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Dystopian DIscoteque

by Euie b Graham

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1.
Good as Gold 05:16
Picture this I’m standing on a perfect beach in the afternoon sun Around me are sand castles, driftwood and a sand dune Groyne This could be a completely different year that I dropped into And my gear is exactly how it was when I was 14 Because the sand dunes have accumulated Like the memories that we tow around And the glamour things that we say we found I could keep on talking about this particular place Until the waters rise and everything that is as good as gold Is washed away
2.
Well if it feels ok What harm can it do anyway? You just want to live a little Just want to give a little love To the ones who need you the most To the ones you call family We can keep playing for your pleasure In this crowded room enjoy your leisure Gimme shelter, gimme shelter There’s another incredible sunset tonight Catching the highlights in your hair A nuclear winter, an orange red parade In the city of the capitalist’s minds Your ironic smile can still beguile Moonlight becomes you Memories in the ashes and clothes we wear Before another mind flare explosion Making us shadows on the wall Shadows on the wall (repeat)
3.
Rise Above 04:21
Sailors mask their minds eye In case the shore isn’t fruitful anymore Sailors sing about the winds And the tides that have taken a toll For their restless souls have traversed many an ocean Rise, rise above the waves and creatures Take me back to the place that teachers Rise above the waves and creatures Rise above ways and weapons Rise above sayings and slogans Rise above buildings and bridges Rise, rise above fear and depression Rise above wealth and division Rise above cats and dogs squabbling Rise above the world
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Covid 19 04:10
5.
Cut the Cost 03:13
With your loud mouth on and anxiety heightened And you feel the screws begin to tighten When the whole world plays a cacophonous disaster And the whole world trades its values for more money When the whole world plays, you brace for disaster And the whole world trades its values for making laughter When fresh vegetables are more expensive, then plastic wrapped food Is going to grab your attention I forgot to mention the cheese! Cut the cost of living When the whole world plays, you can brace for a disaster And the whole world trades its values for making laughter I need a great escape and a place to call my own home Come to relate, with those below the bar line
6.
Autumn hangs low Drops its leaves on the road People walk past, dragging feet and pets As we are dragged by the scruff of our neck Accumulating debt and ill feelings Lattice over the ugly wall of neglect Concentrate your efforts for financial benefit effect Pan for gold in the sowers and drains Instinct to hide resumes its vigilant gains Reducing us to atoms dispersed by the wind On the back of the bus are realestate slogans and mug shots White collar criminals sanctioned, sanctified by greed I’m almost made extinct by the unending financial need Autumn leaves hang low Drop there leaves on the road Autumn leaves hang low Drop acorns on the road Tenancy for perpetuity, it’s a power imbalance We need a re-set, the prices climb higher Prices climb higher
7.
You’re out of luck you’re on your own You’re sleeping rough you have no home You have no choice you have no coin You’re unemployed, your license is void Yer that’s right – no one wants to know you No one wants to care But you don’t want to follow But you want to belong, yer What you want is tomorrow You want to feel strong, yer You have no choice you have no choice This is what we are designed to do (repeat) Gotta believe in a denial Gotta believe in a file You’ve got to believe in a trench on the other side You’ve got to believe You’ve got to believe, in your will to survive You’ve got to believe, in a sea of stupid smiles You’ve got to believe, in something good, something strong You’ve got to believe in a world without war
8.
Canberra 05:56
It’s a sad town for those in need It’s a harsh edge that can make you bleed You have people who can only judge by greed People who can’t afford to satisfy need It’s a mad town if you don’t believe In the bureaucratic oath and its sanctity The health and condition of democracy It’s a cold town, a cold cold town Canberra is a matter of a fact to see Rich in beauty around the boarders of the ACT It has Lakes and Laughs It has camera’s and lights Round-a-bouts and heights Memorials and Lakes Editorials and gates There is a ghost in old parliament house It’s a closed town, It’s a closed closed town if you stay too long It’s a closed town, It’s a closed closed town It has habits, and duties and ceremonies Breeding like rabbits around the ACT It’s a clean town a clean clean town Rich in profits from the habits of democracy Many cultures of the world and there embassy’s Canberra is a place that can satisfy the heart Canberra is a state that can activate your heart Activate your heart (repeat) It’s where I found a person who loves me It’s where I have a home that needs me It’s where I found love and affection and family It’s where I found a way to perceive of me It’s probably where I’ll be buried in a cemetery
9.
The Ice roadways The traffic pays its wage The signage says you can’t stop here Keep on moving, keep on grooving Stay between the Witches hats Headlights shine in cats eyes windscreen wipes away You can admire graffiti on the walls Your tires are bald like the top of your head You’re thinking of bed How many hours? How many hours? The motorcycle hero is cruising between the jamming cars Breaking all the rules, flirting all his tools Skirting a wish and the pavement Tripping a life fantastic You wait in line sit in traffic doing time I wait in line – It feels so cold so cold without you It feels so cold so cold without you (repeat) The helmets head is a crash tag bag He got the spokes of the wheel stuck in his head Memorial flowers adorn the lawn A cross for heaven, a sprinkle of glass Beats you out of your class Motorcycle hero
10.
Figment 04:13
