The shops are closed and the town's on the shelf
The restauranteurs are all killing themselves
The stations are quiet and the streets are bare
Police are rounding up the few that are there
Except you

Cos we're dancing on the docks before construction begins
Drinking outside the bar cos they won't let us in
Kissing in the alley downtown again
With you

The cameras are watching every move that we make
Keeping tabs on us for everyone's sake
It scares me to hear that people are dying
But the Internet tells me that
They're all lying to you

Cos we're dancing on the docks before construction begins
Drinking outside the bar cos they won't let us in
Kissing in the alley downtown again
With you
It's the new normal

I wanna take you out to dinner but they all ask for papers
And I'm looking for a job anywhere that'll take us
Can't take you to a movie cos they'll turn us away 
Can't get my haircut cos they'll all say
Fuck you 

Did you ever think that you'd see the end of the world? 
It's the new normal 


The New Normal - Robert Keam

This one is about police brutality at a protest

Professionally conducted
At least from the sight of the footage
She appears to have provoked them
She appears to have provoked them
You great unwashed
Religiousnutcases
You fucking gangmembers

And on the throat of a naked woman
Drag her away

Resisting on the lifestream
The commenters cheered on
As allegedly in self defence
They gouged their thumbs into their eyes
Oh but you just don't know the context man
If any cunt has doubts 
At least it's not Tienanmen
 
And on the throat of a naked woman
Drag her away


Dreadlock - Robert Keam

And the rain comes down
But it doesn't bother me
We got it sorted out
No matter how shit the tv
It's just you and me
Getting some tips from Cindy

We could go for a walk
Past places we knew
We could have deep talks
Or just stay in and screw
We'll sleep in from 4 'til 2
Did somebody cough in the queue?

We never run out of things to do
When I'm stuck here with you

I surprise myself
How I never get sick of the taste
Of your lips or the smell of the wine
And getting the truth online

We could go for a walk
Past places we knew
Back before the world
Wasn't quite this screwed 
We'll sleep in from 4 'til 2
Did somebody cough in the queue?

We never run out of things to do (ad nauseum) 
When I'm stuck here with you
Stuck here with you 


Stuck Here With You - Robert Keam

They push you thru the press
The form is lost and vague
The emperor's undressed
The soul is crushed and spayed
The dead misquote the dead
The point begins to fade
The boy asks what he said
Whatever, man, just play

A copy of a copy
Choose who you want to be
A cover of a cover
One just like the other
A copy of a copy
Choose who you want to be
A cover of a cover
Why can't you be you? 

You don't know who you are 
So you try be who you can
You've had so many lives 
Each month a different man
So you lie a little more
And you run when people ask
And you claw into your face 
Just to rip off the mask

A copy of a copy
Choose who you want to be
A cover of a cover
One just like the other
A copy of a copy
Choose who you want to be
A cover of a cover
Why can't you be you? 



Cover Of A Cover - Robert Keam

Scream,
Scream anything
As the car
Pulls away from the wedding
You know
That's where it used to be

The rain
Braces my soul
With hope
Love will work out right
You know
It made me think of you

I wrote it all
Inside out
Nothing much to cause a fuss about
I wrote it all
Upside down
Can't say more than I like the sound

Control
Is what you create
When you stroll
Thru the clearest skies
You know
You're in your element

Your age
Shifting thru your life
Betraying the point
You know
That life's an evil bitch

I wrote it all
Inside out
Nothing much to cause a fuss about
I wrote it all
Upside down
Can't say more than I like the sound


Robchik

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