1. |
The milkman's wife
03:10
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Cm Ab Eb Bb x4
Cm | Bb(I) | Ab | Eb/Bb Bb5 Eb/Bb | x2
The first time I thought something's wrong
It was just your attitude
The feelings you bared
The white wine that we shared
You were talking rude
About whoever wasn't there
You'd run out of platitudes
It seems to me you're an expert
On diss-functionality
No wonder why
You're always right
About whatever anyone done wrong
Who the hell are you to judge?
All your wisdom is fudged
Just the Milkman's wife
Like being at the centre of strife
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2. |
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Spent thirty days in a box in the warehouse
But didn't get her tattoo from there
Mostly deflated and hidden from the spouse
And only comes out when she isn't there
Does Angry Anderson's sexdoll have a Southern Cross tattoo and where?
Maybe it's down above her ankle
Or ever so subtly behind her knee
Discretely below the line, under her navel
Or on her shoulder where people can see
Does Angry Anderson's sexdoll have a Southern Cross tattoo and where?
[bridge]
Maybe it's on the back of her shoulder
Or maybe up against her heart
Or maybe she'll get one when she's older
On a trip to watch the Ashes in the Old Dart
She's got a tattoo, all of the dolls have
Says "Made in China" on top of their head
So whether you're Aussie, Jap or Slav
There's no nationalism in bed
Does Angry Anderson's sexdoll have a Southern Cross tattoo and where?
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3. |
Let's turn on the TV
03:20
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Every time you turn on the tee-vee
all you see is your enemy
their shiny botoxed faces hide their utter contempt for you
pushing insurance like it's a drug
some aging model smiles a hug
while granddad calls one-eight-hundred for a limited offer too
oooooooooooooh let's turn on the tee-vee (x4)
[the tv knows you so well
with all the products they sell
they tell you what you need
you don't even need to think]
wanna have some fun?
go get your daddy's gun
we'll start our own live-to-air show just for two
wanna have some fun?
we'll do what Elvis done
we'll turn on the tee-vee & unload our twenty-twos
so many products that they sell
not all are on the screen, oh well
your old folks are the goods for sale at a bargain price it's true
surveyed by top class management
hunters of talent, collectors of rent
their minds are stuck with the strongest of glue
oooooooooooooh let's turn on the tee-vee (x4)
[the tv knows you so well
with all the products they sell
they tell you what you need
you don't even need to think]
[it's time the TV went, it won't be too well missed
next time it turns you off won't you turn on it with an iron fist]
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4. |
Blue Monster's Bad Day
02:15
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symmetric diminished scale aka octatonic
s T s T s T s T
scale:
A A# C C# D# E F# G A
A Bb C Db Eb E Gb G A
A Bb C Db Eb E Gb G A
s T s T s T s T
temp: 152
Chords
A7: A Db E G
C7: C E G Bb
Eb7: Eb G Bb Db
Gb7: Gb Bb Db E
[A]
A A7 C C7
[B]
A C
ascending scale run from A and C
D------4--|-----4---
A----6---:|x2-------
E--8------|---8-----
[C]
A7 C7 A7 Gb7
A7 C7 Eb/Bb
A7
[D]
A5 C5
A5 C5 Eb5
A5 Gb5(IX) Eb5
A5 C5
#########################
[00:03]
You've heard, I spose, about a turd that goes
'round as the leader of the band
He eats the poor, always wants some more
He never had a weight loss plan
But what he's got is a big blue dot
Half the band are set against him
He's a monster, sure, with no heart at its core
Watch them give his chin a trim
[00:22]
Red blood, blue vein
Sociopath, insane
Some win, most lose
Still bleeding and so bruised
[00:35]
We don't have much time to dress the wound and burst the blister
Quick we have to dig the cyst out
[00:40]
Now it's time to operate, get the knife and penetrate
Cotton wool, cotton wool; Dab the bleeding out
[00:48]
Blue tie stained
Monster slain
[01:00]
Now it's time for autopsy, stretch ribs open have a see
Get a tray, get a tray; Catch what's spilling out
[01:25]
The monster's on the table leaking fluids, leaking blister
Slowly it will bleed itself out
[01:31]
Now it's time to sew it up, pack it back and wrap it up
