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1. |
Not Got the Moves
01:51
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he can’t do a kickflip
he can’t do any tricks
he can’t do a tailwhip
he can’t do any tricks
he’s not got the moves
he’s not got the moves
he’ll never touch the sky on it
at least he can stand up on it
he’ll never really fly on it
he’s not got the moves
he’s not got the moves
sell your house go by a boat
(gap year)
sell your board go by a boat
(gap year)
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Jesus said 'I bless you when I sneezed,
You were praying you were on your knees,
Adam calls you helper but I just call you Eve,
It sounds much more appropriate to me.
Jesus said 'I bless you when you sneezed,
He was always on your team it seems,
Did you give God head or did he just make you perfect?
That's a question that's quite near to me.
Mike has a crush on Evie but she only loves God,
And while she's sat in the pews he's just pacing his room,
Getting a little more than a little miffed off,
And he's starting to deify her,
But she only really worships one God,
Dean doesn't like that premodifier or whatever that word type is I've forgot,
I have forgot.
It looks like I've forgot.
Mike has a crush on Evie,
Christina has a crush on Eugene,
Tim likes Tom and Tom likes Tim,
And Ellen really really likes me.
Mike has a crush on Evie,
Christina was never one of the queens,
Tim likes Tom and Tom likes Tim,
And Eric really really likes me.
Mike has a crush on Evie but she only loves God,
And while she's sat in the pews he's just pacing his room,
Getting a little more than a little miffed off,
And he's starting to deify her,
But she only really worships one God,
Dean doesn't like that premodifier or whatever that word type is I've forgot,
I have forgot.
It looks like I've forgot,
It looks like I've forgot,
It looks like I've forgot,
It looks like I've forgot.
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you missed the train
it’s not like you catch it every day
you’re too busy staring at the tracks
at that little tuft of green poking out the rocks at the sun
soon it will blossom
and i will listen
to exactly what you’ve found
you know what you’ve found
because you know flowers
you know flowers
by their names
you know flowers by their names
buttercup, primrose, aster, you’ve seen them before
they keep growing but you seem to know them all
i nearly killed that orchid on your windowsill
it came back to life so you brought me a daffodil
you like roses, tulips, daisies, lilies, chrysanthemums
i like those blue ones and the yellow ones that look like the sun
because you know flowers
you know flowers
by their names
you know flowers by their names
you know flowers
you know flowers by their names
(you know flowers
you know flowers by their names)
you know flowers
you know flowers by their names
(you know flowers
you know flowers by their names)
you know flowers
you know flowers by their names
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4. |
Colonial Dynamite
02:12
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i was just wondering
if you were still plundering
all of those foreign lands
i’d never go on holiday with you
i’d be too afraid that you might invade
and steal all of their trade
i’d never go on holiday with you
id be too terrified that you might insight another genocide
of the indigenous population
as your soldiers unconsensual copulation
goes unpunished and unchecked
by a racist legal system you left in your wake
that you left in place
i was just wondering
if you were still plundering
all of those foreign lands
i’d never go on holiday with you
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5. |
Michael's Boat Tour
02:36
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michael’s boat was far too small to sleep in
we’ll stay up all night it will be quite harrowing
his sails are broken so is his power
luke will only camp with showers but
at least we’ve got the ocean
dobbo found a shark was in his pub
it was rats arsed it was absolutely fucking skunked
how’d they get that fish to drink so many pints I’ll never know
but at least it’s from the ocean
at least it’s from the ocean
I would rather be a fish than be a bird
or be a bee
you’ll see that thankfully
we’re from the sea
I would rather be a fish than be a bird
or be a bee
you’ll see that thankfully
we’re from the sea
I would rather be at sea with you than by myself at sea
I would rather be at sea with you
I would rather be at sea with you than by myself at sea
I would rather be at sea with you
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6. |
Daniel Johnston 3
02:46
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daniel wrote keep punching joe for me
and i wrote that i’m daniel for him
so i think that we are equal
and if he were still here we would be friends
but we are not because he is now dead
and i don’t think that he’d like me
because perversions of the truth have made me sick
by those in power
and those with power over me
and i am scared and i am fearful
of this world that we now live in
its the world that’s made me sick
so please pass me a paddle
because i am trying
trying my hardest to float
so please pass me a paddle
or an oar or a lifejacket
because i want to float
perversions of the truth have made me sick
