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You've gotta get your own
'gotta get your own'
Cos no one's gonna give you any
'gotta get your own'
You've gotta get your own
'gotta get your own'
Cos no one's gonna give you any
gotta get your own'
You will be sitting all alone
'gotta get your own'
Full of beer and cigarettes
'gotta get your own'
I'm telling you my friends
'gotta get your own'
You won't be at your best
That's way you've got to get your own
Cos no one's gonna give you any
You've got to get your own
Cos no one's gonna give you any
The day the optic dies
'gotta get your own'
The Revolution Will Not Be Twitterised
gotta get your own'
The day the optic dies
'gotta get your own'
People will be wearing status up date sandwich boards
'gotta get your own'
And it's so easy to get divorced
'gotta get your own'
So it doesn't matter who you meet
'gotta get your own'
Oh it's so easy to get divorced these days
'gotta get your own'
All you do is go into your friends list
'gotta get your own'
And press delete
Ha!
That's way you've got to get your own
Cos no one's gonna give you any
You've got to get your own
Cos no one's gonna give you any
Too many fisherman
Chasing too few fish
So throw your money in the well and then make a wish
When shooting in the dark
Slow your heart rate down
Fire between each beat
And don't make a sound
ha ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha
You've gotta get your owe
gotta get your own'
Cos no one's gonna give you any
'gotta get your own'
You've gotta get your owe
'gotta get your own'
Cos no one's gonna give you any
'gotta get your own'
and when you realised that power was your hands
'gotta get your own'
Could you find a coherent voice
'gotta get your own'
Do you want to loot a bumper pack of crisps from a pound shop?
gotta get your own'
Or do you want to see into a future?
gotta get your own'
And have a choice?
That's way you've got to get your own
cos no one's gonna give you any
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(gibbering, becoming progressively incoherent)
Too many fisherman
chasing too few fish
So throw your money in the well and then make a wish
When shooting in the dark
Slow your heart rate down
Fire between each beat
And don't make a sound
X2
(2014)
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2. |
Martyn's Elephant Charm
03:54
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"Never put new shoes upon a table"
"Never open an umbrella indoors"
"Never put a newborn baby in front of a looking glass"
And "Never start a journey on a Friday"
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
Oh yah oh yah!
'Yeah'
London 13 club
Oh yah oh yah
'Yeah'
London 13 club
"Turn around three times if you see a black cat"
"Spit on the ground if you see a white horse"
"Never accept scissors or a penknife as a gift"
"And never have the colour green in the home"
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
Oh yah oh yah!
'Yeah'
London 13 club
Oh yah oh yah
'Yeah'
London 13 club
"Whooping cough maybe cured by removing a lock of a child's hair, placing it between two slices of bread and feeding it to a passing dog"
"Alternatively you could sew the child into a brown paper vest, and smother them…in Lard!"
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you - 'do it like that'
You elephant charm me when you - 'do it like that'
You charm me when you - 'do it like that'
Hackney Empire I like it when you - 'do it like that'
I like it when you!
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3. |
Ghost Daddy
03:00
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I know that you were there
Although I could hardly see your face
Down the working man's club
The kind where nobody has a job
And everyone know your name
And toasts to your fame
And I know this would all be mind
It was just a case of time
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Every minute someones born
Growing at an alarming rate
And another life is laid to waste
On the Gascoigne Estate
And you might find some comfort there
Something to dull the pain
But in just a few more hours
The sun will be coming up again.
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Well fighter they will fight
And lovers they love to love
Drinkers they will drink
And junkies love only…junk
So here's to absent friends
And absent parents too
It's OK go on ahead
We'll all be catching up with you…soon
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Ooooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
Ooooh Ooh ghost daddy
Ghost daddy got trouble
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4. |
Just Retribution
05:03
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Just retribution
'Just retribution'
Just retribution
It's only humane
Just retribution
'Just retribution'
However it ends
It's never revenge
It's just...
When you want me, I don't want you
And when I want you, you don't want me
When you want me, I don't want you
And when I want you, you don't want me
Felt like fate
Now it's stalemate
and it...
Just retribution
'Just retribution'
Just retribution
It's only humane
It can take a lifetime to extricate yourself from the moment
It can take a lifetime to extricate yourself from the moment
And when the moment's gone, we try to hold on
To the moment...just a fleeting moment
And its
Just retribution
'Just retribution'
Just retribution
It's only humane
It's nothing personal
I wouldn't take it personal
It's nothing personal
I wouldn't take it so personal
It's just
When you want me, I don't want you
And when I want you, you don't want me
When you want me, I don't want you
And when I want you, you don't want me
Felt like fate
Now it's stalemate
Just retribution
'Just retribution'
Just retribution
It's only humane
Just retribution
'Just retribution'
However it ends
It's never revenge
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5. |
The Big Idea
04:17
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At the dawn of mankind
When we were banging two rocks together
In the garden of Eden
'Such a beautiful sight'
I wish I could have seen them
We'll first there came the wheel
Then monkey learnt to steal
From one another
'In broad day light'
And sometimes under cover
Now it's all been done before
'It's all been done before'
All been done before
'And what's more'
Probably done better
Still!
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
Soon monkey leant to farm
And he invented art and culture
'And hight stress jobs'
And then he got a stomach ulcer
Well it's so human
To fiddle till it breaks
'So now we're human'
I guess we all make mistakes
Still!
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
Now monkey's spit the atom
And he's cracked DNA pattens
'And monkey's learnt to fly'
And sent his relatives to the sky
and fond out
It's all been done before
It's all been done before
It's all been done before
'And what's more'
Probably done better
Still!
