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It’s Friday Night it’s 8pm
Staring down the barrel of another long weekend
Heading to the Twitch bar tonight
Some semicolons and a beer will put me right
Electron Greg is here again
With an animation that tells you where and when
One hundred messages go by
Congratulations on the words that you just typed
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody knows your user name
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody’s so glad that you came
And who’s behind that wonky door
Is it MJ is it Rishi? Make the call
And I think it’s that time
God’s Front Porch is on the line
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody knows your user name
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody’s so glad that you came
And I won’t drink across the street
There’s people in the YouTube bar I never want to meet
I think I’m happiest right here
I’m eight songs in I think I’ll have another beer
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody knows your user name
It’s Friday Night at the Twitch Bar
And everybody’s so glad that you came
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California
03:04
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Drinks like a sailor, smokes two packs a day
Never seems to care what anyone else has to say
And the weather brings me down
And the darkness brings me down
I wanna live in California
Where the kerbside smoking makes it easier to breathe
But I’m still hanging round in the same old town
Oh I’m still hanging round with the same old crowd
You get the feeling's gonna be that kind of day
The kind where nothing ever seems to really go your way
And the weather brings me down
And the darkness brings me down
I wanna live in California
Where the kerbside smoking makes it easier to breathe
But I’m still hanging round in the same old town
Oh I’m still hanging round with the same old crowd
I wanna live in California
Where the kerbside smoking makes it easier to breathe
But I’m still hanging round in the same old town
Oh I’m still hanging round with the same old crowd
Oh I’m still hanging round with the same old crowd
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Long Way Back
02:41
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I was there when your heart stopped beating
I watched the line go flat
And all I heard was the sound of static
As you faded to black
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way back
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way and it’s a long way back
Every day is the first day of your life
Until it’s not
It’s a cliche you can’t stand but
But it’s all I’ve got
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way back
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way and it’s a long way back
And if you try to be something that you’re not
You’ll never see
Past the lies that form on your lips
And fall so gracefully
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way back
All of a sudden I can’t breathe and
And it’s a long way and it’s a long way back
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Comments like water dry up in the sun
Code that means nothing until somebody hits run
A small coffee table commits to the wait
Of a dozen books or more that carry your name
Declare yourself a failure in every success you’ve had
Because if Charlie Sheen was winning then maybe life’s not so bad
Because this time there’s been worse times
The radiator’s empty there’s no heat again
And the amp’s still broken so don’t you pretend
That the clone of a video game that you always play
Is the thing that you needed to help you escape
Declare yourself a failure in every success you’ve had
Becuase if Charlie Sheen was winning then maybe life’s not so bad
because this time there’s been worse times
But I don’t know what you know
And I won't go where you go
When you declare yourself a failure in every success you’ve had
Because if Charlie Sheen was winning then maybe life's not that bad
And it’s a longer conversation to remind yourself of the fact
That this time there’s been worse times
Yeah this time there’s been worse times
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King of Everything
02:18
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Call it fate
Call it luck
Call it anything
Call it anything you want
But when you were just a kid time didn’t move like this
When you were the king of everything
And all you need
Is all you’ve got
And all have
Is all you’ll ever want
And as the world caves in you still, remember when
You were the king of everything
You’ve got a little secret in your heart
And it’s tearing time apart
When you were just a kid time didn’t move like this
When you were the king of everything
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Gasoline
02:15
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I’ve been drinking gasoline
And I know exactly where I’ve been
And it’s not over till it’s over
And the world begins to lean
I saw it all in your reflection
I saw it all on TV
I’ve been watching you get by
And it’s enough to make a grown man cry
And it’s not over till it’s over
And the world begins to lean
I saw it all in your reflection
I saw it all on TV
And it’s okay to be okay
You don’t have to have a problem to get everything you wanted from this world
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Refuse Trucks in Films
02:36
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In Commando’s opening scene two men pose with a Heil Mark III
And my heart skips a beat
Close Encounters had one too and it was red and white and blue
And my knees go weak
Because I love refuse trucks in films and I know every single one
From 1969 to 1983
And you know Child’s Play 3 never really bothered me
Except for one short scene
A Bermers-Maxon Packer gave that doll some action
And my knees went weak
Because I love refuse trucks in films and I know every single one
From 1969 to 1983
The obfuscation of our waste is the only thing that keeps us civilised
In a world that’s not
And my all-time favourite scene
The LoadMaster 320
In Ghostbusters it makes me cry
Every time that beautiful truck rolls by
Because I love refuse trucks in films and I know every single one
From 1969 to 1983
The obfuscation of our waste is the only thing that keeps us civilised
In a world that’s not
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The Best Days Are Behind
02:20
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Time, I bet you’re sick of it
I, I never see the benefit anymore
The best days are behind
And I’m just killing time
It doesn’t mean what it means anymore
And as time goes by if we all must die
Then what’s the point of it
When, when we reach the end of it
What? What’s on the other side of it as you go?
