The Funny Side

from Is He Joking? (Live) by Chris Tavener

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lyrics

In the global playpen
Nation leaders push their luck
Then someone cries and someone lies
About something they took
And the Doomsday clock gets close to bang
With every second look
But we can always see the funny side

When the Nuclear Winter hits
You can stay off work and skive
We could all live underground
And we'll make front doors a slide
Your big regrets, your student debts
Will all be brushed aside
And then you'll really see the funny side

Well in your boss' office
Your head honcho deals his worst
You clear your desk, you did your best
I guess you must be cursed
When it's time to go, inside you know
You must do something first
To see if you can see the funny side

You glue your boss' laptop shut
Then you draw a cock and balls
Cling film all the office phones
Then you leave a few missed calls
If playful stuff is not enough
Smear blood along the walls
And then you'll really see the funny side (oh yeah)

In the lonely studio
A writer pens a song
On dealing with emotions
When your life is going wrong
Oh but he can see the irony
That's plagued him along
That he can only see the funny side

His heart is in the music
With no songs about himself
His touring and performing
Often come before his health
He'd like to bet, he'll make it yet
But it's so hard to tell
When all that he can sees the funny side

Oh it's hard to reach them with a subtext
When you mention vulgar subjects
Laptops with some genitals inscribed
Well it's lucky that I'm like I am
And I can always see the funny side

Funny side
Funny Side
Funny side

(Who said he were funny anyway?)

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

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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 ... more

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