Ready for, ready for; The family's coming out
[01:50]
Now it's time to show the dead. Monster's got a crooked head
Push it back, push it back; We left it's liver out
[01:56]
So now you know about the turd that went
Around as the leader of the band
He was a monster all along
He was part of a larger plan
His family, such a tragedy
Never knew his real ID
But we kicked him out, he's got no clout
Now he lives in the mortuary
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5. |
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E Dorian (Dmaj / Bm natural)
Em F#m G A Bm C#m7b5 D Em
v1:
i'm making a move it's probably gonna be wrong
There's a thousand better lyrics for this song
If you're hummin them now pack yourself a bong
(If the sand's hot at the beach you could wear some thongs)
Hear's your time to speak freely, come along
(Cooking snags on the barbie, use some tongs)
I'm not the type to drink Jack Daniel's
I'm not the type to Read The Fucking Manual
Don't Facebook or Skype, communication is mangled
So set up the bucket, I'll get the rope untangled
Ch:
You've been here before
Said it's never again
Gonna even the score
Can't choose family, but you can choose friend
v2:
Step up to the top, time for you to dangle
Here comes the drop, you just couldn't wrangle
The best things in life came at you from an angle
The best of Bob Dylan goes jingle / jangle
When I say I'll do it, I don't mean maybe
I close the case just like Dick Tracey
With my mashed potato I like a little gravy
If you cook it for me you can be my baby
Busting through barriers like they're made of paper
Take a pee, it's the difference between rapper and raper
Led Zep did reggae and called it D'yer Maker
If you believed me once, well I'm a good faker
It's raining again, better come inside
It's cold, don't leave the door open wide
I'd make ammends but it would hurt my pride
I'm draining away like a big spring tide
[chorus]
br:
Eating fish and spitting fins, they're coming to save me
From myself, from my actions, the result looks gravely
Out of time, out of fashion and all out of dough
Hurry up, take your time, get on the go slow
I could never take a message, don't leave a voicemail
If it's urgent, too bad - communication has failed
Signal boosted antenna amplifies the noise
Go get your freak on for all the girls and boys
Eight beats to the bar, it must be a quaver
I'm collecting them all, you could say I'm a saver
It's hit and miss when the blindfold's on
Throwing knives at the apple, I could get it all wrong
Shopping for things we need is just not as fun
As spending on a whim till the spending is done
I've got a mind like a library but I got no card
Here's the end of the bridge, see it wasn't that hard
v3:
i'm making a move it's probably gonna be wrong
There's a thousand better lyrics for this song
If the sand's hot at the beach you could wear some thongs
Cooking snags on the barbie, use some tongs
ch:
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6. |
Time is the only law
03:45
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D Lydian (Amaj from IV; Dmaj with #4th)
D E F#m G#m7b5 A Bm C#m D
t t t s t t s
v:
D F#m D F#m
ch:
D Bm F#m
D Bm A
D E C#m D
D Bm F#m
D F#msus2
e--5--4--------
B--7--7--------
G--7--6--------
D--7--7--------
A--5--4--------
D--5--4--------
A5 C#5 F#5 G#
A5 C#5 F# /
v1:
It's living, it's breathing, it's believing
It's set in stone. Not fluid no more, oh well
It's not writing, it's reading, not deceiving at all
Our whole world's not in stasis
Something will just replace this, we're actors on stages, yeah
Life is short but life is it's own reward
ch:
D Bm
It's the first time, it's this time, for a long time
F#m /
There's only now, there's no before
D Bm A
Time really is the only law
D E
It's the best time, it's the worst time, it's for all time
C#m D
Time really is the only law
D Bm F#m
We're not controlling, we're deceiving ourselves keeping score
v2:
D /
First time you seen the bright light
F#m /
It had you feeling so strong, now what have we done? oh well
D Bm F#m
Next time you'll gain control, yeah sure
Last time: fine wine and insight
You watched it and then rewind, you followed the lines, oh yeah
It will all go to plan for sure
[repeat ch]
br (spoken):
And the meadows spring to life, see them rise up to meet the sun
Green matter. Living to pull down the dirty air.
