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Dating the Donnas

Am I about to break now
It would be better than great now

Catatonic but I twiddle and shake 
refuse to recant
it’s a rut in my sleep 
I’ll be 

Dating the Donnas

I built a castle in Spain 
where me and Donna A

Swiggin’ lotta juice of the grape
the other Donnas are late
we’re counting stars

swappin’
Tales of the heart

Dating the Donnas

I’d fall in love all over again
at all the gigs
every song you’re playing

And whack all the “dead from the neck up”-guys
who took the wrong turn by the 
bawdy house
Then Donna C comes up to me
saying you’re a nice thing
wanna play with me


I wake up again 
I need a second to understand

In a pool of sweaty reality
it was a flight of fancy


I ride a pretty pie in the bright sky
Crashin’ down like a downright lie
so why don’t I just

Cry
cry a little anyway


A lovely scented spliff now
for me and Donna F now

We go flap doodle yak-yak yackety-yak
greetin’ six foot pixies flying out of the box


Dating the Donnas

The elves gather around us
we’re in the centre of the sabbatizin’ weirdos

Then whadda’ you know
the fairy queen comes alive
in the shape and the beauty of

sweet Donna R

Dating the Donnas

mother

Mother
swarmed by tricks and carrion flies

Cheering in decay of love and candor
Mother
did you climb the frozen trees

Or were you
falling falling falling


Mother
did you suffer in your sleep

Was it bright or did the pills bite like bullets
Mother
did you glide into the void

Or were you falling falling, falling

Your hand was slowly withering
lukewarm and grey

I squeezed it for the longest waiting ever to portray
Foam down your chin as nails were turning blue
Even to this day a million whys to endure

AND IN DREAMS I will wake you and beg you to fly with the angels
At daybreak I’ll curse
the shitheads who shattered your wings

ON the outskirts of reason you’ll find me with knuckles all covered in blood and rage

But in dreams I will wake you to fly
and to flee with the angels and me


Mother
did he bring you to your knees

Or even serve you wine from the nightshade
Mother
did you devour knowingly

OR were you falling falling, falling

Mother
when the ambulance arrived

Your hand was just as cold as midwinter
Mother
they pled I had to let you go

I had you falling slipping and drowning

Your hand was slowly withering
lukewarm and grey

I squeezed it for the longest waiting ever to portray
Foam down your chin as nails were turning blue
Even to this day a million whys to endure

AND IN DREAMS I will wake you and beg you to fly with the angels
At daybreak I’ll curse
the shitheads who shattered your wings

ON the outskirts of reason you’ll find me with knuckles all covered in blood and rage

But in dreams I will wake you to fly
and to flee with the angels and me

crammed in a jam jar

crammed in a jam jar

I had him on the shelf crammed in a jam jar
The ashes thrived LIKE THE berries of Karoo
OH MY slain kangaroo

In summertime I placed him among the flowers
Refraction made it seem he still would shine
and sway through the 
room

SHE SAID we’ll ever swap him for another
SHE SAID we’ll ever swap him for another

I had him in a jar
now I lie bleeding

With shattered glass
pierced through my bodily things

I let him go and now I’M barely breathing
With shattered glass
pierced through my bodily things
and I SING to 
the ceiling

Don’t think we’ll ever swap him for another

WAKE me up on the Underground

​

She adores me and does EVERYTHING FOR me yeah

I love her dearly and I’ll even go to IKEA

​

We drift through all shite-scapes with stars in our eyes

​

Most of them they alter in colour and glitz

Then shine us to bits

And wake us one dream at a time

​

If I fall from grace

Wake me up on the Underground

should I fall out of PLACE

WAKE me up on the Underground

Where you and I are high on top down here with the underdogs

of the Underground

​

My friends are quite alright my friends they are

Outstanding

They even stand out as outstanding far-outs 

as good as Can be

​

We roam through those blisses with shite

in our eyes

Bright heavens just patchworks of lies and bullshits

Try (to) tear us to bits

WHERE only the frail birds can fly

 

I flip through the pages to find where I dwelled

Those ditches are quite neat as opposed to my head

Where I laid my bed

Till you spurred this frail bird to fly


​

crank shit up

Wanna go go go
to a ROCK’N’ROLL show

Wanna DANCE dance dance and take that chance
I’m here to twist your mind
Wanna blow brains out of control
Draw a fine fine line 
here TO cloud nine

It’s short as a spliff

It’s gratitude
pure attitude

And no one’s getting out of here with hearts and limbs intact

Gag your souls on us 
we’re here

In the spirit of CRANK shit up
Gag your souls on us
 â€‹we’re hereIn the spirit of CRANK shit up

Wanna go go go to a ROCK’N’ROLL show
Wanna DANCE dance dance and take that chance
I’m here to twist your mind
Wanna blow brains
out of control

Draw a fine fine line
here TO cloud nine

It’s short as a spliff

It’s gratitude
pure attitude

And no one’s getting out of HERE WITH hearts and limbs intact

Gag your souls on us
 â€‹we’re hereIn the spirit of CRANK shit up

degenerates are back

Alright 
I’m in my car with (the) Backstreet Girls on the radio
The sun is down
the speed goes up
I’m a battle angel ready to rock

Hatchback hooligan born to explode
30 miles an hour right out of 
control
‘cause I know how to
​
Burn and blaze
shooting out rays 

burn and blaze 
shooting out rays
Radiate 
accelerate
degenerates are back

Alright
I switch to Motorhead 
chase the pedal through the floor

Hands are full with beers and shit
and I can’t shift gear when I’m full 
of it

Hatchback hooligan born to explode
40 miles an hour right out of 
control
‘cause I know how to

