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Unread Books
02:21
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A pile of unread books beside his unmade bed
And big ideas would echo in his unmade head
For the man without ideal
Must be satisfied to kneel
It was a crime he could not feel but he knew better not to reveal
To the girls he pursued in the crowded halls
Who gathered so excited by the notice-boarded walls
So pleased was his reflection
He would not entertain direction
But his anger lay ‘neath his skin, like clay
Where it smouldered and churned
All this talk of revolution
It’s just talk of revolution
But he lacks the evolution
So he blames his constitution
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2. |
Call
02:06
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Call
This is a call
From all the numbers written on your wall
You know what you can do if you get strung out
Pick any number, pick any number out
Fall
Don’t bang your head on the wall
Look up at the letters written ten feet tall
They say ‘You know what you can do if you get hung out,
You know what you can do if you get strung out’
You know what you can do if you get strung out,
Pick any number, pick any number out.
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The Green Lantern
02:29
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Do you remember summerlong?
with Stevie Smith and Major Tom?
Take your pills and put your helmets on
Do you recall the second man?
Got off the plane a crippled man
With a chip inside your damaged head
you'd have to turn it off before you went to bed
D'you read about the dirty man?
Fell for the girl with the sunripe tan
It didn't bother him that he was old and grey
It didn't stop him trying to have his wicked way
Do you remember at the moonlight screening
the midnight gleaming in your quiet eyes?
If I'm a little bit quick I'll sneak the feeling
From yesterday's dim dreamlit lies
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4. |
Join The Fray
02:52
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Something I stole
Blew the whole thing open
If I fell
The fall got broken
Hey, it's OK
Join the fray
Hey, it's OK
Join the fray
I threw up the words
And the world came after
Then you said the word
And the word was laughter
Hey, it's OK
Join the fray
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Bored Of Having Fun
03:10
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Lazy
03:47
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Crazy
I think I’m going crazy
The phone in minor tones says I’m alone no yes no, no maybes
Hazy
Sunsets drive me crazy my bones are feeling stoned
and I’m alone without my baby
I turn over and over in my bed
But I can’t get these alcohol stains out of my head
The brain is in the station but the engines are dead and I feel so lazy
Crazy
Sunday after crazy
Days that last for days of full ashtrays
Without my baby
Maybe, maybe
Today could be the day
Maybe/Baby
I turn over and over in my bed
But I can’t get these alcohol stains out of my head
The brain is in the station but the engines are dead and I feel so lazy
So lazy
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Shining Surface
02:47
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He was so disinfected
and then the girl connected
such a shining surface
she's going to serve his purpose
when she left the dishes
she went against his dishes
yeah, she felt his thunder
and she was slipping under
such a shining surface
seen in their local places
displays of jokes and graces
he has his different faces
he doesn't leave no traces
and she was scared and silent
she became compliant
to respect his wishes
she never left the dishes
such a shining surface
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Roulettes Auckland, New Zealand
We are Justin McLean and Ben Grant.
Roulettes recommends:
You need to listen this LP if you haven't heard it before, not enough people did when it was first released. Very sonic but also very pop. So much emotional power both light and dark. A true classic.
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Two Hearts and No Brain
by Kane Strang
My Smile Is Extinct is a perfect guitar pop song. Kind of depressing but also very funny. Overall a really good LP. Good to see someone from our hometown (Dunedin) still making great guitar pop.
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