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This is the ballad of Morris Maroon
Two sided man
The divided tycoon…
Boardroom devotee
Making money grow
But night-time and weekends
He plots to overthrow…
himself
Morris Maroon
Morris Maroon
Two distorted sides
Of the same silver spoon
Eyes outlined in black
Like a living cartoon
Saves in the morning
Kills all afternoon
Threw a petrol bomb
At his own limousine
Black paint a’ crackling
A shout and a scream
Calls the judge for release
On his gold telephone
I’m Morris Maroon
And I’m coming home
CHORUS (SILVER SPOON)
He issued an order
To his own secret police
To track down the man
In the tunnels beneath
His own hollowed-out personality
They captured him quick
He had nowhere to hide
Tortured and beaten
But just on one side
CHORUS (SILVER SPOON)
Sends a hitman
From Switzerland
To obliterate himself
Avoiding any mention
Of his mental health
the ABC
Of SCHIZO-PHRENITY
Goes to D
A is for Anarchy
B is for Business
C for explosive
D - is deformative
In a statement to shareholders
read out at dawn
in front of the smoking
and bombed-out form
of …
Monday morn’…:
“Shares they be shorting
Boardrooms a slaughter
It’s a warning
To Headquarters
there’s LSD in all the water
I’m two halves like plutonium
Of one much stranger beast
I’m Morris Maroon
the most
and yet the least”
and then he detonated the bomb…
BOOM 🤯
A burial 🪦
A eulogy
A memorial stone
Rest in pieces Mr M
You’ll never walk alone
CHORUS
After Morris Maroon
To the relief of all his staff
Died of ‘blown to bits’
His gravestone cracked in half
When one part fell over on a
Sleeping policeman’s head
Morris the undead
Tried to sue himself instead.
This is the ballad of Morris Maroon
Two sided man
The divided tycoon…
Morris Maroon
Morris Maroon
Two distorted sides
Of the same silver spoon
If you’re still a’ wondering
Who is Morris Maroon
Morris Maroon
Is YOU
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2. |
Don't Zoom Right In
04:34
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Don’t zoom right in
Don’t zoom right in
(It’s hideous!)
(What is it?)
Look at my skin!
I’m ugly as sin
My details are crusty
I live in the bin
My trousers are musty
My face is all details
and fishscales and sin
I want no scrutiny
of the skin I’m in
I got so many details
magnify for some fails
I’m a crusty mountain range
from the craggy age
Dinosaur skin
Sandpaper chin
Morning cornflakes
crumbs from the bin
Wrinkle crack moats
On mountain goats
got enough loose skin
to make sails for boats
I’m a crusty loaf
on a rocky coast
I’m a slice of toast
That’s scattered with oats
I’m a hairy coat
In a crumpled tote
Crepe paper potater
A sunken boat
I’m flaky pastry
A dandruff tree
I’m not certain these curtains
Of meat are me
Pinch and zoom
From another room
My skin is worse
Than the mummies tomb
Plaster faster
Texturecaster
Retch disaster
Skinso nastier
MIDDLE 8
When the digital photo was early
The pictures were more blurry
Now that megapixels more
You can count on every pore
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3. |
Staff Meeting
03:00
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Tea Coffee Biscuits 10.15
Anthrax virus quarter-to
Ten minutes later cracked the gas main
Demolition charges blew
The centre of the earth is waiting
We’ll never answer for our crimes
A paradise the hollow earth
A place to spend the rest of time
Staff meeting
Team building
Being at the copier…
Tea break
Lunch break
Board meeting…
Interview
Overtime
Schedule
PowerPoint…
Brainstorm
Strategy
Internity
Ticking days off
Diagnosis
Tablets
Therapy
Mortgage Rates…
Eating rocks
And drinking petrol
Breathing fire
Can’t concentrate
Pushing biros
up my nose
Painting windows
Tippex white…
Save time… skip stairs:
use the window
Exercise my human right.
Freefall impact
Tarmac car park
Rocks and glass that broke my fall
Patched me up
Back Monday morning
Hardly feel the pain at all
I used to think that Satan
Was the terror and the rogue
But when it comes to suffering
He’s gone right out of vogue
The office desk, a big success
A cosy hell on earth
They start to train you early on
Your number’s there at birth
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4. |
Make Today Amazing
02:32
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CHORUS X2
Make Today Amazing…
Make Today Amazing…
The message printed
on your T-shirt says
“Make Today Amazing”
VERSE
Saying… Make Today Amazing
when the price of food is raising?
the death and wars surprising
and the world is cracked and crazing?
