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BORN IN A UFO
03:28
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BORN IN A UFO
They say this will be my only home
But they won’t stop my extraterrestrial tome.
I was born in a UFO.
My parents were abducted so long ago.
Snatched from their home by alien races
To become the most talked about public faces.
Before my birth in that UFO
I was meddled with as an embryo.
I was born in a UFO.
If you don’t believe me buy my video.
Trapped for nine months in a space machine
Like a sci-fi film on a TV screen.
During that time in the UFO
All earthly input came close to zero.
I was born in a UFO
Then I graduated to a human freak show.
Although I felt I looked so normal
They thought of me as the strangest of all.
Though I was born in a UFO
I failed to mutate into a super hero.
Beyond this Earth I never did roam
As they put me into a mental home.
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SINGING IN SING SING II
04:09
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SINGING IN SING SING II
Like a drowning man clutching at a straw
Out in the middle of the lake
Like a dying man hoping that his heart
Is not ever going to break
I’m singing in Sing Sing now I am interned
I’ve still got my voice, oh haven’t you heard?
They can’t break my spirit as long as I can
Keep singing in Sing Sing, I’m still a free man.
Like a killing machine hoping that his hate
Will run out before it’s too late
Like a sorcerer believing his spells
Will save him from a hellish fate
I’m singing in Sing Sing now I am interned …
Like a gambler when his stake has gone
Knowing he can get back on top
Like a Christian being stoned alive
Aware that God is on his side
I’m singing in Sing Sing now I am interned …
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3. |
WHY JOHN PEEL?
04:00
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WHY JOHN PEEL?
Forty two years on the radio
From WRR to the John Peel Show.
Sixty five years in the human race
John entertained us with taste and grace.
Gone too soon to the great unknown
Where we know he’ll never walk alone.
John Peel, for ever for real.
The number one DJ; the biggest wheel.
John Peel, maximum appeal.
Right to the end he overflowed with zeal.
Peel gave us a late night audio fix,
Never too old for teenage kicks.
Blues, rock, punk, avant garde and electro.
Prog, folk, ethnic, hardcore and techno.
Though a legend to the fans he ate humble pie.
As a champion to the bands avoided pie in the sky.
John Peel, for ever for real …
John let out a lifeline to those with a dream,
To all true originals outside the main stream.
Each faux pas was a work of art.
Every shot in the dark was aimed from the heart.
The pirate in the system always did it his way
And never lost the touch, never faded away.
John Peel, for ever for real …
That Old Salopian will always be remembered
Whenever our creative juices are stirred.
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4. |
MY ROOTS ARE WHEELS II
05:13
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MY ROOTS ARE WHEELS II
My heaven is the highway, my home no fixed abode
I always follow rainbows and find my pots of gold.
Don’t expect me to remain as I haven’t got the time
The chains you use to hold me are only in your mind.
My home is the horizon my heart a step beyond
Dedication to St Christopher’s my one and only bond
It’s impossible to pin me down or make me a slave
The moment that I settle down will be when I’m in my grave
My roots are wheels you can’t chock them
My hopes are real you won’t dash them
My ties are wings you can’t clip them
My thoughts run free you won’t catch them
With a toothbrush and a suitcase and a wave goodbye
As I pass on again into yet another life
With the dawning of another day I’m in another place
And every time I smile it is to another face
With a sea blue sky and a sky blue sea
And hills and valleys and cities between
All the glory of the Earth unfolds before me
As I constantly change my view and my scene
My roots are wheels you can’t chock them …
So give up your jobs and put your houses up for sale
You’ll be as happy as I when you set out on the trail
Sever your connections and tie up all loose ends
And find an adventure around the next bend
Fly by night drive by day or sail with the sun
Just buy a one way ticket and your life has begun
Turn the golden key for an existence nomadic
Why keep your safe security when you can be erratic?
My roots are wheels you can’t chock them …
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5. |
RETURN TO STAR ROOTS
05:07
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RETURN TO STAR ROOTS
The Vocal Vigilante sings For Alien Ears
That in time Space Shall Weave His Destiny.
He can’t Avoid The Void as he has no fears
To respond to his Affinity With The Infinity.
Yearn to return to Star Roots
To walk his old world in astral boots.
