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//LYRICS

Life’s come let me down
Terrified that I’m gonna run aground 
Can’t find my soul in the lost and found 
Who’s gonna pick me up
Cause genuinely I don’t give a fuck 
Feeling down and blue I’m out of luck

I don’t recognise the guy trapped in the mirror 
Stood before me what’s his story  
Never mind it will just bore me 
Time keeps marching on 
And soon enough I will, I will surely be gone

So what if I’m wasting time 
What have I got on the line 
Living could be easy
If I don’t let life displease me 
Every waking day
I’m painfully conscious that I’m fading away, yeah

No no, no no no no, No no no no, No no no no
No no no, no no no no no no,
No no no no no no no no

I’m gonna wear my frown
So everybody jump ship its going down
My bags are packed and I’m really leaving town 
And I’m gonna pass the buck
To anybody that is gonna pick me up
I’m beaten black and blue I’ve given up

I don’t recognise the guy trapped in the mirror 
Start again sorry you’ve lost me  
With your never ending story 
Days keep walking by 
And soon enough it will, It will be my time to fly

So what if I’m wasting time 
What have I got on the line 
Living could be easy
If I don’t let life displease me 
Every waking day I’m painfully conscious that I’m fading away
1-2-3-4

Oh no no no no no no no no, 
No no no no no no no no no, 
No no No no no no no no

Never Ending Story

Rainn Byrns - Never Ending Story

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LYRICS//

Running far away
Somewhere out of harm’s way
Look boy you’ve done it again
Running far away
Running far away

Leaving Town

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//LYRICS

Picture the past through your pink looking glass
Painting a picture that you can then look upon and laugh 
Wiping the fogged glass with your finger tip
Tracing a picture to see how the condensation drips

Moving through life in a car on your own
Convincing myself that I’m best off alone
Living your life in the blink of an eye
Reminding myself that it’s no fault of mine

Going down
Going down

Softly wipe the sleep from under your eyes
The picture you’d drawn has now gone 
and been taken by the sun
It’s not the only one

Every once in a while
I think of you it makes me smile
It’s almost too much to bear
Like you’re always standing there
I know that I can’t go return back there
Not again

Going down
Going down

Looking Glass

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Yeah you’ve done it again
Said goodbye to your only friend
And I wanna go home
To the places I still know
You could get on a plane
Grab a cheap ticket
But things will never be the same
I guess things go this way

Yeah you’ve caught me again
Dipping my feet in the waters of time
Can’t figure it out and my mind can’t win
I’m caught between
The life I once had and the one that I now lead
I’m getting real tired and I wanna get off

Home again
Rolling plains and fast food, dream of things together 
Nobody’s scared of the future
When nothing changes at all
 
Home again
Rolling plains and fast food, dream of things together 
Nobody’s scared of the future
When nothing changes at all

I could blame it all
On the people who supposedly ruined it all 
Or I could take the fall
If I did it again
Who would I leave behind
Who would I befriend
That’ll show what’s changed since then

Yeah you’ve done it again
Yeah you’ve done it again
Said goodbye to your only friend
The one you could always seem to depend
And I can’t pretend
And I can’t pretend
That I’ve really changed since then
But I’m sure our paths will cross again

Home again
Rolling plains and fast food, dream of things together 
Nobody’s scared of the future
When nothing changes at all 
Home again
Rolling plains and fast food, dream of things together 
Nobody scared of the future
When nothing changes at all

Nothing changes at all (x7)

Homeward Bound

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//LYRICS

My soul is wrapped up
In a body bag
With cause of death unknown
Written on the tag
My girlfriend says my music is rad
So why the hell do I still feel this fucking bad

Cause’ everyone’s out to get me baby
Place your bets and gather round
Everyone’s got something against me
None of em’ are making a sound

Looking out
On the town
The one that continues to bring me down
Over and over again
You’re my friend
Or so I thought but
Now it’s come to an end
And you’re the same as them

My heart is full of people from the past
And old friendships never destined to last
Each of these people holds a little piece of me
Of which they can do whatever the hell they please

Cause’ everyone’s out to get me baby
Place your bets and gather round
Everyone’s got something against me
None of em’ are making a sound