VERSE
Saying… Make Today Amazing
When the temperature is rising
Population navel gazing
And there comes no great uprising
ALT VERSE
As guns continue blazing
It says Make Today Amazing
Your T-shirt does the hazing
The cajoling and the chiding
It’s philosophically degrading
I take it as an insult.
Implies today if not amazing
Is my total fucking fault.
CHORUS STANDARD X2
VERSE
Make Today Amazing…
Am I taking it too straight?
It’s just a message on a T-shirt
Maybe I’m too late
VERSE
I get it now, I get the joke
I was asleep, now I awoke
Sorry if gave a stare
I take it back, I see you care
ALT VERSE
As guns continue blazing
It jokes Make Today Amazing
Your T-shirt does the waving
The uplifting and the cheering
It’s philosophically delighting
In my mind it makes a rift
Today is quite amazing
It’s a total fucking gift
STRUM OUT
MAAAKE TODAY AMAAAZING…
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5. |
Sweaty Betty
01:54
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Ketamine ketchup
Bourgeoisie
Not a pet
Effervescent
Follicles go free
She’s a woman with a strong
Identity
Sweaty Betty
She’s a yeti!
Hairy
Sweaty X4
Betty x4
She’s a yeti
Hair care bear
Obsessed with spaghetti
My girl Betty
She’s a real live yeti
Repairs to her lair
At the end of a jetty
Warm weather
Long hair
Two metres n 20
Sweaty X4
Betty x4
She’s a yeti
Shampoo’d
N rinsed
Conditioner in
Mangle tangle angle
Hair in a spin
Brush comb air dry
I’m not a spy
But I peek at my girls
Mega furry pie
Sweaty X4
Betty x4
She’s a yeti
Fringe Loomed
Overgrown
We are not alone
Preps confetti
Musculato
not Giacometti
Swoop comb alone
Shiny furry moan
Betty phones
Furry droney atone
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6. |
The McWho
02:08
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Tougher than Townshend
Fiercer than Daltrey
Madder than mad Keith McMoon
Badder and sadder
With a much bigger bladder
Than the tall one who died sniffing coke from a spoon
The McWhoooooooooo
Up from Glasgow
Down from Dunoon
The McWho are tougher and stranger
Than you
The soft southern Who
They can’t stand a chance
Against a tough Scotch McWho
With a tartan tough stance
McWho are You
McWho Who Who Who
Mc Pinball McWizard
McQuadraMcPhoenia
Odder and dreamier
summer kilts steamier
McDaltrey don’t care
Cause his long blonde curly hair
Is not just on his head
The McWho are hairier
EVERYWHERE
They don’t wanna die
Before they get old
They’d rather you died
Right now in the cold
A tough generation
That’s only got tougher
The McWho’s the band
That wins over the other
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7. |
Party Bus
04:14
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INTRO:
I wanna ticket
For the party bus
x4
VERSE:
I wanna ticket
For the party bus, party bus
Need a driver you can trust
On the party bus, party bus
VERSE:
I wanna ticket
For the party bus, party bus
Tire flatter no matter
On the party bus, party bus
CHORUS:
Blacked out windows
Stop us seeing out
If we saw daybreak
We might start to doubt
Sticky floor will keep you falling
Diesel powered mirror balling
VERSE:
I wanna ticket….
