness has gone away
And when I’m feeling really down
I hear that sweet familiar sound
And I’m ok, ok when you’re around
Fine when you’re around
I’m ok when you’re around
Sometimes I’m anxious
about you over there
There are people who’d make you pay
for the differences that you make
You say “Don’t be anxious
Just hold your head high
There are haters, so let them hate
Leave them to their tragic fate”
And when I’m feeling really down
I need to hear that upbeat sound
Cos I’m OK, OK when you’re around
Fine when you’re around
I’m Ok when you’re around
When you’re around
OK when you’re around
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4. |
THE POOH STICKS
02:28
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They played hot licks
In the Pooh sticks
White shirts and trousers
Passion arousers
Radio 1 roadshows
Full frontal photos
you can go and see them
In Swansea museum
At Reading Festival
They were the best of all
indie bands
indie bands
No word of a lie
They played hot licks
In the Pooh Sticks
Pop and post punk hits
Sung by hicks
Got On Tape on EBay
For lots of money
Heartbreak on Discogs
Maybe I was robbed
at Reading Festival
we were the best of all
indie bands
indie bands
No word of a lie
And we knew someone
Who knew someone
Who knew someone
Who knew someone
Who knew someone
Who knew Hue quite well
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5. |
LET IT HAPPEN
03:34
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If you think you really love him
But you fear that he might turn you away
All your fantasies would be dashed
And you’re scared of what your friends would all say
Let it happen
Let it happen
Let it happen
Chance might not come again
If she asks you to come over
to play with her on your bass guitar
you’re afraid you’ll get the notes wrong
You are thinking it’s a step too far
Let it happen
Let it happen
Let it happen
Might not come again
If you’re feeling trepidation
cos you don’t know how your friends will react
when you come out with your secret
And you fear you might go running on back
Let it happen
Let it happen
Let it happen
Chance might not come again
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6. |
JE NE SAIS QUOI
02:18
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She said she was leaving
She’s straight out the door
She said I’m not worth waiting for
I said to her baby (I’m listening)
Without you I’ll die (that’s sad)
You bring the meaning to my life
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
I said to him listen
You’re making no sense
Your thoughts come from between your legs
You need to get over (baby please)
You need to get out (it’s you I need)
You just forgot what life’s about
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
Oh if you change your mind and stay I’ll really try
To find the words that prove I love you for your mind
Ba-baba-bababaaaaa
(What are you talking about?)
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
(I need your) je ne sais quoi
Don’t know what it is
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7. |
PASADENA
02:49
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I’ve never seen
Florida sunrise
Red gold and green
That’s what they say
I’ve been never been
To Pasadena
Petals and light
At the rose parade
If I could only fly
I would just swing on by
Hang out for a day
I’ve never seen
Reno Nevada
Deserts in bloom
Hoping for rain
I’ve never soared
Across the Grand Canyon
And over the Plain
All these places that you talked about - I dreamed about them - will I see you there?
I never heard
Songs from the basement
Deep in Detroit
Does the music still play?
If I could only fly
I would just swing on by
Hang out for the day
I never soared
Across the Grand Canyon
And over the Plain
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8. |
INDIES OF THE WORLD
02:44
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Indies of the world
Make your contribution
Stand up, clap your hands
Forty five revolutions
You gotta fight
Resist over-production
They’ll see the light
When the tambourine starts to play
Indies of the world
Be part of the solution
Stand up, don’t sit cross legged
Forty five revolutions
You gotta fight
Spotify corruption
They’ll see the light
When the tambourine starts to play
Waiting
What you waiting for?
Waiting
What you waiting for?
Just get on the floor
And give it some more
Indies of the world
Listen to my warning
Or you’ll be quantised
Digitised by morning
You gotta fight
Resist
Over production
You’ll see the light
When the tambourine starts to play
Waiting
What you waiting for?
Waiting
What you waiting for?
Just get on the floor
And give it some more
Indies of the world
(Yeah yeah we’re ready)
Indies of the world
(Yeah yeah we’re ready)
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9. |
CORPORATE INDIE BAND
03:35
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We had a plan
To form a corporate indie band
Angst on demand
All our emotion second-hand
We sold the van
Cos we get transport from the man
The tour’s in hand
Play to our corporate indie fans
They had a scheme
They formed a social media team
Giles Piers and Lee
They make things up, we just agree
All the time
We’ve got to write more songs
Not sure we can keep it up for long
We took the chance
To be ambassadors for brands
Part of the plan
If you’re a corporate indie band
All the time
We’ve got to write more songs
Not sure we can keep it up for long
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10. |
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
03:54
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I said hang the DJ
Cos I hated reggae
Every shy man’s best friend
I was so sensitive then
I’m still sensitive now
But my profile’s going down
Oh my world is accursed
I endorsed Britain First
Where have my stage and my audience gone?
Where are my people and what has gone wrong?
I got to fight for my
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech
I got a license to preach
It’s my Freedom of Speech
Hey hey, join my crusade
To break the rules that they made
Let’s take our masks off
We have suffered enough
and yeah your mother might die,
But she was well past her prime
Are we not free-living men?
Are we not rocking again?
Where have my stage and my audience gone?
Where are my people, and what has gone wrong?
I’ve got to fight for my
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech
It’s my license to preach
It’s my Freedom of Speech
Stage-managed spats
MAGA hats
Butter ads
For ex-punk dads
Rrrrrebellion
Steve Bannon
Rebellion
Over here at qAnon
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11. |
ANGRY GIRL
02:25
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Angry girl
Living in her mumma’s world
Angry boy
So sick of his childish toys
When they get together
There’ll be stormy weather
Unchained
When they get together
They will drive their parents
Insane
Angry girl
Angry girl
Noise annoys
Bassist girls and drummer boys
When they get together
Polka dots and leather
Exchanged
When they get together
They will drive their parents
Insane
Drive them away down a darkened lane
Away
Drive them away
Angry girl
Angry girl
Angry girl
Living in her mumma’s world
Angry boy
Sick and tired of childish toys
Angry girl
Wants her mantras to be heard
When they get together
Polka dots and leather exchanged
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12. |
SWANSEA SOUND
02:38
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Drive down to the station all alone
Five am there’s no one on the roads
Sun’s just coming up to light the town
Silver shards on concrete all around
Gonna be the first to say good day
What will be the first song that I play?
Swansea Sound
Swansea Sound
What will be the first song that I play?
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13. |
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ME
02:51
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Swansea Sound Swansea, UK
Hue and Amelia sing. Rob plays guitar and bass. Ian plays the drums. Bob or Robert play guitar.
Rob writes the songs. Artwork by Catrin Saran James and Jon Safari.
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