1. |
Thank You, Bill
04:33
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Woke up today & lay in bed
maybe a little too long
Didn't feel altogether motivated
to do much of anything at all
The sky was grey, the wind was blowing
on a Saturday in June
More like a winter's day
which fitted my mood
Thank You, Bill
for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
Thank you for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
Just when I was hanging up my towel
by the open bedroom window
so it'd dry
a car pulled up
I could hear some music from the stereo
I thought, "Simple Minds?"
Then I picked out what it was
A song I'd heard so many times
With the distinctive vocal and bassline
Thank You, Bill
for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
Thank you for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
The driver was singing along
"It's gonna be a lovely day"
He was trying to hold the note
like he was teaching his kid the song
It changed my mood
and I felt a little lighter
I poured myself a bowl of cereal
Added some strawberries
and felt
the day was getting better
Thank You, Bill
for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
Thank you for showing me the light
Music and love can make you feel alright
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2. |
Superior Firepower
02:36
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We're taught that the bully never should win
We learn that the bully never should win
But superior firepower always wins
We're told that the bully never should win
We know that the bully never should win
But superior firepower always wins
always wins
Cannons, guns or bombs
if you have more
diseases that you bring ashore
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3. |
Afraid Of The Dark
03:47
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I guess you could say I'm afraid of the dark
That place that I go sometimes, when I'm alone
Circling round, without a way to see
The good things I've found & that have found me
Stay out of the darkness
When you're alone
Look for the light
Reach out for someone
Sometimes all I want is to be left alone
To shrink away from everyone
& everything people have made
So much ugliness and so much pain
But if I do
I'm hiding from the chance of love and goodness, too
Stay out of the darkness
When you're alone
Look for the light
Reach out for someone
That way you won't dwell on your fears for too long
Look for the light
There you will find love
There you will find love
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4. |
We're Bad Neighbours
03:40
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We're bad neighbours
Really bad neighbours
We're bad neighbours
Nothing really needs really bad neighbours
When we move in
you might as well wave goodbye to your lives
to everything
but us and what we need to get by
We might not leave a single weed
We're exterminators, serial killers
We're bad neighbours
Really bad neighbours
We're bad neighbours
Nothing really wants really bad neighbours
When we move in
the results are always the same
You won't last long
You'll be dead as the Dodo in no time at all
Maybe we can find a place for you
on our dinner plate, or our real estate
Loud music is the least of your worries
We're bad neighbours
Really bad neighbours
We're bad neighbours
Nothing really needs really bad neighbours
If you could ask us why we're doing this
I don't think that we would know
We don't realise we're doing this
We're just good at it
You know
You know
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5. |
Party Animal
03:39
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I can see you're a real party animal
But are you just a one trick pony after all is said and done?
The things they're saying about you
Make me think you're someone special I should pay attention to
But your words, they don't reach me
They don't touch me
Your words, they don't reach me
They don't touch me at all
Maybe I don't see the same things that they do
When they are listening to you
Maybe I'm looking for something different
Or I'm just put off by your attitude
The things they're saying about you
Make me think you're someone special I should pay attention to
But the sound you make, it doesn't move me
It doesn't touch me
The sound you make it doesn't move me
It doesn't touch me at all
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6. |
I Don't Know
03:03
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I don't know what I'm doing
I'm not sure who I'm fooling
I don't know what I'm doing
at all
I'm not sure what I was thinking
I don't know if this ship's sinking
I can't read the writing
on the wall
at all
I don't know what I'm saying
Don't understand the games I'm playing
I don't know where this is going
at all
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7. |
Spilled Milk
03:53
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When we say, "it's a crazy world we live in!"
what we mean is, the world of human beings
It's like we've taken this planet for ourselves
Separated us from everything else
We pushed it too far, took too much
Now there's not enough of anything else
Looming on the horizon
The day when we're all alone
In the world of human beings
Us & factory farms
But you don't cry over spilled milk
Won't cry over spilt milk
Don't cry over spilled milk
Now it's just us and factory farms
Kids are sleeping with soft toys in their arms
They don't know yet what we've done
No point in mourning what has gone
We still have cartoon animals
Taxidermy bears and other furry pals
We pushed it too far, took too much
Now there's not enough of anything else
We pushed it too far, took too much
Now there's not enough of everything else
But you don't cry over spilled milk
Won't cry over spilt milk
Don't cry over spilled milk
So what of spilled blood?
