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1. |
Get Happy
03:15
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Mr. Love is coming your way!
…His jet is taking off today,
and he’s gonna drop a love bomb
with all of the bells and whistles on!
He told me I should say to you
that you only wash up when he cooks,
I feel I should convey to you
he’s noted for his looks,
he’s always kind to animals
and he’s even read some books!
…so GET HAPPY!
He’s got a big surprise
and it’s gift wrapped and it’s super-sized,
and you’ve got a treat in store
when Mr. Love knocks at your door
he’s got you Persian kittens
and some shoes from your favourite shop.
He’s taking you to Gareth Pugh
to spend until you drop.
And his house is like the Eiffel Tower
and the bedroom’s at the top!
…so GET HAPPY!
He’s got you flowers and a wedding ring
and a panda from Shanghai Zoo,
a silk embroidered dressing gown
with Belgian chocolates too.
and he’s got a great big rocket ship
to take off in with you!
…so GET HAPPY!
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2. |
Stop Pretending
02:44
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we should be together
it should be forever
come rain or shine
let’s pass the time
getting along whatever
we should not be parted
tears should not be started
at the end of the day
when we’re old and grey
let’s not be broken hearted
there’ll be no happy ending
unless we stop pretending
because when all’s said and done
you’ve got to love someone
and you’re good enough for me
so if I’m good enough for you
let’s weather every storm together
all of our lives through
Verse:
E B F#m
E B F#m
C#m E A E
C#m E B
Chorus:
F#m E (x3)
B
C#m E (x3)
B
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3. |
Lord Nelson
03:27
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4. |
Miss My Mrs
04:40
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5. |
Lets Hang Out
02:57
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Let’s hang out, let’s hook up,
kill some time in town,
check out what’s going down.
Look me up, fit me in.
Rendezvous tonight,
hit some bar, alright
let’s hang out.
I figured it might be cool
if we check a party out one time.
Instead of just hang about
we should let it all hang out sometime.
Nice conversation, no complication
and I kind of dig the way the thing grooves
and I’m into how you do that dance moves
cool situation.
‘cos everything you do rocks
and reminds me of a thing that I missed
you really tick my box,
we should hang out all the time like this.
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6. |
Mr. Average
03:24
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Hello I’m Mr. Average.
I’m just your average guy,
medium build moderately skilled
I give life my average try.
And nobody saw me walk in here
and no one’s going to see me leave,
and in the hour of my death I’ll draw my last breath
and no child of mine will grieve.
Because I’m the middle man – the second fiddle man,
the shadow, the saddo the also-ran.
Just biding my time and standing in line,
counting my days and set in my ways.
I put one foot in front of the other
and I watch everybody pass by,
and I huff and I puff and I talk about stuff
because, I’m just your average guy.
How d’ya do? I’m Mr. Nothing’s True
(it depends upon your point of view)
Hello, I’m Mr. I Don’t Know,
don’t ask me – I go with the flow.
There ain’t no use and no excuse
for the way that my day’s panned out,
I just wait in the wings and analyse things
till the only thing that’s left is doubt.
Good afternoon I’m Mr. Someday Soon
one day I might write one good tune
that begins on the wings of a new sensation
and ends like The Book of Revelation.
But I waste time so time wastes me
as I count every hour pass by,
I ain’t no great shakes, bet no high stakes
see, I’m just your average guy.
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7. |
Talking to Yourself
02:42
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There’s ways of saying what you find dismaying
without baying like you’ve got a screw loose.
And there’s ways of explaining why you are complaining
without doing my brain in with abuse.
But for what I heard
there is absolutely no excuse.
When you talk like that, you’re just talking to yourself.
And there’s ways of mooting what you are disputing
without sticking the boot in like that.
And there’s ways of phrasing all the points you’re raising
without blazing like an autocrat.
But when you rant and rave
and start speaking out of your hat,
get back in your cave, because you’re talking to yourself.
Please stop behaving like a raving madman
that’s craving to get his own way.
You can talk as effective without the invective
if your choice of words is a little more selective.
So try expressing what you find distressing
with more finessing of your prose and verse.
If you must speak out please don’t freak out
or else the veins in your neck might burst.
Try a little bit slower, volume lower,
and try thinking a little bit first?
Because when you talk like that
it’s like Peter Cook without the genius,
it’s like Samuel Beckett but more meaningless.
You’re talking to yourself!
Verse:
D G F# F A (x2)
G G# A
D F A
D A C
Middle:
G D
G G# A
End:
D F A (x3)
D A D
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8. |
We Came From The Seas
05:36
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9. |
Abney Park
06:38
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10. |
Destination Planet X
02:15
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It’s destination Planet X
where everybody just has sex,
where it’s all fun that’s just begun,
and there’s no guilt and no regrets!
It’s destination Shangri-La
where no joke ever goes too far,
and everyone’s a movie star
playing Beatles’ songs on Gretsch guitar!
We’re gonna hang where porn stars bang
where beer is cold and no one’s old.
Where nothing has no consequences
its all cool – and there’s no fences…
It’s destination El Dorado
where I just nob Nelly Furtardo
in the pink and in the stink
with chicks with dicks and Brigitte Bardot!
It’s destination masturbation
where life is one big long vacation;
where freedom is just free for me
and selfishness is liberty.
We’re gonna chill with time to kill,
where there’s no pain and there’s no blame
and there’s no war and no one’s poor
and all of the people is really equal.
There will be no compromise after the hip revolution.
We got ourselves a real hero, we’re off to year zero
where nobody works and nothing hurts;
a grand final solution – a new Jerusalem…
So it’s destination Planet X
where everybody just has sex,
where it’s all fun that’s just begun
and there’s no guilt and no regrets!
Verse:
Gm A#
Gm F
Gm A#
Dm Cm Gm
Chorus:
Cm Dm
Middle:
Gm Dm
Cm Dm (x3)
Gm F Gm
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11. |
Cheerio
01:58
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Intro
B B A# B B A# B
B B A# B B
C#m D#m E
Verse (x2)
B F# E F# B (x2)
D#m B (x3)
E F#
Last Verse
B F# E F# B
B F# E D#m B
D#m B (x4)
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Sebastian Handley London, UK
All lyrics can be found here:
theblueanchor.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/the-complete-
lyrics/
All guitar chords can be found here:
theblueanchor.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/the-complete-chords-2/
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