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Parcel O Rogues

by Tommy Mackay

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1.
Incredulity 01:15
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Anybody wanna fuck around with me you're gonna have to pay the price of incredulity That's what I say, that's what I say Say what
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Make Things Easy 02:47
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Held beneath the sunshine of a simmering decay Trying to communicate in any kind of way With a sneaking premonition of eventual delay And an underlying feeling that it's never going away Same soul, wrong brain Insane goal, no pain C'mon everybody let's make things easy When you're in denial you can live the life you like Hide behind the bike sheds or ride someone else's bike Manipulate your mind and body any way you want Syncopate your rhythms, sink your boats, sink your thoughts Same soul, wrong brain Insane goal, no pain C'mon everybody let's make things easy Know your limits, know your place The Japanese say you have 3 faces The first face, you show to the world The 2nd face, you show to your close friends and family The 3rd face, you never show anyone Manipulate your mind and body any way you want Syncopate your rhythms, sink your boats, sink your thoughts Same soul, wrong brain Insane goal, no pain C'mon everybody let's make things easy Easy
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A Message To You Lizzie 02:45
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There's something rotten at the heart of team GB A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons And that something rotten is the monarchy A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons Sex crimes, tax crimes, corruption A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons We don't need looking after Lizzie - kill your sons A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons Put us out our misery We don't need more monarchy Time to draw the line, Lizzie And kill your sons Kings and queens and inbetweens are for fairy stories A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons There really is no need for them in the 21st century A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons Time to get up off your knees and see the poverty A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons It can be eradicated with truth and money A message to you Lizzie - kill your sons
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Bins Out 03:16
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Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Early in the morning - it's usually too late Shoulda done it last night - the usual mistake Emptying the rubbish from all parts of your life It is constant, it is out of sight Aye, aye, aye, aye Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Oh, oh, oh, oh... Everything is piling up inside your head Accumulating madness, especially in bed When your mind is racing, late into the night It is constant, it is out of sight Aye, aye, aye, aye Everything you own will all be gone (yeah) Everything must go, the same old song (yeah) No matter how you rise, you'll fall Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out Gotta get the bins out (Get the bins out) Gotta get the bins out (Get the bins out) Gotta get the bins out (Get the bins out) Gotta get the bins out (Get the bins out) Get those bins out
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My Secrets Are Blown 02:24
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All the best groups are influenced by German music All the best songs have been written now No excuses When Yoko Ono sings She sings Godammit my secrets are blown Ooooh oooh Godammit my secrets are blown
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Ambidextrous Men And Ambidextrous Women 04:34
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Ambidextrous men need ambidextrous women Everybody wins when everybody's winning Confidence in life begins at the beginning When ambidextrous men meet ambidextrous women Stride with thick thighs and your eyes on the prize of adventure Snide and you lose the advantage of time Why cock a snook when you look like an underage pensioner Rise using both hands, it's your turn to shine Ambidextrous men need ambidextrous women Nobody can sin if everybody's sinning Nobody can sink if everybody's swimming Like ambidextrous men and ambidextrous women Ambidextrous men meet ambidextrous women In pubs and launderettes, airing their dirty linen Nobody can sin if everyone is sinning Like ambidextrous men and ambidextrous women Uppity dancer on the disco floor Uppity bouncer on the disco door
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Ask Velazquez 02:35
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Don't pretend to be profound if all you're doing is rhyming Words of wisdom need more heft and near perfect timing Why d'you think they're called old masters? Cos they mastered paintings? No, it takes more than technique Tie youself to the railings Oooooh ask Velazquez Oooooh call a taxi Oooooh Ask Velazquez Oooooh call a taxi Weaving magic with a paint brush, creating emotions How does that work? Where's the beef, what's the secret potion? No-one knows - it's pixie dust or fumes or strange elixirs Shapes and forms and weird angles, not to mention textures Call me when you've found the key To unlock the mystery Then we'll dive into his head More black, more green, more red, red, red
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Jackie Jumble 02:52
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Hey Jackie Jumble Save an old axe for me I'm wasting away in a cheap hotel In a puddle of misery I can hear the sound of a tricycle rumbling along the floor Softer on the carpet, louder on the wood and stopping outside a door Tapping on a typewriter all day long louder than the toy bike noise All work and no play makes more dull jobs for the boys Hey Jackie Jumble Save an old axe for me I'm wasting away in a cheap hotel In a puddle of misery All you got to do is shine and say Things are on the up now Overlook the obvious and hide away Take a trip to toytown We've all been there And we'll all go back In the middle of winter With the rest of the pack Everybody chanting Jack Jack Jack
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Knitting On The Set Of The Exorcist 02:29
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Si si si nein gee, G sus Linda Blair fuck me jesus Knitting on the set of The Exorcist Oh yeah Windy Miller in Windygates All of the signs indicate You've done too little far too late Oh yeah Oh, do you feel the artifice The power of life compels Waving in the river with contempt Long time drowning, long time dead Long time reason for the rumbling away Smiling while all hell breaks loose Just enough rope for a noose Knitting on the set of The Exorcist Oh yeah Oh, do you feel the artifice The power of life compels me Do do do... Time to put the needles away Away
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Reckless 01:37
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Wreck it Wreck it Daily Reckless No-one can detect us Having a sexless breakfast In Houston, Texas Reckless, Mend this necklace Check your checklist Daily Reckless
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Sic A Parcel O Rogues 02:34
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Sic a parcel o rogues in a nation Sic a parcel o rogues in a nation Sic a pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa Sic a parcel o toads in a nation Celebrating their own subjegation Wallowing in their self flagellation A misery of their own creation Baa Baaaaaaa Bah
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Some Depth 03:24
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He started out with something and he vowed to give Other people something so that they could live Some people called him charitable, others called him a spiv Some depth Some say thank you very much, others say no thanks Some rely on ingenuity, others on banks A lot of people are just flying by their pants Some depth You stake a claim, you take some blame, if you've any soul Some people even set their lives by a determined goal Some others only have the chance to hold a begging bowl Some depth And so we come to liars, as a famous father said You made your own misfortune, but you never made your bed This speech will last forever till the last liar is dead Some depth A million housewives every day say you can't call us that We've grown as a society and the goose aint getting fat Only pigs and bankers and the occasional cat Some depth If you want to read philosophy or poetry, I say It's up to you, nobody's keeping score along the way No-one knows what constitutes good literature these days Some depth Come gather round and listen to the tales that this man tells He thinks he has an answer, he's ringing some bells But the only people listening are spies and infidels Some depth The circle has been broken, the fallacies exposed The people who dictate the law say this position's closed They're shuffling round town centres in their dirty underclothes Some depth And all the while the innocent and carefree shed no tears For all the gross injustices suffered throughout the years They won't let politicians and moral guardians infect their ears Some depth On and on the wheel of absurd motion spins around Some jump up to heaven, some stay on the ground Others like to levitate or say something profound Some depth The song is nearly finished now, but just before I go Can I just say it shouldn't keep you long, it's neither fast nor slow It's an unhappy medium, full of joy and woe Some depth
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I Got A Bigger Problem Than You 02:51
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What's your problem now? I got a bigger problem than you What's your problem now? I got a bigger problem I got friends in high places (They got a bigger problem than you) And they know what to do (They got a bigger problem than you) I've got friends off their faces (They got a bigger problem than you) They are my social glue

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released September 1, 2022

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Tommy Mackay Edinburgh, UK

Scottish comedy performer and editor of The Daily Reckless - the paper that sings the news.

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