Electric Cars

VERSE

C                    F

Electric cars, electric cars

C               G

Why's it taking so long?

C                                                   F

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

C                      G          C

Switch to an electric car

Electric cars, electric cars

Funkier by far

Never have I seen a sexier machine

I want to get in an electric car

CHORUS

F                                          G

I want to give joy to all whom I meet

F                                               C       G

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

VERSE 

Whistle

VERSE

Electric cars, electric cars

Come on now it's common sense

With so much air pollution, can you think of a solution?

Dumbo, get in an electric car

Electric cars, electric cars

The time has come time to change

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

Switch to an electric car

CHORUS

F                                       G

I want to give joy to all I meet

F                                                 C       G

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

MIDDLE

Am

I want to soar

F

I want to surge

C

A revolution

G

We're on the verge

I want fresh air

That's pure a clean

Like the future

Of my dreams

VERSE 

Tch tch tch x2

VERSE

Electric cars, electric cars

Where were you all of my life?

Only when you've met one will you know you're gonna get one

There's no way back from electric cars

Electric cars, electric cars

Why's it taking so long?

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

Switch to an electric car

CHORUS

F                                             G

I want to give joy to all whom I meet

F                                                 C       G

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

Whistle

LYRICS:

Electric cars, electric cars

Why's it taking so long?

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

Switch to an electric car

Electric cars, electric cars

Funkier by far

Never have I seen a sexier machine

I want to get in an electric car

I want to give joy to all whom I meet

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

Electric cars, electric cars

Come on now it's common sense

With so much air pollution, can you think of a solution?

Dumbo, get in an electric car

Electric cars, electric cars

The time has come time to change

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

Switch to an electric car

I want to give joy to all I meet

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

I want to soar

I want to surge

A revolution

We're on the verge

I want fresh air

That's pure a clean

Like the future

Of my dreams

Electric cars, electric cars

Where were you all of my life?

Only when you've met one will you know you're gonna get one

There's no way back from electric cars

Electric cars, electric cars

Why's it taking so long?

If you want your air clean, forget dirty gasoline

Switch to an electric car

I want to give joy to all whom I meet

Don't want to leave behind smelly streets

The Lie

VERSE

Am

You've been denying it for years

These are deep-seated fears

It's not acceptance

It's not inclusion

Em

It's collusion

It's the lie

It's there for all to see

Implicit supremacy

Why to hide it?

Why deny it?

Why the long face?

Why the lie?

INSTRUMENTAL

If you're invited to a table

That you build with your own hands

It's not a bridge

It's not inclusive

It's exclusion

It's the lie

There's a serpent round the legs

And its eyes your throat

Feel it moving

Feel it rising

Feel the coldness

Feel the lie

If you decide your destiny

And control identity

You'll see the tightening

Feel the grip

Here it comes

It's the lie

INSTRUMENTAL

Its the warped reality

At the heart of the country

It's the decay

It's the wreckage

It's the damage

It's the lie

The foundations are all rotten

And the termites caused destruction

The walls are caving

The roof is failing

It's coming down

It's all a lie

Somewhere in the wreckage

In the rubble of the righteous

Are the honest

Are the real

Is the pure

Is the truth

INSTRUMENTAL

There's a reckoning to come

When the sorting will be done

Without derision

Without division

Without the hatred

Without the lie

The kiln is fired up

Rage is burning hot

Forge again

In the fires

In the flames

Beat out the lie

Build it for the third time 

Rising from the ashes

Hope's renewed

Hope's revived

Hope's reborn 

Without the lie

LYRICS:

You've been denying it for years

These are deep-seated fears

It's not acceptance

It's not inclusion

It's collusion

It's the lie

It's there for all to see

Implicit supremacy

Why to hide it?

Why deny it?

Why the long face?

Why the lie?

