STARBURST

Verse 1:
Like many a college graduate
Collins got through his four years.
With no idea where he was going
could be North Pole or Algiers.

Verse 2:
Couldn’t fix, didn’t wanna learn
acted like he was in a trance.
However it messed him up
would never change his stance.

Verse 3:
So when the CIA came along
said you’re the man we need.
Collins just asked about the cash
told they take care of every greed.

Chorus:
He never had nightmares.
He was the man who didn’t care
for the good, the bad, the fair
a nameless patriot out there.

Verse 4:
They gave him a new identity
sent him a long way overseas.
Worked for men with only titles
never tried to join the As to Bs.

Chorus x 1

Verse 5:
Didn’t matter how he closed his eyes
he had to open them eventually.
Made a few questions into a joke
bosses told him to act professionally.

Chorus x 1

Verse 6:
Except then there were some killings
two rooms down from where he lay.
Didn’t like the men cos he knew them well
dreamt about homemade cheese souffles.

Chorus x 1

Verse 7:
Some words they were never spoken
but he knew he couldn’t walk away.
He’d have to run and go missing
use the escape funds in Marseille.

Chorus x 1

Verse 8:
But in those final, final moments
with the gun muzzle at his head.
Knew he’d be famous for a while.
He’d be scapegoat for everything
that was thought, imagined and said. x 3


Chorus:
Cos he never had nightmares
He was the man who didn’t care.
For the good, the bad, the fair.
a nameless patriot out there.

Verse 1:

Morning after it happened

you gotta check your phone.

Know the comments will be bad

sure someone’s shot video.


Chorus:

But you’ve gotta….. let it go

But you’ve gotta…...let it go.

But you know give it sometime

they’ll have someone else to show.

Now you’ve gotta……..let it go.

Now you’ve gotta……..let it go.



Verse 2:

Was at the party with someone else

why not stay inside feeling low.

No, you had to badmouth her

front of friends and new Romeo.


Chorus:

Just hadn’t….. let it go

Just hadn’t…...let it go.

You know give it sometime

they’ll have someone else to show.

Just hadn’t……..let it go.

Just hadn’t……..let it go.



Verse 3:

Tell them about Supergirl costume

who hasn’t been on that rodeo.

She just had to tell the full story

that you had created that scenario.


Chorus:

So common, let it go.

So common, let it go.

You know give it sometime

they’ll have someone else to show.

So common, let it go.

So common, let it go.




Verse 4:

Friends tried to talk you down

you’re on volume eleven stereo.

She wasn’t sleeping with no one else

and who around here’s called Claudio?




Chorus:

Just stupid….. let it go

Just stupid…...let it go.

You know give it sometime

be someone else they show.

Just stupid……..let it go.

Just stupid……..let it go.



Verse 5:

Either crying or falling down

what everyone here soon know.

It really was a desperate claim

she called you a cute-ass gigolo.


Chorus:

So just ….. let it go

So just…...let it go.

You know give it sometime

be someone else they show.

So just……..let it go.

So just……..let it go.


Verse 6:

So you open up your phone

a message attachment.

A late night costume shop

or had a major enhancement.

Either way it’s pretty bad

mebe in some future time.

Laugh about it someday

need many bottles of wine.

But for now…….


Chorus:

Just gotta….. let it go

Just gotta…...let it go.

You know give it sometime

be someone else they show.

But you’ve gotta……..let it go.

But you’ve gotta……..let it go.

Verse 1:
Troll you when you’re having a chicken meal.
Troll you when you’re waxing you’re automobile.
Someone’s got their fingers on the keyboard
someone’s always bored and feeling sore.


Chorus:
Got to accept that this is the way.
You can always try going of radar
but always more knocking every day.


Verse 2:
Troll you when you’re playing with your kids
say health and safety that’s the way it is.
Someone’s got their video app on
always people believing this is fun.


Chorus x 1


Verse 3:
Troll you if you’re showing too much skin.
Troll you it’s the wrong style you’re wear.
Some folks always in the fashion police
they’re wars exciting don’t care about peace.


Chorus x 1


Verse 4:
Troll you if you’re spending money wrong.
Troll you cos their days are far too long.
If you’re not one of them you’re the enemy
they’ll expect you to return all your keys.


Chorus x 1


Verse 5:
Troll you for not using the right toothpaste
troll you not recycling every piece of waste.
Not mention all the good things you do
make it out you’re an idiot or a fool.


Chorus x 1


Verse 5:
Troll you cos what you’re saying’s too much.
Troll you cos what you’re doing’s not enough.
And don’t you dare do nothing at all
they’ll kick you from Montreal to Senegal.