Maybe if I were a figment The impotent high is matched by the grizzly low The chance to contribute is lost in a five minute makeover Sliding patterns that pertain to a prism fairy glow Shifts its perch and a new perspective is shown We hang on to the pretty things So they can make imaginings out of sentences And then the routine kicks in The duty night, the duty night hits begin And the characters we carry get to stretch their legs a little And the patterns that we make are made with good intentions And the gradual growing days are filled with endless inventions of the mind Family matter ways can become unkind It’s a question of the mind All is well as long as you are kind This could be a figment of my imagination This could be a figment of my imagination This could be a figment of your imagination This could be a figment of your imagination
11.
Night creatures combat, high wire acrobats Full moon is rising something is stirring inside Heart beating faster, clothes are beginning to tear What is this magic that’s taken hold of me Trip the light fantastic It’s like being set free Run for your life Run toward the light The sound of guns in the distance The hunt goes on for the animal in me Night creatures combat, I dream of silhouettes Full moon is rising, something is growing inside Run for your life Run toward the light Run for your life Run toward the light For the love (repeat) For the thrill of chase For the thrill of the taste in your mouth For the thrill of the kill, for the still waters blood For the taste of the wine Making you act so sublime Full moon is rising now
12.
The floor is lava Landlords want better Three minute fat burn for beginners Post to view CCTV watches you Jesus is coming very soon Breakthrough biological explanation of the human condition The Only truth out there – say it as it is Two all beef paddies special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun Afraid of showing a smile The US dollar is in real trouble What kind of Satan’s plan do you dream Unstable spirits that believe in political correctness People brainwashing vicious media systems And shameless lies A fabrication of art, an out right lie You are so evil to use the weakest and marginalized If you think your people will have to get used to being massacred Leave your position now The media misdirects your attention Don’t let her drown Don’t let a dirty home bring you down Two all beef paddies special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun Are you in pain today? have you taken your meds today? Are you having a drink today? Are you having a smoke today? Are you in pain today? Are you getting an injection today? Are you getting tested today, PCR tested today, RAT testing rat testing at home Two all beef paddies special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun
13.
With Winter coming quickly, power bills will rise We talk about alternatives And nothing materializes Is this just a talk-fest country? Are we only good to pay these fines? If you can’t think beyond this bleak façade (repeat) Freedom is truly lost replaced by meaningless repetition Earning wealth for rich strangers Who look down upon you As little more than dispensable trash I have no value I am worthless, save me from this clash Save me from this clash (repeat)
14.
Crash Hot 04:19
I’m not crash hot at talking I’m not crash hot at walking I’m not crash hot at talking Or taking a fall I’m not slap dash endorsing Or business reinforcing I’m not spruiking a deal I’m just singing the way I feel singing the way, trying to keep it real Having a lazy day - the way I feel Waiting for my pay - the way I feel Changing the way I feel – the way I feel The way I feel tonight Change the way I feel tonight isn’t right The way I feel isn’t right (Repeat) So I change the way I see things Change the way I feel things Change the way I care Put a ponytail in my hair Taking a carpet ride, to the imagination side Changing the way I see things Changing the way I feel things I’m changing the way I see things I’m changing the way I feel things Changing the clothes I ware Taking a carpet ride to the imagination side
15.
It’s been one of those days, a real rubbish bin day And the bins weren’t even emptied Now they over flow And the neighbor drags his lawn mower across his bullet head field And Mr High VIZ has a smart Alec comment to add The retirement home has a perfectly cut lawn And lots and lots of windows to adorn The landscape man blows leaves from A to B and back again A dog barks until its throat is raw The children come back home from school With a limp and a claw We have no money we have no time And the cost of living rises Get that shopping trolley get first in line But the situation changes You can no longer do the task at hand (repeat)
16.
You’re breathing south you’re breathing north Got a whiff in the air Your heading up your heading down You’re looking in you look around These random words that fill your mind You got no money you got no time You make a list you lose control You shake and rattle and rock n’ roll Panic in motion, you’re afraid that you’re losing control Everything is not as it seems Every screen is a hand to my please Every drop is elixir of life Every stop is an old fashioned wound You’re breathing in you’re breathing out You’re not secure you have no doubt You’re feeling scared you want to shout Your eyes are closed your mouth is dry You’re going to break you’re going to die Everything could end in a second With all of the things left undone Paper, secrets, songs, stories and ambitions A list of duties and chores to be claimed
17.
When the creative juices are flowing There’s no knowing where this may end When the end of the day is just the beginning Of something special, something more And it feels like winter is around the corner Feels like frost is close at hand You have to keep thinking of ways to keep your heart beating Some extracurricular ways to keep your brain firing You don’t know how many days you have left to stake your claim To be counted as one of the many worthwhile contributions I really want to be doing something extraordinary I really want to be doing something extraordinary…

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released May 16, 2023

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Euie b Graham Canberra, Australia

Ending formal lessons on violin, I began writing songs in 1992, graduating to a four-track cassette recorder shortly after, and the addictive journey of composing then recording was entrenched. I continue, assimilating influences and forging my own way. I shy away from performing, I write, record then move on. I would love others to listen and enjoy, and hold out hope that I May find an audience. ... more

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