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    ‘Is He Joking?’ is the first live album and DVD by satirical singer-songwriter Chris Tavener. Chris takes over Manchester’s Three Minute Theatre for a one-man-show featuring brand new material (Faking Cool, Postcard Home) and older much-loved songs (Apocalypse Prediction, The Crisis In Northwich)

    Join the “comedy genius” (Pop Culture Pipebomb) with “an elastic turn of phrase” (BBC 6 Music) as he takes you through a night of emotive, thought-provoking and humorous songs in this intimate theatre setting. Previously endorsed by ‘Funny Or Die’, ‘Songwriting Magazine’, Steve Lamacq and Paddy McGuinness.

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lyrics

Dear Old People
We don't really think that you understand us
We can't get off on an office
That doesn't really speak to us
And we're sorry
That everyone thinks we're inherently selfish
When all that we've ever wanted, is all that we've ever wanted
Tour the world, and live our lives in permanent bliss
If you're not into travelling
Then you might as well be dead
That's a fact, it's what Columbus would have said

Dear Old People
It's not like you had a dream of your own once
And being married with kids
Isn't what everybody wants
We want hammocks
But we want them inside so we don't get our phones wet
'Cause we are digital nomads, we are carving our own path
We can change the world in ways you won't ever get
If all you do is run hotels
Or you pilot all our planes
While we meditate and wait for insta-fame

(Just imagine some panpipes here)
(Some tabla)

Dear Old People
We just want to write hypothetical letters
And be bohemian artists
Making the journey last forever
Life's for living
Doing malibu shots on the back of a hippo
And ski while eating a croissant
Review the tropical restaurants
That we only went to cause of all the reviews
We want to help wash elephants
Even if they wash themselves
Most of all we want to truly find ourselves
And to never be like anybody else
Yours Sincerely All The Travelling Millenials

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from Is He Joking? (Live), released April 27, 2018
All Music And Lyrics By Chris Tavener

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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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