The law of diminishing marginal returns

VERSE 1
F                        Am                 C               Dm
First hours in the club were the best hours ever
F                Am                     Dm          C
I knew right then that it could never get better

Surrounded by friends it was a night to remember
We danced around the fire in the glow of the embers

That's when I met her and now I can see
I should have left then with a golden memory, it is

CHORUS
      C        F              Am         Dm
The law of diminishing marginal returns
       C         F            Am          C
The law of diminishing marginal returns

The law of diminishing marginal returns
The law of diminishing marginal returns

(Twice round instrumental)

VERSE 2
First times we made love they were the best times ever
I knew right then that it would never get better
We had long wild nights and wide crazy days
Everything was good and new in our ways
But when the honeymoon went down and the hot sun came up
It was glaringly obvious that enough was enough, it was

CHORUS

VERSE 3
To make it alright we thought we'd move in together
The first days together were the best days ever
Building a home we were fresh we were keen
But soon we settled into a depressing routine
Straight home from work and wallow in TV
Until we hated everything and neither of us could see, it was

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Am
It all happened way too fast
C
Love isn't meant to last
Am
We all look better off in the past
Dm
There's no shame in starting again

CHORUS

OUTRO
The law of diminishing marginal returns x5

Wild Man Fischer

D - G - F - G

Larry Fischer was a singer in LA who sold original songs for a dime
He did this for years waiting for his chance
One day it comes along when Frank Zappa says “let’s make a record’
They work together for three months and Larry was over the moon
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

Unfortunately the record didn’t sell as well as Larry had hoped
Angry he threw a bottle and it nearly hit Zappa’s baby
Which meant the end of their friendship, even though he hadn’t meant it
Larry was a manic depressive paranoid schizophrenic
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

Like many people the problems began young, he was a neglected child
He wasn’t diagnosed and didn’t get the help or medication he needed
He got angrier and angrier and finally went at his mother with a knife
So he was locked away at 16 in a mental institution
And they thought electric shock therapy might be the solution
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

He probably came out crazier than he went in and led a merry go round of a life
His career didn’t end with Zappa, he worked with other avande guarde figures
Music pouring out of him every day
He’s still an inspiration to people around the world
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

Most of us other artists aren’t hard wired as wonderfully as this
We have to manufacture some chaos and unbalance
Whether it be drink or drama or drugs or coffee
Because from a world of order nothing new comes
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

I know all this from a documentary, I’ve never met the guy
It ended with good news that he was now doing OK
After 40 years he’s now got drugs to calm him down
But unfortunately he’s lost his pep and isn’t singing anymore
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight
It’s hard to be, great when you’re straight

Tales at the end

VERSE 1
                                    G
You’re approaching the end
                        C
Your final act nears
                             Am
It’s time to face the music
                        D
Look into your fears

Relax, don’t worry
It’s out of your hands
Sit back and watch the light show
Go out in style

BRIDGE
                Am
It’s been a good life
         C
Not a coulda life
              Em
So as the curtain comes down, bring down the frown
                  D
It’s time you know

CHORUS (Chords same as verse)
Nobody likes a good loser
We all want a scene
Let’s who got to you
Let’s hear who’s mean

Nobody likes a good loser
Get even and now
Tell who us wronged you
Who's a pig who's a cow?

Let’s hear some details
About people we know
Let’s hear the dark side
From one who knows

VERSE 2
Now your world's ending
But ours will go on
You’ve only the info
Of what went on

It’s all over
All bar the screams
Leave us the memories
And all the scars

VERSE 3
You’re going to hell
Might as well tell
Tell us the juicy bits
We’re all dying to know

You left too much out of your biography
You didn’t want to offend
But this is your last chance
You’re among friends

CHORUS

MIDDLE
G
This would be your revenge
Em
Confess and condemn
C
We want to be shocked
About by the secrets of some men

Don't just fade away
Go out with a bang
You can't take them with you
Come on be a man

BRIDGE

CHORUS

Dance for me

VERSE 1
C Am
I’ve been on the radio channels 1 and 3
Dm G
If you live in Holland you might have seen me on TV

