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Put your Facebook face on.
The one you know doesn't look all that bright.
Where have all your friends gone?
Head down, searching, they scroll through the night.
In the pale blue light
We're all lost in the glow.
Inane or profound, profane or unsound
You're not alone.
Put your Facebook face on.
It's not real though it's not quite a dream
When real life has gone wrong
There's a light at the end of the tunnel: a screen.
In the pale blue light
Real life fades away.
That little red number means somebody else is awake,
And has read your update.
And life is okay, if they like your update.
Everything's okay, as long as they ...
like your Facebook Face.
Put your Facebook face on
Join the digital masquerade ball
You can be who you want
Oh but pray that your mask never falls.
In the pale blue light
In the palm of your hand
Pose for a selfie and try to be pretty yet sad.
So, put your Facebook face on
Once you've checked in there's no checking out.
You can try all you want.
Go on - I dare you - delete your account
Hey, its not suicide
Though it sure sounds like hell
But facebook is Buddhist, you can reincarnate as yourself (or somebody else ..)
Life is okay
If they like your update
Yes, everything's okay
Yes, life is okay
Everything's okay
As long as they
Like your Facebook face ...
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Happy Corporate Culture
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In our happy corporate culture - the future's looking bright.
In our happy corporate culture - everything'll be alright.
Consecutive executives are making out they're sensitive to everything but the bottom line
They're handing out the sedatives and hoping that the credulous will make it to the stores in time
Hey you over there with the purple hair you're building something pretty cool wanna chat?
We'll package it up beautifully seal it off hermetically suck the life right out of it
Bill me Brand me Feed me mediocrity together we're gonna go far
Tease me Please me with 43 varieties of sickly sweet chocolate bar
In our happy corporate culture - the future's looking bright
In our happy corporate culture - Celebrities are always right - damn right
Your Coca-Cola sponsored local hospital is saying your consumption is the cure not the cause
Though your obesity is morbid the alternative is boring sir so eat your cake and now have some more
You're not a subject, citizen, comrade or even denizen of anywhere anymore
You're not even a number nevermind a paid up member of a cult, you're just a consumer
Buy Buy Buy! Buy one get one free
Then Buy a bigger one it'll change your life: As Seen On TV!
In our happy corporate culture - the future's looking bright
In our happy monoculture - everything'll be all right.
I'm the jaw that bites the hand that feeds
If I could I would charge you for the air you breathe
In our happy corporate culture - the future's looking bright
In our happy monoculture - the homogenous can unite
I'm a good corporate citizen I pay my taxes when I can be bothered (yeah I'm kinda godlike)
I can surgically insert your credit card right up your arse and I can scan you any time I like
I'll dazzle you with choice till you're convinced you've got a voice; I'll be there for you day or night
Don't care about your race or creed, I'll give you what you really need, Catholic, Jew, Sikh or Shi-ite
Bill me Brand me Feed me mediocrity together we're gonna go far
Tease me Please me with 43 varieties
But who the hell really needs 43 varieties of sickly sweet chocolate bar???
You do!
I do!
We all do!
It's better than voodoo this shit
We're gonna be happy, together
One big happy family, for ever after
In our happy corporate culture
In our happy monoculture
In our happy corporatopia
Everything'll be alright!
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The Now Nows Wakefield, UK
We're a
country-punk
folk-rock
acoustic-jazz trio, playing songs you've never heard before.
We're occasionally serious, but only by accident.
Enjoy!
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