What of flesh and blood?
What of spilt blood?
Is it ever enough to make you sit up?
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8. |
Learning To Be
03:50
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Vending machines in schools
Product placement everywhere
Advertising boards in the park
Where your kids go to play
Where you go to get away
But you can't
It only leaves you wanting
Is childhood just a means to an end?
A fast track to the money that you'll earn and spend?
You're learning your ABC
Learning to count to 3
Before you know it, you're learning to be
A good capitalist
A good capitalist
What's the meaning of life, if not this?
What's your net worth?
What's your USP?
What's your country's GDP?
What car do you drive?
Do you feel like you've arrived?
That you're the person you always wanted to be?
Your childhood's just a means to an end
A fast track to the money that you'll earn and spend
You're learning your ABC
Learning to count to 3
Before you know it, you're learning to be
A good capitalist
A good capitalist
Where's the meaning in life, if not in this?
The cliffhanger leads into advertising space
(The ad break)
Beautiful people everywhere
On glossy pages and glowing screens
Is there nothing money can't buy?
Maybe happiness
But you're programmed to try
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9. |
Sleepyhead
03:42
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Was that the sun that just showed its face?
It's not exactly warm
You could stay all day in this place
Or you could use the power of the sun
Before the day is done
Before the day is done
Wake up sleepyhead
Get up, get out of bed
Or you could stay here instead
& live in dreams inside your head
It's not safe to leave the house
You never know what you might find out
We've let an ugly creature off the leash
This is a funny place to hide
A funny place to hide
Wake up sleepyhead
Get up, get out of bed
Or you could stay here instead
& live in dreams inside your head
Was it a dream I had last night?
There was a powerful creature
He gave his buddies a free ride
But people didn't seem to mind
You couldn't breathe the air outside
There was a powerful creature
He let his buddies off the hook
It was a funny place to hide
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10. |
Breathe
04:38
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I woke up on the sofa
Where I'd slept away the afternoon
I hadn't worked on this song
'til I went out for a walk
& it came along
There's so many things
In this cluttered place
You can go back again & again
But it won't change a thing
It's the here & now
Where you want to be
Listen to your breathing
Tells you something
You need to know
You're alive right now
So breathe
This is all you need
To do
Right now
Breathe
Breathe deeply
Inhale, exhale
Pull the air into your lungs
There's so many things
In this cluttered place
You were haunting it for so many years
Then you left
With the present in your hands
There's no need to go back
What's gone has passed
So breathe
This is all you need
To do
Right now
Breathe
Breathe deeply
Inhale, exhale
Pull the air into your lungs
Hold it there
Let it out again
Remember, you're not alone
Remember, you're not alone
So breathe
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11. |
Salesman At The Wheel
03:08
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There's a salesman at the wheel
He's alive but doesn't feel
compassion, love or empathy
Could it be his heart is cold and empty?
There's a salesman at the wheel
What he does is take your fears
What he does is take your dreams
Then he sells them right back to you
You'll be bankrupt in the end
Realise that he was no friend
But it's just too late when you see
There's a salesman at the wheel
and he's
Pulling levers, pushing buttons
Pulling levers, pushing buttons
There's a salesman at the wheel
He's so full of big ideas
& he's busy making plans for us
Our fate is in his hands
But it's just too late when you see
There's a salesman at the wheel
and he's
Pulling levers, pushing buttons
Pulling levers, pushing buttons
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12. |
Change Direction
04:40
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Our proudest achievement could surely be
That we lived in peace & harmony
With the gifts we were given
On the planet where we were born
It's such a beautiful place
But we've shown it only scorn
Start to repair the damage we've done
Go into reverse
Try to change direction
It's a fragile path
On which every living creature must tread
A balancing act
Where all life has a part to play
Our mistakes can have dire consequences
Our greed wrecks all our chances
Start to repair the damage we've done
Go into reverse
Try to change direction
The fear of destruction
Keeps people in their place
Meanwhile all other life has no say in its fate
We won't admit where we've gone wrong
To do so is seen as weakness
But we're not perfect
That's for sure
Start to repair the damage we've done
Go into reverse
Try to change direction
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Permapup Bristol, UK
Hiya, I'm Andy Smith & Permapup is a solo project I started in June 2020. I released my 1st album, "Brislington Meadows" in June 2021. Hopefully some live dates will follow.
Thanks for taking the time to give my music a listen.
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