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Paradise got digitised
Lithium and cyanide
I don’t want to go out
I don’t want to stay in
I want a perfect place
I want a different kind of skin
Paradise
Got digitised
Paradise got digitised
Lithium and cyanide
Servers hum and miners die
I love the way you talk
Straight into my head
‘We don’t have to meet’
That might be the best thing you said
Paradise
Got digitised
Paradise got digitised
Lithium and cyanide
Servers hum and miners die
Paradise got digitised
When I’m in my bed
When I’m in my shower
When I drive my car
How I spend my waking hours
Paradise
Got digitised
Paradise got digitised
Lithium and cyanide
Servers hum and miners die
Paradise got digitised
Paradise
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2. |
SEVEN IN THE CAR
03:02
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All over town
They’re getting ready
Got their best jeans on
Their best mate said he
Knows the club to go
To meet a girlfriend
Cos they love guitars
And all the new trends
Seven in the car
But we’re not going far
It’s not a big town
There’s not much here
But there’s a place
Where we know every face
And we come see the Rosehips
Every year
All the indie girls
Are choosing dresses
They just wanna dance
They don’t want messin’
Some of them will walk
And some are hitching
Some of them ask their dads
To get a lift in
Seven in the car
But we’re not going far
It’s not a big town
There’s not much here
But there’s a place
Where we know every face
We come see the Rosehips
Every year
Why did we spend so long
In the corners
In the darkness
Getting colder
Standing outside
Should be bolder
While the band played
I could have told her
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I met her at the evening classes
Short hair and two pound fifty glasses
I asked her ‘why did you choose Modern Politics?’
He seemed ok and not a stalker
I said ‘I just need to talk to
anyone who fears we’re heading to dystopia’
Maybe we’re living there already
My sense of the future’s unsteady
yeah, me too, and now the only thing that you can do is
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, cos they will do
Anything to gaslight you
Cos they do
This room’s so cold, the paint is peeling
The tutor’s late, I’ve got a feeling
We should go and get a drink and talk it over more
Let’s get some further education
Before we try intoxication
Don’t lose faith, we might learn more than we bargained for
You got to
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, cos they will do
Anything to turn the world on you
Make you feel like a serf, a fool
But you’ve got to stay cool
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, keep your head on
Keep your head on, cos they will do
Anything to gaslight you
We got to go back to school
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4. |
CLICK IT AND PAY
01:54
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Chia seeds and magazines
Box-set of Primal Scream
CDs by The Police
Don’t stand so close to me
Cheap decks and a microphone
A box of custard creams
New headset for my phone
I need to be hands-free
Click it and pay
Twelve hours a day
I went and got the seeds
And I picked the Primal Scream
CDs by The Police
Don’t stand so close to me
I couldn’t find the decks
They’re gonna downsize me
And my co-worker said
‘You just want to be free’
Click it and pay
Twelve hours a day
Every step you take
Every move you make
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5. |
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I don’t like men in uniform
I don’t like men in uniform
Maybe I was used
Maybe I was abused
By someone in a pointed hat
I just want somewhere to be warm
I’ve had enough of fighting wars
I’ve bitten more people
Than you could shake a stick at
I guess I’m still proud of that
When I was a youth I messed around
I had the meanest rep in the whole town
When I saw a mortal enemy
I would feel the rage inside me
I would stare him into silence
I would bring my sharp incisors
Down
It felt good to me
But now I concede
It was not ideal
But I still
Don’t like men in uniform
I don’t like men in uniform
Maybe I was hit
Beaten with a stick
By someone in a pointed hat
I was found in a paper sack
I was the gift that was given back
I try to overcome it
But I just cannot stomach
The cruelty of that
When I was a youth I messed around
I had the meanest rep in the whole town
When I saw a mortal enemy
I would feel the rage inside me
I would stare him into silence
I would bring my sharp incisors
Down
It felt good to me
But now I concede
it was not ideal
But I still feel
But I still feel…
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6. |
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I
I’m not a sell out
I’m not a turncoat
You’ll never buy me
I
I want to sell out
The day that it comes out
Have a top 20 LP
I
I want to teach you
Show you to be cool
Someone like me
I can hear you, I adhere to, rules that set me free
And you
You get to listen
Hear what you’ve been missing
Politically
You can tell me, you can sell me, almost anything...
Come together
Fight the powers that be
See the storm clouds
Painted all round me
We’re the future of
The Twentieth Century
We made tough videos in the rain
We strode through analogue terrain
Our clothes were black our amps were heavy
But were the population ready?
Come together
Fight the powers that be
Stormy weather
Painted all round me
We’re the sound of
The Twentieth century
Are you still listening?
Are you still listening?
I’m still on the scene
I
I got such a great deal
I kept my creative
Liberty
You can tell me, you can sell me, almost anything...
You
You were excited
And we were united
My fans and me
We made tough videos in the rain
We strode through analogue terrain
Our clothes were black our amps were heavy
But were the population ready?
