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Tall Tales​,​Tidy Towns

by Gary Showbiz

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From the country,they're all leaving Gone to work with Uncle Stephen In Vancouver or Toronto Canada,Thats all that I know Theres no jobs here only schemes But people haven't lost their dreams They've just become more realistic Instead of cake they're eating biscuits And I'm not having a very nice time Tryna pay my bills online I'm weighing up a life of crime This was once a land of plenty But it was run by heads with empty hearts and souls as black as tarmac They sold loans that we can't pay back Now everybodies gone to Sidney or contemplating selling a kidney To pay the mortgage or clothe the chislers Forget about Nike, you're getting Sizzlers. And I'm not having a very nice time Tryna pay my bills online I'm tired of skulling economy wine But I mustn't grumble cos it could be worse I could be stretched out in the back of a hearse Or rifling through my grannies purse Or fighting with a psychiatric nurse But I'm doing alright,considering the circs I'm doing alright,with my artistic works I'm going to Aldis I've three ninety nine I'm going to Aldis,to spend it on wine... I'm going to Aldis,they're open til ten I'm off to Aldis,I'll be there and back before then. Its looking up yeah its getting better Cos I just found a brand new sweater In a skip outside a disco Fits me great now where should I go? I might head to California To seek my fortune making porn And doing things I might regret All over the internet But now I'm having a jolly nice time I just spent three ninety nine And now I'm sitting writing comedy rhymes To entertain and amuse my mind But theres a moral, and don't you forget That As bad as it is,it'll get worse yet Like a broken arm that wouldnt set When you rang a doctor and they sent out a vet
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Hatch 23 03:43
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Sick Day 03:16
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Moonboy 03:07
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Whoops Now 04:10
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Have you ever thought fuck oh what the fuck am I doing? Am I blazing a trail or on the road to ruin? I wish for just a fucking second I knew I wish for just a second that a dream would come true Something small,it dosent have to be big I'm not looking for a miracle,can I bum a cig? I've had enough yeah of pretending I'm tough Oh I've had enough I've had enough I've had enough I always thought that I was destined to be Someone fucking seminal,the living epitome Of an artist with a vision to share Oh a fucking artist like picasso or fred astaire I go dancing and get outta my bin See the fucking colors all the colors you never seen Can you hear it them singing in the moonlight Listen to the music of the children of the night Have you ever been early when ya coulda been late? Have you ever got high when yer supposed to be straight? Ever felt bad cos you were doing you worst? Have you ever been the victim of a witches curse? Well lemme tell ya that I've done all that I was fucking cursed by a witch with a cat I'm not complaining cos the witch is kind Shes the fucking reason I'm not losing my mind
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Fancy Phone 04:10
I just got a new fancy phone Now I'm making instagrams Reading shit I don't care about Texting away all my plans I'm not sure that I get the point What has everybody done? Are we all just avatars? Is this the freedom we have won? I just got a new fancy phone It takes fucking photographs Sends them off to outer space Now everyone can see my face
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Franky 04:21
Franky,looks like an American Indian I meet him out on the street He's got long hair and headband And cowboy boots on his feet He's easilly into his 80's Still smoking filterless fags The original Midlands Cowboy He's still one of the lads Dressed head to toe like a ninja Everything he wears is blacker than black Looks like an old Willie Nelson With a strong bang of a young Johnny Cash He was there when the showbands were killing it When he starts talking pay your respects He laughed at the 1970's Cos he was there at the invention of sex Franky is a real bad ass He'd drink you under the ground He's old but he's compus mentis He's smart yeah, he's been around One look at all of his badges You know every gig that he's seen He was there at the birth of punk rock Black Flack in 1917

about

Here is a collection of songs I wrote in 2014 while keeping Portarlington tidy.I had great plans to make a concept album called Tidy Townstrophenia,but me being me,I came down with a serious case of tidy townstrophenia and so that idea remained a pipe dream...Although I had good craic telling everyone who'd listen all about it.Maybe I talked it to death.
During that lost weekend I somehow managed to fuck up one of my hard drives and lost a fair bit of work,a years worth of videos and a few songs.Thankfully I was able to salvage this little lot here.
So,moving swiftly along,I'm banging this 11 songs out in advance of writing up another album,or something,I've no idea what currently.
I was outta action for the first 8 months of 2015 with a perforated ear drum,it was fucking nasty.
Rest assured though,I have regained both my sanity and hearing once again and am looking forward to a productive time ahead.

So without further ado.Heres some fucking songs.

Yours in homemade music.

Gary.

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released July 27, 2015

Everything sonic...Gary Showbiz
Artwork..Anthony Mackey

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Gary Showbiz Dublin 8, Ireland

Poet, Painter and decorator by day..
Gary Showbiz by day also. And night.

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