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Chicks Dig Ska

by The 'Bones

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1.
Sitting back, lying on the couch Things are going badly but don't let this opportunity by You've seen it before and history doesn't lie. Stop and think, what more can you do? It won't be quite as hopeless if you think of what is tried and true The only thing to change is your attitude. Keep on smiling and it might just be going your way Keep on running for the gold and you might take it home someday. But keep on smiling. It's a nice day sitting by the edge of the fence The grass is always greener but it never makes sense to get down What goes around, comes around. Look at your desk, the same as you know It hasn't changed a bit since you carved your name years ago Don't keep feeling low, just plaster on a smile and don't let the boss find out now Keep on smiling and it might just be going your way Keep on running for the gold and you might take it home someday. Keep on smiling and it might just be going your way Keep on running for the gold and you might take it home someday But keep on smiling.
2.
Well my friend, now, in the end you can understand it's true, it's true Everything I need from you, you see, Can only be from you. Well it's a quarter past eight, its getting late, The clock has been gyrating for a while But asleep you're not, you're looking hot your appearance makes me stop and think and smile Let's go out in style. We'll drink the dregs out of the keg, and shake a leg, let's go, let's go. Get into the car, to a local bar And we can start the show. Well, we'll be alright, see all the sights and we'll have a night with plenty of romance. Then we'll hit the town, turn it upside down and find a quiet place where we can dance, only if we get the chance. So my girl we have the world They curl down to our feet, our feet. Nothing else can stop us now, Nobody that we meet. Well I love you so and I hope you know how hard it is for me to find the words to say That I love you so and I hope you know that I hope you're going to marry me someday... so marry me today.
3.
I can hardly complain, Though you've made me this way. You'd do best to refrain From these words that you say. You wouldn't want to make me feel all too special but darling when you say my name it's nothing superficial. What's going on in your mind when you say I mean nothing to you? I guess pretty soon I'll find that there's really not much I can do. Don't you know that we just follow all the lines that are laid We're like a train that running on a certain track and there's really no choice to be made. You turn your back on me but you know in your heart I'm still here. Cause when I've got nowhere to go I might as well be there. I can hardly complain though you've made me this way You'd do best to refrain from these words that you say.
4.
So Long 03:21
It's been so long but baby I'm coming home. Who cares whose wrong, maybe we should change our tone It's just the conversations that we have are never quite the same on the phone so I'm coming 'cause it's been so long. I wrote a note a day or two ago and sent it away to your house and as I walk up to the door I know I need to be as quiet as a mouse because it's 2AM and I don't know where you've been the house looks like you've had someone in But the thumping in my head is the thumping of the bed and the note is unopened in the rubbish bin. This is your slow song telling you so long. So long. This is so long Baby, I should have known. I lef the note I sent so that you would know I have been and gone. I'll remember all the good times that we've had but it's time I went out on my own. So I'm no coming home. This is so long. This is so long. This is your slow song.
5.
Just keep it in the family, my mother always said. You were born with the remedy, if only in your head. Go help your sister, she's crying, she's better being fed Than wrapped around a fist until she's inches from dead She's only four years old and she cannot understand Why her father gets frustrated and things get out of hand. Just keep it in the family, our problems are our own And we don't need no one else messing with our home. Someday you'll grow up you will see, when you're older you will know The direction that you're facing is not the way you wanna go. Remember how you feel and what you wanna change And maybe in the future it won't be quite the same. So keep it quiet and you know it won't be far away When we can look back and we'll say After everything we've been through today We're still a happy famliy You know it won't far away When we can look back and we'll say After everything we've been through today We're still a happy family.
6.
Fovea Phobia 04:01
Two nights ago as I was walking through the path back from your place, the way that I knew would get me back to bed, I took the nearest avenue. Then it came at me and took me by surprise, this creature with glowing big red eyes. You don't understand. I went to run, I tried to cry but the only thing that happened was a whimpery sigh Like a giant fist that grabbed me, The fear it kept me on place and then it hit me The creature kept walking straight on through but it wasn't after me, it was after you. Outside the rain pours with people sleeping indoors Running down to the place you stay, I've got to find a way To beat it there and fight it off, I wonder why you pissed it off Running down to the place you stay, I've got to find a way And oh, what this mighty creature will try to do next It's got me scared from my feet to my neck I've got to try and keep its eyes in check Tell me what I've got to do next? So what you know, I managed to beat that vicious creature back and never again in the avenue was it to show And I guess this is where the story ends, but there's one more thing to tell you know my friend: It'll never end, Cause in the end, locked up in a police station A prisoner of my imagination, it depends. And I guess that the jury will decide but there's no more need for me to run and hide. Outside the rain pours with people sleeping indoors Running down to the place you stay, I've got to find a way To beat it there and fight it off, I wonder why you pissed it off Running down to the place you stay, I've got to find a way And oh, what this mighty creature will try to do next It's got me scared from my feet to my neck I've got to try and keep its eyes in check Tell me what I've got to do next?
