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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

Ask yourself 
Did you understand the question? 
When you wake up in the morning 
Can you face your own reflection? 

And ask yourself 
Do you believe everything you read? 
If you see it in a headline 
It’s wrapping chips by tea time 

Everybody is an astronaut 
All alone in time and space 

Do you know 
What history can teach us? 
It's written by the victors 
They’re such exquisite creatures 

And do you know 
When it’s time to make up your mind 
Were you standing to attention 
Or do you need more information? 

Everybody is an astronaut 
All alone in time and space 
Just a universal afterthought 
Heading for a better place 

Way beyond our galaxy of stars 
A parallel existence just like ours 
Binary decisions in reverse 
I’ll meet you in our secret universe 

Say goodbye before you go 
Hasta la vista, cheerio 
Bon voyage and tally ho 
You take the high, I take the low 

Everybody is an astronaut 
All alone in time and space 
Just a universal afterthought 
Heading for a better place 

©Scaredycats 2017

Astronauts

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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

There is a fact of life that makes me want to cry 
The certain knowledge that one day I’m gonna die 
I realise it’s just the way it has to be 
I cannot count on being here indefinitely 

But dumb animals don’t seem think this way 
They simply concentrate on living day to day 
Why don’t they understand or try to comprehend? 
The day we’re born is the beginning of the end 

Dumb animals, they’re dumb animals 
They can’t see further than their nose 
They must be stupid I suppose 

Dumb animals, they’re dumb animals 
They don’t need gadgets, cash or clothes 
They must be stupid I suppose 

A virtual existence seems to be the latest craze 
And the grass is always greener where I decided not to graze 
Has our obsession with possessions sealed our fate? 
And what good will it do us as we near the pearly gates? 

But dumb animals don’t wear a shirt and tie 
Or spend the weekend wondering what else they might buy 
They seem so comfy in the skin in which they’re born 
What is the secret unto which they have all sworn? 

Ch 

So when you’re lying in you king size hotel bed 
Do you ever wish you had your dog’s life instead? 
He doesn’t worry how he’s going to pay the bills 
Just take him for a walk and his whole life is fulfilled 

Ch 

©Scaredycats 2017

Dumb Animals

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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

Walking around with my head in the clouds 
Looking for something I’ve already found 

Something for nothing, nothing for free 
I’m just like you, and you’re just like me 

I dream too much 
I want too much 
I need too much 
I have too much 

I pray too much 
I pay too much 
I sleep too much 
I’m awake too much 

You can’t always be who you want to be 
You’re a tall dark stranger in your fantasy 
In the morning light, you give up the fight 
No one’s in your corner, just a new day older 

©Scaredycats 2017

Stomp

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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

Are we dead? Are we dead? 
It keeps going around my head 
Refugees below us and bombers overhead 

Are we dead? Are we dead? 
Are there bullets in our head? 
Refugees below us and bombers overhead 

I believe it is no picnic in the country of your birth 
So I sent you all my sympathy from the other side of earth 
But now you’re on my doorstep you’re a little close to home 
I’d really like to help you, but I’ve got problems of my own 

Ch 

It’s getting hard to know who’s in the right or in the wrong 
So we make ourselves feel better with a patriotic song 
And when we hear the battle cry it’s not our place to reason why 
We just join the congregation and make sure we sing along 

Ch 

I prayed to God Almighty to send me a confirmation 
He said “Don’t you know I’m just a figment of your imagination 
Do you really think I want to take the credit for this shit? 
I wish I hadn’t bothered, from this moment forth I quit” 

Ch 

©Scaredycats 2017

Are We Dead?

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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

What do you do when there's nothing to do? 
Turn out the lights and pretend you're not you 
How do you feel when there's nothing to feel? 
It's just an illusion, this thing is not real 

She's never coming back 
You've had a heart attack 
Yeah 

What can you say when there's nothing to say? 
Put your head in the sand 'till it all goes away 
Where can you go when there's nowhere to go? 
Someone's taken the gold from the end of the rainbow 

But she's never coming back 
You've had a heart attack 
Yeah 

Jesus ain't coming back 
He's had enough of that 
Yeah 

©Scaredycats 2017

Heart Attack

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Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness…

Lyrics ⇣

Somewhere in this world, you don’t have a care 
Living like the other half, for two weeks every year 
You follow your religion, worshipping the sun 
Basking in tranquillity, then pandemonium 

Nothing unusual about today 
Several people’s lives blown away 

Somewhere in this world, nobody seems to care 
You barely dare go out, destruction’s everywhere 
You follow your religion, worshipping the gun 
You’re looking for salvation, in oblivion 

Nothing unusual about today 
Just several people’s lives thrown away 
What do our politician’s always say? 
We’ll drop a few bombs on them, and make them pay 

We’re droning on and on and on and on and on 

Nothing unusual about today 
Several people’s lives blown away 
What do our politician’s always say? 
We’ll drop a few bombs on them, and make them pay 

©Scaredycats 2017

Bombs

The start of the new.
Video here https://youtu.be/e05IUjCo96M
Download here for free https://scaredycatsuk.bandcamp.com/track/happy-shoppers
Mixed and mastered by Brian Roberts.