People come
And they go
Sometimes it can hurt more than you know
Why didn’t you let me know
Can’t let go
Without an answer
I can’t move along
Why did you leave me alone

Rainn Byrns - Tailspin

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//LYRICS

I’m going down
And I’m wearing my big boy boots again
Pretending that I’m tall
For the people who care

I’m going out tonight
And I feel a sadness
Growing from my mind
I’m going out tonight
And I feel a glory
Coming from my mind

I’m coming up
Feeling kinda cool again
Pretending I’m alright
And the weather is fair

I wanna cry tonight
But the lake is spent
And the river has run dry

I wanna sigh tonight
Cause my big boy boots are growing weak and tired
My big boy boots
Are coming off
My big boy boots
Are coming off

For the last time

Big Boy Boots

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I’ve fallen in love and now I have to give you up
Because there's somebody else waiting 
Waiting to give you their own love
If you were mine I’d make you up
I’d put in my sweat and blood
And I guess for now I’m just down on my luck

I know there is a place out there for me 
Reserved under the name of Rainny B 
With a garden and a garage guaranteed 
To you it may seem like a dream
I know life has no guarantees, oh no
Living in a place signed under my name

Was it just a dream that I was starting to believe in
That you and I would make it
Through whatever would come to be
But you’ve really had enough
And now my lease is up
And I guess for now I’m just down on my luck

I know there is a place out there for me 
Or maybe my dream is never to be
But all of this is still yet to be seen
To you it may seem like a dream
I know life has no guarantees, oh no
Living in a place signed under my name

I’m so tired 
Tired of the feeling that I’m waiting
Can’t you see
I can’t stop my precious heart from aching 
But I’ve got a roof over my head
And a place to call my bed
So for now I guess I’ll quit crying instead

I know there is a place out there for me 
Reserved under the name of Rainny B 
With a garden and a garage guaranteed 
To you it may seem like a dream
A waste, a straight up fallacy, oh no
Living in a place signed under my name, no

House

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When I’m down by myself
I think of you and no one else
Life is easy when it’s her and me 
Even when I’m on my knees

I am a desperate guy
I’ll be working hard till the day I’m dying 
Crying
If it were up to me
I’d be hanging with her every day and dreaming, 
Screaming
But,

I am her man yeah I’ll do what I can yeah 
To love her it’s so easy with each other so remember 
I might not look it but I really am her man

Going out on the town
I think of you not a soul around 
And it’s easy smiling these days 
When you’re round I’m hardly fazed

Yeah my outlook can be bleak but when I’m up at night
She keeps me dreaming 
Feeling
If it were up to me
I’d be hanging with her every day and dreaming 
Screaming
But,

I am her man yeah I’ll do what I can yeah 
To love her it’s so easy with each other so remember
I might not look it but I really am her man 

Shit

I am her man yeah I’ll do what I can yeah 
To love her it’s so easy with each other so remember 
I might not look it but I really am her man

I am her man yeah I’ll do what I can yeah
To love her it’s so easy with each other so remember 
I might not look it but I really can
I might not look it but I really am 
I might not look it but I really am her man

I'm Her Man

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I can hear you talking smack about me
In the alley behind my house
I need to find a way to get rid of you 
Because you’re making my mood go south

Oh how can I get you out of my life subtly
You’re sucking the life out of my body constantly

Oh how can I get you out of my life
I don’t need to be reminded of all the times 
That I went home early despite the time of night
Oh how can I get you out of my life

There’s no reason to be offended
Its just that we’re all different people now
We want different things, we wear different clothes 
And my drinking habit has slowed down

Oh can I get remove you politely In a kind way
You’re sucking the life out of my body accidentally

Oh how can I get you out of my life
I don’t need to be reminded of all the times 
That I went home early despite the time of night
Oh how can I get you out of my life

Take a bow and leave the stage 
Where you once stood so proudly
Take a bow and remove the crown 
That you once wore so blindly 
Oh yeah
I can’t believe I’m gonna leave you in the past now baby
I can’t conceive how I can go on in a normal way oh Honey
I’d like to thank my family
And all the people who matter to me
Even though you’re all in the past now I’d really like you to know 
You really meant a lot at the time
Oh yeah, That’s right
You really meant a lot at the time 
Oh yeah

How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How can I get you out of my life
How..

