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Surplus 1980 - The world's still here

from Listen To The Painters by G.W. Sok

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originally from the album Arterial Ends Here (2013), Dephine Knormal Musik, DKM 13

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THE WORLD'S STILL HERE

How I miss my cat right now
I hope that she’s okay
so hip hurray the world’s still here
but hey, my fearless Kitty ran away

Oh great the world’s still here,
I thought the end was pretty near
oh snap! I fear it is that time of year
with a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday
well gosh, it is sciatica, I guess
or yes that time of year, but hey...

That the world is a yard sale
that it was and that it will be
nothing but a sell-out
I knew that already
I got my ear to the ground
I can see how it sounds
but the world’s still here
and so is Surplus 1980,
in 2013 and in 2020...
there will always be plenty
of social anxiety
and the need to get over it...

There will always be plenty of social anxiety
and the need to get rid of it
but I found a Fender Twin Reverb
with new 12” speakers
a coupla 100 dollars worth, yippie

And yet Kitty has escaped and I’m pissed and upset
I hope she’s okay and will find her way back
she’s on the other side of the fence and the street
is she gone for good or did she land on her feet
or is she on the other other side
no offence, but... off her feet
no luck yet getting her back
she might be dead meat
so I’m pissed and upset, just like that

I am in pain right now
it not be the flu
waiting for my dinner...
it makes me not sleep, too
I need to get out more
I’ll aim for one more minute
but I’m pelted with bleeding xmas songs
and that’s the bloody limit

I’m in pain again, my body’s aching
despite the ibuprofen I was taking
it’s my chest, my legs, my hips
my back, sometimes my fingertips
it is muscular, but unfortunately,
I don’t know what the hell is wrong with me
like I’m run over by a fucking street sweeper
on a grim blind date with some kinda reaper
I almost feel like an edgy window leaper
and then there’s Kitty...
yeah, where’s Kitty

I don’t miss her like a pain in the neck
what the heck, like the pain in my back
but yes I do miss her and I want her back

That the world is a yard sale
that it was and that it will be
yes I knew that already
and that’s all fine by me
but what I hate is this
the thing I’d rather miss
is going there really early
and find out the hurly-burly
of this mishmash, slapdash
for the sale is in fact tomorrow,
always tomorrow
the yard sale is always tomorrow

Oh great the world’s still here
and so is Surplus 1980
and my clever Kitty came back home
still I am flaky, glad, and achy
it must be that unwritten rule
you can’t outfool a foolish fool
I thought the end was pretty near
but I guess, it’s just that time of year

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from Listen To The Painters, released May 27, 2016
words by Sok
music by Staiano

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G.W. Sok Amsterdam, Netherlands

G.W. Sok co-founded The Ex in 1979 and was their singer and lyricist for 30 years (www.theex.nl). Since 2009 he is involved in various other projects, such as Action Beat (UK), Zoikle (NL), Cannibales & Vahinés (F), King Champion Sounds (UK/NL), Coddiwomple (F), Oiseaux-Tempête (F), L&S (F). And there's some solo stuff as well. ... more

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