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Welcome to the apocalypse:
You might be disappointed that there's no rapture,
I would have voted for zombies if I had my choice
But here we are being slowly boiled alive.
If only we heard the scientists
Crying for years in desperation
We had to change - but the powerful old men
Only care about longer lasting erections
So now the caps are melting and the weather's unfiltered,
Beautiful one day burning the next
The flags have gone up on the race to extinction,
But never mind that, the budget is in surplus
Though of course our news is limited,
Rupert's got his claws into the common people
The government knows that the empire has it's back,
Truth be told it also owns the other sides
Fear not here's the rebellion,
Surely all we need is to raise awareness?
Not sure how when blocking traffic ends in jail
And the cops have just bought AR15's
So the caps keep melting and the air's getting thicker,
Throw out your raincoat it's gathering dust,
We're skipping with glee to annihalation,
Maybe one day our fossils will fuel jobs and growth?
And Greta might yet save us,
Labor might get righteous,
Rinehardt & Palmer might not poison half the country...
The caps keep melting and the youth revolt,
Skipping school to teach us how to stand up for ourselves,
The cops can't wait to try out their toys,
But Scomo is fighting for your right to discriminate
Welcome to the apocalypse
The fire is here & the flood coming soon,
The best we can hope for now is an asteroid
Before they make it legal to hunt the queers
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The Armidale Two Step
02:28
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You raced into the stall and you made it just in time
The flood has abated and you're reaching for a wipe
You reach into the dispenser with abject terror
All that awaits you is cardboard horror
So remember this dance and it might just save your life
You gotta stand up
Put your hand on your hips
Throw em around get some air on your clit
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
That's unsuitable for minors
It's 2020 and Toilet paper's in short supply
You don't have to be at the pub to see those flaps fly
Don't block up your drains with a Murdoch rag,
There's another solution to dry out your clam
They call it the Armidale two step, you gotta get wise
You gotta stand up
Put your hand on your hips
And speak with a truth that Shakira can't best
Shake the little man in the boat until it's low tide
You might think I'm taking the piss
But there's a little bit more to it than this
Let's not get caught up in panic buying
The time is now for some manic drying...
You gotta stand up,
Put your hand on your hips
Shake til the moisture abandons your lips
Come on stand up
Put your hand on your hips
And feel the rhythm flowing right through your bits
You gotta stand up
Put your hands on your hips
Shake that front booty like it's dancing for tips
With a little bit of practice you might not get it on your thighs
(Wash your glans)
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Stop It And Cop It
03:02
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I love my dog, he's a good boy in blue,
He's not afraid of the law and he sits when I tell him to
He likes to go out to gigs and to walk in the slums,
Since I've had him I've got to touch some really nice bums
Take your pants off open up your legs
let me get my hands in show me where you keep the fun stuff
Stop it, and cop it
You are suspected of a lower tax rate
Stop it, and cop it
You wouldn't try to sneak a good mood past would you?
Stop it, and cop it.
It's another nice day on the thin blue line,
We've just heard of a festival trying to survive
& there's rumours that no one's abusing a horse,
Guess that means we'll take the dogs for a walk
Take your whole days worth of pingas at once,
We're here to enforce your safety at all costs
Stop it, and cop it
You are suspected of being suspicious
Stop it, and cop it
You wouldn't want to be detained or worse would you?
Stop it, and cop it.
I hope you've left plenty of time to get to your train,
'Cos I'd like you to stop by my tent on the way
You've got nothing to fear if you've got nothing to hide,
My apologies sir, I didn't see you were white.
I know your parents told you not to talk to strangers,
We just want to look in your underwear for danger
Stop it, and cop it.
You are suspected of intent to exist
Stop it, and cop it
You should have thought if this before joining subcultures
Stop it and Cop it
We want you to be afraid of police,
'cos Cops are tops... and you are the bottom
Stop it and Cop it
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Scotty's Bad Week
01:47
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Scotty from marketing is in a little bit of a pickle,
Pride is sticking in his throat and it is starting to tickle,
How does he sell his way out of this?
When even Piers Morgan thinks he's taking the piss?
A live tropical beat's never sounded so god damn abysmal.
All the guy wants is for someone to hold his hand,
But now is never not the time to be making a stand,
It's been a long week getting shouted at by Quiet Australians,
Hardly anybody's making Liberal donations
The whole country's a maccas and no one's letting him use the can
Must be tough when celebrities do more for the country than you,
Prime minister P!nk or Celeste might be what's coming soon,
Nobody's batting an eye at the cricket,
The singer on Tele told you where you can stick it,
& even the potato has been quietly plotting a coup
But how good is cricket?
(not very good)
So Scotty's still trying to make protest against the law,
Police were invented to quell the peasants after all,
He won't play nice, he sees it has his mandate,
If you didn't want to get fucked you should have taken the handshake
Can't wait 'til the fires are out and we'll get on with the war.
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Some people work in office roles and others in construction,
There's medical, financial and transport & manufacture
These are real jobs worth respecting, some might even say essential
But who keeps them happy on the weekend?
We wait your tables pour your beers and make the art that brings you tears
We make the music and the porn that you get off to,
We staff the shops you spend your wage in, dream of one day having savings
On an income that is only ever shrinking
When you're locked inside for months and fun is hard to come by
Do you turn to Netflix and the radio, pornhub and deliveroo
What is there in your life besides from work
Do you think that we are valuable now?
It only took the end of the world
It only took the looming fall of civilisation
It only took the cessation of life as we know it
To get the bastards to think about us
Every time you vote conservative you pick psychopaths named Justin
Over bartenders just trying to get a leg up,
You vote to casualise the work force
Cutting penalty rates of course
But has anybody witnessed any savings trickle down?
It's not just hospo and the arts and millions of the retail staff
Been getting screwed by growing corporate profit margins
Just ask anyone on welfare, in education or in healthcare
Do they remember what it looked like to be gaining any ground?
2200 ICU beds for 24.6 million people
Seems legit til 2% of the population's critical
And Newstart being doubled in a week
Proves it was not enough to live on tin the first place.
It only took the end of the world
It only took the looming fall of civilisation
It only took the cessation of life as we know it
To get the bastards to think about us
Though you've thrown some cash around
To stop your house of cards from falling down
You don't get off the hook that easy...
We still hate your neo-liberal guts,
We wouldn't be here if you hadn't cut
More often than a mower at a golf course
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Fingermae Newtown, Australia
Fingermae are a three piece Jazz Punk combo from Newtown. They enjoy playing live and hope to one day organise a proper
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Sally - Guitar & Vocals
Jackie - Bass & Vocals
Lauren - Drums & Vocals
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