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Geskapo 03:49
He sounded loose on the phone Like nobody was at home I silently whispered "I need to get myself right out of here. All my passports look all wrong and my family has gone I feel like I'm being watched and it has got me running scared." So he asked me what to do but I could think of nothing new I said that he had better try and get out while he can. Then in the background was a shout and the phone suddenly cut out and sadly it wasn't the first time it had happened to this man. They will come for you There's nothing that you can do. You're gonna have to run to Timaru Gonna have to get through them to get through And they will come for you. So brother won't you listen to what I say If you cross them you will pay and don't try to run to me cause there is nothing I can do Because the trust in me you've paid Is the one mistake you've made I figured that you would forget that I'm a member too. They will come for you There's nothing that you can do. You're gonna have to run to Timaru Gonna have to get through them to get through And they will come for you.
9.
Mexycan 02:52
You work all day in an office You cannot breath and you cannot focus Your rent and phone bills are late You can't stop thinking about the people that you hate. So what you gonna do? You know nobody's going to be waiting for you So get down off your throne and get down to the 'Bones and just for one night pretend you're a Mexycan.
10.
There she goes again Walking by my window It seems we've always been Waiting for tomorrow I guess we've got chemistry A perfect titration So baby what's it gonna be? What do you want from me? But she don't care I'm out tomorrow She'll still be there And I won't beg or borrow She's not gonna lock me outside Ain't no need to hide. Yesterday we had a fight even though we're good friends the bad time's in the spotlight but the good times they never end. As the sunset is setting low by sunrise we'll be getting high still waiting for tomorrow. No one else is going to say it, say it, say it again, no, no. But she don't care I'm out tomorrow She'll still be there And I won't beg or borrow She's not gonna lock me outside Ain't no need to hide.
11.
Lately I've been thinking I've been getting too involved You see I cannot sleep at night until this mystery is solved She came in that night and she saved my life back in 1994 And then she ran into the darkness until I couldn't see her anymore Why did she save my life that day? The answer I never heard her say And I wanna know today. I chased her round in circles and all I got was resistance and then she skipped the country and I haven't seen her since Now this infatuation has got me hunting round the clock you may think that I'm a stalker but I'm telling you I'm not. I didn't even get a chance She may as well be hiding out in France (or Pakistan). And oh and she left me there, in my underwear, I didn't get the chance to thank her but i guess she doesn't care. And oh, I guess it is her job, a secret service girl is what And I may find her or not, she is incredibly hot. I never even got a chance She may as well be hiding out in France And oh and she left me there, in my underwear, I didn't get the chance to thank her but i guess she doesn't care. And oh, I guess it is her job, a secret service girl is what And I may find her or not, she is incredibly hot.
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13.
Until the day I locked myself away I was keeling over, a horrible sight, With so much on my plate and I couldn't eat a bite. The work is piling up each day I'm making money but don't wanna be the richest man in the graveyard, honey. And you can sleep all night if you want to, but you won't get nothing done. Until the day I locked myself away Told my friends I was leaving to a far off shore, Put a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. By myself is fine, I can have more time Didn't really care the humanity is reliant on sociability. And you can sleep all night if you want to, but you won't get nothing done. And you can sleep all night if you want to, but you won't get nothing done.

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Full length album by The 'Bones - ska band based in Dunedin, New Zealand from 2003 to 2008.

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released July 1, 2008

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The Mentalist Collective Dunedin, New Zealand

Formed as an acoustic project in 2008, the Mentalist Collective is a collaboration of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Brendan Christie, Scott Campbell, Rob Milne, Danie Erickson, Ed Lobo and Simon Christie. The Mentalist Collective use an influence of folk and rock music to create a unique blend of styles with a heavy emphasis on vocal harmony.
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