by those in power
and those with power over me
and i am scared and i am fearful
of this world that we now live in
its the world that’s made me sick
perversions of the truth have made me sick
by those in power
and those with power over me
and i am scared and i am fearful
of this world that we now live in
its the world that’s made me sick
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7. |
1 Year and 9 Weeks
03:21
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michael said nothing
a wave goodbye would be stronger if looks could kill
and still yours will not touch me
because you’ve left me
you’d rather be alone
too many bedrooms
now that you’ve left me
with no one to fill that void
or that hole or that vacuum
you left in my heart
not my home not my home
i thought you loved me
i thought that you really did
but one year and nine weeks will be far too lonely
and you will be feeling seasick
i thought that you loved me
i thought that you really did
but one year and nine weeks will be far too lonely
without you to tell me to quit
one year and nine weeks will feel far too lonely
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8. |
My Friends
02:21
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And Astrid was my friend
And Enid was my friend
And Brian was my friend
And Steven was my friend
And Astrid was my friend
And Enid was my friend
And Brian was my friend
And Steven was my friend
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9. |
Centre of the Universe
01:01
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water is so freeing
but then it is quite heavy
id love to be at sea
and see a fish look back up at me
he’d compliment me on all of my webbed feet
and he’d take me to his leader
take me to your leader
i am your new leader
if we were muppets
you’d be fozzie i’d be kermit
i’m the centre of the
if we were on the bear
you’d be sidney i’d be carmen
i’m the centre of the
id be velma you’d be daphne
you’d be fred and id be shaggy
i’m the centre of the
i’m the centre of the
i’m the centre of the
i’m the centre of the universe
i’m the centre of the universe
i’m the centre of the universe
i’m the centre of the universe
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10. |
Oh Michael
01:57
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good for you michael’
said evie to god
‘i still really hate him
ive not forgive ive not forgot’
he thinks about boating
i think about him
your heart is full of worms said clay dixon
but i think mines full of pins
and needles
pins and needles
and needles
pins and needles
oh michael
oh michael
oh michael
oh michael
i can’t forgive i’ve not forgot
oh michael
oh michael
oh michael
oh michael
i can’t forgive i’ve not forgot
oh michael!
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11. |
Retirement Plan
02:26
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Suncream can be warpaint if your enemies the sun,
But I've never won,
A battle that large,
On my own.
And the tanning booths that he's recruited might leave us all a little more than bronzed,
We might end up more than bronzed,
We might need a little more than aftersun.
And I'm running out of steam,
I'm so close to retiring,
The lake looks so enticing.
And I'm running out of steam,
I'm so close to retiring,
The lake looks so enticing.
So let me rest here for a minute,
It'll only take a second,
Out your day,
Please let me please let me rest,
Please let me please let me rest.
So let me rest here for a minute,
It'll only take a second,
Out of your busy day,
Please let me please let me rest,
Please let me please let me rest.
And I'm running out of steam,
I'm so close to retiring,
The lake looks so enticing.
And I'm running out of steam,
I'm so close to retiring,
The lake looks so enticing.
And I'm running out of steam,
I'm so close to retiring,
The lake looks so enticing.
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12. |
Reunion
03:21
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two weeks were a lifetime
with my lifeline stripped away from me
but now i’m free
after just one year and nine weeks
i’m happy you’re happy
just sad that we can’t see
eye to eye, snout to snout, your feet to my feet
your little hands wrapped far too tight
round my little throat
you know i can’t sing very well at the best of times
jellyfish on a wave
oh i wish i had been saved
hitched a ride caught a train back home to you
my heads not getting much clearer nowadays
you still didn’t tell me when you got home
your whole journeys been a mystery
and i’m not one for escape rooms
i worried myself so sick i ended up diagnosed
but i dont know when i’ll be getting much better
i wanted to stay with you at home
you knew i could never tell you no
thought it better to cut my ties
than bite at my hands
you were the citronella flame
to my mosquito sized brain
couldn’t tell what was wrong with us
please come home
but not for me
i wanna be home
but not for you
please come home
but not for me
i wanna be home
but not for you
please come
i wanna be home
not for me
but not for you
please come
i wanna be home
not for me
but not for you
i wanna be home
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13. |
Outro
01:24
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(Applause)
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