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Time Gentlemen Please
01:44
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WHAT HAS BEEN A SPLENDID DAY
IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE,
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END,
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES.
HOPE I’M LAST TO DRAIN MY GLASS,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE FIRST HERE…
THE FLOOD MAY TAKE ME FAR
WHEN I HAVE CROSSED THE BAR.
‘TEMPUS FUGIT’ -
ESPECIALLY WITH JOOG IN HAND,
THE BELL IS RINGING IN MY EARS.
I’M NOT READY,
DON’T WANT TO LEAVE YOU NOW,
TIME TO SWALLOW MY FEARS.
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Dustbin Banquet
00:58
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HUNGER, THIRSTING.
FEELING WEAK, WHAT'S FOR TEA?
NOWT, IT’S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
STEAL TO EAT?
WE WILL DINE ON A DUSTBIN BANQUET
WASTE NOT WANT NOT - CAN THE HOMELESS EAT?
BASTARD TESCOS, WASTEFUL WAITROSE,
THE FAT GET FAT AND THE RICH GET RICH,
THE WEAK GROW WEAKER ON THE STREETS.
REDUCING WASTE A CRIMINAL ACT?
AS LANDFILLS FILL WE'RE ROTTING MEAT.
‘BEST BEFORE’ ‘COS EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN SELL BY DATE.
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Second Chance
00:28
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SHADOW OF MY FORMER SELF,
NUMBED OUT SENSES – RUINED HEALTH,
THERE’S NO SECOND CHANCE.
LIVING IN A SELF-MADE HELL
HOW MUCH LONGER?
TIME WILL TELL.
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Dry
00:46
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LIVE MY LIFE IN WITHDRAWN TREMORS.
MIND IS BROKE AND CASH IS ALL SPENT,
BLIND EYES LEER DOWN – MALCONTENT,
VOID OF JOOG.
LOSING SIGHT, LOSING ALL FOCUS,
WHERE HAVE I BEEN?
WHERE AM I AT?
VOID OF JOOG.
I’M BLIND – NOTHING.
DAZED – NOTHING.
YOU – NOTHING.
IF I FEEL I’VE GIVEN UP HOPE,
EACH FRESH MOUTHFUL’S CLOSER TO THE HANGMAN’S ROPE.
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Waste Of Flesh
02:40
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FAT PINK CHEEKS, WELL-FED PIG,
CRUISING AROUND, ACTING BIG,
WASTING TIME, EATING TAX,
FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK,
WHITEWASH THE FACTS.
WASTE OF MONEY,
WASTE OF FLESH,
USELESS CUNTS WHO COULDN’T CARE LESS.
DON’T LET ANYONE TRY TO TELL YOU
‘THEY’RE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS’
THAT’S A JOKE.
JUDGE OR BE JUDGED.
WHEN THE FORCE OF A LIE
IS UPHELD BY THE PRIVILEGED,
WHO WILL COME TO DEFEND YOU?
NO ONE.
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