If you're invited to a table

That you build with your own hands

It's not a bridge

It's not inclusive

It's exclusion

It's the lie

There's a serpent round the legs

And its eyes your throat

Feel it moving

Feel it rising

Feel the coldness

Feel the lie

If you decide your destiny

And control identity

You'll see the tightening

Feel the grip

Here it comes

It's the lie

Its the warped reality

At the heart of the country

It's the decay

It's the wreckage

It's the damage

It's the lie

The foundations are all rotten

And the termites caused destruction

The walls are caving

The roof is failing

It's coming down

It's all a lie

Somewhere in the wreckage

In the rubble of the righteous

Are the honest

Are the real

Is the pure

Is the truth

There's a reckoning to come

When the sorting will be done

Without derision

Without division

Without the hatred

Without the lie

The kiln is fired up

Rage is burning hot

Forge again

In the fires

In the flames

Beat out the lie

Build it for the third time 

Rising from the ashes

Hope's renewed

Hope's revived

Hope's reborn 

Without the lie

Helicopter Parents and Generation Z

VERSE

D

Helicopter parents, bred

C

Generation Z to be

G

Fearful of most everything

D

Unconsciously

Helicopter parents lack

Basic bravery, onto

Unsuspecting offspring they load 

Their anxieties

C G

Helicopter parents, the

Media's to blame

In their rush to ratings they pushed

Kidnapping claims

Helicopter parents

Were arrested if they didn't

Provide a home environment that was

Safety sufficient

C G

CHORUS

Asus

The breakfast table

Esus

Bolstered the fable

Csus

Abduction from strangers

G

An everpresent danger 

Who's bright idea - was it

To breed the fear - of it

With missing kids

On milk cartons

A E C G

VERSE

All of their descendants have

Panic in their veins

At the slightest provocation they feel

Emotional pain

These kids are adolescents at

University

And even Halloween costumes cause them

Anxiety

C G

They're on anti-depressants cos the

Pressure is immense

Free speech needs to be constrained for

Their self-defence

Cos of their suppressants they need

Safety at all costs

They're asking to be treated in the 

Way that they grew up

C G

CHORUS

The breakfast table

Bolstered the fable

Abduction from strangers

An everpresent danger 

Who's bright idea - was it

To breed the fear - of it

With missing kids

On milk cartons

JUST LYRICS

Helicopter parents

Bred generation Z to be

Fearful of most everything

Unconsciously

Helicopter parents 

Lack basic bravery

Onto unsuspecting offspring they load 

Their anxieties

Helicopter parents

The media's to blame

In their rush to ratings they pushed

Kidnapping claims

Helicopter parents

Were arrested if they didn't

Provide a home environment that was

Safety sufficient

The breakfast table

Bolstered the fable

Abduction from strangers

An everpresent danger 

Who's bright idea was it

To breed the fear of it

Missing kids

On milk cartons

All of their descendants have

Panic in their veins

At the slightest provocation they feel

Emotional pain

These kids are adolescents at

University

And even Halloween costumes cause them

Anxiety

They're on anti-depressants

Cos the pressure is immense

Free speech needs to be constrained for

Their self-defence

Cos of their suppressants they need

Safety at all costs

They're asking to be treated in the 

Way that they grew up

The breakfast table

Bolstered the fable

Abduction from strangers

An everpresent danger 

Who's bright idea - was it

To breed the fear - of it

With missing kids

On milk cartons

Something that Sounds like a Song

VERSE

C

Radio plays

F

No. 1 hit

C (Am)

But is there really

G

Anything to it

Melody flows

On repeat

Underneath  

Generic beat

Soaring up

Crashing down

Missing meaning

It's only sound

CHORUS

Dm       Am         G        Em

Don't listen hard, and don't listen long?

F                          G                    C

To something that sounds like a song

VERSE

The production

Is delicious

Only a little

Repetitious

Is the rift

Stuck in your head

Is it important

What was that he said?

CHORUS

People listen all day long

                                                     Am 

To something that sounds like a song

MIDDLE

Em 

Pause for a moment

Am

To take it apart

F

Peel back the pieces

C

Is there a heart?