Burn and blaze
shooting out rays
burn and blaze
shooting out 
rays
Radiate
accelerate
degenerates are back


Now who’s gonna peel my sorry ass off the boulevard this time
I blew my reputation as the wild wild one
as the cops pulled out a

gun
Then I blew into IT
was it a Glock 17
it was a breathalyser test

I’m not impressed

Burn and blaze (I’m) shooting out rays
burn and blaze
shooting out

rays
Radiate
ACCELERATE DEGENERATES are back

Anxiety

Anxiety been at my door for hours
Anxiety
guess you came for a pill

Come inside but I’ve got nothing else to offer
But hell bound force
To clash and endure
I wage my war on you

Behind the curtain twirls the scent of lilies and chops
And when she hums “Your Belgian Things” all curtains fall

It’s only when I shut my eyes that all goes black
But hey
I don’t miss her yet


Sobriety
been at my door for hours

Sobriety
guess you need a drink


Come inside but I’ve got nothing else to offer
But a hell bound force
To clash and endure
I wage my war on you

Behind the curtain twirls the scent of lilies and chops
And when she hums “Your Belgian Things” all curtains fall

It’s only when I shut my eyes that all goes black
But hey
I don’t miss her yet


WILL YOU BE THERE NEXT SUMMER
WILL YOU LONG FOR THE SEA
WILL YOU CARE FOR THE SPARROWS
IN OTHER WORDS WILL YOU BE

You will be there next summer
You will long for the sea
You will care for the sparrows
In other words
you will be


You and me my mondina
On the narrow canals
Bella Ciao through the morn mist
Crave the call of the wild

WE will be there next summer
WE will long for the sea
WE will care for the sparrows
In other words
we
 will be

you close your eyes

You close your eyes 
then open them wide

Things get much more clear 
when you look inside

So you close your eyes 
to the cloudy skies

Where you can disappear ‘till the end of time

When you can’t hide  
you close your eyes

When there’s nowhere to fly 
you close your eyes

When the world is so wide
you close your eyes


A big surprise
when sun decides

The things you’ve trained for years 
you’ll never find


When you wanna hide 
you close your eyes


When we all get wise 
you close your eyes

When your fortune rise 
you close your eyes

You close your eyes 
you close your eyes

​I’m a sweet polony

I ended up on queer street
it struck me kinda bit me

My mind is packing heat
in fact it’s giving me the shivers

Obvious as a signpost the shooting gallery 
At least that shitty me will find some common decency

I heard of the stakeouts where pigs come to futz
Where Joneses stick around to read the riot act
Some twat with a grudge gave his mom an O.D.
So why do I feel this is Endsville for me

I don’t need to worry
I don’t need to worry

I had to shake the maggots ‘CAUSE
I’m a sweet polony


It’s more like a dry fuck
I dare not copulate

I come so easily just by the thought of being late
Too late for bad excuses
too late for being told

The country’s had a heart attack
the captain had to go


I heard of the stakeouts where pigs come to FUTZ
WHERE Joneses stick around to read the riot act
Some twat with a grudge gave his mom an O.D.
SO why do I feel this is Endsville for me

I don’t need to worry
I don’t need to worry

I had to shake the maggots ‘CAUSE I’m a sweet polony

MY TOTO ROSANNA

​​
Back in the fairy’s chair
I’m not sure what I’m doing here

Feel fucked up
fat, convicted twice
they 
Tank me up with drills and lights

Saliva
seems to come alive here yeah
can’t 
Wait to dislocate your face and pulverize your jaw

My Toto Rosanna
step out of the radio

I need you to be my
Shock absorber
my sedative

My Rosanna
my Toto Rosanna

I want you to be my
Shock absorber my sedative
my shock absorber


You’re oh so prettified
always missing the punchline
Bob 
Kimball cream is yours to take
will keep your mouth shut 
anyway
I’m gifted
a topflight first-rate shithead
yeah

Inferiority complex by reflex bottom line

My Toto Rosanna

step out of the radioI need you to be myShock absorbermy sedativeMy Rosannamy Toto RosannaI want you to be myShock absorber my sedativemy shock absorber

I win again

The bigots are happy
The ballot boxes had a BAD BAD BAD BAD day
Yeah the bigots are happy
The ballot boxes had a BAD BAD BAD BAD day

I started a riot
And so I balloted a bag in box Chardonnay
Yeah I started a riot
And so I balloted a bag in box Chardonnay

You haven’t seen it all
come closer
it’s your call

I win I win
and I’ll fly again

I’ll hit the floor before you can grab another

I win I win
AND I’LL FLY AGAIN

I’ll hit the floor before you can grab another

The bigots are happy
The ballot boxes had a BAD BAD BAD BAD day
Yeah I started a riot
And so I balloted a bag in box Chardonnay

EXTINCTION Bash 

We’re all invited to (the) extinction bash
With gallons of water and survival cache
There is so much love but there’s no beer
So I wag my bony index dear (say)
We all need a little sunshine
Twinkling through that canny can of bliss

Get another beer
Someone’s gotta get another beer
Get another beer
(Gotta get another gotta go)

There’s plenty of soda gone baking style
Some cute power banks and adorable smiles
Love is all around but there’s no beer

So I wag my bony index
So I wag wag wag my skeleton claw
Let’s drink to another sunrise
Twinkling through that canny can of bliss

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