I’ve been interviewed and expressed my ideas
Asked for my secrets and my deepest fears

I’ve played for ordinaries without feeling too proud
Sung to the masses and I’ve listened to crowds
C G
Normally I ask a fee but for you I’ll do it for free

CHORUS
C Am
If you dance for me, dance for me
F G
And I will play for you

Dance for me, dance for me
And I will play for you

VERSE 2
I’ve headlined fields on the Isle of Wight
Held my own in a one-way bottle fight
Gone down a storm at the RNID
Young and old couldn’t take their eyes off me
I’m in all the best record shops chagrin
I’ve got my own section in the remainders bin
Normally I ask for food, but for you I’ll do it for free

CHORUS
If you dance for me, dance for me
And I will play for you
If you dance for me, dance for me
And I will play for you

Dance for me, and I will play for you

The curse of standards

CHORUS
D Bm
Lady, you've raised my standards
G A
What a selfish thing to do

Lady, you've raised my standards
Now my happy life is through

VERSE
Bm G
Like a drunk on cheap wine
My gutter life was going fine
Now the taste is plain
Since I savoured champagne
It's a pain

CHORUS

VERSE
I'm too young to settle down
I'm married to the road
I've got grand plans for the future
I don't need this in my load
I'm all bowed

CHORUS

The curse of standards  by  thejackstaffordfoundation 

The trial of Toni Terry

Another topical song. I'm really enthused by the idea of having a residency in a club somewhere and doing all new songs for it every week.

CHORUS

C                                                            Am

Baby, baby, baby, you’ve been awful cruel

C                                                            Am

Maybe, maybe, maybe, I can do better

VERSE 1

Em                                                Am

But I just can’t seem to say goodbye

Em                                                Am

So I’ve taken the twins to Dubai

F                                                G            Em                                    Am

You’re welcome to come and visit, at your own expense

F                                                Am

Adulteries a criminal offence

CHORUS

VERSE 2

I’m can’t cope with the tabloid stories

The rumours that won’t go away

While all you want to do is play,

some things are not a game

How much is enough shame?

CHORUS (instrumental)

MIDDLE

Am                        Em

I have a recurring fantasy

Am                                                D,

You’ve had an accident and can’t walk anymore

Am                                                Em

Then our family will always stay together

G                        Am

Happily ever after

CHORUS

C                                                            Am

Baby, baby, baby, what you’re turning me into

C                                                            Am

Baby, baby, baby, this has got to end

The trial of Toni Terry by thejackstaffordfoundation

Curries

VERSE

G (plucked)

I'm just an Indian guy

C

I don't get it from Chinese or Thai

G

I'm always going mental for lentils

C

Even though it's only a rental

CHORUS

D

I don't have no worries

C                                         D

So long as I've got my curry inside

VERSE

I'm just an Indian guy

It's the one that thing I most like to buy

I don't even care if it's pricey

Just as long as they make it lovely and spicy

CHORUS

G
I'm an Indian guy
C
I don't get it from Chinese or Thai
G
None of the other orientals
C
Are doing very much with lentils
D
I don't have no worries
C
When I've got a curry
G
I'm just an Indian guy

I find no other food surfices
They're just working so well with the spices

A self respected man

I got the idea from different people I've stayed with who had self-help books on their shelves. Fellow searchers. In fact it's the first song to arise from my experience of travelling. 

This song looks pretty simple at first, just including every word in the dictionary with self in it. But it's based on some deeper thinking. The simple ideas often have the longest history. I only got the idea for the structure when I found the huge list of self words on rhymezone.com and started to divide them into categories and then I put the categories in order and it became story. Songs often write themselves like this. Logic takes over.


It's really the idea for the song that requires inspiration and makes a song special. Melodies and rhythms are two-a-penny. The songs that go down well live and make it to albums are ones actually about something people can relate to.