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
Everyone is look for an original idea
Everyone's still searching for that break through idea
All the monkeys sing!
It's all been done before, It's all been done before, It's all been done before
,It's all been done before,It's all been done before,It's all been done before
…ect
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6. |
The Criminal
02:11
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Wont somebody get me some water please
I feel like I'm needing some air
It's getting a little bit stuffy in here
Feel like I'm being cooked medium rare
And the survey says!
There's a growing lack of empathy
So I want out of my contact
who will represent me and my friends
And get us out of this intact
Constantly told we don't have enough
Then told to expect less
These kind of mixed message
Can only lead to civil unrest
And the survey says!
That everyone you know is a terrorist
Which I find frankly terrifying
But surely no everyone can be the enemy
So someone got to be lying.
The the the the the the the The Criminal!
For the Latin crimen, meaning to judge
which posses the question; which man is truly fit to judge another
and most important who has the biggest
Sausages!
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7. |
Vanishing Breed
05:26
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Your Kind is dying out
And To Run around panicking
Is better then
Sitting down and panicking
At least that way
You're gonna get some exercise
And burn off some of that
Useless energy
You know your clan in trouble!
When your buying more nappies
For the elderly
Then for babies
So this one for the kids!
Lets hear it for the infants
Save The Children!
But not from my taxes please
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
The white working class disappears
But don't come look for sympathy
Cos you've had your time
And that'll do for the likes of you
The future is zero growth
But continued prosperity
And scaling down
Of the military
Your country no longer needs
You to dye for it , there for
There really is no use
For you any more
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Now your a fully paid up member of the fallen under class
The aspirational deviant from a Dickensian past
Now your a burden on our society, all hands out and mouths to be feed
you're antiquated, landed gentry, we need you any more!
You're a Vanishing Breed
Well you no longer make the cars
You no long mine the coal
And the call centres
Have all gone to India
On spiritual package deal
To find themselves
So for the last time please
Hang up your tools on the shelf
I got a notice this morning
"Jesus just joint spotify"
Although I found it amusing
I still can't decide
Wether to sing Hosanna
Or to check out his play list
Too see if the devil really does have the best tunes
Or is there some I might have missed
Is there some I might have missed?!!! x 4
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Now your a fully paid up member of the fallen under class
An aspirational deviant from a Dickensian past
Now your a burden on our society, all hands out and mouths to be feed
Antiquated, Like landed gentry, We need you any more!
Your a Vanishing Breed
Al Al AlAl, Al Al AlAl, Al AlAl Al AlAl Al AlAl...sing along now! We're gonna work so hard!!!!...etc!
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8. |
Mein Liebster Feind
08:05
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When you realise you've been down for to long
And you're grown tried of the drug that kept you
In bad company
When you think you might be losing your marbles
And you feel that you just can't cope
Cos you could handle the disappointments
What might be killing you
Is the hope
Dance like nobody's watching
Sing like nobody's listening
And love like you've never been hurt before
Smile like a baby
And scream if you what to go faster
And laugh like you've never heard this one before
Cos we're here for a sort time
and it can be such a sweet time
So when all good things come to an end
I'll still be your friend
In the middle of the main feature
You realise you've already seen the end
And you feel you've used up most of your credit
And lose change is all you have left to spend
When you're feeling alone, in need of affection
And you wonder who she was with last night
Call me, I might not have the answer
But I'll probably have some time
Dance like nobody's watching
Sing like nobody's listening
And love like you've never been hurt before
Smile like a baby
And scream if you what to go faster
And laugh like you've never heard this one before
Cos we're here for a sort time
and it can be such a sweet time
So when all good things come to an end
I'll still be your friend
A sudden change in the weather
A gradual change of heart
She changes her profile picture
Put on a new dress and parts
That's when you realise you've been down for to long
And you've grown tried of the drugs that used to
Keep you company
Dance like nobody's watching
Sing like nobody's listening
And love like you've never been hurt before
Smile like a baby
And scream if you what to go faster
And laugh like you've never heard this one before
Cos we're here for a sort time
and it can be such a sweet time
So when all good things come to an end
I'll still be your friend
* Chorus based on a quote by Mark Twain
— 'Sing like no one is listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth.'
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9. |
CLA
05:26
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CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
Three steps forward Two steps back
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
A sideways movement and a clap
She dyed her hair to get in contact with her roots
So I shaved mine off and got social concrete boots
I would have smuggled a tiger in a suitcase if she wanted a cat
But everyone knows you can't keep pets in a council flat
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
Three steps forward Two steps back
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
A sideways movement and a clap
Saudi sandal surfing on hot tarmac
Entertainment guaranteed or your money back
Extreme sports wear for the 80 plus
Minus shopping cars with roll bars and a mini bus
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
Three steps forward Two steps back
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
A sideways movement and a clap
The King Of Pop is dead
He had a price put on his head
Now the Prince he must step up
And claim what's his birth right
But without any clear foe in sight
He may have lost the will to fight
And ugliness is close to godliness
As we contort our inner organs
Why do we love the most, the things that hurt us the most?...well I guess
We're never more alive then in the mist of stress
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
Three steps forward Two steps back
CLA, CLA, CLA, CLA
A sideways movement and a clap
Three steps forward Two steps back
A sideways movement and a clap
X 8
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A.J. Holmes London, UK
A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a Musician, Recordist, Big fan of Pan-African music, Lover of 20th Century Architecture and Founder of The Hackney Empire (band)
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