Yearning to be returning to Star Roots
Casting aside his earthly alien suits.
Those Obnoxious Types of humanity
Make his time on earth an Albatrocity.
If mankind is revolting, if people are obscene,
Then The Only Good Man Is A Machine.
Yearn to return to Star Roots …
He is treated like a Fugitive From A Nameless Region
And shunned like a Sinking Ship That Passes In The Night.
His human tormentors say, “We Are Legion”.
His Romance Under The Heavens becomes a fight.
Yearn to return to Star Roots …
Waking in a padded cell out of a Nightmare Trip
Like a Navigator Through Nowhere losing his grip,
He waits for Bug-Eyed Monsters and Little Green Men
To welcome his return as one of them.
A return to Star Roots is all for the best
The human race shouldn’t Question Alien Quests
Going back to normal with a Star Roots return
It’s time to be gone, it’s unwise to adjourn.
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6. |
ANTI MATTER II
05:30
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Positive particles
Negative particles
Put them together
End of forever
I’m anti this, I’m anti that,
I’m anti matter as a matter of fact.
I’m anti this, I’m anti that
I always attack all I attract.
From this action
Final reaction
All of a sudden
There is nothing
I’m anti this, I’m anti that …
Mutual annihilation
Solid objects fade away
Mass reverts to energy
Gamma rays alone will stay
I’m anti this, I’m anti that …
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RECYCLE CYCLISTS
03:40
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Knock them off and knock them down.
Hit them till they hit the ground.
Get off your bike, go take a hike.
You just can’t do what you feel like.
They’re not above the law, they’re beneath contempt
Yet after retribution they’re no longer a threat.
When they ride at night without any lights
When they don’t stop for red traffic lights
When they ride defiantly on the pavements
Then it’s time to strike in self defence.
Recycle cyclists, if they resist use your fists.
Recycle cyclists, do a blitz for your death lists.
Wheels of fortune are a magnet for hate
When the wheels in motion reach a dead end state.
Always in the wrong place or in the wrong direction
They’re never sorry, they’re beyond redemption.
They’re not above the law, they’re beneath contempt…
Recycle cyclists, if they resist use your fists…
You’re not in the Tour de France.
Can’t you see, vive la difference?
If you act like it’s the Tour de France
Then it’s honi soit qui mal y pense.
They’re not above the law, they’re beneath contempt…
Recycle cyclists, if they resist use your fists…
Break a leg or even die.
Go ahead and give it a try.
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8. |
FUMING
05:10
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Cardiac arrest for cigarette smokers
Or terminal cancer instead.
An ace of spades deck without even jokers
A hack attack fills them with dread.
I don’t like the smell of cigarettes
And I can’t stand that taste upon your breath.
Have you got a factory inside your chest
And is there any living tissue left?
I don’t like the smell or the taste
You turn me on like industrial waste
I don’t like the taste or the smell
I’ll serenade you with a funeral bell
Cardiac arrest for cigarette smokers …
Fire and brimstone have made your headstone
Nothing but ash where good seed was once sown
Brimstone and fire killed you and your desires
No-one gave a damn but the other pariahs.
Cardiac arrest for cigarette smokers …
Filter tip lemmings follow the reaper
Just like the rats after the Pied Piper.
Nicotine sores invade like a creeper.
I’d rather take my chances with a viper or sniper.
Cardiac arrest for cigarette smokers
Or terminal cancer instead.
An ace of spades pack without even jokers
A hooded figure makes their death bed.
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LIVING AS A HYPERBOREAN
02:12
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11. |
HEART BELOW ZERO
02:25
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12. |
HAPPINESS ATROPHIES
02:26
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13. |
REJECTION AD NAUSEAM
02:34
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15. |
IN A STATE OF ENTROPY
03:00
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16. |
A CHILLING EXIT
03:07
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Martoc Suffolk, UK
Inspired initially by the Channel Islands with a soupcon of mental illness (an enduring interest), Martoc has launched 8 solo singles (vinyl versions now collectors items) and 11 solo albums plus a group album 'Albatrocity' and the recent Arc Rocket duo. Coverage has included John Peel playing 'Navigator through Nowhere' off the debut album 'For Alien Ears', and 'Love is Dead'. ... more
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