SHUT UP & DANCE

LYRICS

Perspective

Ever step back, take a look?

Ooh, are you being played again?

By token flavor of the month

Ear to mouth, ear to mouth

On-Off Alarm, It never sleeps

Hot spins, hollow rings, yeah be the first one to forget

Hey what's the outrage next? 

Pump it out, Pump it out

Got myself some new perspective

Got myself some new perspective (heart and soul)

Got myself some new perspective

I’m so damn happy about it

I’m so damn happy, shut up and dance

Old man on sacred ground

Beats drum with white boys all around

The outcry comes both swift and foul

Line em up, line em up

Some well-dressed girl said times are tough

Had she forgotten many years ago

She would have been a shadow, had no voice

Then and now, then and now

Got myself some new perspective

Got myself some new perspective (heart and soul)

Got myself some new perspective

I’m so damn happy about it

I’m so damn happy, shut up and dance

I Saw Mitch McConnell At Studio 54

Lay down, my dreamer

Bring all the money to weigh

Nice elocution

No matter what people say

You got me feeling alright

Get outta candy 

Before you get outta dodge

Ooh sister danny

Bitch, I’m a better menage

You got me feelin’ alright

Leave all your votes at the door

They got a black rubber floor

With luck enough to get in

We’ll spin and kiss in the light

I know at heart you’re a freak

Hey, man, come on

Mask away, mask away

Tonight

No hesitation

Put all your wages on ice

Come together

No need to be out or shy

You got me feelin’ alright

Leave all your votes at the door

They got a black rubber floor

With luck enough to get in

We’ll spin and kiss in the light

I know at heart you’re a freak

Hey, man, come on

Mask away, mask away

Tonight

It’s A Miracle

Brad and Chad were chilling with the crypto kings

Marlo was in search of the crown

Wendy bought a Tesla in the city of things

And then it all came crashing down

It’s a miracle

Wide snide Kevin liked his coffee right

Drank it up in cool cafes

Six computers and eleven phones

Suffering in a deep down way

It’s a miracle

Think it’s time to take it to the closest minor, the closest minor key

Who knew your horses couldn’t get much higher, it wasn’t meant to be

Loud proud Lauren liked to bash on Trump

She went to every rally she could find

Trashed some guy for his Shariah law

The friendly Sikh was gentle and kind

Think it’s time to take it to the closest minor, the closest minor key

Who knew your horses couldn’t get much higher, it wasn’t meant to be

Hybrid Nation

Don’t tie me to the stake

Unjust, whoa

Tell Father Dicas I’m a saint

All I do, I do for you

Extraordinary pain

Boards between my knees

I’ll yet prevail

We got the hybrid nation before you

I wanna be your humble king

Freedom ring for me

This you will soon regret

Gonna hex you

Gonna hex the rest

I'm rubber to your glue

I'll win again, I always do

We got the hybrid nation before you

TasteMakers

One man ask for a special day

Can you bake this my own way?

Got turned down, can you hear him say: Ohhhhh

Spotlight shine on the other side

Dragged to court, and you cannot hide your heart

Equal yet apart: Ohhhh

Said let ‘em eat cake, but just not mine

Leavin’ me be, alone

Be low be low

Left hook here and right one there

Never gonna change the mind

Little lamb, be mine

Now they come with a righteous air

Crying foul and ‘you don’t dare’

Each crusader checks their hair

‘We went to college!’

Jesse Jackson shakes his fist

Baker taps his shoulder, says ‘You might have missed

I’ll sell to black men ‘long as they don’t kiss’

Ohhhh

Said let ‘em eat cake, but just not mine

Leavin’ me be, alone

Be low be low

Left hook here and right one there

Never gonna change the mind

Little lamb be mine

I Need You

I’m in love 

with myself

Every night and day

But in my deep think-thought I can work it all out

And tell you to your bright face

Be my light, I’m oh so lonely

On the dark dark stage of life

I’ll be your suit and tie messiah

But I’m gonna treat you right

I need you

I declare from gilded chair

But I can’t do this alone

I feel your pain, I dream your dreams

And when you cry it cuts me to the bone

I’m in charge of rules and weapons

But with you it all starts

Cuz when the bombs erupts and the last ditch fails

Twas you in charge of my heart

I need you

Tune Out All The Noise

Chickens in the hatchdoor

They rule the roost

The squirrels and ravens settle in

It’s storming

Listen to the rain fall

All day and night

It hasn’t stopped for ages it would seem

Go stand out in the street

Let water clear your mind

Let thunder set you free

And tune out all the noise

The situation room is live

The countdown’s on

Bleeding eyes, they fumble in the corner

Paying for the dead now

Rough beast arriving

Now over to our expert on the scene

Go stand out in the street

Let water clear your mind

Let thunder set you free

And tune out all the noise

THE FACTS

These are the facts

Don’t tell me ‘relax’

Trying to change my emotions

How nice. You can read.

It don’t mean a thing

Trying to play my emotions, Playin’ my emotions

Blood from a stone

Water to wine

Stop trying my emotions, Changing my emotions, Changing my emotions

All I wanna do is talk to you, I’m not some invader

Good, tell me later

Now now now I’ll bring the facts to you, they’re true

Take your data and shove it

It’s easy to ignore what you don’t like

You don’t wanna see what you don’t hear

You don’t wanna be my friend, no no no

This is the way

The way that I feel

So it must be real

Try as you might

The battle is uphill

Go back to your ocean, talking to a wall now

I’m on this earth for just a short while

So I’m set in my emotions, got my ways and notions

Changing my emotions, no no no

All I wanna do is talk to you, I’m not some invader

Good, tell me later

Now now now I’ll bring the facts to you, they’re true

Take your data and shove it

It’s easy to ignore what you don’t like

You don’t wanna see what you don’t hear

You don’t wanna be my friend, no no no

The Statue Of Robert E Lee

The statue of Robert E Lee

Came to me last night

I turned off the tv, where there was a scene

Of good ones on both sides 

“There’s good ones on both sides”

He said no one ever asked me to be here

No one ever said, huh, do you like being bronze?

I said maybe you’re right man, but you’re just a statue

And what the hell do you care anyway?

Your spirit’s in space and the earth is a funny place

Which one day the sun will swallow whole

If you take the rock can you keep the roll?

I said now look here Robert E Lee

You were Lincoln’s first choice, well-read, skilled militarily 

But a lot of people

When they see your stone

Think not of civic pride

But rather whip on bone

He said, take me down from your mountain

Grind me up now, now throw me away

This isn’t about me, beyond reputation

It’s about what you mean when you say

You’re fighting a war for the dead to remain

The heroes of old, the stories you told to your children 

If you take the rock can you keep the roll?

Demon-Haunted World

Dance me

Through your demon-haunted world

I don’t even know why we bother

Show me

Where your demons glide and curl

Twisting through the air by one another

We two might brew

Find a cure

For pain, for things unknown

Maybe

Someday

Against the door

I like the way you move

Be mine

Trance me

In this demon-haunted world

Neither friend nor foe have the answers

Save me

From this demon-haunted world

And I’ll do you the same, sister-lover

We two might brew

Find a cure

For pain, for things unknown

Maybe

Someday

Against the door

I like the way you move

Be mine