How Can I Get You Out Of My Life

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// ABOUT
Texas born, Swindon bred South Londoner Rainn Byrns comes with the second single BIG from his debut album New In Town – a song about coming to terms with arriving in a city much bigger than you & working in a dead end job while others seem to be ‘making it big’!

As with the all his previous material BIG was recorded at Rainn’s home studio in Peckham (known for its super-rich art scene), playing all the instruments himself & using only analogue recording techniques. 

“For me” says Rainn “the song’s a reality check about how the process of bashing your head against a wall over success, can take you away from being in the moment & enjoying the journey you’re on. The lyric ‘you will never know when you are having the time of your life’ highlights this & ‘I wish I could take my own advice’ is the classic case of being able to give advice that you cannot take yourself. Music has a lot of purposes but this one is getting a fair bit off my chest & airing the frustration I’ve felt in the process of creation & self-comparison - and we all know that comparison is the thief of joy!”


// LYRICS

Charlie’s made it big on the TV set
And I’m still cleaning toilets trying not to regret
Hating all the people in my life who got me wrecked

Worn on the outside but wearing thin
I’m having a tough time trying to win

Getting by having the time of my life
Don’t worry about the people who don’t care I’m alive

You’re never as big as you think you are
Didn’t think this idea would be so hard
You’re never as big as you seem to think
You are
Oh yeah

You will never know when you are having the time of your life
I wish I could take my own advice
You will never know when you are having the time of your life
I wish I could take my own advice

Charlie’s nailing life on a daily basis
While I’m struggling to look at people’s faces
If I had the money I would surely go places

The cash in your pocket don’t change a thing
After life is not something you can bring

Faux pas running around
Try to make things better but you just run aground

I’m not going slow I’m just living cheap
It’ll be alright with a good nights sleep
I’m not going slow I’m just a’living
Cheap,
Oh yeah

You will never know when you are having the time of your life
I wish I could take my own advice
You will never know when you are having the time of your life
I wish I could take my own advice
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Mastered by Bottle Rocket Recording

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//LYRICS

New In Town
No familiar faces around
So could someone show me the ropes
Pretty please?
Ain’t got no clue
No familiar point of view
And my memories of the past are slowly carried away

Rainn, you will see
You will come to know me
Put your feet onto my sidewalk and I’ll show you the way
Picture me in summer
Or winter what a bummer
You’ll always come crawling back to me

New in town
It’s safe to say that I’m overwhelmed
Run away back to the country
Where the streets still know my name
You could say
Fear not boy you’ll find a way
I know that deep down
Things may never be the same

You sold me a dream
And boy I bought it
Young and naive who would’ve thought I was the one to believe
And I’m going down
Those pasts best left unfound
And I’m getting the feeling that I'll be the one going downtown, baby

I’m going down
I’m going down
I’m going down
I’m going down

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New In Town

Waiting For The Man

Special People

Seaside Politics

Home

Gargoyle

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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The most personal song on the album about isolation and the loss of a friend - "trying to work out why the world keeps spinning even when things are at their absolute worst"

LYRICS// 

These skies 
These blue skies 
Pushing down on me 
Your lies 
Flat eyes you lay on me
Would you risk it all 
For a chance to be alone? 
Would you go back there 
For an easier aperture for all that lens flare? 
I’ll crawl downstairs 
You’ll fall nowhere 
But do you really want to?
It’s not all 
You have got 
Just to follow 
All the people round and round
Climb those walls babe, I know it’s easy to lie 
All across the astral plane, you fall and then you crawl again
 Follow the problems that you hate the most 
And cover the story from coast to coast
Don’t worry, it’s all in the mix 
And everybody’s gonna share their fix with you 
It’s needles and pins all over again
Watch her fall 
See her smiling 
All the while 
She hits the ground 
See her smiling 
All the while 
She hits the ground 
See her smiling 
All the while
Do you really want to?

SubSuburbia

Easy Aperture

13) Dan Lyons - Easy Aperture

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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In the final section of SubSuburbia, Part 4 illustrates long distance relationships and the bleakness of unrequited love. 