Am 

A chorus to praise

G

Wisdom in verse?

F

Will it change things

G

For better or worse?

CHORUS

Fighting injustice, righting a wrong?

Or just something that sounds like a song?

VERSE

Make a video

Cover your traces

Distract with images

Lots of pretty faces

CHORUS

Don't listen hard, and Don't listen long

To something that sounds like a song

something that sounds like a song

something that sounds like a song

LYRICS

Radio plays

No. 1 hit

But is there really

Anything to it

Melody flows

On repeat

Underneath  

Generic beat

Soaring up

Crashing down

Missing meaning

It's only sound

Don't listen hard, and don't listen long?

To something that sounds like a song

The production

Is delicious

Only a little

Repetitious

Is the rift

Stuck in your head

Is it important

What was that he said?

People listen all day long

To something that sounds like a song

Pause for a moment

To take it apart

Peel back the pieces

Is there a heart?

A chorus to praise

Wisdom in verse?

Will it change things

For better or worse?

Fighting injustice, righting a wrong?

Or just something that sounds like a song?

Make a video

Cover your traces

Distract with images

Lots of pretty faces

Don't listen hard, and Don't listen long

To something that sounds like a song

Something that sounds like a song

Something that sounds like a song

Electric Maybellene

VERSE
Em
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupé de Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin on the open stretch
Nothin' will outrun my Tesla S
The Cadillac doin' 'bout 95
She bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side

CHORUS
A
Maybellene well you won't get far
G
Nothing outruns an electric car

 
VERSE
The Cadillac pulled up at 104
The Tesla hot and wouldn't do no more
It done got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that wasn't doin' my battery good

CHORUS
Maybellene well you won't get far
Nothing outruns an electric car

CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL x2

Breaker breaker

You got your ears on caddy?

What's your 20?

Seen  a county mounty 

in a plain white wrapper

10-4

VERSE
The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
Cadillac sittin' like toad on a lake
A 110, a half mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybellene at the top of the hill

CHORUS
Maybellene well you won't get far
Nothing outruns an electric car

 
OUTRO

G                                             Em
Maybellene, why can't you be true?

C                                                                      D
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

Maybellene, why can't you see?
You're draining my batteries

Maybellene, why can't you be true?

Why do you do? The things you do?

Maybellene, please see
How you're draining my batteries

The Economics of Love

VERSE

       F 

I've done a differential game model

                Bf

On our partnership

        F                                C

the results are what you'd expect

                  F

Based on effort and appeal

           Bf

Our love it is ideal

         F         Bf              C

Cos we've both so heavily invested

CHORUS

                 F 

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy

           Bf                 C

That keeps us together

            F

It's the ongoing returns

        C

And compounded interest

              F

Not the sunk cost fallacy

                   Bf               C

Why we go on forever

         Dm

It's a high-yield bond

         Bf              F

vs a high-heeled blonde 

 Bf                    C                    F

I've learnt the economics of love

VERSE

It's growing exponentially

A concave curve

Building on our saving reserve

With no signs of fragility

And maximized utility

Returns are much greater than cost

CHORUS

MIDDLE

       Bf                      Dm

The coefficient of variation

      C               F

Of our love affair

       Bf       D m

Shows mutual    benefits 

      F                      C

Of which we're both aware

VERSE

Perceived costs are low 

Cost of separation is high

Net benefit's optimized

CHORUS

LYRICS ONLY:

I've done a differential game model

On our partnership

the results are what you'd expect

Based on effort and appeal

Our love it is ideal

Cos we've both so heavily invested

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy

That keeps us together

It's the ongoing returns

And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy

Why we go on forever

It's a high-yield bond

vs a high-heeled blonde 

I've learnt the economics of love

It's growing exponentially

A concave curve

Building on our saving reserve

With no signs of fragility

And maximized utility

Returns are much greater than cost

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy

That keeps us together

It's the ongoing returns

And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy

Why we go on forever

It's a high-yield bond

vs a high-heeled blonde 

I've learnt the economics of love

The coefficient of variation

Of our love affair

Shows mutual benefits 

Of which we're both aware

Perceived costs are low 

Cost of separation is high

Net benefit's optimized

But it's not the sunk cost fallacy

That keeps us together

It's the ongoing returns

And compounded interest

Not the sunk cost fallacy

Why we go on forever

It's a high-yield bond

vs a high-heeled blonde 

I've learnt the economics of love

Vaccinate

VERSE

A

It's often hard to know what to do

F#m

You hear different arguments, points of view

C#m

What is wrong, and what is true?

