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Southernisms

by Not Made In China

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Bryan 03:20
I don’t believe in heaven or hell I don’t need a God or Jesus I’m too young to find myself I’m too young to need a reason It’s one thing to be loyal, another to be a slave You won’t find my hands together calling ‘hallowed be thy name’ I’m sure I’ll be alright without what you perceive to be wrong and right And who’s to say thats not okay Who’s to say thats not okay I’ll make my own mistakes and I’ll make my own decisions I don’t feel the need to change to fit myself into your vision Don’t want deliverance from evil and I don’t want your forgiveness Don’t need prayers to save my soul Mark me as a sinner
2.
Cancel the mortgage, double the rent Where do we go now the money’s been spent? We’ll struggle for funds to buy new clothes With no qualifications, nothing to show Oh I was looking for peace of mind Made wrong choices, fell behind Now I’ve been priced out of a degree And employers can’t afford me Streets are paved but where’s the gold I’m fed up with these lies I’m told Stay in school and stay in training Don’t think about the debt you’re gaining Just join the queue And claim your tax I know where I want to be going but I don’t have the cash So I’ll join the queue And claim your tax I know where I want to be going but I don’t have the cash Cancel the mortgage, double the rent Where do we go now the money’s been spent? Tax goes up, the purse strings tighten Politicians all look frightened
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I’d like to spend some time with friends But it always seems to depend if it’s too far away How long they intend to stay Sometimes I struggle to decide Stay at home or socialise Would the buses run on time if they hadn’t been privatised? ‘Cause those brighter buses never show How am I supposed to get home? I don’t have the cash to get a taxi back Don’t want my social life to only live online But a day pass three pound seventy pence Driving seems to make more sense Why all this isolation in the middle of a conurbation I’m not that hard to please I just want more amenities So I’ll walk in the rain Why is eleven fifteen the latest I can leave?
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Peel back the red tape before it decides your fate Papers are only there to confuse, their headlines only give you bad news I’m angry ‘cause I’m feeling cheated They said that we were sure to benefit Now leaning on my bedroom window ledge I stare out at a sickly sunset Patchwork pavements feed the concrete jungle Bricks and mortar do the rest You’d never know What we lost When we stopped venturing outside When we stopped turning of the telly When we stopped living in the real world Because there is no guarantee that we will be happy Communities filled with strangers Instead of talking we google our neighbours
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5/4 02:36
Written and Performed by T Wheaton - Green and M Musial Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at The Burrow (www.theburrowbournemouth.co.uk)
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Perfect 03:45
These days the look counts Its the jeans you wear, the state of your hair Have to look the part to get somewhere You say you’ll play the game Looking ill is in so you’ll think thin You’ll need the perfect face, the ideal shape To look the same, to win the fame Well played there You’ve made it with disgraceful behaviour It’s messed up how you’ve dressed up Pushed your chest up like the rest of them Obsessed with trying to impress Desperate to fit in Trying to leave obscurity and move into celebrity But talent isn’t what you need, it’s popularity
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Often now I wonder why happiness was hard to find So easy to romanticise the struggle of your easy life You’re miserable at barbecues and broke because of fancy shoes And now you never find the time to visit friends and socialise There’s only so much I could take, and maybe we both made mistakes But friendship can be hard to find, I wanted to keep hold of mine But you deleted me online, that was your third and final strike So I’ll just keep my memories They’re all you left me Slip and slide your way through life Verse to verse and vice to vice I’ll hold my tongue and count to three And wait for some honesty There’s been every opportunity For you to say sorry And where’s the honesty you promised me? Wheres the apology? There’s been every opportunity For you to say sorry

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released June 15, 2013

All music written and arranged by Gavin Blackhall, Joseph Johnston, Matthew Musial and Tiff Wheaton-Green.
Vocals by Tiff Wheaton-Green and Gavin Blackhall. Guitars by Matt Musial and Tiff Wheaton-Green. Bass by Gavin Blackhall. Drums by Joseph Johnston. Backing Vocals, Synths and Percussion by Not Made In China. Tin Whistle by Tiff Wheaton-Green. Additional Backing vocals by David Bird-Hawkins, Alison Jay and Myles Wheaton-Green. Engineered by Not Made In China at The Burrow, Bournemouth, Dorset. Mixed and Mastered by Matthew Musial. Produced by Not Made In China. Design Tiff Wheaton-Green. Released on Sotones, Southampton.

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