While feather, fur and fin depart for worlds unknown and unborn.
And all the world can't initiate change, it's all prearranged
An illusion of changing, rearranging the atoms of everything
And each time that you call the reaper he responds in the same words:
All is written for all time now, after and before
[repeat v1]
[repeat ch]
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7. |
The naked truth
02:17
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E Dorian (D major from E to e)
Em F#m G A Bm Cm7b5# D Em
intro
123456
123456
123456
123456
1234
verse
8 bars of 7/8
ch
12345678 12345678 1234567 1234567
###
riff A
--------------------------------|-------------------------------
--------------------------------|--------------------------3--3-
--------------------------------|--------------------------2--2-
----------------2-p-0-----2--2--|-----------------2--1--0--0--0-
--0--2--1--0-----------2--2--2--|--0--2--1--0--------------0--0-
-------------3------------0--0--|--------------3----------------
A5 / B5
--------
--------
--------
--2--0--
--2--x--
--0--3--
v1:
Heard you're stalking the town, like something's going down
As if that anything could happen to you
You're rolling the dice, gonna make you think twice
There's no trouble that you won't do
You support his vice and you're not very nice
Trash talking after you've had a few
So you won't mind if I take what's mine
It's exactly what you'd fucking do
ch:
Would go, could go, should go
But you're always behind the naked truth
v2:
Been laying low, restoring my flow
One day I'll doooo what I'm gonna do
So you can wait and see, sort of shit I can be
My turn to turn the motherfucking screws
Can you remember the time, over a glass of wine?
Said you would help those-whose-lot was few
Well I went and checked, their brains have been pecked
Cue the crocodile tears, boo hoo
Repeat ch
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8. |
Sheets of iron
02:48
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F#m/C#(IX) Amaj7 (alternate between V and open)
|: F#m(II) A :|x3 Bm
C#m7 |: D A E :|
verse1:
She came and met me on a Wednesday
It was raining, the light was fading
It's always dark in the arvo
Before dinner, in the cold June Winter
We shared the wine making spagbol
We didn't eat it, didn't really need it
The wine warmed us, got us talking
Our minds met, best moment yet
chorus1:
I'm closing the deal
I'm turning the wheel
I'm rolling the steel
Sheets of iron
verse2:
I had to go and help a friend out
I didn't want to, it took too long to
Removals stacked up to the ceiling
My sneakers - kicked in his speakers
It's a bit bigger, his new place
So his next move - will cut a larger groove
A housewarming bowl of spagbol
Was most welcome - no power from Elcom
chorus2:
I'm digging my heals
I'm cracking the seal
I'm rolling the steel
Sheets of iron
bridge:
So, everytime that you invest or
Everytime there's effort spent you're
Turning energy into matter
And if, we're all left to ourselves our
Effort's nought just like we thought
No energy becomes doesn't matter
So, everytime that you invest or
Everytime there's effort spent you're
Turning energy into matter
And if, we all left it unspent our
Effort's nought just like we meant
We're turning no energy into doesn't matter at all
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9. |
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chorus chords:
Dm Gm Am C
Dm Gm Am
Bridge:
A5 F5 G5 etc
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verses are voxed in two parts B = bogan and UCT = upper class twit
v1
B:I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
UCT:You can grab my shirtfront, I'll retreat to my glass castle
B:You're a pimple on a wart on a puss-filled boil
UCT:You're a peon pushing shit-carts and tilling the soil
B:Our assertions mean nought, but fuck, yours'll get heard
UCT:My wit and pith beats your four-letter word
B:On a sandwich made by destiny, I would be the meat
UCT:I can get off scott-free and you'll take the heat
ch1:
B:I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
No real estate holdings clogging up my will
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
Got no shares, i profit with my friends and my thrills
v2:
B:I'd rather lay on the ground and look up at the stars
UCT:I'll be looking down on you like you've arrived from Mars
B:You divide and you conquer, liquidate the opposition
UCT:I don't have any true friends cos they're just competition
B:You take the credit, take the profit and take no prisoners
UCT:I check the poor people out to find out what rhythm is
B:So lighten up and spark up, take your foot off the pedal
UCT:Do you think that could help my anxiety settle?
