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This song goes back a bit. From a dream featuring Budgie The Helicopter to a song about not sharing da wealth to help the needy, which then turned into a song about the Royals (one of my favourite subjects), including Meg & 'Arry, sorry, Aitch, who have now departed*, nepotism and the general public who are sucked in and won over by Kate's smile and her shit swilling husband wearing a baseball cap, which apparently demonstrates how 'normal' they are. WANkers

*Oh, not died, just departed. 

LYRICS:

VERSE 1

00:20 THEY'VE GOT A LOT TO SPARE THEMSELVES
00:24 BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR NO ONE ELSE
00:28 SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY CAN HIDE
00:32 WHENEVER THEY ARE BY YOUR SIDE

VERSE 2

00:45 SHOVE THE HOMELESS OUT THE WAY
00:49 FOR A PRINCESS'S BIG DAY
00:53 NEVERMIND THAT THEY COULD PAY
00:58 SHELTER FOR THE REST OF THEIR DAYS
01:05 WHAT A WASTE

CHORUS

01:09 NEPOTISM IS ALIVE AND WELL
01:13 IN HELL, THEY'VE GOT A SHOW TO SELL
01:17 BUT I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE
01:21THEY MAKE OUT THEY DO IT ALL ALONE
01:26 AND YOU ALWAYS BELIEVE
01:31 YOU CAN NEVER SEE
01:34 THAT THEY'VE GOT YOU ON A LEASH
01:38 THEY'VE BEEN STRINGING YOU ALONG
01:42 I CAN SAY I'VE KNOWN THIS ALL ALONG

01:48 Ba ba da/ba ba da/ba da-la dum

02:04 INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE 4

02:30 I WISH THEY'D PLEASE SPARE US THEIR WORDS
02:34 FROM THEIR PALACE WHILE WE THIRST
02:38 FOR SOMETHING MOST OF US DESERVE
02:42 DOING WHAT THEY PREACH WOULD BE A FIRST
02:49 THEIR SORT REALLY ARE THE WORST

CHORUS 2

02:54 NEPOTISM IS ALIVE AND WELL
02:58 IN HELL, THEY'VE GOT THEIR FRIENDS TO SELL
03:02 THEY CAN'T DO IT ALONE
03:07 THEY HAVE KNOWN THIS ALL ALONG
03:10 THEY NEED CELEBRITIES
03:15 WHOM THEY FIRST MEET AT THE CEREMONY
03:19 CORDON, ELBA AND WINFREY
03:23 THEY PUT THEM OVER FAMILY
03:27 SOCIAL CLIMBING DOWN THE TREE

03:32 Ba ba da/ba ba da/ba da-la dum

03:49 OUTRO

CREDITS:
WRITTEN BY RICKY MURRAY
ALL INSTRUMENTS PLAYED BY RICKY MURRAY EXCEPT DRUMS, TAMBOURINE, BOUNCY THING AND WOODEN BLOCKS, PLAYED BY MARK ESTALL
RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY MARK ESTALL AT MARKETSTALL RECORDING STUDIO

Alive and Well (in Hell)

Deus Sabe  Many P Tokamokarecords

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Bantü

Two separate dreams put together, then I filled in the rest with a little help from my friends Haddaway, Bowie, Bauhaus, Frankie Valli, Ariel Pink and Soft Cell. I'm sure The Beatles gave me a hand too. They always do.

Would love to make this into a 12'' remix, so if anyone out there who does them sees this, let me know.

Written by Ricky Murray
All instruments played by Ricky Murray except all forms of drums on the song, played by Mark Estall.

Produced and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Recording.

Do You Care

A cover of Johnny Cash's rearrangement of Nine Inch Nails' track Hurt.

Production & arrangement - Neilsey
Guitars - Neilsey
Vocals - Sofia Hames


Original Nine Inch Nails version written & produced by Trent Reznor, released on Nothing & Interscope.
Johnny Cash version written by Trent Reznor & produced by Rick Rubin, released on American Recordings & UMG.



Hurt [Johnny Cash Cover]

A collection of all my work ranging from live performances, collaborations and recordings. All feedback and questions welcome.

Hurt [Johnny Cash Cover]

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