Peter Panic by Etc. from the album 'Shirkers Circus' online at https://etcetc.bandcamp.com/album/shirkers-circus
Songwords & music by Ben Harrison / Etc.

POOR OLD PETER PANIC
THE LOST BOYS ALL GREW UP
LEFT NEVERLAND FOREVER
AND TOOK OUT MORTGAGES

TINKERBELLE? SHE SPLIT AS WELL
SHE’S SELLING INSURANCE
AND THE PIRATES’ RETIREMENTS
PAID OFF WELL
SINCE THEY WENT CORPORATE

POOR PETER PANIC
HAS HAD IT WITH THE WORLD
BUT POOR PETER PANIC
HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

POOR OLD PETER PANIC
FLEW OFF AROUND THE WORLD
THOUGHT-OF SORT-OF FONDLY
BUT NEVER GETS THE GIRL

"I WANNA FLY THROUGH YOUR WINDOW
BUT YOUR MOTHER’S CLOSED IT UP
SEE ME LOSE MY POWER OF FLIGHT
AS I RUN DESPERATE FOR THE LAST BUS"

POOR PETER PANIC
HAS HAD IT WITH THE WORLD
BUT POOR PETER PANIC
HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

O MY TRACK-TIED MAIDEN
NEVER MIND THE CHAINS
IF I CAN’T UNTIE YOU
I’LL JUST DERAIL THE TRAIN

WE OWE IT TO THE MOONLIGHT
AND THE SPIRIT OF A SONG
AND THE STARS
ARE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL
SOMETHING IS BOUND TO HAPPEN

POOR PETER PANIC
HAS HAD IT WITH THE WORLD
BUT POOR PETER PANIC
HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

SHOT DOWN IN A NO-FLY ZONE


from Shirkers Circus, released February 14, 2025
Song by Ben Harrison / Etc.
Harvey Chamberlain: The Drums
Ben Harrison: Guitar, Voice, Etc.
Peter Panic: Research Assistance / Primary Resource Provider

Recording: Ah Boy (TNT Studios)
Mix: Patrick Chng (That Locked Door)
Mastering: Patrick Chng (That Locked Door)

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Peter Panic

"A cut above the rest," according to The Guardian (UK), Etc. plays bittersweet psychopop songs that have earned them enthusiasts around the world. Much to their happy astonishment, NILE RODGERS said he was 'digging on' Etc. in 2011. This was a thrill up there with when the late JOHN PEEL credited Ben Etc's guitar-playing as 'spankingly good' and 'noisy - but not *too* noisy', before Etc went on to gain a place on the BBC's GLOBAL TOP 10 with their single, 'Adolesce'.

In Singapore, the Straits Times has touted Etc as the most literate band playing in the region - which might be nice, except Etc isn't sure what this means exactly. But at least they were once heartily toasted by the country's controversial but-very-nice Miss Universe 2006 contender. Nice. But they've not given up their dayjobs yet.

Other excuses to keep Etc namedropping: positive words from members of Buzzcocks (who they once supported), Blur, Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Galaxie 500, Nirvana, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, American Music Club and Force Vomit amongst others. 

They might release an album one day. 
Some folk *like* <a href="http://www.facebook.com/abcdetcetc"_blank">Etc's Facebook Page</a> too.

All true. But no-one's asking you to believe it.

(by Rusty Walker)