LYRICS//

The back pages of the Friday ads stuck together with bits of pva glue 
Sun shines through the skylight and into her room
She turns the pages of a second hand textbook and dreams of holding hands 
She hopes that he might kiss her but she knows that he's too scared
Love letters on the table next to the broken video player 
A box of pills and condoms, open, spilling on the floor
Isn’t it strange that this small town has never changed? 
I can walk blindfolded down its roads and alley ways and still know exactly where I am

Across the bypass is the gate to Lover’s Lane
Take myself down to the station and board the Eastbound train
Flat earth miners and misers fill their nests 
And they say that working’s not so easy when you're lonely and depressed

SubSuburbia (Pt.4)

12) Dan Lyons - SubSuburbia (Pt.4)

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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A tongue-in-cheek song about betrayal, the effects of non confrontation and the conflicting emotions related to love. 

LYRICS//

Space age male seeking tight white blonde
Day tripper magic man needs someone
Curly haired aficionado wants to be alone 
Take him out all night and get him in the zone
Day tripper magic man’s got it all together 
Day tripper magic man’s got it all together 
Day tripper magic man’s got it all together 
Day tripper magic man’s got it all
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola
You lied I heard
 I was outside of your door
 I don’t mind cos you cried I am sure
Waiting by the open door for it to come 
I heard you tell him I was only young
 I’m old enough to know where that came from 
You will find me burning in the morning sun
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola
Rohypnol, coca-cola

Rohypnol

11) Dan Lyons - Rohypnol

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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'Part Time Creep' is a lyrically intimate track with a big sound, telling a true story about a relationship breaking down and being dealt a taste of your own medicine. 

//LYRICS

Ever since you slept with him
My confidence has worn so thin
I know that it’s my fault 
But it hurts
I did the same
So I’m to blame
It’s never too late
To change
Babe, if you could see me now
And hear me singing out
You would come back home 
Again
Put me to sleep
Put me to sleep
A part time creep
It’s just another cut, but its deep

Part Time Creep

10) Dan Lyons - Part Time Creep

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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Rock and Roll-meets-alternative tune about the constant transformation and duality of a relationship.

//LYRICS 

Big moon is watching 
I walk alone with him 
I see her face and 
She smiles beneath her chin
The stars are falling 
They rushed home to morning light 
And all God’s children 
Flushed down the drain pipe
Sunshine on cold skin 
She makes love and calls his name
 It looks so lonely from 
The other side of the lunar flame
She speaks so slowly 
Breaking hearts with every word 
The one and only 
The best sound you ever heard 
The best sound you never heard

Big Moon

9) Dan Lyons - Big Moon

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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Part three of the SubSuburbia skits, the story continues and navigates the effects of small town isolation and corruption.

//LYRICS

Don those bells on your ankles man and dance another jig 
You’re open seven days a week for all those nervous kids
 
He sits inside the stale living room and smokes another Rothman Blue 
And choking on his G&T he turns around and says to you 

“This is not the time or place for pointless lust or saving grace 
I’m taking you down to the army base so you’d really better get some rest

I’ll even let you borrow my favourite vest 
The one with the bullet holes in the chest” 

This is SubSuburbia
(SubSuburbia)
(SubSuburbia)

SubSuburbia (Pt. 3)

8) Dan Lyons - SubSuburbia (Pt.3)

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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A love ballad about songwriting, pop music and how everyone has their own unique voice and perspective on the world.

LYRICS//

Change the words to a song you found
Somewhere that I don’t know about
 I’ll do the same
 It saves you coming round and keeps my name out your mouth 
I’ll take the blame
So carry on, carry on 
It won’t change you 
You’re wonderful and beautiful
 It won’t phase you
You don’t like each other’s company 
But it’s all you’ve got 
It’s all you need
Change the notes in a riff you found 
Six feet beneath the underground 
And then teach the band 

It will help you figure out 
The brand new fresh sound 
That you dream about
So carry on, carry on 
It won’t change you 
You’re wonderful and beautiful
 It won’t phase you
You don’t like each other’s company 
But it’s all you’ve got
 It’s all you need
Change the words in a song you found 
Somewhere that I don’t know about 
I’ll do the same 
It saves you coming round and keeps my name out your mouth 
I’ll take the blame

Change The Words

7) Dan Lyons - Change The Words

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
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Featuring vocals from Clémence Quélennec of La Femme, this track conjures a sense of sitting in a café, smoking, drinking and thinking about where it all went wrong. A falling out of love story set in Biarritz, France.