D                              E

On the subject of the virus

Our attitude to mortality

How we feel about authority

Filter and form all our opinions

Am I being righteous?

BRIDGE

C#m                         F#m

But if in doubt about how to act

               D                         E                  A

Then always do, what's best for other people

CHORUS (Chords as Verse)

Where a mask that filters well

Wash your hands, distance and gel

Open windows, ventilate

Vaccinate

Run in the mountains, swim in the sea

Build robust immunity

Limit your   plate and watch your weight

Vaccinate

So kids can go back to school

Cos keeping them at home is cruel

Don't ruminate or hesitate

Vaccinate

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE

Don't trust to fate or leave it late

Calculate it could mutate 

If you    postulate or speculate

Or read posts about conspiracies

BRIDGE

And if in doubt about vaccines

Browse horrible photos of defeated diseases

CHORUS

Birth defects brought on by Rubella

The terrible shock of Chickenpox

Parents in hysteria, kids with Diphtheria

Vaccinate

Would you like Hepatitis or Rotavirus?

Or the evils that come from Measles

It's cretinous to risk tetanus

Vaccinate   

You don't want your kids low with Polio

Only silly men scoff at Whooping Cough

You'll feel like a chump if they get the Mumps

Vaccinate

LYRICS:

It's often hard to know what to do

You hear different arguments, points of view

What is wrong, and what is true?

On the subject of the virus

Our attitude to mortality

How we feel about authority

Filter and form all our opinions

Am I being righteous?

But if in doubt about how to act

Then always do, what's best for other people

Where a mask that filters well

Wash your hands, distance and gel

Open windows, ventilate

Vaccinate

Run in the mountains, swim in the sea

Build robust immunity

Limit your plate and watch your weight

Vaccinate

So kids can go back to school

Cos keeping them at home is cruel

Don't ruminate or hesitate

Vaccinate

Don't trust to fate or leave it late

Calculate it could mutate 

If you postulate or speculate

Or read posts about conspiracies

And if in doubt about vaccines

Browse horrible photos of defeated diseases

Birth defects brought on by Rubella

The terrible shock of Chickenpox

Parents in hysteria, kids with Diphtheria

Vaccinate

Would you like Hepatitis or Rotavirus?

Or the evils that come from Measles

It's cretinous to risk tetanus

Vaccinate   

You don't want your kids low with Polio

Only silly men scoff at Whooping Cough

You'll feel like a chump if they get the Mumps

Vaccinate

Giving The Devil His Due

VERSE

Dm                                                                               Am

Through much of my life I was lost, to what opinions were mine

       G

I was blown with the wind, confused, most of the time

But hindsight is helpful for learning, and I learnt a lot

I'm older and wiser and stronger with the knowledge I've got

CHORUS

G

The right from the wrong, the false from the true

                                      Dm

I gave the Devil his due

Dm Am G

VERSE

There were times when I had to close my ears, cos I couldn't bear to hear

When people had terrible views, that filled me with fear

Or lies like a virus infected, I thought all conspiracy

But more times exposed, meant greater immunity

CHORUS

Consensus can hide. Discern and decide

I gave the Devil his due

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE

I've learnt the most from those with whom I disagreed

They forced me to think what exactly it was I believed

Knowledge is a currency. But wisdom is gold

Weigh up the value of everything, you've ever been told

CHORUS

Most of it's wrong, but some of it's true

So I gave the Devil his due

LYRICS:

Through much of my life I was lost, to what opinions were mine

I was blown with the wind, confused, most of the time

But hindsight is helpful for learning, and I learnt a lot

I'm older and wiser and stronger with the knowledge I've got

The right from the wrong, the false from the true

I gave the Devil his due

There were times when I had to close my ears, cos I couldn't bear to hear

When people had terrible views, that filled me with fear

Or lies like a virus infected, I thought all conspiracy

But more times exposed, meant greater immunity

Consensus can hide. Discern and decide

I gave the Devil his due

I've learnt the most from those with whom I disagreed

They forced me to think what exactly it was I believed

Knowledge is a currency. But wisdom is gold

Weigh up the value of everything, you've ever been told

Most of it's wrong, but some of it's true

So I gave the Devil his due

The Ballad of Ella Kissi-Debrah

VERSE - CAPO 5th - C Am G F C

F

Reading in the papers

Dm     

Numbers written there

C

Of how many die each year

Bf                 F

Cos of dirty air

But numbers they don't speak

Drama they lack

Unlike the sound of hearing someone

Die from an asthma attack

F

BRIDGE - C G F G

F    C    Bf    C

What can change?

CHORUS - C G F G   

                               F

So that - Ella Kissi-Debrah

                       C

Didn't die in vein

                           Bf

And we all take action

                C

And Policies change

                  F

Ella Kissi-Debrah

                C

Hear our prayers

                      Bf

So that no more children 

C

Will die

                          F

From breathing air

F    C    Bf    C

VERSE  

Ella Kissi-Debrah

Deserves a happy tune

But this song is not for her

It is meant for you 

To pluck and play your heart strings

So you think twice before we drive

And decide who you will give your vote to

So more kids stay alive

C

CHORUS

So that - Ella Kissi-Debrah

Didn't die in vein

And we all take action

And Policies change 

Ella Kissi-Debrah

Hear our prayers

So that no more children 

Will die

From breathing air

LYRICS:

Reading in the papers

Numbers written there

Of how many die each year

Cos of dirty air

But numbers they don't speak

Drama they lack

Unlike the sound of hearing someone

Die from an asthma attack

What can change?

So that - Ella Kissi-Debrah

Didn't die in vein

And we all take action

And Policies change

Ella Kissi-Debrah

Hear our prayers

So that no more children 

Will die

From breathing air

Ella Kissi-Debrah

Deserves a happy tune

But this song is not for her

It is meant for you 

To pluck and play your heart strings

So you think twice before we drive

And decide who you will give your vote to

So more kids stay alive

So that - Ella Kissi-Debrah

Didn't die in vein

And we all take action

And Policies change 

Ella Kissi-Debrah

Hear our prayers

So that no more children 

Will die

From breathing air

Ways to Lose Your Country

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VERSE

Cm

Beware of movements that arise

              Fm                      Cm

Painting heaven in the skies

                                                             Gm

Telling you that they alone have the solution

Fm                    Cm

On the right, on the left

Fm                       Cm

Many roads lead to theft

              Fm                                     Gm          Cm

And they're one of the ways to lose your country

VERSE

Beware of the new rationale

That boosts popular morale

And schizophrenic logic terrorises

There's a distorted narrative

Where the truth will never live

It's just one of the ways to lose your country

VERSE 3

Beware of brazen shamelessness 

It's a nasty business    

When people are acting up with immorality 

Not humble or humane

Then chaos is soon to rein

And it's one of the ways to lose your country

VERSE 4

Beware of appointments and dilutions

And attacks on institutions

When the judiciaries replaced with their own followers

A superfluous state

Will sign and seal fate

Another  of the ways to lose your country

VERSE 5

Beware of model citizens

Who are anointed as the ones

To follow and emulate cos they are perfect

While the rest of us are left

To feel second class at best

It's just one of the ways to lose your country

VERSE 6

Beware of laughter in the streets

As they mock their new elites 

The only self-defence left is their humour

Some say it's just sequential

And at best inconsequential

But it's one of the ways to lose your country

LYRICS ONLY:

Beware of movements that arise

Painting heaven in the skies

Telling you that they alone have the solution

On the right, on the left

Many roads lead to theft

And they're one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of the new rationale

That boosts popular morale

And schizophrenic logic terrorises

There's a distorted narrative

Where the truth will never live

It's just one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of brazen shamelessness 

It's a nasty business    

When people are acting up with immorality 

Not humble or humane

Then chaos is soon to rein

And it's one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of appointments and dilutions

And attacks on institutions

When the judiciaries replaced with their own followers

A superfluous state

Will sign and seal fate

Another  of the ways to lose your country

Beware of model citizens

Who are anointed as the ones

To follow and emulate cos they are perfect

While the rest of us are left

To feel second class at best

It's just one of the ways to lose your country

Beware of laughter in the streets

As they mock their new elites 

The only self-defence left is their humour

Some say it's just sequential

And at best inconsequential

But it's one of the ways to lose your country

The Terrible Tale of Gain-of-Function Research Under the Streetlight

VERSE

G                                             Em

I was reading in the Lancet just the other day

C                                               D

About the risk and benefits of gain-of-function

How some thought it desirous

Give functions to a virus      

Of virulence and transmissibility

Thereby enabling assessment 

to inform investment

In preparedness plans for pandemics

BRIDGE

        C                                 Em

But what was the cause of the funding pause?

 C                      D

Human error in high containment labs 

CHORUS

G             Em

Gain-of-function

G             Em

Strange instructions

G             Em

Vague assumptions

C            D

Gain-of-function

VERSE

We can't even predict 

How influenza hits

From one season to the next

Instead of understanding these 

And improving the vaccines

They look for answers where the looking's good

Testing out the 'ifs'

And sequencing the 'whats'

Like, how about if this virus was airborne

BRIDGE

Cos if we know, how transmission goes

We're better prepared to prevent it

CHORUS

Gain-of-function

Insane construction

Plain dysfunction

Gain-of-function

From ferret, to ferret

Really is there merit?

Research it, regret it

Disaster you'll inherit

From mammal to mammal 

It's utterly disparate

Don't get it? Don't sweat it?

It'll kill if you let

MIDDLE    

Bm                                          Em

"Why are you looking under the streetlight?

Bm                                   Em

Do you    think the answer's over there"

C                                           Bm            Em

The searcher answered with a spurious riposte

C                                                     

"No, 

D                                          Em

but the light is brighter over here"

CHORUS

Gain-of-function

Insane construction

Plain dysfunction

Gain-of-function

Strange instructions

Vague assumptions

Gain-of-function

LYRICS:

I was reading in the Lancet just the other day

About the risk and benefits of gain-of-function

How some thought it desirous

Give functions to a virus      

Of virulence and transmissibility

Thereby enabling assessment 

to inform investment

In preparedness plans for pandemics

But what was the cause of the funding pause?

Human error in high containment labs 

Gain-of-function

Strange instructions

Vague assumptions

Gain-of-function

We can't even predict 

How influenza hits

From one season to the next

Instead of understanding these 

And improving the vaccines

They look for answers where the looking's good

Testing out the 'ifs'

And sequencing the 'whats'

Like, how about if this virus was airborne

Cos if we know, how transmission goes

We're better prepared to prevent it

Gain-of-function

Insane construction

Plain dysfunction

Gain-of-function

From ferret, to ferret

Really is there merit?

Research it, regret it

Disaster you'll inherit

From mammal to mammal 

It's utterly disparate

Don't get it? Don't sweat it?

It'll kill if you let

"Why are you looking under the streetlight?

Do you think the answer's over there"

The searcher answered with a spurious riposte                                                 

"No, but the light is brighter over here"

Gain-of-function

Insane construction

Plain dysfunction

Gain-of-function

Strange instructions

Vague assumptions

Gain-of-function