For the party bus, party bus (ding ding)
Tickets please, This way for sleaze
Ring the bell, (ring the bell)
I can’t stop, (I can’t stop)
Vibing to the clatter of the piston pop
(piston pop)
MIDDLE 8:
Lid on your cup
Condom dispenser
Gets hardcore
But there’s no censor
………
Move up the gears
Another round of shots
Dispels your fears
And I’ve got a lot
VERSE:
Raw exhaust goes in your nose
Rubber tread across your head
And toes…
Kiss who ya brought
or who ya chose
No one has a name here
No one knows
VERSE:
I wanna ticket
For the the party bus
Party bus
Need a driver you can trust
On the party bus
Party bus
(SPECIAL SECTION)
The magic moment
When the driver
Walks down the aisle
And joins the party
For a while
Then you know the party’s got style
Brick on the gas
Plenty of sass
We’re on a straight road
So we can’t crash…
VERSE:
Bus takes a dive right off of a bridge
Lands on its side
Nothing breaks in the fridge
Party keeps going forever inside
No matter how rough, it’s the smoothest ride
CHORUS:
Swingers swing out from the bars
While strippers shoot ping-pong balls at cars
All sway together
Like rotten trees
If you can’t stand
Get on your knees
VERSE:
Round and round the roundabout
We go
If you gonna puke
Use the right window
If you’re too dizzy
And you can’t take more
Crawl to the exit on the sticky floor
MIDDLE 8:
Black sticky dizzy box
Slingshot disco innuendo
Riding on inflatable cocks
Playing naked Nintendo
I wanna ticket
For the party bus
x2
VERSE:
I wanna ticket
For the the party bus
Party bus
Party bus
You need a driver you can trust
On the party bus
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8. |
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A N - T I C - A P - I T A
L I - S T C - A T - E R P
I L - L A R
and an S… ‘cause you’ve come this far
Anti capitalist caterpillars
x4
SPOKEN
The bushes and trees
Look strange to me
Pulsing and glowing
Blue and green
Is it the smoke? … or the LSD
It’s not a dream
It’s reality
That bush looks like a giant caterpillar
Stretching his body … over the lake
He’s looking over here
Can he see us?
Will he think that we are fake?
They bring a message don’t ignore
Taking over insect omnivores
They feast on money, any kind
Pounds dollars yen - yeah they don’t mind
Political and replicating
Their mission to be instigating
Revolution for all of you
Anti capitalism n’ anarchy too
Anti capitalist caterpillars
x4
I’m just a man - With no pretensions
Do my job and drink my beer
Don’t wanna to know about the Revolution
Don’t have feelings, Can’t shed a tear
But then I saw rise from the ground
Giant caterpillars green and brown
Glittering eyes saw through the lies
And I threw down my tools and marched to town
Anti capitalist caterpillars
Showed me how to live my life
Smash the state, The courts, the police force
No more money - no more strife
ONE CHORD
They don’t care about your fancy car
Holidays, clothes or furniture
The champagne drain, the private plane
Lies that raise the temperature
ONE CHORD
All just lies to keep you working hard
x4
SPOKEN
Bankers tip bin bags of 10s 20s 50s
Over the balcony into the square
Presses keep printing up
More stacks of 100s
Gold coins in buckets
Til cupboards are bare
No pockets - wallets - no bank accounts
No notes and coins
And no owed amounts
No debits, no credits, dead loans or bills
Just caterpillar tummies filled
SPOKEN
It was dark in the streets
And the boots they beat
Money Fires burn
And you feel the heat
Good to be warm
When you’ve been so cold
Watch the caterpillars swarm
And save the world
Crawling faster wriggle round
Giant caterpillars make no sound
50 foot long, pulsating faces
Eat the ruling classes, leave no traces
Feast on money they have stashed
Eat the buildings, eat the cash
Eat the weapons, eat the laws
Eat nuclear bombs, and eat the cause
Inequality poverty, caterpillars gonna set us free
Seem them feasting - on the dead
As they take the night - and turn it red
Blessed the day - when they hatched and spawned
Bringing us to the anarchist dawn
Watch them eviscerate the government
Inhale exhale freedom’s scent
On the White House lawn - the police are dead
giant liberators - wrap in silky threads
Suddenly still - If you could see inside
The chrysali - then you’d know why
Cells liquefy - So the worm can fly
Anti capitalist caterpillars - never die
They just transform so they can spring
Up from the earth on coloured wings
The butterflies they start to sing
The butterflies they start to sing
And from the sky there comes the song…
All the butterflies sing as one…
And I sing along…
Anti capitalist caterpillars
x4
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9. |
Disgusting Stew
02:37
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We’re all disgusting
Hideous, cruel
We’ve got bad breath
Since back in school…
Our shoes don’t fit
Smell gruesome too
N’ we always eat
Disgusting stew
And…
we’re coming
we’re coming
We’re coming for you
We’re coming
We’re coming
We’re coming for you
Gonna cut you up
Gonna cut you up
Cut you up for
Disgusting stew
CHORUS
We’re all disgusting…
Lumpy, bubbling
Brown and blue
I’d like to eat a bowl of you
x2
Salt and pepper
Dash o this and that yeah
Boil until
It can’t taste better
CHORUS
We’re all disgusting
Hideous, cruel
We’ve got bad breath
Since back in school…
Our shoes don’t fit
Smell gruesome too
N’ we always eat
Disgusting stew
x 2
And…
we’re coming
we’re coming
We’re coming for you
We’re coming
We’re coming
We’re coming for you
Gonna cut you up
Gonna cut you up
Cut you up for
Disgusting stew
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10. |
Signe
02:48
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Signe crawled out of the bushes
Signe’s got PTSD
Signe crawled out of the bushes
Where it’s war time permanently
Signe crawled out of the bushes
Signe’s got PTSD
She’s been listening
To me
play the guitar
Listening covertly
Could she sit here and listen
Sit down near to me?