VERSE
E
I used to be self-loathing with some self-restraint
A
My self-depreciation was a form of self-harm
E
I was in self-denial about my self-abuse
A
And all this self-pity made me feel self-disgust

CHORUS
D / A / E
I'm was a self-made man

VERSE
To stop this self-destruction I learnt self-defence
Learnt self-preservation against my own self-doubt
Selfless self-sacrifice and self-examination
Lead me to self acceptance

CHORUS

VERSE
I learnt self-control and practiced self-restraint
I read self-help books and became more self-aware
I became self-employed and I learnt self-sufficient
I learnt self-will, and now I'm completely self-contained

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Going to write me a self-help bible
With the things that took years to find
It'll have a complete index
And a quick reference guide

VERSE
Now I've got self-esteem I've built self-respect
My self-regard grew and it's self-evident
That I've got self-assurance and self-confidence
My self-

CHORUS

VERSE
Unfortunately.....
I'm a self-confessed self-obsessive and truly self-indulgent
I get self-absorbed and I'm self-involved
Self-centered around my own self-worship
I'm self-opinionated and angrily self-righteous

CHORUS

Vagabond gone

VERSE
A
I was once like you are now
E
Living a holding pattern of a life
D                                  E
Driving a vicious circle just to pay for the wheels

Now I travel from town to town
My home is wherever my hat's put down
I only got what I need, and I don't want what I don't have

I was raised in the city of greed
Taught I had to spend to satisfy my needs
There was an appliance for everything and happiness the right attachment

It was being spelled out every night
Get yourself a wife boy, get a family
Or you'll live alone and you'll die a sad forgotten death

Finally I got wise
I'd bought into the big lie in a big way
I saw that nothing much I did made much of a difference anyway

CHORUS
You don't need the car
You don't need the house
You don't need the weatherman to know the birds go south

You don't need the money
And you don't need to save
You're working for the system, and you've become your slave

VERSE
And it's with this new attitude that I roam
Meeting people that I would never have known
Strangers are friends that I just haven't met yet

If you've been brought up on the papers of fear
You might be pretty surprised to hear
That most people aren't killers and they're not all out to rape you

They all say well you must get tired
You must miss some of the life you left
You can't be homesick if you don't have a home

CHORUS

I meet the odd big mouth with deaf ears
Who preaches the benefits of the capitalist scheme
It's mainly when you buy the ears that they throw in the mouth for free

People don't like to hear there's another way
How long can you keep up people say
If I ask them that back then they usually walk away

Put your mind in your shoes down the line
When you've worked up to 70 and looking back
And your pension's worth a pittance and you wish you had the body for travelling

CHORUS



Spare lyrics:
It's not like I've dropped out and living a tree
I'm still a paid up member of society
In fact I meet more people than that homeboy ever used to

The alturistic artisan (or The morning after the year before)

VERSE
G
I was the self-appointed clown
C
Spreading goodwill and rolling all around

I threw my dignity on the fire
A selfless act that few seemed to admire
In fact...

CHORUS
G                       D              C              G
It seems that I, was an embarrassing fool again
It seems that I, was acting the ass again

VERSE
Nobody else was any fun
The party just wasn't going on

So I said what needed to be said
Followed by every thought inside my head

CHORUS

MIDDLE
C                                     G
Perhaps I went a little too far
Am                     C                            D
Some of the sensitive ladies I know they made complaints

At least it will give them something to talk about
When they've finished talking about their hair

CHORUS

The alturistic artisan by thejackstaffordfoundation

Letters with a long arm

E
I've been writing a letter to my lover
Asus
Sayin' we must always be friends
E
And you know I'll never love another
Asus
The way that I love you

CHORUS
Asus E
I speak of you as one who knows
Asus E
The way that the muse wind blows

Asus
In the cold April nights
Asus
In a village of delights
E
I may hold another man's hand

Asus E
Another man's hand

VERSE
I've been writing a letter to the gardener
Sayin' the plants are just to tall
And soon they will want to take over
And ask us a terrible price

CHORUS
They have a secret scheme
To establish a new carbon regime

When I'm crawling round at night
They scratch and they bite
And they come out of the ground

Out of the ground

VERSE
I've been writing a letter to my children
Sayin' Daddies working hard
I've still not saved up to a million
The cost of living is severe

