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if you don't wanna be living inside of a box
then you had better get out of here
the government does not care about any of you
because you're never gonna vote for them
and if you don't want to be left in the lurch
well you've got to be one of them
if you don't wanna be another stick in the mud
then we have got a little spot for you
just do it anyway, no matter how dumb backward
it makes us look around all the world
so if you don't want to be left in the lurch
you had better be one of us
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2. |
The Smoothest Brain
03:48
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if you want to take a look at my brain
slice it up and dice it up, go insane
i'm not gonna need it, just amount to nothing
get the knife and go, you bloody baboon
i'm about to join you in the full moon
i'm not gonna need it, just amount to nothing
the smoothest brain
come on now, it's alright
everything is black and white
you don't have the smoothest brain tonight
come on now, it's alright
education is kryptonite
you don't have the smoothest brain
the smoothest brain
if you want to sink a level or two
all you've got to do is sink a more few
it's not like i need it, never feed it nothing
i remember when i used to feel dumb
cutting off my fingers and not my thumb
i'm not gonna need it, just amount to nothing
the smoothest brain
come on now, it's alright
everything is black and white
you don't have the smoothest brain tonight
come on now, it's alright
education is kryptonite
you don't have the smoothest brain tonight,
the smoothest brain
if you can't teach me not to be so dumb
then you must be so dumb
and you're never gonna brain me
if you can't teach me not to be so dumb
be so dumb
you must be dumb
and you're never gonna brain me
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they said you died in the pacific ocean
ran out of fuel to keep the plane in motion
and couldn't come up with a good solution
but i believe you had a better plan B than living with moby
they never found your body and never will
you're on another planet, mission fulfilled
in 1937, pushing air uphill
and i believe you had a better plan B than living with moby
i will never find amelia
they will never find amelia
i will never find amelia
you will never find amelia
amelia
amelia
amelia
we know she does not want to be found
she never could have been a tokyo rose
take on another name right under our noses
why can't you see that she went on a UFO
'cause i believe she had a better plan B than living with moby
and i will never find amelia
and they will never find amelia
i will never find amelia
you will never find amelia
amelia
amelia
amelia
we know she does not want to be found
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4. |
Andromedean Girl
02:11
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she came from outer space
with anti-grav boots on
she set her glamour to stun
and asked if i was the world's leader
of course i said yes
how could i say no
and now i rule the world
she's my andromedean girl
she's my andromedean girl
now i'm the most hated man in the world
i went to outer space
to see what the fuss was all about
and while i was there, she said
'could you just pretend that you don't care?'
of course i said yes
how could i say no
and now i rule the world
she's my andromedean girl
she's my andromedean girl
i'm her domesticated boy
now i'm the most hated man in the world
she's my andromedean girl
she's my andromedean girl
she's my andromedean girl
now i'm the most hated man in the world
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5. |
Think So? I Know So
03:41
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so you’re gonna make me choose
which of the millionaires I relate to?
do you really wanna know?
here’s the first clue: it’s not the one who lies to you
and so you’re gonna make me choose
between the shakey and the charlatan
you gotta fix your algorithm
I wouldn’t listen to that if I was brain dead
you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, I know so
and if you’re gonna make a dollar
better make it a green one
but I know you, you just wanna make billions
and that comes from anti-vaxxer fuckwits
yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, I KNOW SO
I’m alive ‘cause I haven’t been unfortified
unnaturally, unnaturally
I’m alive ‘cause I haven’t been unfortified
unnaturally, unnaturally
you think I know? you think I know?
I bloody know so
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so, yeah you know
I really think so
I’m alive ‘cause I haven’t been unfortified
unnaturally, unnaturally
I’m alive ‘cause I haven’t been unfortified
unnaturally, unnaturally
you think I know? you think I know?
