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When I was a little boy my brother said to me
I went down the Gala Fair and crushed my enemies
It diminishes his glory but I think you ought to know
The enemy's a lucky dip that's 50p a go
CHORUS
Happiness is
Happiness is
Happiness is
Happiness is (an inflatable)
Happiness is
Happiness is
Happiness is
Happiness is (an inflatable hammer)
It started with inflation, it ended with a fight
And so resembled Weimar more than we thought it might
It ended with some bleeding, as Mum expressed concern
Brand new antique carpets take a fucking age to earn
CHORUS
Of course this all means nothing now
Of course this all means nothing now
Of course this all means nothing now
Because everyone died in the fire
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Guttersniper
02:38
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I am the title character.
Bring out your mortals!
Being alive, they will be dead soon anyway,
May as well provide a chortle.
(Hahaha!)
Stifle your loss! Stifle your loss!
Mother, I want it,
I need, it's restorative.
Mother, unhand me,
Those terms are perjorative.
It's precious, it's giving, it's something worth owning,
It will arouse my contemporaries at clonings.
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Two Birds
00:25
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Bands are like buses
And buses are shit
Bands are like buses
There'll be another one in a bit
CHORUS
I sunk the ark, oh yeah
I've never liked unicorns
I sunk the ark, why not?
All it had on it was recursion
A lot
I'll steal what isn't nailed down
Jesus got lucky
I'll try to put a spin on it
Something my own
The main one from that band you like
I've seen him before
We threw him on the zeitgeist
He's started to turn
CHORUS
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Elbow Dancing
02:35
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Lead with elbows
Leave you elbows
In a circle-themed large group
Clothes co-ordinate
Limbs less so
In a circle theme
If you're flailing
And you're finding
There's spaces
In the music
It hasn't charted though
Still use 'c' 'h' to spell 'Tune'
Lead with elbows
Lead with elbows
In a circle theme
CHORUS
I've got Red Stripe in hand
I've got elbows to dance
I've got no shame left
If pushed to describe my dancing
Feet are heavy
Arms are light
Throw my body
To the floor but
Crucially I've always missed
Lead with elbows
Lead with elbows
Not a fighting thing
Lead with elbows
Lead with elbows
Perhaps defensive of repressed
If you play Brassneck
If you play Shatner
I'll bring my elbows to the floor
CHORUS
I've got OVD in hand
I've got both my knees to dance
I've got no shame left
And everyone thinks he looks daft on the dancefloor
Everyone thinks he looks daft
But everyone thinks he looks daft on the dancefloor
Everyone thinks he looks daft
Everyone thinks he looks daft
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Hey, Loud Noises!
01:40
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It's summer
You don't have to wear a scarf
It's summer
You don't have to wear a scarf
Say
Chins is over-rated
Chins is over-rated
Hey
There's no-one in this town but us
There's no-one in this town but us
Say
Chins is over-rated
Chins is over-rated
Hey
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Spielberg
05:13
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Wanna be there,
At your dad's funeral.
If that ain't romance,
Suit yourself.
I'm not finished yet,
the words are wrong.
I can make them to a point,
but never sung.
So I wrote this by rote,
the thoughts I crashed,
'cause I am nothing more than
A tired autograph.
So I'll wait at the graveside (as you do)
And try to pour confetti into your shoe.
If you're worried that I'm worried,
I wouldn't worry
'Cause then they'll worry that you're worried
And it keeps recurring.
So the street dance tos-and-fros,
We'll ignore it,
And I won't tip my toes
And I won't lean forward
(not too forward, no no)
I'll take my time,
And hone my props,
Get some distance 'tween the angels
And the sound of ticking clocks.
So I'll wait at the graveside (as you do)
And try to pour confetti into your shoe.
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Sanctuary
02:07
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Oh my! She's aloof, and he's aloof.
Oh my! She's a wolf
And he's a sheep in wanker's clothing;
Your ilk are ripe for stoning,
I'll bring the rock.
You were sadly spent in Kent,
Daddy owned a park in Berkshire,
Strove to grow in Kelvingrove,
And there's probably a posh part of Wales.
Oh my! She's aloof, and he's aloof.
Oh my! She's a wolf
And he's a sheep in wanker's clothing;
Your ilk are ripe for stoning,
I'll bring the rock.
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I bought it as an impulse purchase
I was in a bargain bookstore looking for comics
It was something that I just had to own
If only to prove that it really existed
I've never taken it out of the box
There's yet to be a reason for me to do so
Cos I live in a top floor flat
Plus I'm six foot three and I've got no balance
CHORUS
In a future ruled by robots
Why the hell would we need a pogo stick?
Could it be an emblem of freedom?
Is that just what Skynet want us to think?
What happened at the meeting that day?
Does this sort of thing actually happen quite often?
Can you get a Harry Potter bidet?
Or a boomerang based on the works of Vin Diesel?
Who job is it to come up with this?
Do they even end up taking their work home?
They're supposed to look after their kids
Instead they're building Nick Cage Spirograph
CHORUS
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Picture the scene:
There's Billy Connolly, Rizzo the Rat, The Great Gonzo, and that guy who made an idiot of himself at the award ceremony.
They're all there.
Billy Connolly has information to divulge but in keeping with the tone of the film he can't do it normally no he can't do it normally
So he says:
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Oh Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
Actually he only says it once but you get the idea.
He also grabs Gonzo's comically large nose during this scene.
In many ways it's a masterclass.
Said nose is already funny, repetition works well as does silliness, so when Gonzo next speaks it's more nasal than usual, and he says:
I'm not Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
He's Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
I'm not Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
He's Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
I'm not Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
He's Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
I'm not Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
He's Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
I'm not Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim
He's Jimmy Jim Jimmy Jim Jim Jim Jim Jim.
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Everything's Just Peachy
04:00
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I'm driving a house
I'm flying a tree
I'm going to teach a unicorn to sew
I'm persuading the government to adopt a range of
Progressive social
welfare policies
I'm going to lick my elbow
I just licked my elbow
I tamed the jabberwocky
and I taught it empathy
I wrote a play
Just the other day
It's got vital observations about
our society
Yes
I invented chocolate
that makes you get thinner
If you don't mind raining lard bombs from your bowels
I spread my wealth
All amongst the homeless
In the form of pure ethanol
I told the world
I had the cure for cancer
Then I told the press that you simply had to pray
I lay awake
Fists clenching and unclencing
Silently screaming as tears bleed from my eyes.
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We've got designs on you
Oh yeah
And your eyes
All your eyes
You will find our grasp has
Exceeded all we reached for
You could be the subject
It's music for the people
To cap our Brit Award we've
Provided parts of ourselves
To be the background music
On Match of the Day
Who could it be
In this elaborate story setting?
It's you
Who are you?
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Flaming Fields
02:02
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I'm not leaving til one of us smiles
No pressure mind
I've a human reaction to find
Or to define
Or maybe this defines me
Tralalala
Fingers in my ears
It doesn't mean much to me
Doesn't mean much to me
So, singing jaunty songs like I am
(Are people dancing?)
Well I hope they are cos that was the plan
(Or at least bouncing?)
It's fair to say my plans are not best laid
(To say the least)
I've unassumed to ruin your day
(Sorry)
Ruin your day
No options left for me to exhaust
Shall I see you at 4am?
Why yes of course
Scatter words like sodium lights
I thought we needed
Look at the light in the sky
Do you get my meaning?
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