Happy Shoppers

Psyche or psycho? Hunter or hunted? Fight or flight?
Mixed and mastered by Brian Roberts

Savage

This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Mixed and mastered by Brian Roberts

I'm just a normal kinda guy
You can trust me I don't wear a tie
I'll do my bit for charity
If it boosts my popularity

I'm alright. I'm having so much fun
I'm alright. Looking out for number one
I'm alright. Got a damned good head of hair
I'm alright. I'm a multi billionaire

I can't resist a PR stunt
I just put my face on back to front
You can shoot me into outer space
With a stupid grin across my face

I'm alright. I'm having so much fun
I'm alright. Looking out for number one
I'm alright. Got a damned good head of hair
I'm alright. I'm a multi billionaire

When I go to sleep 
I think about the friendships 
I've had to sacrifice

Then I simply fall unconscious
'Cos I don't have a conscience
Take my advice
You don't get rich by being nice

I'm alright. I'm having so much fun
I'm alright. Looking out for number one
I'm alright. Got a damned good head of hair
I'm alright. I'm a multi billionaire

Dave

DAVE (RADIO EDIT)

Neil Dutton, Andy Jacobson, Jim Pearson, Steve Wale.

In just a few gigs, this four-piece band have established themselves as a formidable live act.” Tom Robinson (BBC 6 music, 25 June 2016)

Wirral-based band Scaredycats were formed at the start of 2015. They deliver an eclectic mix of songs with influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa, and are fast gaining a reputation for originality of their live performances and songwriting. They were recently featured on Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 music Introducing show, and are busy working on new material for their debut album release next year.

Gig Review by Neil Johnson (Thornton Hough Village Club, 15 Sept. 2016)
“Having reached an age when you remember the latest musical trend from the first, or even the second time around, it is sometimes difficult to rekindle the youthful excitement of discovering a favourite new band. But every now and again a band comes along that just blows you away. Enter Scaredycats. Just 18 months into their existence this band of time served musicians are blazing a trail on the local music scene that bands half their age couldn’t live with. Put simply, they were an audio visual tour de force at THVC last night. Such are the riches of their repertoire they could even afford to omit crowd favourites such as Grace, Right Now is The Moment & Trophy Wife and still deliver a set packed with gems. Other bands would sell their mothers for songs as good as those that Scaredycats leave out. New drummer Neil Dutton has sealed the finest rhythm section around, onto which Andy Jacobson sprinkles all kinds of moog magic. There is a chemistry between front men Steve Wale and Jim Pearson that is a joy to behold and reaches its peak when their perfect harmonies are left to fill the room on songs such as Independent Life. Add to the mix a thought provoking, witty, poignant and typically idiosyncratic video back drop that began with a simple, crowd friendly ‘GOOD EVENING’ before taking us on a tour of the trials of modern living - war, stress, politics, inhumanity, infidelity, insincerity - via the unmitigated joy of being (and watching) dogs hanging out of car windows (a personal favourite). After two hours it ended with ‘When The Sun Shines’, the happiest song about the end of the world since REM’s classic ‘It’s The End of The World’. To borrow from Mr Stipe’s apocalyptic vision, after seeing Scaredycats, I feel fine.”

Liverpool Threshold 2016
"As compere of said event I did my damnedest, not to have 'favourites' among that band of bands that formed an eclectic line of footsteps. But, heck, I just couldn't stop myself from from liking Scaredycats more than the other wonderful contributors to the afternoon. I knew they were the toast of Thornton Hough Village Club & Bar, where they walk the fields like heroes, nay gods, and educated the crowd thus, (and it was packed). IMHO they are the most intelligent, unusual, quirky and off the wall band on the whole of the Wirral, if not further afield.
- Andrew Gibb March 2016

"The find of Threshold Festival for me - Scaredycats songs in the manner of Costello, Heaton, Squeeze Black Lodge Brewery" – Anonymous Tweeter

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