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IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (THOUGH I HATE THAT SONG)
You wonder what it is I'm counting down to?
I'm counting down the minutes 'till I'm rid of you.
Oh, baby! You're driving me insane.
It's the final count down,
Though I hate that song.
My friends all wondered why I was hanging round with you
They all said, man, she's already been around a few
other fellas,
But I didn't think you was a 'ho.
But you proved me wrong
And now I'm gonna be gone.
You paid a lot attention to my best friend
I hear you spent some time in his bedroom
Oh baby! You've pushed me too far.
So now he can have you,
And I'll keep his guitar.
(It's a fair trade!)
You wonder what it is I'm counting down to
I'm counting down the minutes 'till I'm rid of you
Oh, baby! You've done me some harm.
It's the final count down…
Though I fucking hate that song.
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HAHAHAHAPPY SONG.
I'm happy
No longer feeling crappy
Oh no.
And I'm smiling
I'm no longer whining
About you & me.
I've taken
a make-believe vacation
to beautiful Fiji.
It's exciting
but all the
guns and fighting
remind me of
you & me.
Oh no-no-no-n-n-n-no!
This is all wrong!
What happened to this song?
This is all wrong!
This is my happy song
But girl, you've just gone
and ruined it,
this isn't the way it was supposed to be.
I had some happy chords
and of course, some happy thoughts
but now
everything sounds d-minor to me.
Hahahahappy song,
Hahahahappy song,
But you're not supposed to be laughing at me.
(I'm not a clown).
But stuff it.
This is my happy song.
I'm glad that you're gone
I've gone and pawned your ring
I'm writing a better ending
This is my happy song
Now you can sing along
(Ha! Ha! Ha!)
Oh yeah y-yeah y-yeah y-yeah
Yeah!
I am all right
Just not tonight
Without you beside
ME.
This is my happy song
But girl, you've just gone
and ruined it,
This isn't the way it was supposed to be.
I had some happy pills
But still the darkness feels
black, as black as the night you broke up with me.
Hahahahappy song
Keep smiling all night long, because
How can I cry when I am laughing
Hahahahappy song
Hahahahappy song
I'm smiling because it hides all the pain.
Hahahahappy song
Hahahahappy song
lalalalalalaaaa ...I'm off to Fiji.
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010
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CAN'T AFFORD LOVE ON A BROKEN HEART
She said something dark, before we parted:
"You can't afford love on a broken heart."
Can't afford love, on a broken heart?
Wish I'd known about that, before we started…
Sometimes you're bound/ to rebound
Sometimes you're bound to bounce right back
Some say the first is the deepest wound
But so is the next one after that, yeah...
You can't afford love on a broken heart,
My strings can't sing, if you can't strum.
Can't afford love on a broken heart
But can't you just give me a loan?
I don't wanna be alone...
Sometimes you're bound to rebound
Sometimes you're bound to bounce right back
Sometimes you go out and hit the town
Sometimes that's not the best way to forget, no…
I saw you out with your new man
But it was that one before me who was holding your hand
Some say the first is the worst of wounds
But so's the next if it's too soon...
It's too soon…
Too soon…
But it's too late…
It's much too late.
You can't afford love with a broken heart
It's hard to save yourself if you're broken hearted.
Can't afford love on a broken heart
Wish I'd known that before we started...
Can't afford love if your heart is broke.
Can't afford love if your heart is broken...
Words & Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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YOU'RE LIKE CANDY
You're like candy, you're so sweet.
You've got a fine little smile and look
good enough to eat.
You're so good to me, yes it's true
Ain't nobody round here sweeter than you.
Candy, you're so sweet
But I hate to say that's not what I need.
It's nice to have a nice girl,
but it's better to have a bad girl
It's good to have some nasty, ohhh
When you're doing the nasty
with me.
And I don't want some sweet treat,
I just need some relief
I'm sorry if that sounds mean
I'm sorry, but that's just me.
Candy, you're too sweet
Too much sugar and nice for the likes of my teeth
But you're so good to me, yes I'm a fool
But I'm too full to stomach someone like you.
Candy, yes it's true
And nobody round here sweeter than you.
Candy, you're so sweet
But I hate to say that's not what interests me.