LYRICS//

I tried so hard to tell her that this was not the answer
Willing and unstable, she was born to be a dancer
Always on the table inside her maisonette
Stood a tiny statue with a face full of regret

She wandered through the streets that told her where to go
And the city never sleeps because it doesn't have a home
Born inside a test tube because daddy wasn't clean
The product of a mad man and a dirty magazine

Sings
I loved you in Biarritz, I loved you in Biarritz
I loved you in Biarritz, all the time

There seems to be a problem with the place in which we live
The butcher’s lost his temper and the vicar won't forgive
See the village moron standing on his own
Laughing at himself and taking pictures with his phone

With every open doorway and all the shining lights
You'd think that in the face of death, they'd learn to be polite
Well, if there is a God, I'd like to let him in
I'd ask him what he's done with George then kick him in the shins

I loved you in Biarritz, I loved you in Biarritz
I loved you in Biarritz, all the time

I remember nightly, I would sit and wait
Always in the kitchen, always in a state
She used to sing so softly and took away my pain
But since she killed my brother, it’ll never be the same

Oh, I wish it could be different and that we could start again
The world has lost a lover and a thinker, and a friend
All across the country, I hear her little voice
I'd like to go and see her but I haven't got a choice

Cos
I loved you in Biarritz, I loved you in Biarritz
Yeah, I loved you in Biarritz, oh

Je t’aime a Biarritz, Je t’aime a Biarritz
Je t’aime a Biarritz, oh
Je t’aime chaque jour

Biarritz

6) Dan Lyons - Biarritz (ft. Clémence Quélennec)

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

Part two of the SubSuburbia skits, this alternative spoken word piece details the dysfunctional life of suburban english districts and its issues. 

LYRICS//

Half cut at The Rose and Crown 
The landlord's not doing any more favours 
Throw another log on that fire before the gypsies get cold and reach for the petrol 
Fill that hole in the old driveway and charge them three times the going rate
Lay the decking flat, put your brand new sausages on your frozen barbecue 
And hope and pray that there won't be rain tonight 

Curtains twitching, this small town is wriggling 
Man you’ll never catch him looking like that 
What a state, stupid c*** has got his shirt the wrong way round
Get a haircut, clean your nose, where are you going to work? 
Jesus lives next to the Methodist hall and he’s lending me his drill 
No more nails for me to stick this lonely mess, just a will and some elbow grease  
I’m off to Biarritz.

SubSuburbia (Pt. 2)

5) Dan Lyons - SubSuburbia (Pt.2)

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

Nostalgic vocals meets upbeat guitar and backing vocals, telling the story of "missing somebody you shouldn't". 

LYRICS//

I know, I know, it’s just been two days 
But I miss you in a strange way 
I hope, I hope, it’s not too late
 To stop tears falling down your face
The cut will heal and you will change 
At least until the scars fade away
It blows and so the conversation sways 
And halcyon is flying through your veins

Halcyon is flying through your veins
Halcyon is flying through your veins
She slows down listening all the time 
For phone calls until the dark meets light 
She turns round strolls down Queensbridge Road 
And holds out for secrets never told again 

And again and again and again and again and again
The cut will heal and you will change 
At least until the scars fade away
It blows and so the conversation sways 
And halcyon is flying through your veins
(He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home
He never comes home)
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home
He never comes home
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home
He never comes home
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home when you want him to
He never comes home
He never comes home

Frank

4) Dan Lyons - Frank

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

Thin Black Duke is about an "out-of-control hedonistic" obsessed with himself and his music, dragging down his lover in the process. Rock and roll in its purest form. 