CHORUS
They write back with pictures and stories
Words I don't understand

Don't write before you can read
Tell 'em the plants are trying to breed
I know your mother's to blame

Your mother in name


Letters with a long arm by thejackstaffordfoundation

Nick Helderman and the Immortals

Chords throughout: A  / G#m / D / E 

Bpm: 148

VERSE
From the frozen North, to the deserts of the South
Across the oceans West, and mountains to the East
They all come to dance, and laugh and jump and sing
And perform in front of him, ‘cos

CHORUS:
Nick Helderman
Can make you immortal
If he snaps and it's his will
He can make time stand still

VERSE
He can make the prints, many many times
Give you a hundred faces, and millions of eyes
And make you very wide, and stand out very tall

On children’s bedroom walls, ‘cos

CHORUS:
Nick Helderman
Can make you multiply
If he snaps and it's his will
He can copy you until

VERSE
Every where you look, there’s a picture of your face

Send your image out, even into space
And soon you will be known, and you can be seen

In places you haven't been, ‘cos

CHORUS:
Nick Helderman
Can help you travel
If he snaps and it's his will
You could end up in Brazil

MIDDLE (A – E – G#m – E)
All this power in one man

Too much power for one man

OUTRO x10
Nick Helderman
And the immortals
Everybody go long
Everybody lives on

The waiting game

VERSE

G                                                D
I’ve been playing the waiting game
            C                                                G
For so long that I don’t know how to roll

Watching this thing play out from somewhere up there
And I forgot to take the remote control

BRIDGE
C                                                G
I’ve been building on this feeling so long
D                                                G
That I think it’s bigger than me

And I don’t know what I’d do if it’s gone
No point in carrying on (three taps)

CHORUS
(High) C                                                            D
I’m waiting for the moment, at the end of the night
That one perfect moment, when everything’s right
I’m holding for the last dance, my very last chance

VERSE
But at least I have the hope now
With in every detail and it’s perfect as it is,

It gets me up in the morning
It’s the vision I run to
It’s what I see when I go to sleep

BRIDGE
Cos if it don’t work out, the answers no
I’d be ten times worse off than before

Hope would be a terrible memory to have
Still one way or the other I’m a fool for waiting

CHORUS
So I’m holding for the moment, at the end of the night
That one perfect moment, man it has to be right
I’m holding for the last dance, my very last chance

MIDDLE
G                                                Am
If there’s a lesson I should leave
                        C                                                G
It’s don’t wait to think, tune your impulses to act first

Because if you wait without a taste and it builds up inside
There’s no taste that can quench such thirst

Fool for waiting

CHORUS
You don’t need that perfect moment, at the end of night
They’re all perfect moments, it doesn’t need to be right
Still I’m holding for the last dance, my very last chance

There is no perfect moment, no end to this night
That one perfect moment, won’t even be right
Still I’m holding for the last dance, my very last chance

The searcher

VERSE
C
I was once
Am
A restless soul
C
Obsessive and needy and greedy
Am
No self-control
F
Always pushing through for another door
G
But I'm not a searcher, anymore

VERSE
I used to hunt
For that perfect someone
The perfect eyes, the perfect laugh
What we'd become
And it would be clear that it was me they'd adore
I'm not a searcher anymore

VERSE
I used to work
Work was everything
Pushing harder, must do more
But always missing out something
Yes I was a maniac I'm sure
But I'm not a searcher anymore

MIDDLE
Am
It took a lifetime
F
Of desperate quests
Am
Of soaring hope
C
And failed tests
Am
To finally see, that no one completes me
F
I was already whole and full before
G
I'm not a searcher anymore

VERSE
I used to pray
To a higher power
I begged for luck, begged for fortune
That he could empower
And that he would be merciful, I would implore
But I'm not a searcher anymore

VERSE
I followed teachers
I thought wiser than me
They'd guide me along, give me the answers
How best to be
That they could show me, what life was for
But I'm not a searcher anymore

