Paul Spencer - lyrics

Please Do What You Can

paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:42:44 +1000

Please Do What You Can

words by Paul SPencer, 2006
to the tune of The Ham-Fat Man

Now come on all you workers and listen to my song,
I'm very rich and busy so I won't detain you long,
We're trying to oppress you without a lot of fuss,
And we're asking for your help to do the job for us.

The Brisk Young Worker

paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:36:21 +1000

The Brisk Young Worker

to the tune of The Brisk Young Tailor (trad)

It's of a brisk young worker, whose story I'll relate,
He lived beneath the government of Howard and his mate,
Oh Howard was in charge and the other was Costell,
And taking workers' rights away they loved exceeding well,
Oh well, oh well, oh well my boys oh well,
And taking workers' rights away they loved exceeding well.

The Economic God Song

paul — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:19:03 +1000

The Economic God Song

words by Paul Spencer
traditional Australian tune The Lachalan Tigers

G - - - / G - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - /
Am - - - /Em - - - /Am - - - / E - - - /
Am - - - / F - - - /C - - - / G - - - /
C - (B) - /Am - - - / E - - - /Am - - -/

1. A frantic, zealous guru with a mighty, mystic mind,
Beseeches us to leave our unenlightened ways behind,
“Feel the power of the mighty Stock Exchange!”,
Arms wide open and his eyes are very strange

Be A Crap Vegan

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:03:05 +1100

Be a Crap Vegan

words and music by Paul Spencer, 2005

Verse:
G - - /Bm - - /Em - - /D - - /D - - /
G - - /G - - /Em - - /D - - /D - - /
G - - /Bm - - /Em - - /D - - /D - - /
G - /G - /D - /G - /

Chorus:
G - /G - /C - /Am - /
D - /Em - /D - /D - /
C- /G - /D - /C - /
G C /G D /G - /G - /

Poor people starve from the moment they're born,
Working all day growing soya and corn,
At the end of the year they're still broke and forlorn,
And the food gets eaten by cows and pigs.

Come the Global Calamity

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:02:36 +1100

Come the Global Calamity

words by Paul Spencer, 2003
traditional Irish tune The Disused Railway

Bm - - /Bm - A /G - - /Bm F#m Bm /
Bm - - /Bm - A /G - - /Bm F#m Bm /

D - - /D - A /D - - /Bm - - /
D - - /A - - /G - - /Bm F#m Bm /

Watching telly hypnotically,
Spending money neurotically,
Making choices robotically,
Turning into a slave.
School to make me employable,
Work to make me reliable,
Just when life gets enjoyable,
Lay me into my grave.

Co-operation Reigns

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:02:06 +1100

Co-operation Reigns

words by Paul Spencer, 1996
traditional Irish tune I’m Leaving Tipperary

G - - - /C - G - /G - - - /D - - - /
G - - - /C- G - /G - D - /G - - - /
G - - - /C - G - /G - - - /D - - - /
G - - - /C- G - /G - D - /G - - - /

G - - - / G - - - /G - - - /D - - - /
G - - - / Em - - - /C - D - /G - - - /
G - - - /Em - - - /A7 - - - /D7 - - - /
G - D - /C - G - /C - D - /G - C D/

Although we live beneath the cloud of greedy corporations,
We must believe we will achieve our proper liberation,
The world of business marches on as though it can’t be halted,
But tyrants past have fallen down when peasants have revolted.

Dreamers

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:01:33 +1100

Dreamers

words and music by Paul Spencer, 2004

C - - - / Dm - - - /
Em - - - / Em - - - / F - - - / G - - - /
C - - - / F - - - / G - - - /
C - - - / C - Em - / Em - - - /
Dm - - - / Dm - - - /
F - - - / F - - - /
C - - - / C - - - / Dm - - - / Dm - - - /
G - - - / G - - - / C - - - / Em - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - /

You can see them sometimes staring,
Looking to the future with a far-away gaze,
CHORUS: Dreamers, so out of touch
Or eyes ablaze, inciting you to war,
CHORUS: Could be dangerous,
Or sometimes just proclaiming things,
Bad ideas you've heard and laughed at twenty times before,
CHORUS: Such ideals, poor, sad fools.

The Earth Will Rise

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:01:01 +1100

The Earth Will Rise

words and music by Paul Spencer, 2003

G - - - / G - - - / C - - - / G - - - /
D - - - / D - - - /
G - - - / G - - - / G - - - / G - - -/
C - D - / G - - - / (repeat)

Em - - - / Em - - - / Em - - - / Em - - - /
D - - - / Bm - - - / Em - - - / Em - - - /
D - - - / D - - - / C - - - / C - - - /
Bm - - - /Bm - - - /Am - - - / D - - - /
D - - - /

It's an endless cosmic journey on the path of brilliant light,
And every lifetime's learning,
Sees the summit ever nearer and my third eye's vision clearer,
Through the darkest time of night.

Fear

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:00:27 +1100

Fear
words and music by Paul Spencer, 2000

D - - - / C#dim7 - - - / D - - - / D - - - /
D - - - / Bm - - - / Bm - - - /
Em - - - / Cmaj7 - - - / F#m - - - / F#m - - - /
Adim7 - - - / B7 - - - / B7 - - - /
Em - - - / A - G - / D - - - / D - - - /

Fear comes down up on me in the dark,
Though not quite unexpected,
My impulse is to run, hide away,
Hope I’m not detected,
I can’t escape, the fear is in my heart.

Scampering I leave my friends behind,
The fear I carry with me,
Now it has me totally entranced,
My resistance fails swiftly,

Freaks

paul — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:00:01 +1100

Freaks

words and music by Paul Spencer, 1999

Bm - - - / D - - - / Bm - - - / Bm - - - /
Em - - - / A - - - / G - - - /E - E7 - /
A - - - / E - E7 - / A - - - / A - - - /
Bm - - - / C#m - - - / D - Bm - / D - - - /

A - - - / Bm - C#m - / A - - - / A - - - /
E - - - / A - - - /Bm - - - / E - - - /
C#m - - - / C#m - - - / C#m - - - / C#m - - - /
D - - - / D - - - / A - - - / D - - - /

G - / G - / A - / A - /
D - / G D / G Em / A - /
Bm - / Em - / G - / G - /
D - / G Em / D A / D - /

1.There are strange people living in the city,
They shave their chins and armpits and dress up like cement,
Their nervous eyes evoke a sense of pity,
They’ve bought themselves a prison, which was never their intent.