LYRICS//

The rain outside hasn’t touched the sides of my little red machine
I see you baby, I hear you cry, I’m never coming clean 
So sing a song or six for me, do you know what I mean?
I am the king of rock and roll, won't you be my queen?
Well honey come on, and break down with me again 
Maybe babe, you just need your friends 
Well honey come on, and break down with me again 
Maybe babe, you just need your friends
The rain outside has crushed the sides of my little green machine 
You wanted something I couldn’t give and now I’m on my knees 
And your head’s on a hospital bed and I’m on trial 
Just in case, haven’t you heard, I’m a living breathing child
Well honey come on, and break down with me again 
Maybe babe, you just need your friends 
Well baby come on, and break down with me again 
Maybe babe, you just need your …
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Baby come on, and break down with me again 
Maybe babe, you just need your friends

Thin Black Duke

3) Dan Lyons - Thin Black Duke

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

In a punchy commentary on english culture, marriage and abusive relationships, Mr Meaner is a character at the centre of the not-so-fictional SubSuburbia. 

LYRICS//

In between a bright idea 
And a cardinal sin 
I wondered maybe would you join me here?
I don’t know where to begin 
Will you do my dishes babe? 
Will you scrub my floor? 
Will you take my broken hand 
For now and ever more?
It’s not like that! 
He takes good care of me 
It’s not like that! 
We’re a happy family
You’ve been taken too far, pushed to the limit 
Everybody knows your heart’s not in it 
Close that book, cover your face with your hands and make plans to make plans
Dream big, live long, sing a mama papa love song
Dream big, live long, sing a mummy daddy love song
My, sleeper, you haven’t slept in a while
And big deceiver, you’re learning how to smile 
Oh day dreamer, you haven’t dreamt in a while 
Mr. Meaner, give us another smile
I am the lonely prophet waiting in the wings 
I am the substitute for grandeur that you’ve always dreamed about 
This is a wholly useless neurotic exercise 
In love made as a product for dewy helpless eyes
The mystics they have told you on 0800 lines 
That love will surely find you some where, some place, some time 
You look whiter than a sheet in this early morning sun
Where did you put your ego?
It’s not like that
We’re a happy family
My, sleeper, you haven’t slept in a while 
And big deceiver, you’re learning how to smile 
Oh day dreamer, you haven’t dreamt in a while 
Mr. Meaner, give us another smile

Mr. Meaner

2) Dan Lyons - Mr. Meaner

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

Alternative spoken word set to guitar and background vocals, setting the scene of dysfunctional life in an English suburban district. The four parts of SubSuburbia paint a pretty clear picture of what it was like growing up in suburban England - mixture of white middle-class conservatives and extremely poor and vulnerable people, all fighting for power in one way or another.

"The lyrics to the interludes are taken from a poem I wrote about the town I grew up in. They’re probably the most candid lyrics on the album." - Dan Lyons

LYRICS// 

He takes it all with a pinch of salt
Light on his feet, he leaves
Stark moonlight covers his town 
And that old street lamp never will get fixed
Fifteen minutes past the launderette
And left at the tobacconists she lays
Passed out, fifteen years old on a pentagonal bench 
With a birch tree growing up through the middle
This is SubSuburbia
(SubSuburbia)
(SubSuburbia)

1) Dan Lyons - SubSuburbia (Pt.1)

Written by Dan Lyons

A three chord ditty, in the style of a lot of the artist's favourite bands, about a guy who's out of control in a hedonistic way, insisting he's the king of rock 'n' roll and trying to pull his lover down with him into the abyss. His conscience gets the better of him and he eventually gives up, deciding she's better off just hanging with her friends

//LYRICS

The rain outside hasn’t touched the sides of my little red machine
I see you baby, I hear you cry, I’m never coming clean
So sing a song or six for me, do you know what I mean?
I am the king of rock and roll, won't you be my queen?

Well honey come on, and break down with me again
Maybe babe, you just need your friends
Well honey come on, and break down with me again
Maybe babe, you just need your friends

The rain outside has crushed the sides of my little green machine
You wanted something I couldn’t give and now I’m on my knees
And your head’s on a hospital bed and I’m on trial
Just in case, haven’t you heard, I’m a living breathing child

Well honey come on, and break down with me again
Maybe babe, you just need your friends
Well baby come on, and break down with me again
Maybe babe, you just need your …

Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba

Baby come on, and break down with me again
Maybe babe, you just need your friends

DAN LYONS - Thin Black Duke

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