VERSE
I've searched for hope, happiness and health
I've searched for fame, fortune and wealth
I've searched for love, truth and ideas
I've searched for things as they disappeared

VERSE
But I'm not a searcher anymore
I'm not a searcher anymore
I'm not a searcher
I'm not a searcher


Note: the lyrics might sound a bit corny but I was watching La Vie en Rose last night and waiting for "Non, je ne regrette rien" which only came at the end. And it reminded me of My Way and there was so much similarity between the two. 60s songs. Orchestra and harp. Sung by singers about to retire after a lifetime of excess. (Powerful songs and I thought I'd like to have one I really belt out like that. The loud singing goes down well in bars. Particularly from girls who have power and technique but nothing to say.)


I don't have a melody for it yet, and it will have to wait until I have a voice old enough to sing it (and it's actually true). 


It's also the angle I've been looking for to talk about religion. The frontal approach is too abrubt. It sounds like a pro-religious song until the end. I like grouping religion, alcohol, love, money and false prophets together as sins.

I own this house

G
Well I might look quiet and I might look sweet
C
The cutest toddler you're ever going to meet
G                                         D
With a smile to burn a hole through the coldest hearts

But in my home you'll see a different scene
Where I enforce my own special regime
With the same tactics they use in the CIA

My favourite weapon is sleep deprivation
It messes with their mind and their sense of perception
Soon they'll give me all the things I crave

After two months of riding without any rest
They'll be ready for the final flex
I'll finish them off one night with a primal scream

CHORUS
G
I own this house
C
I own this house
D
I own this house
G
I own this house

I'm three foot tall and barely two
But I decide what we get to do
It's my world and they only live her

They're doomed to fail cos they play clean
I'm not to proud to be truly mean
I use piss and shit and food and I spread it around

They drive me to day care, I drive them to drink
You can take a kid to pre-school but you can’t make him think
I know enough words to make them jump through hoops

Still they're trying to teach me make me grow up fast
I’m in no hurry gonna make this last
You know you’ve got it made when there's people to wipe your arse

CHORUS

[Lead]

Sometimes they try and up the game
Take me out of my royal domain
But I got more tricks than you've got time to learn

Cruising along at 40,000 feet
200 people within ear reach
For the next nine hours, no one’s gonna sleep

CHORUS
I own this plane x4

The only thing that sours my fun
Is the thought that one day my time might come
When they’re Grandparents now their lot is mine

They’ll see me covered in a little guy’s shit
Pinning him down when he’s throwing a fit
And look over with a smile brewed 30 years

CHORUS
Who owns this house? X4

T-Rexmas: JSF's 2009 Christmas Album

All songs by Mr Marc Bolan.

DREAMY LADY - C

C Em Am C

C Em Am G D/F*


O dreamy lady
Won't you come
To my bed

Night is the right time
To get acquainted
With my head

In my bed

Star light is shinning
Silver baby hold me tight

Moon beams are twining
In the portals of my sight

You're so right
Na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Will you still love me

Na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Will you still love me

O dreamy lady
Won't you come
To my bed

Night is the right time
To get acquainted
With my head

In my bed

Na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Will you still love me

Na, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Will you still love me

Oh dreamy lady


FOXY BOY - C

C – F – C – G – C – F – Am (F – G)

Girl won't you move close to me
Take me in your arms and groove me
Girl don't you ever miss a date
With your Foxy Boy


Girl won't you move close to me
Take me in your arms and groove me
Girl don't you ever miss a date
With your Foxy Boy


Am – Em – Am – Em – G
The nights are long
And my love grows strong
As I work all day
I dream a song

With words of love
You captured my soul
As we reached to hold
My heart you stole

CHORUS x2


With each dawn men are history born
A summer romance, a winter storm
My disco love that was destined to be
You kissed me hard, by a soulless sea

CHORUS x3

OVER THE FLATS - C

C – Am – F – G
I was dragged here from my old place
Turned from my old gang
Given a new face
My old man loved it
He had his garden
He had his papadoms
But my reputations gone

CHORUS
Flats, over the flats over the flats over the flats

I miss my friend called pete
He always looked so neat
He had those dancin feet
How will we ever meet