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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CRAZY GIRL (GET OUT OF MY HEAD)
- uke version
Crazy girl, Get out of my head.
Crazy girl, Quit jumping on my bed.
You say you're my soul mate, you say that you know
And we only met ten txt messages ago.
Crazy girl, Get out of my head.
Crazy girl, Get out of my bed.
And you're drunk and scary and all you can say
is if I don't love you now you'll never go away.
Crazy girl, Get out of my head
Crazy girl, Forgot to take her meds.
Oh you little crazy girl...
Crazy girl, Get out of my head
Crazy girl, Get out of my bed.
You say I'm your soul mate
But you just want my soul!
And we only met ten Sol beers ago
Crazy girl, Get out of my bed.
Crazy girl, Get out of my head.
And I'm scared by your actions
I'm scared of what you might do
And you're wearing my heart out on the soles of your shoes.
Crazy girl, Get out of my head
Crazy girl, Quit jumping on my bed.
Crazy girl, Get out of my head
Crazy girl, I wish we'd never met.
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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Japanese School Girl Mullet
How could you do it? You did it again
like the lies, and the Ex/X, and the cigarettes
When you don't light up and you lighten up
You're the kind of girl that I really kind of want.
I really kind of want a girl I can trust
I've been doused in fire and burned to dust.
And yes, you are pretty, But everyone can see
You're pretty goddamn bad for me.
You've got your Japanese Schoolgirl Mullet
You've got your Heroin junkie eyes
You've got your ma and pa over for dinner
Gonna tell more untruth and lies
But I Know you're high Right Now.
How can I trust you when I don't trust me?
You're the kinda girl that's hard to leave.
And oh, I love you, but I don't want to
I don't wanna wind up messed up like you
And you Know it's true.
You've got your Japanese Schoolgirl Mullet
You've got your Heroin junkie eyes
You've got your ma and pa over for dinner
You're gonna tell more untruth and lies
But I Know you're high...
And the times when you're not lighting up
Are the times that I enjoy your love
And the times when you lighten up
Are the times that I enjoy your…
Japanese Schoolgirl Mullet
And your heroin junkie eyes, and
Making plans over dinner
And kissing you goodnight.
But I know you're high
Your Japanese Schoolgirl Mullet
Got your Heroin junkie eyes
You've got your ma and pa over for dinner
Gonna tell more untruth and lies
But I Know you're lying
And I know you're high
Right Now.
Music&Words: D-Man (c) 2010.
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PRETTY BLONDE TERRORIST
The doors were shut,
The barricades up.
But then you drove…
You drove on up
to the gates
in your truck.
You blew a kiss, And I
Blew up.
You're like a pretty blonde terrorist,
Like some sexy Bin Laden chick.
You are fire and I am an oil field.
You've taken me hostage and now you're making me kneel.
I remember waking,
waking and thinking.
I thought you'd walked …
You'd walked away
from Me,
and You.
So what were you doing
here
again?
This is not your bed, Crazy girl get out of my head.
Last time you left, it blew me apart
You left me fried, with a desert heart.
I thought I was over…
Over you.
But you went underground, And your cause only grew,
and it turns out
I
Still
Love you.
And the Crazy Things You do.
But I'm scared you'll break my heart again
You're like a Valentines Day gift from the I.R.A.
I was happy, I was doing swell.
Then you came back, strapped with sweet nothings and blew it all to hell.
Like some pretty blonde terrorist.
Like a homemade bomb, detonated with a kiss.
I was happy, I was doin' OK
Then you pulled up and blew me away
Again.
Like a pretty blonde terrorist.
And you're pretty Hard to Resist
Yes, you are.
Words: D-Man & Clay F. (c) 2010
Music: D-Man
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YOU'RE KINDA LIKE HEROIN.
If we/ broke up,
we could probably get back together again.
But if we did, and then we broke up,
Again...
We prob'ly shouldn't hook up
for a third time.
I don't really think that'd be all that
Wise.
Our friends would judge us
And roll their eyes and sigh and talk about us
in bars with others who don't even know us.
And I don't wanna get back together again
I really don't, I really didn't
But who knows the fuck how I'll be feeling
in a year's time, Or three-month's-time
Or even tonight...