Chorus x 1


Verse 6:
You don’t wanna be one of them.
Can’t see clearly from around a bend.
You can only sat-nav your way back home
when following the road away from Rome.


Chorus x 1


Verse 7:
Do you wanna walk true and straight?
Do you wanna write your own signs?
Cos it doesn’t matter where you go
they’re always some ties that bind………


Chorus:
Got to accept that this is the way.
You can try going quiet at home
always more knocking every day.
But everyone’s got heart and soul
whatever you’re told is so.

Verse 1:

I tell Alexa to play anything
even repeat the ones that I dislike.
Pass by the tea that I favour
to drink the one’s my lady like’s.

Chorus:
Cos never just some girl I knew
always girlfriend, confidante.
She only left a few days ago
my senses still hyperactive bent.

Verse 2:
Like that painting with the girl
stare follows you round the room.
Got pictures of her on every device
accusing me but I still use zoom.

Chorus x 1

Verse 3:
She picked the sofa in the lounge
so now I’m living in the kitchen.
Shouldn’t feel guilty about a B.L.T.
but she made the fridge vegetarian.

Chorus x 1

Verse 4:
I swear I recycled her potpourri
but I can still smell that sandalwood.
I’ve looked for someone to feed me
but only her friends would bring food.

Chorus x 1

Verse 5:
I never really took to her dog
had to pretend when we first met.
Was always licking my face at 5am
now I’m even more a lover of cats.

Chorus x 1

Verse 6:
Mates say to forget her here’s a beer
been told it all comes down to fate.
There’s a million girls to choose from
arrange for me to go on a blind date.

Chorus:
But never just some girl I knew
always girlfriend, confidante.
She only left a few days ago
my senses still hyperactive bent.

Verse 7:
I know I’ll eventually crash into a new day
When not everything’s about her.
When not everything’s about her.
When not everything’s about her.
All I see, hear, smell, feel and taste.
It’s the symbolic carrot cake in the bin
and I don’t feel bad about the waste.
Saw a pinball machine advertised online
not caring where it could be placed,
So I’m gradually building up steam
before I can crash into the new day
And rebuild it all the way.
and rebuild it all the way.
And rebuild it all the way.

Chorus x 2
To make her some girl I knew
ex-girlfriend, ex-confidant.
She left me a while ago
now I’m feeling less bent.

Verse 1:
We travelled out on the road awhile
like all young couples growing through.
We slept in the back when we got tired
fulfilling our dreams like idealists do.

Chorus:
We run and we run
till we get to the end of the road.
Till we find that one
that can tell us to take of our coats.
Even when we return to our garden
always feel the need to escape the moat.
Ever trying to veer away
of the Google-Map road.

Verse 2:
Sure we know Mount Rushmore is impressive
but test me with some of those picture bills.
We travelled down to visit Cape Canaveral
daughter asked me to explain those windmills.

Chorus x 1

Verse 3:
My partner loved it down there in Tennessee
Big Smoky and the Birds still recalled her name.
We walked on coloured waters in San Antonio
it all felt nearly as real as the video game.

Chorus x 1

Verse 4:
Best video was Mardis Gras in New Orleans
attach the beads step into the real world.
Who the hell can say what really is American
out in the sun too long every flag gets unfurled.

Chorus x 1

Verse 5:
There were the hallucinogenic Vegas billboards
dreams floated on an air-conditioned breeze.
Fiancée came with me to one of the shows
at home I get my own personal strip-tease.

Chorus x 1



Verse 6:
Wondered what it was the sleeping bison dream
sipping Rob Roy’s watching butting elks.
Later soaked in a hot tub in a converted attic
David Attenborough explained how they felt.

Chorus x 1

Verse 7:
First King Kong and Ann on the Empire State
then Ross and Rachael down in Central Park.
But the Statue of Liberty just wouldn’t move
though dressed in Ghostbusters gear to do our part.

Chorus x 1

Verse 8:
At the edge I felt myself flying and falling
cold December day the Colorado River roared.
The Canyon emptiness made me feel so strange
till I just couldn’t take the outside no more.

Chorus x 1

Verse 9:
We felt the spray hit us down in Toronto
Niagara Falls I think we need a bigger raft.
We’re always happy to mess up our heritage
buy a model steamboat from arts and craft.

Chorus x 1

Verse 10:
People say to us sure you have it all
but every day’s walking the tightrope.
The wire keeps getting stretched
but so far always answered the call.
People talk like we have the best
it’s the difficulties in being a guest.
But we still feel that there is a noose
and every second trying to break loose.
And the way we do it is….

Chorus x 2

Chorus:
Come on, man
got nowhere you want to go tonight.
Come on, man
help you get a girl that’s out of sight.
Come on, man
know you’re bored of all those websites.

