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All I Need
02:58
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I curled against my laptop
As I lay in bed
I couldn't shake the creeping sense
Of existential dread
But just as I was scrolling, a vision came to me
As an advert in the corner of my screen
What I need is a beer glass
With a strobing LED
Or this cheap pack of tea towels
With the face of Mr T
I could be very happy
If my hamster had a lead
This is what I'm missing
It's all that I need
I found them on a website
Ordered one of each
I never thought that catalogues
Would bring me in inner peace
I'm cured of any sadness, bless the modern times
For the answer to the darkness in our minds
What I need is a toaster
I can really say is me
All I need is a coaster
With the proverb c'est la vie
I could be very happy
With a book I'll never read
This is what I'm missing
It's all that I need
Ohh but what if these things
Just hide the truth within
What if there's some hidden cost for shipping
Well I'm already this far in
What I need is a boxset
Of a show I didn't see
All I need is a rope swing
And I'll also get a tree
Then I'll be ever happy
'Cause it's lifetime guaranteed
This is what I'm missing
It's all that I need
This is what I'm missing
It's all that I need
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How To Truly Win At Life
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Answer me this, are you happy?
And do you stop to wonder why not?
Now look at me, in a hot tub
Lounging on a luxury yacht
I'm really just a guy like you
But more attractive and rich
And I could show you three quick steps, you'll be in private jets
With just a simple switch
In my online course for living free
You'll become all that you wanna be
Yeah you could be me
I'm living the dream
On a throne on top of a limousine
Having all these girls sitting round me is kinda routine
I'm here on a beach
I know you just want a piece of this
'Cause the rat race is getting you down
So sign up to turn your luck around
I'll teach you how to truly win at life
Welcome my friend, to the programme
I tell your brother you've got it made
Now that you've paid, you're in business
I'll show you all the tricks of the trade
You'll soon become an online coach, it's not as hard as it seems
No matter what the truth is, all you have to do is
Tell them they can live their dream
'Cause you know they won't care what is real
When you show them sex appeal
You've just got to say...
I'm living the dream
On a throne on top of a limousine
Having all these girls sitting round me is kinda routine
I'm here on a beach
I know you just want a piece of this
'Cause the rat race is getting you down
So sign up to turn your luck around
I'll teach you how to truly win at life
I'm living the dream
On a throne on top of a limousine
Having all these girls sitting round me is kinda routine
I'm here on a beach
I know you just want a piece of this
'Cause the rat race is getting you down
So sign up to turn your luck around
I'll teach you how to truly win at life
Sign up now and you'll get my discount price
Click that link and you'll live your perfect life
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Worldwide Superstar
03:33
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Won't somebody go down town?
I want the stuff that'll frazzle your mind
Find some guy and use my name
Tell him he can have his poster signed
If word gets out I'm always fine
The dirty rumours never get that far
'Cause I'm the big screen, squeaky clean, every mother's wet dream
Worldwide superstar
Yeah, I think I'm safe to drive
You know this really isn't my first trip
You will see the law and me
Have got a pretty good relationship
If that seems crazy, you should hear
What they call me in the backstreet bars
Still I'm the good sign, toe the line, people's favourite every time
Worldwide superstar
It's not my problem
If everybody thinks I'm clean
But with great power
Comes great sex partying scenes
So no I don't think I should stop
And are you really telling me off?
Will somebody get him out of my face
Man he's killing the mood, he's killing the mood!
Why'd you want to spoil my fun
I guess I've really got to make you see
I get everything I want
'Cause nobody says no to me
You won't convince this world to shame me
'Cause they don't even know who you are
And I'm the a-one, wouldn't con
Never puts a foot wrong
Worldwide superstar
'Cause I'm the big screen, squeaky clean, every mother's wet dream
Worldwide superstar
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Right Back Again
04:00
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I never see you any more
I left the memories in a drawer
And though I feel adjusted to life alone
There's not a day when I don't think of you
So I just try to reason
That I will be alright
Given time, pulling through
It doesn't stop that heartache
When I see you in pictures
It doesn't stop that hole inside
If I should hear your name
And when that thought of you
Just makes me freeze in time
Then I'm right back
I'm right back again
No matter what my state of mind
The feeling's not that far behind
For all the time without you, for all the nights
I find it hard accepting that you're gone
I tell myself I'll make it
I tell myself I'm fine
And that I will move on
It doesn't stop that heartache
When I see you in pictures
It doesn't stop that hole inside
If I should hear your name
And when that thought of you
Just makes me freeze in time
Then I'm right back
I'm right back again
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So here's the scene
It's late at night
I go to bed
Turn out the light
And I begin to think
You just spent the day at home relaxing
Is that how Oprah Winfrey found success?
All your washing up just looks unfinished
Don't you think Bill Gates would do his best
Running in the park you think you're fit
I hardly think Mo Farah needs your tips
You've not got a nobel prize
Marie Curie won it twice
Maybe you are just a worthless piece of shit
Branson founded Virgin in his twenties
He found his feet in business early on
Zuckerberg made Facebook as a student
You're over the hill by twenty one
Greta Thunberg's making waves again
And as a child she shook the whole UN
Taylor Swift was pretty keen
She was signed at age fourteen
Oh you should have changed the world when you were ten
Lying here I wonder what I matter
And whether what I matter matters much
Walking through this world can be confusing
We may not have a purpose here as such
There's no travel guide and no blueprint
Life's a marathon and not a sprint
Don't need trophies to succeed
I've got all the time I need
Maybe I should listen up and take a hint
Maybe I should just shut up and go to sleep
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Chris Tavener Manchester, UK
Jangly-guitar rock and a biting sense of humour meet in the storytelling songs of Chris Tavener. A deft lyricist with an
acerbic wit, Tavener writes his lyrics from the perspective of flawed characters that he draws from 21st century life.
“”An interesting lad with an elastic turn of phrase” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music
“Nice set. Kinks-y vibes” – Carl Barat, The Libertines
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