ch2:
B:I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
A law abiding pork hunt with no legal bills
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
Your white collar stain maintained by little pills
br:
B:You went to business school and you've read Ayn Rand
You priss and you preen, you're so fucking grand
If brains were money, you'd not have any cents
Where'd your compassion go? Huh? You can't say whence
v3:
B:The other day I was in traffic then along comes this Audi
UCT:My wealth came from the ground just like I was Saudi
B:Didn't have My Family stickers but they were stuck up
UCT:And in the rear window was my pure-bred pup
B:I suppose the dog's health-care cost more than mine
UCT:Be content because my health is anything but fine
B:Screens in hands, HUD, and the back of the head-rest
UCT:And it's *me* the mother-fuckers mother-fucking detest
B:ch3:
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
A small-timer, a pork hunt; than a self-interested dill
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
Wealthy but so unhappy, can't drink your fill
to fade:
[Chanted by all]
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
I'd rather be a pork hunt than a rich arsehole
etc
dialogue:
Fortunes gained through honest means don't feature much in our stories
Ask a rich cunt to be fair dinkum and they'll negate any perceived glories
And being poor, I mean really fucking poor, it was odds-on to be you and to be me
But I'm not talking about newstart or pensions or St Vinnies you see
When we arrive in this world there's a uterus drawn by lottery
Chances are, next time round, you'll be born into true poverty
Can you see yourself working 10 hour shifts for 8 days at two-fifty?
You've got all the applicable experience but your boss is very shifty
And a second job at night driving rickshaws, scrubbing pans
Your household budget is hand to mouth, there's just no future plans
And there but for the grace of the gods goes you, your family and mine
Would you like to consider, once again, your most very recent whine?
Look there's nothing wrong with money, it can afford you lots of things
Latest gadgets, cars, a home, good schools and your lady's diamond rings
But we're all ducks on the same pond bobbing up and down to the ripples
And yet you look down on the poor like they're a bunch of fucking cripples
"You gotta ride your luck, get what you can" you so ever proudly say
And go on right through your life like you will never rue the day
I'm rich in ways, you're poor in ways that those with less can't appreciate
But get this you greedy cunt: you're making society disintegrate
You don't know or don't care, too busy to see past your own horizon
If you could see the smiles that live in poverty you'd get a real surprise an'
Come to understand that those with less are mostly just like you
Except it's you who's poor and withered and who's heart is broken too
Look, I'm not here to save the world, the whales or even the neglected
I'm cursed with a sense of fairness, the down-trodden should be protected
There's more wealth in all the world, with all its wonders and its gold
More food than we could ever eat, no need for stale or old
So next time you flap your wings and take flight from the big duck pond
Mind the ripples that you make and the other ducks won't feel conned
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Go Back Wrong Wayne Newcastle, Australia
Go Back Wrong Wayne is Wayne Wayford from Newcastle, Awabakal country, on Australia's eastern
coast.
Making music since 2013 and exclusively on FOSS / Linux since 2018.
Maybe best summed up as alt-pop, punk, electro and experimental.
GBWW celebrates 10 years in 2023!
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