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One more nail in the coffin,
One more nail
One more nail in the coffin,
One more nail
Climb up the ladder,
Get to the top
We'll never stop
One more nail in the coffin,
One more nail
One more nail in the coffin,
One more nail
Until all superstitions
Are dead in the ground
We'll never stop
One more nail in the coffin
Of ignorance, one more nail
One more nail in the coffin
Of intolerance, one more
Until it's in tatters
And torn to the ground
We'll never stop
We'll never stop
One more nail, one more nail.
One more nail, one more nail.
We'll keep on fighting,
We'll never give up
Until they stop
Until they stop
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I'm Doing Good
02:18
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I'm doing good today
I'm making someone lots of money
I'm doing good today
I'm being productive with my time
I'm doing good today
My boss is looking really happy
I'm doing good today
I really love when she smiles
I'm doing it,
I'm being it
I'm proving it
Each day at a time
I'm doing good today
Hit all my targets this week
I'm doing good today
I worked right through my lunch break
I'm doing good today
I'm such a good employee
I'm doing good today
I'll still be here when it's late
I'm working in,
I'm living it
I'm losing it
Each day at a time
I'm doing good today
How come inside I feel so empty?
I'm doing good today
There must be more to this life
I'm doing good today
Why do I feel how I feel?
I'm doing good today
To live like this isn't right
I'm working in,
I'm living it
I'm losing it
Each day at a time
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Until I Forget
02:54
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It wasn't me last night, did you get a fright?
Did I lose my senses six pints in?
I didn't know my name, just myself to blame,
But the six Jemmy's didn't help things.
I'm dying,
I say I'll stop but I know I won't
So never again
It's just my head is about to explode
Until the next time
And every time it's the same old thing
Until I forget
I tell myself I'll never drink again
Was I with you in the Foggy Dew?
I hope I was being a good boy.
'cause I'm not sure, it's all a blur
think 'll stay away for awhile now
I'm dying
I tried it once but I couldn't give up
So never again
The longest day that I ever spent
Until the next time
I'd pray to God but I'm a hopeless case
Until I forget.
I can't stand to see a drink go to waste
See I've got the shakes & the fear is near
and I know that there's only one cure.
The cause and solution to all my problems
I can't disagree with Homer.
I've tried
but at this stage
I'm afraid
I'll never change
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Say Something
03:07
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For me It's all about the lyrics,
Lyrics, lyrics, innit?
It's not about the gimmicks,
Gimmicks, gimmicks, gimmicks.
Are you a flash in the pan
Where will you be in the long run?
And so you want to be a star
With everything that that attracts?
Or do you want to stay away from that
And live a life, giving all you got?
So say something
Have you got something to say?
Say something
If you've got something to say?
For me it's all about the lyrics
And then, of course, you got the riddim
Will you jump on every bandwagon
Will you blaze your own trail
So say something
Have you got something to say?
Say something
If you've got something to say?
For me It's all about the lyrics,
Lyrics, innit?
It's not about the gimmicks,
Gimmicks, gimmicks.
All that glitters is not gold
Don't let yourself be bought or sold
And so you want to reach the top
To be a star no matter what?
So is it what you're really looking for?
To fill your head with the xfactor.
So say something
Have you got something to say?
Say something
If you've got something to say?
Say Something x 8
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New Day Rudie
03:02
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She's just a little cutie
She's my new day rudie
Not for the first time time
Those blue eyes have me hypnotized
Not for the first time those blues eyes
Have me mesmerized
She's just a little cutie
She's my new day rudie
New day, new day Rudie
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Half A Mind
03:22
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If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it?
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
Now it wouldn't happen
All the time
But you hear them talking
About their kind
While they seem intelligent otherwise
I never fail to be surprised
Every time I hear their bile
And see the poison in their eyes
They can never justify their lies
But they try, oh yes they try
If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
They can talk and talk
Until the cows come home
But they'll never convince me
That I'm wrong
We look after them and not our
So they say so the story goes
Always need a scapegoat
Always someone else's fault
It's all just bloody lies, just bloody lies
If they had half a mind
Maybe they could use it?
Take up too much of their time
Too confusing
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Girls With Big Hands
01:36
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Now I'm just an average man
Big enough
big enough to fill a pram
No complaints
Well none that I've heard
But one thing I hate is big hands on a bird
Girls with big hands,
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Make me feel small
I used to know this girl
From way back in my past
She had what looked like shovels
On the end of her arms
She used to hold
She'd hug me
she'd squeeze me so tight
I swear to God
I thought I was gonna lose it some nights
Girls with big hands,
Girls with big hands
Girls with big hands
Make me feel small
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The most skillful, the most devious
the most cunning of them all
The most skillful, the most devious
the most cunning of them all
And that's coming from
yeah that's coming from
The most skillful, the most devious
the most cunning of them all
that says it all
And the 64 billion dollar question still remains
How did he get away with it
and still walks the streets today?
The most skillful, the most devious
the most cunning of them all
The most skillful, the most devious
the most cunning of them all
that says it all
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I don't know
Where my girl has gone
She went out last night
And she never came home
Now I'm all alone
She won't answer her phone
It never happened before
Where's she gone
I don't know
Where's she gone? x 2
I don't know
where my girl has gone
She went out last night
And she never returned
Now I'm climbing the walls
I'm thinking the worst
Is she in a ditch somewhere
Or another man's arms
I don't know
Where's she gone? x 2
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Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda
04:39
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Don't beat yourself up
Don't beat yourself up
Don't beat yourself up
Don't beat yourself up
Reminiscing
About all the times
That you could have kissed her,
About all the hugs
That you should have given.
What's the use in all that?
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
Is all I say to you.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
And she'd say that too.
Don't beat yourself up
with guilty feelings
We all know now
That we should have seen it coming.
It breaks my heart
That I wasn't there for her,
But what's the use in all that?
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
Is all I say to you.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
And she'd say that to.
All the good times
That we had together,
Are the things
That we should remember.
Don't beat yourself x 2
Don't beat yourself up
By regretting
The loving words
That you should have spoken,
And why the hell
Did you hardly ever visit
What's the use in all that?
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
Is all I say to you.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda,
And she'd say that too.
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The Bionic Rats Dublin, Ireland
The Bionic Rats are a reggae/ska influenced band from Dublin, Ireland.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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