CHORUS

The chicks I used to know
Will never see me grow
Will never grasp my hand
When I’m a fighting man

CHORUS

Here no-one knows my name
People all look the same
I walk unnoted steps
They don't know my rep

CHORUS

Well I was born to move
With fire in my shoes
I’m an unnoticed boy
Just future’s toy

CHORUS x2

I’m just gone


RIDE A WHITE SWAN - E


E – A – E - B

Ride it on out like a bird in the sky ways
Ride it on out like you were a bird
Fly it all out like an eagle in a sunbeam
Ride it on out like you were a bird

Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown
Ride a white swan like the people of the Beltane
Wear your hair long, babe can't go wrong

Catch a bright star and a place it on your fore-head
Say a few spells and baby, there you go
Take a black cat and sit it on your shoulder
And in the morning you'll know all you know, oh

{LEAD}


Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
Wear a tall hat and a tatooed gown
Ride a white swan like the people of the Beltane
Wear your hair long, baby can't go wrong

Da-da-da-di-di-da, da-da-da-di-di-da ....



20th CENTURY BABY - F

F Dm
The highlight of my life was meeting you
F C

That windy autumn day at Malibu
Bf
Your diamond eyes that shine
F
The rubies of your mind
C Bf F
Girl, be my Twentieth Century Baby

Love comes but once to men, the wise men say
I knew that must be true, that L.A. day
Your face was heaven sent
My mind red hot to rent
Girl, be my Twentieth Century Baby

Doo-doo-doo-do-
Doo-doo-doo-do-
Your face was heaven sent
My mind red hot to rent
Girl, be my Twentieth Century Baby

The highlight of my life was meeting you
That windy autumn day at Malibu
Your diamond eyes that shine
The rubies of your mind
Girl, be my Twentieth Century Baby

Your diamond eyes that shine
The rubies of your mind
Girl, be my Twentieth Century Baby

HOT LOVE - G



G – G – G – C – Am – G

Well she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old - a ha ha
Well she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old - a ha ha
D – C – G

I don't mean to be bold, a-but a-may I hold your hand?

Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
I'm a labourer of love in my persian gloves - a ha ha

Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
I'm her two-penny prince and I give her hot love - a ha ha

Take it down easy
Ow - ow - mh

[Lead]


Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
I'm her two-penny prince and I give her hot love - a ha ha

La-la-la-la-la-la-la....
Ooh ooh, oh don't you do ...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la....
Ooh ooh, lay it all down...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la....
Ooh ooh, jetzt kommt sie doch, mh ....
La-la-la-la-la-la-la....
Ooh ooh, mm-ba-ba-ba ....


LIFE’S A GAS - G


G Fill 1
I could have love you girl like a planet
G D Dsus4 D
I could have chained your heart to a star
C Am D
But it really doesn't matter at all
C Am D
No, it really doesn't matter at all
G
Life's a gas

G Fill 1
I could have built a house in the ocean
G D Dsus4 D
I could have placed our love in the sky
C Am D
But it really doesn't matter at all
C Am D
No, it really doesn't matter at all
G
Life's a gas

G Fill 1
I could have turned you into a priestess
G D Dsus4 D
I could have burned your faith in the sand

But it really doesn't matter at all
No, it really doesn't matter at all
Life's a gas


But it really doesn't matter at all
No, it really doesn't matter at all
Life's a gas, I hope it’s going to last


[Lead]


But it really doesn't matter at all
No, it really doesn't matter at all
Life's a gas



SOUL OF MY SUIT - G

G – C –D

Well you damaged the soul of my suit
You pulled my love out by the roots
But I'm not such a bad boy - oh no

You ravished the runes of my tunes
You put on the gloves of my loves
But you're not a bad girl - oh no

Rock and rolled it even strolled it, baby
Rock and rolled it, yeah
Rock and rolled it even strolled it, baby
Rock and rolled it, yeah, ooh

[Lead]

Well you damaged the soul of my suit
You pulled out my love by the roots
But I'm not such a bad boy - oh noooo

[Lead]

