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I have songs in my head
That I really really want you to hear
I write words I write tunes
That I really really want to share
I've been honing my skills year after year
Just give me a call and I'll be there
To save you from the bland,
the banal and the mindless
And let you hear some
Music that's timeless oh yeah
Thought I'd die. Before I got old
But I still have a story. That needs to be told
With a whole life time of observations
Still sing bout my generation
Just give me a chance
See through your blindness
And I'll play you
Some music that's timeless
Oh Yeah I got rock and roll
Oh Yeah With Heavy Metal and blues.
Oh Yeah Country Folk and Soul
There is so much that I could choose.
I got Jazz I got Funk
I got Hip Hop I got Punk
Tell you what I'm gonna do
Gonna play some music just for you
And if you can show a stranger some kindness
I'll play you some music's that's timeless Oh Yeah
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Stand Up People
03:05
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Stand up people and take a good look around x 2
Stand up people take a good look around
And come back to me
Tell me what you found
Stand up people take a good look around
And see how they’re putting us down
Stand up people ain’t no time to wait x2
Stand up people no time to wait
gotta change things now, before it’s too late
Stand up people ain’t no time to wait
To put an end to all of this hate.
Stand up people we all know want to do x2
Stand up people we all know what to do
Gotta start it now so we can see it through
Stand up people we know what to do
And now it’s up to me and you.
We all live under the same sun
Together as one
The times they are a changing
A hard rain is gonna fall
Give peace a chance
All you need is love
What's so Funny bout peace love and understanding
Above us only sky
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The party is almost over
And it is time to stop and think
And plant a seed and question the greed
That’s brought the world to the brink
We eat all we can eat
And continue to excrete like vomit and piss
How did it ever come to this
How did it come to this
It’s a crime we all commit
When we sit and watch as we turn this world to shit.
We can’t stay where we are
But no one wants to move
We hear what we want to hear
And we hope things will improve
It seems to be our curse
We can only make it worse
Than it already is
How did it ever come to this
How did it come to this
We have to admit
We are prepared to watch as we turn the world to shit
Now is the time to act
It’s happening it’s a fact you cannot dismiss
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You'd Have To Be Crazy
03:35
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We saved the world from mad dictators
Then we let ourselves be slaves to big business
You’d have to be crazy to want to stay sane
In a mad mad world like this
As a child of the sixties they told us that we’d be
Working part-time and still have all we need
Now they think that your lazy if enough is enough
In a world obsessed by greed
Chorus
It is written that the purpose of the law
Is to punish the wrongdoer and to protect the children of the poor
But Mr Lawman, can’t you see, it’s the law that needs protecting from the authorities
You do it in public and they put you away
Do it on TV and it will make your name
It pays to be childish, banal and inane
In a world obsessed by fame
They take our money, they take our freedom
We give it all away, but still they’re taking the piss
You’d have to be crazy to want to stay sane
In a mad mad world like this
Chorus
The good book says and for what it’s worth, Blessed are the meek
For they shall inherit the earth
But Mr Preacher, don’t you know, it’s in the hands of the stupid
And they won’t let go
You may be offered assistance, but soon you’ll discover
That is given with one hand and taken back with the other
Cos you’ve got to rely on your friends to get by
And you’ve got to stand by the people you’re near to
Cos there’s no way forward and there’s no way out
And you want to shout, but no one will hear you
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Open your eyes to the world
Most of these people are not your friends
They are only in it for their own end
You might recognise all their lies
If you only would open your eyes
Open your eyes to the truth
Try not to close your mind to tightly
Just ask yourself if it’s really likely
They are fooling those you call sheep
When secrets are so hard to keep
Maybe I sit on the fence
But at least I don't suffer from cogitive dissonance
Open you eyes to your life
If your finding sense by losing your mind
Finding the clues they want you to find
Searching so hard, you can’t see
That things might be, just how they appear to be
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One Man Freak Show
04:14
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You wonder why I hide when I am feeling low
You wonder I live my life like a one man freak show
If I bring my ball, will you let me join the team
I can make you laugh so you won’t treat me mean
I was always the sort to avoid sport giving any excuse
Always feeling out of place
With the constant verbal abuse.
You wonder why I am so hard to know
You wonder why I live my life like a one man freak show
I can play guitar so if I buy a van
And a PA system will you join my band
Everything I have learnt from life
All I have come to know
Has made me become a performer in a one man freak show.
You wonder why I cannot just go with the flow.
You wonder why I say goodbye when you say hello
You wonder why I want to stay when you want to go
You wonder why I let it die when you wanted it to grow.
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Twangling Jack Ford High Wycombe, UK
I played jangly power pop in a post punk band called The Chevrons. I co wrote three musicals. One was Silas Marner which has
been performed a number of times and one called Gothpera was done as an Isolation.
I perform in The Ilk and solo as Twangling Jack Ford.
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