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Slackipedia
03:34
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Where to begin, Try to log in
I always lose, you always win
Forgot my password on my phone, phone, phone
I turned my back and then got hacked
One massive cyber panic attack
Now I've been cloned and Wonga loaned, loaned, loaned
Fibre optic, super speed
Don't believe everything you read
Slackipedia
Waited so long, you don't belong
You got your information wrong
I know exactly what I said, said, said
You made me cry, turn a blind eye
And yet I still can't work out why
I've not got eyes in the back of my head, head, head
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The Highway Code
03:31
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Just admit to your fate, you are gonna be late
Stuck in traffic and you're going nowhere
No point in getting irate in your Volvo estate
A million tortoises, no one is the hare
You've got that meeting at work, stuck in your company merc
You need to be on the other side of town
The bloke in front is a jerk, the girl behinds even worse
I feel like Michael Douglas in Falling Down
This motorway's a car park and there's nothing you can do
The eye in the sky is worse than useless
And you can't see an end to this queue
"Eye" spy with my little eye something that begins with C
Is it carbon dioxide or a million cones in front of me?
Over an hour ago, I joined this contraflow
Starting to get a little bit upset
You've got the kids in the back and with a verbal attack
They're screaming: "Hey dad, are we nearly there yet?"
In the next lane, there's a man towing a caravan
And his dogs got his head out the window
So while I sit here alone with my satnav on my phone
There's no reason for us to be going this slow
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Soap
03:29
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Have an argument for breakfast
And you got right in my face
Not sure how much more I'm taking
Before I leave without a trace
Blankly staring out the window
I sit and watch the world go by
When all around me there is chaos
We could sort this out but you don't even seem to want to try
Last thing I want to do is leave you
But you're giving me no choice
This whole relationship is pointless
I'd prefer not to raise my voice
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All In Your Head
05:23
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You take your pills to change your mind
Do they change it for the better?
You face the day all alone
It'll cut you up if you let her
You leave the house by 9
You're taking it one step at a time
You get to work just as soon as you can
And spend the day daydreaming on the line
It's all in your head
That's all it ever was
It's all in your head
It's all in your head
That's all it ever was
It's all in your head
You end the day as it begins
This time you take your pills to sleep
They take their time before they kick in
The road to perdition's far to steep
When it comes, it weighs you down
You feel your dreams crashing over you
The day falls away along with each breath
You can't imagine who will morn you
It's all in your head.
That's all it ever was.
It's all in your head.
It's all in your head.
That's all it ever was.
It's all in your head.
Let me paint you a picture
Of everything that I see
Only then will it hit you
That what you see is me
It's all in your head
That's all it ever was
It's all in your head
It's all in your head
That's all it ever was
It's all in your head
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Neighbourhood Watch
03:11
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No matter what you try to do
Big Brother's watching you
Their beady eyes are in your view, it's true
Starring on CCTV
Watching you and watching me
Catastrophe health and safety, yippee
Across the street I can see your curtains twitching
More OAP than MI5
Licensed to be a nosey Parker
Clearly it's all for public service but it's on the gossip that you thrive
All your movements have been mapped
And you phones have all been tapped
Levison and all that crap, flytrap
Privacy or ID cards
Discussed at length by dull blowhards
Send they're regards to your backyards, dullards
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Too Old To Die Young
04:54
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I find it quite concerning
That this big old world keeps turning
And all of us are just swept along
I don't mind the signs of aging
Can't keep up with the times they're changing
Not got a clue what's going on
Keeping up with mortgage payments
Supermarkets and estate agents
These things just drive me up the wall
Used to want to paint the town red
Now I'm painting the front room instead
Disappointment yellow by farrow and ball
So we're passed our sell by date, missed our blaze of glory
The great all died at 27, for us it's a distant memory
The clocks are spinning fast you know
The pendulum has swung
We're too old to die young
Modern world makes us feel lethargic
Look to the past for a future classic
Internet has killed creativity
Bygone days make us feel nostalgic
Sitting 'round, feeling melancholic
Under weight of our own mortality
So we're passed our sell by date, missed our blaze of glory
The great all died at 27, for us it's a distant memory
The clocks are spinning fast you know
The pendulum has swung
We're too old to die young
So we're passed our sell by date, missed our blaze of glory
The great all died at 27, for us it's a distant memory
The clocks are spinning fast you know
Just like on Logan's Run
We're too old to die young
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Post Nostalgia
03:42
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Used to have a blast
Trying to relive the past
Going back to where we once began
I wanna vent my spleen
Post nostalgia, time-machine
