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Signs And Pointers

by Venetic ®

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Into The Light 05:17
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It’s a night that’s fatal A time of dark storms An eternity of slumberings A restless sea of yawns A moment for both the living and the dead When logic lies lapsed And fear gives way to dread It’s a night of howling winds And thunder in the dark It’s not the best of times For a wander in the park Strange shadows flicker And dance before the spire The shadows grow longer and higher and higher Solitude escapes you Terror’s on the prowl It stalks your uncertainties Listen to it howl You get the foreboding It’s never going to leave You’ll forget your freedoms and even how to grieve Peace of mind’s a tricky thing to keep at the best of times Faith will lead to begging Truth will make you blind There are no certainties In toeing a straight line You can stay in darkness or step towards daylight Into the light etc.
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Quantitative Easing 01:37
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From Town To Town 03:23
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Hitching 06:46
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Tattooed ex-bikies, a couple of nuns A borstal escapee on the run A real estate agent from Culverden Police cadets from Wellington A German couple seeking the sun Two Seventh-Day Adventists out for some fun Some libertarian waving his guns Telling me about his freedoms A creepy old Greek wanting a grope And that spaced-out greenie who’d had too much dope A manic Goth girl who’d lost all hope An S&M freak with a very long rope Some farmer heading for the bright lights Two small-town bullies spoiling for a fight A hunchback who gave me a hell of a fright And a surveyor checking out mineral rights It’s a funny old life when you’re out on the road You never know quite which way you’re going Or who might give you a ride It’s a funny old life when you’re out on your own You never know quite which way you’re going Or who might want to hitch a ride
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Helicopter Ben 03:18
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The Night Owl 03:24
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Three space cadets greet me at the door Marilyn’s been drinking but she don’t care any more I push past a zombie and his bride Both of them smell of formaldehyde My mouth is dry, my head is spinning And round and round it goes My senses are shaking My brain is throbbing It’s all I can do to watch the show! Marie Antoinette’s entrance is well prepared Her purple pompadour always draws some stares Mr Crippen sits on the edge of the bath Chatting with a gorilla who starts to laugh My face is numb, my feet are unsteady As I stumble around the room I’ve got the shakes I’m feeling giddy I’ll be a casualty all too soon! There’s an owl seated on a lampshade While the pizza guy’s wondering why he’s not been paid A giant slug slithers across my shoe Leaving a trail of slime right across the room My mouth is dry, my head is spinning And round and round it goes My senses are shaking My brain is throbbing It’s all I can do to watch the show!
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Down My Street 04:56
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Mr Nosey Neighbour sometimes wears a kilt When he snoops around he pushes it to the hilt Creeping about where he doesn’t belong He’s gonna have a mishap before too long He lives with his granny – she’s a hundred and eight She waves him off at the front gate She’s lived in the same place since ’22 If you’re not local, she won’t trust you Down my street You’re in for a treat Down my street Fitting in’s quite a feat At number 28, the wife is throwing plates Her hubby came home a little too late At number 42, they’re all sniffing glue Destroying what few brain cells they’ve got left to lose Number 36 is nothing but a mess His wife left him when she saw him in a dress At number 65 they’ve got shopping to do At the five-finger discounter – what’s it to you? Down my street These are people you meet Down on my street Watch out when you speak The local kids’ll steal anything not nailed down They spray graffiti all over town The local hard men like a drink or two They smash up letterboxes, hurl abuse The local petrolheads drive all around Throwing bottles and acting the clown Down my street The people aren’t sweet Down on my street Mormons beat a retreat Their lives are rules by a regular clock They’re pretty much all reconciled to their lot You’d better not question, you’d better not ask They’ve got no time for some smartarse But the funny thing is about the folk on my street: They’re all convinced that I’m the freak!
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Black Cloud 03:12
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So you’re raising your game? For what? I wanna know It’s all going down the drain And Godot’s not gonna show Something’ll come along Something to make you strong Well I don’t live in hope A chill wind’s blowing the street You’d better go and seal the door What’s the point in battening hatches When it blows up through the floor? I reckon faith is blind And the world’s unkind Just thought I’d let you know There’s a black cloud on its way We’ve reached the end of the line We’ve got nothing left to say We’re just biding time I’m coughing like a canary Down in a mine As it gasps it knows It’s nearly out of time It’s a state of siege But you want to float around Swimming in a sea of dreams Your boat has long capsized It’s sinking now It’s going down to the fish below Much farther down There’s a black cloud on its way We’ve reached the end of the line There’s nothing left to say We’re running out of time We don’t know what to do It just won’t go away There must be some other way Well I don’t know I don’t know etc.
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It's Been A While 05:14
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It’s been a while since we talked to each other I don’t know what to say For all your charm when you come on over Your brain’s disengaged Something tells me there’s something missing I need to turn the page Then you’re all curt and dismissive It leaves me in a rage La la la la la la la laah! (x2) Tranquillity isn’t an ocean Unless you’re out in space You’re in a vacuum but you’ve got the notion That something’s out of place I asked the big guy to come on over And offer me advice He said he didn’t have time to help me I’m not his type of guy La la la la la la la laah! (x2) Life’s an odyssey and a madhouse Hopes go down the drain Dodge the nonsense from cretins and androids Don’t play their game Discard their blandness and make your breakout You’ve got to find a way There’s no point in waiting there for handouts Don’t waste another day La la la la la la la laah! (x2) La la la etc.
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The Union's On Your Side 00:44
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In an age of no values No shelter no friends No rest or harbour For the working man Where women work streets And children are slaves Where the bosses’ll work you Till you’re dead in your grave If you want your freedom You’ll need to fight And you’ll need good help As you push for your rights Join together and stand there with pride You’ve got the union on your side
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Am I Cool Enough? 03:19
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Am I cool enough for you? Do I get to have a say? Am I cool enough for you? Will you let me through your gate? Am I cool enough for you? Have we been introduced as friends? Do I have what it takes For you to let me in? Am I hip enough for you? Do I reference the right styles? Do I make you happy? Do I make you smile? Am I hip enough for you? I’ve only got one chance There’s no grounds for appeal It’s a one-shot deal Am I cool enough for you? Do I play things alright? Do you like my voice? Is it out of sight? Do I play my instruments With all the proficiency Of a real musician? Or don’t you care for me? Am I cool enough for you? Do I fall into your genre? So what’s your verdict then If it so pleases you, Your Honour? Are all the hours I spent Sufficiently recompensed By your acknowledgement - Was it really time well spent? You may turn away I might be your laughing stock But when all’s said and done I don’t give a flying fuck So here’s one for you Right in the eye My upright middle finger Pointed to the sky It’s not all that important Exactly what you think of me You don’t hurt my feelings It’s neither here nor there for me You can keep your comments ‘Coz hot air’s usually cheap Anyway I can’t hear you Now I’m drifting so far out to sea Etc.

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Signs And Pointers offers a trip through the strange times we live in.

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released February 1, 2009

(c) Wayne Stuart McCallum

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Since 2002, Venetic has independently released 10 albums with more on the way. Healed by the flames of purgatory, he is now back from the undead.

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