I bloody know so
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6. |
Staging a Coup
04:05
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what are you doing on my lawn?
better not be there in the morn
what do I need to get this
grime off the beehive
what do I do?
should I call in the army?
cracking open some heads
can we write off diplomacy?
given right up on the police
I don’t know what they’re doing
looks like nothing
what do I do?
let them stage a coup?
staging a coup, staging a coup, staging a coup
has never been easier
and I don’t wanna pay the rent
but I gotta, but I gotta pay
but if there’s no law then I am
staging a coup
and I don’t wanna go to work
but I gotta, but I gotta feed the beast
but if there’s no law then I am
staging a coup
do we need eye for an eye?
how do I get casus belli?
is it time I burn all the
political capital
what do I do?
do I let them stage a coup?
and I don’t wanna pay the rent
but I gotta, but I gotta pay
but if there’s no law then I am
staging a coup
and I don’t wanna go to work
but I gotta, but I gotta feed the beast
but if there’s no law then I'm
staging a coup
but I don’t want to be in charge
‘cause I just want to be the hater
and I don’t wanna pay the rent
but I gotta, but I gotta pay
but if there’s no law then I am
staging a coup
and I don’t wanna go to work
but I gotta, but I gotta feed the beast
but if there’s no law then I am
staging a coup
but I don’t want to be in charge
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7. |
Neon Riot
02:09
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n/a
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8. |
Backwater
03:29
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blackening the sky, covering the light of the night
ripping out the verve, syphoning the life of a star
tabitha's brick wall, blotting out the heavenly sky
can we not get involved in their war
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta do
tyranny of time, everything happened so long ago
benefit of range
we don't have do nothing, because we can't
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta do
tabitha tabitha backwater
tabitha tabby's star backwater
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta
glad we live in this backwater
now we can't do what we oughta do
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9. |
Holidays in Hawaii
02:57
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I'm a rich man going on holiday
But I gotta look like I give a shit
Be a common man, not a conman
Eat a meat pie, not a stir-fry
Ride a motorcycle, not an e-bike
I'm going on holiday
Have you ever been to Hawaii?
It's a lot better than Te Puke
I'm going on holiday
I'm out of here
I don't care if you're stuck in Gisborne
Invercargill, even Hamilton
I've got the money, I'm gonna spend it all
Send it off shore, like our rangatahi
I'm going on holiday
Would you mind if I pretend I'm in Oamaru?
What about Gore? Could you want more?
I'm going on holiday
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me here
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Holidays in hot Hawaii
Show the voters that I'm better than them
I'm going on holidays around the world
Ks around the world
Days around the world
Laze around the world
Maze around the world
Ks around the world
Days around the world
Laze around the world
Days around the world
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10. |
Nearly a Star
01:29
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i haven't got what i want
i haven't got what i need
what i need is a friend who
won't favour them over me
nearly a star, nearly a star
nearly a star
forward thinking's a farce
it gets you nowhere at all
laser-focused on the negative only means
disappointment is gone
nearly a star, nearly a star
nearly a star
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send them off on a fight with no end
fixing up a world i have no right to mend
put together a piece of the puzzle
pay no matter to him, he is not your friend
and as i take my final breath, i want
blood, devastation, death
declare a war for the dollar
i want to see horror
maybe magic is in my blood now
pulling rabbits is easy when you know how
but not even houdini could get out
of a mess of this making, and so i vow
that as i take my final breath, i want
blood, devastation, death
declare a war for the dollar
i want to see horror
and as i take my final breath, i want
blood, devastation, death
and as i take my final breath, i want
blood, devastation, death
declare a war for the dollar
i want to see horror
and as i take my final breath, i want
blood, devastation, death
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12. |
AWOL
02:20
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I'm going back to where it all began
a long, long time ago
it's where I want to be
and if I have to be somewhere
might as well be here
and if I have to be somewhere
might as well be here
i'm sick of where I am, I'm so bored
i'm sick of where I am, I'm so bored
i never thought i would be back
so soon after going awol
and if you didn't think i missed the place
when i was gone
you're wrong
i'm sick of where I am, I'm so bored
i'm sick of where I am, I'm so bored
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13. |
Under the Dirt
02:43
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n/a
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