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Sanity Is Not Statistical

by Tommy Mackay

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1.
Fists Up 03:41
There's a lot to be said for Sticking to your guns And I wish more people would Be loyal or something close And the times that you look round And see nothing but hate Well, how would you change it You'd wait, I know, I know, I know Put your fists up and go Put your fists up and go Put your fists up and go Tell me it is right and tell me it is good And the future will not be As bleak as some say Cos eventually someone Will lead the way, I know, I know Makes me right, makes me wrong Makes me glad we are strong I pray one day the chains that bind us will snap And V.I. Lenin said If we all unite We could overcome greed And the fight would start And we would win, I know Revolutions are very unchic today
2.
Bonus 02:45
The pen and the wrist Or the spade and the fist Take your choice, do the twist I am sick of you - sick! You work hard or lose Your bonus - you choose You'll have to get used To being abused So don't go slow Bust a gut and go Time and a half Is waiting - don't laugh You follow the path You end up half daft Your bonus will kill Your fire and your will It might make you ill The overtime pill
3.
Boss 03:02
Boss - are you quite proud Of all you've done You don't seem to care It's out of your hair How many people have you fired to date? How many of them are broken? Does it upset you to know what you've done? I hope you find something to choke on Boss - why did you get To where you are Don't forget who paid for Your company car Boss - if only you Would try to be true You might gain respect But not from me
4.
Shop Steward 03:13
I am not going to go very far I am not going to swing on a star And ambition will never be My number one priority A shop steward's fate is infamy His bad mistakes are legendary And the people you represent are As trustworthy as an old car And you know they never will Swallow the bitterest pill You try your best but it is hard To retain trust after the last card And you promise you won't compromise But you're still the one the workers despise
5.
Face Away 03:36
What a bloody waste There's people tearing us down But no-one wants to know They want to keep their job secure Unions losing power Hardly raising a frown As long as there is work to do No-one breaks ground Face away, face away from it all Settling for nothing It's a negative game Workers keep the country going But they just stay the same Everyone can't lose their jobs It might seem that way Accepting cuts in wages Doesn't make it OK Who am I to grumble Who am I to say why People shouldn't give up And just lie down and die It is not my problem Is the common reply What a bloody waste No wonder nobody tries Face the searing pain And cry out again
6.
Everywhere I look No-one's reading books Personality Is your guarantee Sanity is not statistical Common sense is not predictable Sanity is not statistical Vanity is so predictable Intelligence is out Apathy's the shout One dissenting scream Won't even be seen There seems to be lots Of cliques tied up in knots Sanity is fine If you have the time I'm surplus to requirements Must try and keep quiet Everybody seems To treasure petty dreams But there is a lack Of logical attack
7.
Hostile 02:30
Putting up with your tantrums Smashing up your favourite albums Why does it have to be hostile? Arguing - it just fills the time In between another all out fight Cause a fuss, make it public too Don't save us god we've got more to do
8.
So you said You wouldn't break that promise That you made Before the truth was known Build up hopes And shatter them by saying I forgot To tell you it's all off So now I don't believe In putting faith in anything The next scheme you think up Just keep it to yourself Thursday night We'll go out just by ourselves Don't forget To wear your brand new shoes And of course By the time it's Thursday You've forgot And we stay in again
9.
Disaster 03:24
I've seen you walk away from Disaster after disaster after disaster I only hope I can share my manifesto with you I only hope that my optimism rubs off on you too My attitude is that we can share a positive outlook And be brave and walk away from more disasters too We are not so far away from living life anew We are not so far away from doing what we want to do
10.
Saving Up 01:46
What's the point in saving up for life When you could be dead tonight You say it'll come in handy for a rainy day But I want to go out tonight Bills and final demands are all pouring in The rent has been due for six weeks You say you don't want to sound too boring But money doesn't grow on trees Money doesn't grow on trees People can't do as they please I swear I do try to appreciate The value of your income But maybe the insurance will turn up late And we can go and have some fun We can go and have some fun Instead of sitting on our bums
11.
I've looked around and I've seen what is new And it's certainly nothing to get in a stew about Primeval drums do not count anyway And sincere young synthists have nothing to say All today's pop stars with socialist views Are trying to tell us that fun is the news But it seems to ring hollow and strikes me as fey Cos what they really mean is they've nothing to say
12.
Do you still recall At the back of the hall We used to take the piss out of everybody We'd pogo all night There was never a fight Everybody took the piss out of everybody Such a lot to do Punk rock parts one and two Whatever happened to you Punk rock parts one and two My hair was alright Yours used to take you all night And everyone would comment on the state of Johnny We seemed to be in About fifteen groups We were deadly serious and deadly funny
13.
I have such a gullible mind Pick me up and drop me anytime That's why you change me that often Break me down Tear out all the poison from me Show me what you want me to see That's why you change me that often Break me down What does it matter what's in the air Who cares what's brewing, show me you care I don't want to make you feel bad I am such an understanding lad That's why you change me that often Break me down

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From The Diary Of A Musical Nobody Chapter Ten.

After unearthing some old cassettes from the late 1970s/early 80s, I thought I’d discovered a treasure trove of rare unheard masterpieces of modern music. Well, turns out I didn’t, but in amongst the dross were quite a few wee gems that I decided to rescue from the skip. These are tunes I wrote in my teens and early twenties – most of them never played live, but some I played with my old groups, The Pedestrians, The Innocents, The Voice Toys and Third Light.

Remastered tracks. Hear the originals here: www.dailyreckless.com/diary-1983

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released May 12, 2023

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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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