Verse 1:
We’ve got a plan
don’t you worry.
You wanna be one of us
make a difference for a change.
Come on, get these down ye
and you’ll soon feel as right as rain.

Chorus:
Come on, man
got no were you want to go tonight.
Come on, man
this’ll get a girl whose out of sight.
Come on, man
know you’re bored of all those websites.

Verse 2:
Everyone shuts the blinds
police won’t be in sight.
We were just sending a message
sure you’ve got no were else to go tonight.
The fire should have been put out
seen the smoke coming from the house.

Chorus x 1

Verse 3:
So don’t panic and don’t say nothing
just leave it to us to put it right.
Sure nobody else can blame us
just cos nobody heard their shouts.
Might be calls from the press
be questions from the police.

Chorus x 1

Verse 4:
Just make sure you sit tight
through all the neighbours
the preachers and the priests.
Don’t go anywhere tonight
just tell yourself we’ve said freeze
and get back on your websites.

Chorus x 1

Verse 5:
There’s a rumour going round
that video footage was found.
that someone in the know talked
Assured them never be one of us.
Just some detective dangling bait.
tossed their hooks in now they wait.

Chorus x 1

Verse 6:
Now we all realise
Everyone’s gotta be streetwise.
If anybody nibbles,
be more than personal fate.
All your relatives, your family
round here, they’d be history.
No, no, no, no.
no, no, no, no.
wouldn’t be any of us.

Chorus x 1

Verse 7:
But everyone knows
from now to every more.
We’ll all be waiting
We’ll all be waiting
for that knock upon the door.
Go back to my websites
but not real life anymore.

Chorus: x 3

Verse 1:
I wake up from the mists of dreaming
to the distance cracks on the ceiling.
I hadn’t known you yesterday
So hard to find thoughts to say.
if this is anything.

Chorus:
But my brains been rewired.
The routine everyday things
they feel like fire.
Before yesterday happened
realise I didn’t know desire.

Verse 2:
You left juice on my bedside table
my heart and headache beating still.
We went to K.J.s birthday party
thought you just a random body.
But this might be something.

Chorus x 1

Verse 3:
I still haven’t taken my gloves of
I’m waking up to a worrying cough.
It’s cold and outside there’s a storm
in here everything’s way too warm.
For this type of thinking.

Chorus: x 1

Verse 4:
I’m not gonna say you’re model pretty
but you’re beautiful, I’m scattered giddy.
Talked in never before hunted for words
enough to make my toes feel curled.
An explodin’ supernova.

Chorus x 1

Verse 5:
Hey, I’ve been smiling for no reason
feels like this has become a fifth season.
Not noticing the rain is wet today.
Not irritated by the news anchor
and why reports are written this way
And for the first time in a long time
I think I might mean everything I say.
I make it to the bathroom mirror
hey, you know you’re looking good today.
There’s Alexa and the microwave
appreciating living in this magical age.
I tell her to pick me out a dance song
something from the 80s I can hum along.
And all because something has changed.
And all because something has changed.
Now who do I message
to remember her name.

Chorus x 3

Verse 1:
From first thing in the morning
while I’m still stretching, still yawning.
Here’s the alarms, shouts on the street
how does anyone here get any sleep?
Couple and kid at the top of the stairs
I hear the noise from their silences.
I’m not blind to their stares.
Just what the hell is going on in there?
My girls putting on her top
she’s pulling down her sleeves.
Tells me she’s got an early client.
I ask ‘When and Where?’
then without please or pause
sliding into a verbal tear.
She’s says: ‘When has your jealously
ever brought good results for you or me.’
Switch on to the 24 hour news
though it only makes me edgy.
Underlying feeling of despair.
she say’s ‘Get some fresh air,
go put yourself out there.’
I agree for that moment
then watch her leave.
I decide to go online and read.
Just all the dodgy comments
lined up on my twitter feed.
Though I’m supposed to be reviewing
that new exhibit at the art gallery.
In the end I do neither, browse for a while.
Don’t want anything I laze and I smoke.
doing nothing but dreaming.
A banging on someone’s door
but I can’t tell what for
and I can’t tell what floor.
Go to contacts on mobile
But I wanna call in style.
And I got problems with Mom
and things ain’t great with Dad.
So I lie back in silence
except what’s going on in my head.
Can’t put it into words
but I see the sun and the moon
and there’s me at the edge.
Then I see my brother’s name
it was flashing on my phone.
Thought he’d deleted my number
from that fight when we were stoned.
And I realise it’s love
And I realise it’s fate
Or mebe just dumb luck
someone’s opened the gate.
And it’s blood, it’s family
and I trust him completely.
I press answer
I press reply.
I press answer
I press reply.
And start to cry.