Come together
Fight the powers that be
Stormy weather
Falling over me
We’re the future of the
Twentieth century
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7. |
I MADE A WORK OF ART
02:06
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I made a work of art
But I don’t wanna share it
I made a work of art
No I’m not gonna share it
I made a work of art
I made a work of art
I made a work of art
It’s so sophisticated
So many moving parts
This thing that I created
I made a work of art
I made a work of art
And it’s just for you
You’re the only one
I’d sell it to
You’re the paragon
Cos you
Will fall for my work of art
I made a work of art
And I don’t wanna stream it
I made a piece of art
and you can go redeem it
I made a work of art
I made a work of art
I made it for you
You’re the only one
I’d sell it to
You’re the paragon
Cos you
Will fall for my work of art
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8. |
MARKIN' IT DOWN
04:15
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I like to visit the second hand store
The vinyl is much cheaper to get
I know you’ll think that I am a cheapskate
Have you got the Yard Act album in yet?
We’ve got several boxes of those in
We’ve got all the colours in fact
Down there in the special bargain bin
And back here in these polythene sacks
Could you make a recommendation?
Anything else you think I should try?
I may look uncool but I’ve got taste
I’m an adventurous kind of guy
You could try this single by Kleenex
Or maybe this old LP by Can
And here’s a battered copy of Grotesque
you look like a Fall kind of man
And I’m
Markin’ it down (Two for eleven)
Markin’ it down (this is like heaven)
Markin’ it down
Markin’ it down (two for eleven)
Markin’ it down (This is like heaven)
Markin’ it down
Markin’ it down
Is there something else I can get you?
Or are you just hanging around?
I just wondered if you would listen
To a brand new kind of sound
My band’s playing down near the station
In that place where beers sold in cans
That pub has got a bad reputation
They only put on crap covers bands
We do all our own material
Except one track by Sonic Youth
We just got a load of their old CDs in
No one really likes it in truth
So I’m
Markin’ it down (two for eleven)
Markin’ it down (this is like heaven)
Markin’ it down
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9. |
PUNISH THE YOUNG
03:32
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Don’t you want me
Any more?
Don’t you know that I
n-n-n-nearly swore
On the live TV
We went wild
Yeah I set you free
Your golden child
Sitting in his easy chair
He runs his hands through greying hair
And contemplates
His country estate
Gazing out at his trout farm
He wonders where the workers are
But it’s too late
They are not his mates
They are young
They’re young
Don’t you need me
Any more?
I broke the rules for you
Opened doors
Gave you liberty
Suggested Brexit
Did that all work out?
I never checked it
Sitting in his easy chair
He runs his hands though greying hair
And contemplates
His country estate
Blackmailed all the workers back
Gave the ringleaders the sack
But it’s too late
They are not his mates
They are young
Sitting in his easy chair
He runs his hands through greying hair
And contemplates
His country estate
He ‘worked really hard for this’
But now people just take the piss
It’s all too late
They are not his mates
They are young
They’re young
So young
Don’t you want me?
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10. |
FAR FAR AWAY
03:04
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Tried to talk a human language
Tried to make my feelings clear
Had a dream of liberation
And I felt it was so near
Far far away
Far far away
Far far away my love
Turned the anger into passion
Made excitement out of fear
Epiphanic one-note solos
Showed that heaven could be here
Far far away
Far far away
Far far away my love
Far far away
Far far away
Far far away my love
I thought I had time
I was out and proud and so straight talking
But I couldn’t believe it could be so hard
I’m tired of walking
Oh my love
I don’t know if you understand
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11. |
GREATEST HITS RADIO
04:57
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No need to do a thing
No talk in the space when
Ads play
Kind of rhythmically
That way, revenue rolls in
Revenue rolls in
We used real DJs once
It was enervating
Had taste, volubility
What waste
Now the songs can be
Chosen algorhythmically
Greatest Hits Radio
No need to do a thing
Sit down, enjoy the vista
Trains pass
Kind of rhythmically
That way
Revenue rolls in
Revenue rolls in
It’s tough running a slate mine
But I don’t go under
Let kids
Break their backs all day
While I
Watch the trains go by
Watch my slate go by
Greatest Hits Radio
You need to be entertained
You want shelter from the rain
I - I can give you all that
But don’t give me that talking back thing
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12. |
PACK THE VAN
03:27
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Climb over the sand dunes
Then you will feel the sea spray
Stiffen your hair
Keep hold of that image
Cos it may be the last time
You’re ever there
But we have to dream
And we still have lives to lead
So if we pack the van
Maybe we’ll find the coast road (It’s not so far away)
And where it turns to sand (A4067)
The sky will still be gold
Still be gold
Light
Fires after sunset
Salt starts to crystallise
Onto your lips
Sing
Songs of tomorrow
Into the dark expanse of
Nobody knows
But we have to dream
And we still have lives to lead
So if we pack the van
Maybe we’ll find the coast road
And where it turns to sand
The sky will still be gold
Yeah if we pack the van
Maybe we’ll find the coast road
And where it turns to sand
The sky will still be gold
Still be gold
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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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