The best days are behind
And I’m just killing time
It doesn’t mean what it means anymore
And as time goes by if we all must die
Then what’s the point of it
It doesn’t mean what it means anymore
And as time goes by if we all must die
Then what’s the point of it
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Kit
02:18
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We’re all waiting here for you
Move the consoles and computers out of view
The world must seem so strange to you
And I know that we will do our best by you
Hey Kit I hope you call this home
Hey Kit I hope you won’t be long
We’ve been waiting here for days
Four years old and blind but still so very brave
Bumping into everything
And so excited about everywhere you’ve been
Hey Kit I hope you call this home
Hey Kit I hope you won’t be long
Hey Kit I hope you call this home
Hey Kit I hope you won’t be long
Hey Kit I hope you like this song that I wrote for you
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Photographs
02:39
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I only love because time dictates I should
I only miss you when I’m down
I found a thousand ways to tell you that I care
But not a single one was true
Whos photographs will you hang on your wall
Who’ll be there for you in the end?
I wanted you to come and join me in the real world
But this real-world is just pretend
What will we do when we get too old and forget
Every word we ever meant?
I’m growing old I’m growing tired of new beginnings
I just want something with an end
Whos photographs will you hang on your wall
Who’ll be there for you in the end?
I wanted you to come and join me in the real world
But this real-world is just pretend
And when the credits roll
You know you’ve got no soul
So in the ground, we’ll dwell
Because there’s nothing else
Whos photographs will you hang on your wall
Who’ll be there for you in the end?
I wanted you to come and join me in the real world
But this real-world is just pretend
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History in the Making
02:52
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The oversimplification of everything will rot
Everything that’s close to us and everything that’s not
It’s history in the making
You can make it
You can make it what you want
You’ve had your time so move aside for everything that’s next
The future’s made from your mistakes but nothing’s ever said
It’s history in the making
And they’ll make it
Yeah they’ll make it when you’re dead
And if I was a fallen man with nothing left to lose
I’d fall in line with everyone with nothing else to prove
It’s history in the making
You can make it you can make it
Yeah it’s history in the making
You can make it
You can make it what you want
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Have a Nice Day
03:17
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I’m so giddy, I’m so high
Makes it easier when I don’t wanna die
So why don’t you try?
Take it out in words that rhyme
Words behind closed doors that make you sick
When the margins kick
It makes it harder
It makes it harder
It makes it harder to say
Have a nice day and be on your way
I’m still waiting on your lies
Seven billion reasons why I don’t wanna try
For a moment in time
Fake a nervousness to hide
A lack of empathy that lives inside
Is the world still mine?
It makes it harder
It makes it harder
It makes it harder to say
Have a nice day and be on your way
It makes it harder
It makes it harder
It makes it harder to say
Have a nice day and be on your way
It makes it harder
It makes it harder
It makes it harder to say
Have a nice day and be on your way
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Twenty Two
03:06
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We’re all twenty-two
We haven’t got a clue
And one day we will die
What’s more important is the meantime
We're working dead-end jobs
And hating what we’re not
So what’s the point in this?
I still think that ignorance is bliss
There’s another day there’s another way
To get around that wall
There’s another day there’s another way
It’s still gonna hurt when you fall
And what comes next we can only guess
Cos life is one big mess
We’re all seventeen
There's nothing we haven’t seen
We think that we’ve done it all
But we’re getting lined up for a fall
And no job's needed yet
And six weeks of summer’s spent
We’re not really doing much
I’ve got some friends that keep in touch
There’s another day there’s another way
To get around that wall
There’s another day there’s another way
It’s still gonna hurt when you fall
And what comes next we can only guess
Cos life is one big mess
There’s another day there’s another way
To get around that wall
There’s another day there’s another way
It’s still gonna hurt when you fall
And what comes next we can only guess
Cos life is one big mess
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the British IBM Cambridge, UK
The British IBM was formed by retro enthusiast and singer-songwriter Aidy as a way of combining his two passions; indie rock and vintage computing. Joined by an innovative rhythm section featuring bassist David and drummer Paul, the trio have been performing and touring together for two years as 'Aidy' before The British IBM was officially born on the 1st January 2012. ... more
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