I love you, yeah x6


CHRISTMAS BOP – Bf

Bf – G#m – E – F#


Christmas

T. Rexmas
Christmas
Everybody's gotta do the Christmas Bop, yeah

Hey baby lend me your ear
Christmas time is drawing near
Get out your silk jeans
And your space shoes
I've got some sweet, wild, devastating news

CHORUS
Chrsitmas, here come the fun
Christmas, we're gonna have some fun
Christmas, gonna dance till we drop
Everybody's gotta do the Christmas Bop

Yeah Christmas, summer's gone and snow's fallen down
I'm gonna miss that golden, surfing sound
But cold is bold and there's nothing wrong
With dressing sweet while I'm singing my song

CHORUS

[Lead]


Christmas Hey baby, lend me your ear
Christmas time is drawing near
Get on your silk jeans
And your space shoes
I've got some sweet, wild, devastating news

Yeah Christmas, summer's gone and snow's fallen down
I'm gonna miss that golden, surfing sound
But cold is bold and there's nothing wrong
With dressing sweet while I'm singing my song

Christmas
T. Rexmas
Christmas
Everybody's gotta do the Christmas Bop, yeah
[repeat Chorus to fade]

Disaster survival kit

(Capo 3rd fret)

VERSE 1
Em G
Did you put enough water in the kit to last us a week?
Did you work out the water filtration technique?
Do you have the torch and the radio and the batteries in your pack?
And local maps so we can know how to get back?

BRIDGE
C G
We'll only have a moment before the light begins to fade
Put it behind the door with the emergency first aid
D

CHORUS
G Em
Are you packed up, ready to go?
C D
We won't have much time to get out you

So come on pack up, ready to go


Packed up, ready to go
You know you're ready when the red light says now

VERSE
We could be driving for days and miles by night

CHORUS

Night's like these

(Capo 7th)

VERSE
C
It's on nights like these
G
When we are far apart
Em
A stillness sits inside
F
A melancholic in my heart

It's on nights like these
That my blessings mean so much
To be truly at one with all of this
I am thankful for the touch

It's on nights like these
When the world goes on alone
I would trade my cows and casings
To be locked inside our home

MIDDLE
Em Am
I look out across this city
With its lights and lives alive

I think of what goes on now
And what went on before

And of the things that are still to come
And what remains undone

VERSE
It's on nights like these
That I miss you more than words
To speak to nothing to the silence
And to know that I am heard

It's nights that these
That I feel something above
I take what I can from the letters
And they leave me with the love

It's nights like these x3

Mortgage on mind

VERSE 1
E C#m
I’ve got my mortgage on my mind
It’s like a weight that presses all the time
An ever-present nagging fear
That threatens all the things I hold dear
It's my single greatest cause of stress
I'm under emotional duress

VERSE 2
Got my mortgage on my mind
My life is being undermined
It affects every decision I make
I’m living with my home at stake
And soon I think I'm going to crack
From the monkey living on my back

MIDDLE
Got my mortgage on my mind
My mortgage on mind
My mortgage on mind
My mortgage on mind

VERSE 3
I’ve got my mortgage on my mind
It’s all my greatest fears combined
It’s the noose that tightens around my neck
At the approach of every monthly cheque
The decision that I most regret
I’m becoming an emotional wreck

OUTRO
I’ve got my mortgage on my mind
My mortgage on mind
My mortgage on mind
My mortgage on mind
[Break]

Peace of mind

Cm
It’s a black day when you see
That what you planned
You understand
Gm
Will not come to be
F
That’s when you find
G
Peace of mind

It’s a long night when you know
That all the things
You looked forward to
You won’t get to do
That’s when you find
Peace of mind

MIDDLE
F G
A glorious day
A glorious day

VERSE
In the last hour is when you learn
That having hopes
And having dreams
Are never as they seem
That’s when you find
Peace of mind

In the morning when you wake
To a virgin world
Free of chains
A new man can start again
That’s when you find
Peace of mind

OUTRO
Bf F
So, you better aim low
Gm
Then when you fall
F
You won’t have far to go