Reformed past it indie also ran
Old format now, placemat
Perfect as a coaster, the CD
Plutocrat, copycat
You can't make a frisbee out of an MP3
It baffles me
That we've got 500 channels but TV was better when there were just 3
Why can't you see
There's no point in looking backwards
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
You're staying at home
Staring vacant at your phone
Selfie and a pout you've got no hype
Hasn't any worth
The geeks inherited the earth
Playing Dungeons and Dragons on Skype
Old format now, placemat
Perfect as a coaster, the CD
Plutocrat, copycat
You can't make a frisbee out of an MP3
It baffles me
That we've got 500 channels but TV was better when there were just 3
Why can't you see
There's no point in looking backwards
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
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TV Detector Van
02:57
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Don't pay bills
Spend it all on your cheap thrills
Got away with it until
Your whole world comes crashing down
Around your ears
Council tax or 20 beers
Paying this lot off for years
It's a stupid pointless financial meltdown
Bailiffs banging on your door
Those red letters you ignore
Was a disaster of a plan
TV detector van
Milkman baying for your blood
Taxman waiting for the flood
You know he'll catch you if he can
TV detector van
Get the post
Look like you've seen a ghost
Got away with it almost
Didn't think your creditors would persist
Lost it all
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
Funny how the mighty fall
Now your name appears on almost every black list
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C90 some synthpop duo from 1983
You won't find me at virgin megastore our price or HMV
No regrets, made you a mixtape on a TDK cassette
On the run for the recording of a brand new number one
Saw you on a Thursday evening
Top of the Pops you were miming
Roxy don't put on the red light
Home taping is killing music
Talk about pop music, it's a farce
Home taping is killing music
Rock 'n Roll is on it's arse
From the start your little boyband is riding high in the charts
Pop princess acting like divas in order to get success
So relax, take out your wallet and pay the right amount of tax
Medium wave gave you a knighthood for services to misbehave
It's the same each Thursday evening
The TVs awash with offenders
Do you really wanna make me cry?
Home taping is killing music
Talk about pop music, it's a farce
Home taping is killing music
Rock 'n Roll is on it's arse
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Throwing It All Away
04:36
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I wanted this
I needed this
Now I would give anything to give it away
So much is left unspoken, nothing more to say
Circus clowns
All gather 'round
Taking it in turn to laugh at my misfortune
Now the days are shorter I'm dancing to a different tune.
Now you turn your back upon me
And you won't hear a word I say
My head falls to the pavement
As you begin to walk away
What if I'm right
What if you're wrong
What if everything that's broken can't be undone?
What if you do
What do you say?
Are we throwing it all away?
Are we throwing it all away?
You're a loaded gun
I'm a dying sun
There's a bullet in my brain and now I'm slowly dying
I heard you're up for sale
And I'm looking but I'm not buying
Put to the test
I did my best
Once upon a time I could have done much better
Now my fuse is shorter
I'm wishing that I never met her
And now you turn your back upon me
And you won't hear a word I say
My head falls to the pavement
And I begin to walk away
What if you're right
What if I'm wrong.
What if everything that's broken can't be undone?
What do you do,
what do you say?
Are you throwing it all away?
Are we throwing it all away?
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Spoilers
04:35
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Sometimes you just don't want to know
Someone's always there to spoil surprises
It's your favourite TV show
If you miss it, there will be a crisis
So keep your trap shut that's what my advice is
Don't need no spoilers, it will jeopardise this
Why's it so hard
To keep your cards
Firmly planted on your chest
Please, please don't blab
Gift of the gab
You are as bad as all the rest
I don't want to know the score
Finding out would be an epic failure
And you'd be rotten to the core
Sent off for ungentlemanly behaviour
So keep it shtum and you will be my saviour
Until I accidentally saw the trailer
Why's it so hard
To keep your cards
Firmly planted on your chest
Please, please don't blab
Gift of the gab
You are as bad as all the rest
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Think
04:44
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You have got no mind of your own
Ask your opinion and you're straight on the phone
Now your cover's been blown
And the seeds are sown
You're a clone
Now I'm a bright sort of lad
When I'm nasty you run to your dad
You think I'm so bad
But you're sad and I'm glad
'cuz you're driving me mad
And so think
Think for yourself if you can
So far it's not been part of your plan
To think for yourself if you can
So it's just a sign of the times
Repeat verbatim like you've been learning lines
Just as long as it rhymes
Now you've been paying fines
For your crimes
Now it's the end of this song
Although you've done nothing wrong
It didn't take long and you still don't belong, don't belong
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The Slack 5 UK
The Slack 5 are Stuart Powell, Flavio de Oliveira and Simon Nightingale, and they're bringing own their own brand of funk
and jangle to wherever they're allowed to play.
Too old to die young, getting stuck in traffic and being put on hold, they're here for their own amusement.
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