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Starving In A Limo
03:53
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STARVING IN A LIMO
Starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
A-list tramps bang the window
Stargazers set to stun
My conscience is unconscious
My interpreter’s a gun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
Gold coats my incisors
My gums are platinum
Onboard, offshore advisers
How mental is my fund
Isn’t is as doesn’t does
You hang on the threads I’ve spun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
Figures can be massaged
Appearances airbrushed
Standing on my mountain
Of enemies I’ve crushed
Out of the range of slings and arrows
In my elevated shoes
It’s not enough that I win
Everyone must lose
Figures can be massaged
Appearances airbrushed
Standing on the mountain
Of enemies I’ve crushed
Out of the range of slings and arrows
In my elevated shoes
It’s not enough that I win
All of you must lose
Faces come and places go
I walk where others run
Tell Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
“There’s one I in ‘aluminum’”
Something’s eating away at me
I can’t put my finger on
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
I’m starving in a limo
On the dark side of the sun
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Piñata
02:31
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PIÑATA
I can’t lift a finger
I can’t lift my head
I can’t remember
A single word you said
It’s a good year, I’m tired
Cannon fodder, I’m fired
I’m a ceiling inspector
A qualified tester of beds
Like Zorro at a book signing
I’m giving lots of zeds
Hold down floorboards - lacquered
Call me Jacob, cream crackered
Don’t give me a shake
Give me a break
I’m not trying;
I’m a pulverised piñata
Eyes like plum tomatoes
Let me lie in
Let me lie in state
Didn’t wake up this morning
Man, I’ve got the snooze
My get-up-and-go has got up and gone
My plug’s fitted with refuse
Lullaby, Gretel tell Hansel
Sleeping Beauty has cancelled
Don’t give me a shake
Give me a break
I’m not trying;
I’m a pulverised piñata
Eyes like plum tomatoes
Let me lie in
Let me lie in state
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3. |
Rater Rater
02:14
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RATER RATER
Four star mattress
Two star dream
Three star sunshine
Five star coffee bean
Four star bacon
Three star eggs
One star romance
Five star sex
RATER! RATER!
Don’t wait till later
RATER! RATER!
Accumulator
We - Must - KNOW!
We - Must - KNOW!
Five star razor
Two star soap
Four star blazer
Three star dope
Two star taxi
Four star shoes
Three star gravel
Five star mews
RATER! RATER!
Analyse the data
RATER! RATER!
Aggregator
We - Must - KNOW!
We - Must - KNOW!
Three star review
Two star book
Five star reception
One star martini - shook!
Three star speeches
Five star free bar
Four star one-to-one with
Two-face star
RATER! RATER!
Was it cheesy? Was it greater?
RATER! RATER!
Mass culture tabulator
We - Must - KNOW!
We - Must - KNOW!
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Hoboho
04:02
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HOBOHO
Don’t depress the button
The lights will not change
Like everything else
They’re set, timed, pre-ordained.
Bop between the bumpers
Without the lollypop man’s help
Skip before the scooters
Make a moccasin of your scalp.
I can see you still
You made it on the other side
From hobo to boho
Drive by me denied a ride.
One more baby means
One less parking space
But no buck stops here
Get off my packed case.
Strung out gallows humour
We’re the crewcut half-cut crew
Hug the smug drugglers
A.M. departure, bid adieu.
I can hear you still
Reassure me like a pup
But we found some dogs get put down
When we sober up.
Blowing out what we shared
Like dog-end bad dope
Divide me from your inner circle
With a velvet rope.
Offer yourself for a pound
They’ll sell you for a penny
It’s not your guts that I hate
Because you’ve not got any.
I can see you still
You made it on the other side
From hobo to boho
Drive by me denied a ride.
I can hear you still
Reassure me like a pup
But we found some dogs get put down
When we sober up.
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