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Misdirection
03:27
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Thinking you know how this goes
Judgment is called into question
I'd be the same, I suppose
thought I might make a suggestion
Always doubt the deal you're sold
It won't turn out how you were told
Look that gift horse in the mouth
It should deserve further inspection
When the game starts to go south
It's likely to be misdirection
Don't look for crime in the dark
When it goes down, it's in plain sight
Scams are as old as the ark
You're watching the left, not the right
What you're expecting to see
Will colour the things you observe
Focus, or I guarantee
you're sure to get what you deserve
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Riding With Ghosts
04:35
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Keep my eyes on the highway
as I make my way home
I'm the only one driving
but I'm never alone
An old lover still sits next to me
Absent friends in the back
With my mother to keep company
No travel companions I lack
Conversations play out in my head
My role is to act as the host
None of them caring that they are all dead;
that's just what one does as a ghost
I don't know if everyone travels like this
I don't think I'm going insane
but it's nice to spend time with the people I miss
and I certainly wouldn't complain...
Once again that's a journey complete
I can see my front door
There's one final laugh from the passenger seat
then all is silent once more
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Transport Issues
03:26
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They say our cars
reflect our personality
but the way this one arrived
was kinda strange, if you ask me
The car I parked on Friday
wasn't there on Monday morn
This thing towed it away
then sat there, blowing on its horn
The simple reason why
is that there's more than meets the eye
I drive a Decepticon,
It really gets annoyed
when I try to save the planet
that it wants to see destroyed
If you ask what car it is,
I'm going to take a pass
I'm not sure it's a hybrid
but it doesn't run on gas
Driving to the supermarket
really made it curse
But when I tried to park it
things soon went from bad to worse
Panels started moving
and the next thing that I knew
I was sitting on the tarmac
and my shopping bags were, too
Much too shocked to scream or shout
Imagine my surprise
My angry little runabout's
a robot in disguise...
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Travel By Piano
03:13
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Delayed Again
03:37
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Bought some new gear
way back in May
I've yet to hear
it's on its way
Sitting on the starting line,
hasn't left the gate,
Still on the blocks
my shipment's running late
My hopes will fade again
though they keep coming back
Order delayed again
Supply chain's out of whack
Short and sweet
but no surprise
Transaction incomplete
Cannot acquire supplies
No-one making headway
Chips in short supply
So now it's due on Friday
But that might be a lie...
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Strategizing
03:17
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X
04:55
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Might not be Indiana Jones
but crystal skulls are his big thing
No concrete evidence on show
when gullibility is king
What is this new mystery,
presented by a bit of a chancer?
Evidence ignored throughout history
And 'aliens' is always the answer
Science gets kicked to the kerbstone
Explanations they've not got
Designating the unknown
Marks the spot where they lost the plot
You'll be no wiser at the close
than you were right at the start
but when it comes to UFOs
our boy has taken things to heart
Our minds get flooded every day
with his claims of so-called 'proof'
Scepticism wears away
His falsity becomes our truth
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Undertow
04:49
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Don't look now, but you-know-who is closing in
He's got that madness in his eyes
Don't get ideas that you can talk sense into him
It's not a course of action I'd advise
You'll make him think he should proselytize
Too late, I'm afraid
Eye contact
Has been made
Loves each new conspiracy
Thinks they make him special
His bullshit never ceases to amaze
The harshness of reality
not something he can wrestle
Don't believe a single word he says
This expert on the latest scientific thought
didn't pay attention during school
Will bnever recognise the trap in which he's caught
demonstrates to other's he's a fool
Pretending to encourage him is nothing short of cruel
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Your password has expired
Your delivery's postage due
Someone in Nigeria
Has a million bucks for you
Don't click that link!
Please login at the link below
What's your Hobbit name?
Share on social media!
Click to play a game!
Are you in this video?
I want to be your friend
I have got a prize for you!
The swindle never ends...
Some folk will never cotton on
No matter how it looks
The only fortunes being made
Are by a bunch of crooks
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11. |
Gumption Shortage
03:28
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Trickle Charge
03:11
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It's not like I was struggling
I manage, by and large
It's just that every now and then
I could use a trickle charge
I guess I won't be heading out
or driving to the shops
Some days I get about
Some days life just stops
Some days, negotiating hurdles is a breeze
Some days I think my starter motor may have seized
If you could track my energy
on any given day
You'd see its variability
and watch it fade away
I think I've pushed this metaphor
so far it's gonna snap
That's what this three-pin plug is for:
switch on, and take a nap
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13. |
Under The Weather
04:14
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Though you ignore it
it hasn't gone away
it sweeps all before it
and now we have to pay
I know you'd like things to stay
exactly how they are
But it was too late yesterday
and we're pushing things too far
Come rain or shine
we're in this together
we don't have time
and we're under the weather
The science has been verified
it's much worse than it looks
and if you're not terrified,
we're not reading the same books
There are still those around
who say it's not that bad
but their logic is unsound
because it's based on keeping what they had
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14. |
Unauthorised
03:53
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Chris Harris Bristol, UK
I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.
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