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Living The Dream
04:22
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Living the dream, living the dream
They got out of the rat race into a real place
Living life at a pleasant, leisurely pace
So culturally active with their dreadlocks and camper vans
Their tots wearing tie-dyed scarves with pride
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
So easy to mock what seems an ordeal
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
But you’ve got to give it to them
They’re living the dream, living the dream
Living the dream
How do they break even, how do they make ends meet?
To fund their theatre shows and organic food
But who really cares? Deep down we wish we could be them
Taking the plunge and living, living the dream
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
So easy to knock what seems a raw deal
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
But you’ve got to give it to them
They’re living the dream
Woah-oh-oh...
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
So easy to knock what seems an ordeal
So authentic it’s virtually unreal
But you’ve got to give it to them
They’re living the dream
This place has its history
This place has its scenery
This place has its heart and soul, it’s alive
This place has its history
This place has its scenery
This place has its heart and soul, it’s alive
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Seeing Is Believing
02:48
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Sunday 9 p.m., banners brandished as a sign of now and then
Zooms in ‘til they were out of shot
It’s just as well or the viewers would have lost the plot
Said what they said, felt proud
The only snag, it wasn’t so politically sound
Ever so slightly worrying in TV-land and TV-land’s great scheme of things
If you were not to spot it, you may safely assume that it never really happened at all
The rest is true ‘cause I watched it on a respectable national network television show
They say that seeing is believing
But try to believe in something you’re not allowed to see
Hmm-hmm
Monday 3 a.m., jingoistic celebrations in full swing
Then it all went horribly wrong
There’s always someone who can’t handle these motley throngs
Got swept under the mat
Still surprised we got to hear as much as that
Headlines around the world faded as the anecdote unfurled
If you were not to spot it, you may safely assume that it never really happened at all
The rest is true ‘cause I watched it on a respectable national network television show
It’s said that seeing is believing
But try to believe in something you’re not allowed to see
Hmm-hmm
Seeing is believing, seeing is believing
Got to believe all the things that you see on your TV screen in the evening
Seeing is believing, seeing is believing
Got to believe all the things that you see on your TV screen in the evening
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Ferried on air across the calmest sea
A childhood fascination for you and me
The smoothest of rides from A to B
(There and back again)
At what stage did the whole scheme fall apart?
Up in flames or being left to rot
A footnote in the books
(Where no-one really looks)
This used to be the future
The design and the power, the noise and the speed of it all
In the strange land of the past
Where things were done so differently
Will we ever get to see their like again?
But what goes around comes back around the bend
Or have we viewed the end?
(No-one really knows)
This used to be the future
The design and the power, the noise and the speed of it all
In the strange land of the past
Where things were done so differently
A footnote in the books
(Where no-one really looks)
This used to be the future
The design and the power, the noise and the speed of it all
In the strange land of the past
Where things were done so differently
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The Spaceport
03:57
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We needed a distraction
A low-key attraction
Something to put us right on the map
For all the right reasons
Spanning four seasons
A blank page was all we had to start
In walked Bob Cotten
With a gentle obsession
To mark out a plot to welcome spacecraft
We took up the suggestion
Mapped out the safe zone
Then all we could do was sit back and relax
Bob Cotten, now look what you’ve done
Bob Cotten, tell us it won’t be long
You know we’re still waiting
Waiting for a sign
With no alien arrivals
We built our own earthly rival
Soon battered and bruised by the wind and the salt
That Jules Verne-like contraption
Failed to gain traction
De Funès inspired the new juggernaut
Bob Cotten, now look what you’ve done
Bob Cotten, tell us it won’t be long
You know we’re still waiting
Waiting for a sign
Bob Cotten, now look what you’ve done
Bob Cotten, tell us it won’t be long
You know we’re still waiting
So patiently waiting
Waiting for a sign
Today it’s still peaceful
The view is as beautiful
As it was all those years ago
Will it ever be disrupted
By anything more active
Than children at play in the fake spacecraft
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Slowrush Bordeaux, France
Slowrush are an Anglo-French three-piece melodic alt-pop band based in Bordeaux, south-western France. Their songs are all about combining catchy tunes and thoughtful lyrics with imaginative arrangements. Slowrush were brought up on The Beatles, Blur and XTC, and today are inspired by Everything Everything, Foals and Electric Soft Parade. ... more
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