But it was me that listened to Signe
The story of her ptsd
I can’t share detail - That story
It’s private as I’m sure you see
There’s a rule between guitarist
And patient
Musician confidentiality
But I can say this…
There’s an aftermath inside Signe you see
She can’t escape the conflict She can’t flee
It’s imprinted in her maybe Permanently
We’ll just have to wait and see
I hope she can find solace
Move out of the facility
She’s getting the help she needs now
Getting back to our reality…
Signe crawled out of the bushes
To listen to me play the guitar
What goes on in Signe’s head
Is like war from afar
Good bye
Good bye Signe
Farewell on the path
The way that leads around the lake
Ends up where it starts x2
Hope you heart stops aching
And you get better fast x2
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11. |
Urban Hitchhiker
03:14
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I’m an urban hitchhiker
Wild man on the road
I know there’s a bus
But I want freedom
Got my guitar on my back
I’m a roamin’
down the road
Got to get my sign set up
Get my thumb out
rain or shine
Never stop rolling
Til I get to my office
I know, the bus stop is just there
Buses come every 10 (5, 3, 1) mins
But I just don’t care
And the boredom drives you crazy
and the crazy drives you poor
it’s the boredom that can kill you
when you’re waiting for the war
//
Fast and Clean and efficient
And I just don’t care
And they’re cheap and well maintained
And I just don’t care
and there’s free snacks and a blanket
Made of cashmere
And I just don’t care
There’s a fresh baked butter croissant
For everyone
And I just don’t care
there’s real life Hollywood stars
performing on a small stage
And I just don’t care
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12. |
Stick On The Ground
05:34
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I used to be up there
Hanging in the breeze
Growing up from within
I was thin, In the tree
All bunched up together
Shadowing the moonlight
I used up all my energy
Coming through the canopy
Giving in eventually
Brought down with gravity
CHORUS
Stick on the Ground
Stick on the Ground
Lying in the dust of everything
That used to be around
I used to be up there
Up there in the breeze
Growing up from within
I was happy I was free
Never really realised
The sun went down so many times
You’ll never really hear me cry
Snapping in the midnight
Snapping in the midnight
Buds, buds, like pustules
Growing from my skin
Leaves leaves, like great green hands
Spring from within like wings
I bent and I swayed
I shivered and froze
The years went by I just stayed there,
But now, now who knows
I looked up to see my old home
Get higher higher still
I’m just a bone discarded
From the tree above departed
The other branches, twigs and buds
That used to be my flesh and blood
Don’t see me now
I’m in the mud
Don’t see me now
I’m in the mud
CHORUS
I don’t have a face
or I would would frown
Stick on the Ground
I think my bark is brown
Oh no here comes the dogs mouth
Gonna chew me up
And throw me down
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13. |
50 Bedrooms
02:48
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My brain has 50 bedrooms
So please turn off the light
My eyes aren’t made for lanterns
In my brain it shines too bright
Each bedroom has a girlfriend
Who’s gone out for the night
The covers lie like dirty snow
That’s given up the fight
My brain has 50 bedrooms
I wander in the dark
Feel my way down tilting stairs
Round doors light splits apart
Somewhere voices low and high
A conversation long
I take a seat and start to write
The verses of this song
My brain has 50 bedrooms
My brain has 50 doors
My brain has 50 ceilings
50 walls and 50 floors
Each bedroom has a girlfriend
Whose gone out for the night
The bedrooms are all empty
Please turn out the light
My brain has 50 bedrooms
They’ve cut off all the heat
The powers on just once a day
I’m trying to keep it neat
There’s damp on all the pillows
In the leaning candlelight
I knock down a cup and plate
And give myself a fright
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Jody Barton Copenhagen, Denmark
Jody Barton was born and raised in the UK near London and now lives in Copenhagen. His rowdy and eclectic music calls to
mind the post-punk and anarcho folk of Crass, Ian Dury & The Blockheads and just a little bit of Tim Curry. His latest project ‘Morris Maroon & Other Ballads’ is an open-ended work in progress both as a solo live set and recorded album.
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