EVERYTHING COMES CLEAR
WHEN YOU'RE HOLDING BACK THE FEAR
AND THEN YOU KICK IT BACK IN GEAR AGAIN

Found a pretty rough old demo of this song from 2009, fell in love with it all over again and decided it deserved a re-recording, Wakko style.
Another top notch bit of Mike Brooks song writing from my XPD days.

For my mate and serial bandmate Dan (1984-2022), who out of all the songs we played together, despised this one the least.

Play it loud.

Pulse

Your Mum Shops at Hyper
From the upcoming album "Taste This Poo"
©2023 Paul "Wakko" Jackson

Got something to announce to the schoolyard
Gonna burn you down in the schoolyard
I saw a wild infraction, something happened,
dodgy at the end of Derby Road

Perk up your ears hark the playground
Hostility become the playground
Your life is over, at it's end,
no one will want to be your friend anymore

You can try to deny but you're never gonna win
I've got the evidence, I saw her go in

Your Mum shops at Hyper
Their prices I can't decipher
Their cheese is much more riper
because it's out of date

You must be living on the breadline
"Because you're mine, I walk the breadline"
A can of warm Lipton ice tea for only
twelve and a half p, quite the deal

Though it kills me inside, I will confess to you
Their deals are scandalous, My Mum shops there too!

Your Mum shops at Hyper
My Mum shops at Hyper
Our Mums shop at Hyper
Do you wanna be my mate?

Your Mum Shops at Hyper

The new Beatles single inspired to me to pull Dan's vocals from a track he had written and recorded with his band "Anyhigh", some 15-20ish years ago, and give it a new lease of life. We did our own version of this song in our bands XPD and The Warm Guns, but never got round to recording a version with either. Some of the original lyrics I couldn't figure out (sorry!) so just made up my own for the parts Dan didn't sing.

This is my cover of an old Anyhigh track.
This is Dan Selvey's Fear.

When everything you cheer is everything you fear
It's you that tries so hard
You think you feel, you fear it's real

Some days my heart is a landfill
Crushed into gravel like roadkill
Should I break in to rainfall?
And get defensive 'cause I still...

When everything we try is everything that makes you cry
It's you that tries so hard
You think you feel, you fear it's real

It's more an art than a science
To simply suffer in silence
Should I break in to rainfall?
And get defensive 'cause I still...


Dan "Pastasauce" Selvey (1984-2022)

Taste This Poo

Dan Selvey's Fear (ft. Dan Selvey)

A List of All the Terrible Things I Have Done (Only Five)
©2020 Paul "Wakko" Jackson


This is all the terrible things I have done
From yesterday back to the age I was one
I'm not even going to try to disguise
That I threw sand at a Korean boy's eyes
and I don't think I'll try to explain
That given the chance, I'd do it again (Fuck that guy)
His name was Jeong-Won, and he was a dick
He told the teacher and I nearly was sick

Much later on, around twenty-five
I was out walking the streets with my wife
The night was dark, the pubs were all closed
I felt my insides about to explode
I ran to the nearest tree I could find
Whipped down my trousers, exposed my backside (Shit my pants)
Evacuated the contents of my gut
Made a dirty old mess outside the scout hut

Whilst on the subject of confessing sins
I eat Fray Bentos pies straight from the tin (Less washing up)
Slapped the iPhone straight out of Sammy Grett's paw
Fed a friend a dinner I had dropped on the floor

I took a shit outside the scout hut

A List of All the Terrible Things I Have Done (Only Five)

She Don't Care ©2020
Lyrics by George Marriott (Pet Needs, Blooms)
Mixed by John Crick

Recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown. An upbeat blast of break-up pop-punk for your pretty little ears. 

Check out the lyric video on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LfcNmg2p2c

The Warm Guns were:
George Marriott - Vocals/Lead Guitar
Paul Jackson - Guitar/Backing Vocals
Dan Selvey - Bass/Backing Vocals
Joshua Harris - Drums

She Don't Care

WHO KILLED BARACK OBAMA?
Words by Mike Brooks
Artwork by Peter Fuss

Everyone’s got hope so I’m sorry to disappoint
It might seem a brave new dawn, but I think you’ve missed the point
That nothing has really changed, all the attitude’s the same
And someone’s gonna want to keep the status quo

Who killed Barack Obama? Yes a culprit must be found
Can we blame the CIA or a subversive underground?
A terrorism plot to destabilise the West?
The responsibility lies with us

If you make a man an idol he is judged beyond his means
Bound by law and due process, more limited than he seems
Expectation weighs down hard, feel the pressure of the past
And all too soon resentment creeps back in

Luther King was shot down in his prime before the dream got stuck
Kennedy is best remembered for not knowing when to duck
Guevara’s face is selling shirts for market stalls and band adverts
A symbol now detached from all meaning

Who killed Barack Obama? Yes a culprit must be found
Can we blame the CIA or a subversive underground?
A terrorism plot to destabilise the West?
The responsibility lies with us

Who can save us now?
Who can save us now?

We killed Barack Obama, yes it’s time to take the blame
Unrealistic expectations helped him to his grave
Not a saint and not your saviour, just as human as the next
The responsibility lies with us

The responsibility lies with us

Dan Selvey's Fear (ft. Dan Selvey)

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