You're kind of like heroin
You're kinda like heroin
You've crawled underneath my skin
You've burrowed deep inside my brain
And I don't know if I can see you again.
I'm scared I might OD again.
You're kinda like heroin,
I scratch, it bleeds, by you're still there
You're the greatest drug I've never known
And my body's hot, but I feel real cold
And I don't know if I can make it alone.
You're kind of like heroin, though I've never actually taken it.
I'm afraid of needles and scars
I've taken those party pills though
And they felt good at first, but they ended up making me sick
But I still wanna take them again
And you made me ill the first time around
And you made me ill the second time round
But you also made me feel
And ...so if that's what it is like, then, YES, I guess you could be like
Heroin!
I've never taken heroin
I've never done anything
But that moment that you caught my eye
I got high, I got high, I got high.
I've never had Ecstasy,
Except when you're next to me
But then the good times ran dry
And I flat-lined when you cut off my supply.
It felt like I was going to die.
And sometimes I'm lonely and I think of you
You're the greatest trip I've never taken,
And the worst one, too!
Heroin!
And you will
be the
death of me.
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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Clayton's gone running
02:53
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CLAYTON'S GONE RUNNING
Clayton's gone running.
What's he running from?
Is it from you?
Did you hurt him again?
Well, that's not a very nice thing
to do to my friend.
Clayton's gone running.
Where's he running to?
Is it to you?
Did you call him again?
Well I'm not sure how much more
this can start, then end.
Clayton's gone running;
He's got his running shoes.
He's running to ruin,
If he's running to you.
And he's wearing his heart out
on the soles of your shoes.
He said:
"No, I didn't slash my wrist,
I just put my fist through a window
PANE
But still this doctor did insist
that I must be in some emotional
PAIN.
And yes, I must admit that if I did then
You'd be the one to
BLAME.
"But I can't blame it all on you
Even though I would like to.
You're just a girl who broke my heart,
but that doesn't mean I'm falling apart.
"Oh, just because you broke my heart,
That doesn't mean I'm falling apart...
Oh no, I'm actually doing
OK..."
Clayton's gone running.
What's he running from?
Is it from you?
Did you hurt him again?
Well, that's not a very nice thing
to do to my friend.
And he's wearing his heart out on the soles of your shoes
And he's wearing his heart out on the soles of your shoes
He's running to ruin if he's running to you
But he's in love with the Crazy Girl Blues
(Oh, No! He's actually not doing OK!)
Clayton's gone running...
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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DON'T. STOP. (THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW)
Have you given any more thought to not thinking?
I didn't think, I don't think you could let it go.
Can't let go, or won't let go
No don't think so...
Well then don't stop thinking bout tomorrow
Don't stop thinking
about tomorrow.
Fleetwood Mac once wrote a song
about the importance of keeping on
and even though they were all getting it on
they were not getting along
Don't stop thinking
about tomorrow.
I don't think I've been happier
Then back when I just didn't care
About tomorrow
Well don't stop thinking
Have you given any more thought to not thinking?
I didn't think, I don't think you could let it be.
Can't let go, or won't let go
No don't think so...
Well then don't stop thinking bout tomorrow.
Words&Music: D-Man (c) 2010.
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I'M FINE (THE CUT-FUEL-LINE ANTI-BLUES)
My horoscope told me
it was time
that I should stop running.
I had no intention
of stopping,
but then my car broke down
(and you stopped to pick me up).
Was this fate,
or had you someway
cut my fuel line?
Either way, it turned out great
that is to say
Everything's just fine,
Fine...
I'm doing fine, everything's just fine, this girl is fine, this girl is mine. Hey.
I'm doing great, everything's just great, this girl is great, it must be fate.
Fine, fine, fine, I'm doing just fine.
And I don't even mind if she cut my fuel line.
Fine, fine, fine, everything's just fine
Cos the girl that I'm feeling feels just fine.
Mm-mmm.
Words&Music: D-Man (c)2010.
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Shades in a dark room Auckland, New Zealand
An NZ band of friends from Dargaville, Austria & the US, creating songs in a suburban Auckland garage.
"Proto-punk/alt folk"
"Kinda punk/New Wave."
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