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Songs of the Anthropocene

by Blue Dog

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1.
Au Revoir 01:23
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Au revoir Au revoir everybody, it’s time to say goodbye We’ve had our fun, we’ve had our kicks But now it’s time to die The methane clouds are coming The polar bears are dead The Amazon is drying up It really makes me sad So take comfort in the knowledge that it’s already too late Give a hug to loved ones Forgive the ones you hate For times they are a-changing And temperatures are high We heave a sigh, we choke, we fry Au revoir, goodbye
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The Pirate Song 03:15
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The pirate song Look at the Petri dish it’s almost overflowing And all the tiny viruses are acting like it’s fine Will they break the dish and do they know just where they’re going Who will tell the viruses they’re almost out of time Doctor says: “It’s quite alright, so don’t you be afraid, If there was a problem I would surely operate” Lalala… Once there was a pirate lad, who one day went a sailing He stole himself a frigate and he sailed the seas so red He drew his trusty dagger ready for serious impaling But then he cried ‘Avast’ and saw his foes already dead Listen to the buccaneer: “go find yourself a wench To fill the good ol' Petri dish before you walk the plank” Lalala… Hope is for the wicked, it will only lead to sorrow And love is for the lucky so make sure you have a crack Plant a seed today because you may be gone tomorrow I may die a scurvy dog but I won’t die a scallywag Think about the Petri dish, it’s better if you run It’s getting pretty hot in here, or should I say: well done! Lalala…
3.
Blue Dog 02:47
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Blue Dog Blue dog, blue dog, I saw a blue dog today Blue dog, blue dog, I guess you’re here to stay Blue dog, blue dog, I hope you like your hue Blue dog, blue dog, ‘cause it’ll stick with you You stepped into the river, the water was blue But it wasn’t water, and now it’s on you Blue dog, blue dog, how I wish you could run Blue dog, blue dog, oh what the hell have we done?
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Would You Like To Rule the World 03:57
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Would you like to rule the world Would you like to rule the world And if you could how would you do it Would it be a world where dreams come true You will need a good disease And after that you’ll need an army Because the world is way too small for them and you You can die inside from gonorrhoea Or you can die for real in North Korea What a world of great diversity Were it only big enough for you and me You can fly a plane to Greece Watch some folks dance the sirtaki Would that world fit your consumerist ideas Pass out on the couch Watching IED-ed Iraqis Knowing that one day the world will be at peace You can tweet about your holiday plans Wih lithium from Afghanistan Oh what will happen when these things run out Will there be a single soul who hears you shout There is beauty in a leaf of grass There is beauty in the middle class There is things and then there’s stuff Always too much never enough But in the end it’s nature’s way You can judge or lose or win But in the end it’s all just things That come and go only you know What’s right or wrong from day to day And everything you know will fade away someday SOLO When the world becomes devoid of meaning Remember there’s no one who’ll hear you screaming Better learn to watch the world go by See the beauty in your children’s eyes And every night Say goodbye
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Roast Together 03:09
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Roast together Now you can sell your cars And move to higher ground Shoot the refugees from desert 'France' But when they flee the heat Make sure you lock your house Cause they'll eat your children When they get the chance We will roast together Roast together Roast together on planet Earth We will toast the Netherlands forever But we'll do it all together For all that it's worth Move to Canada or Scandinavia But you will move by the billions To safer lands Flee the rising seas but they will get to you Because the nuclear holocaust Will fry you in the end We will... As the mighty Nile and the great Amazon Will cease to be You may wonder what went wrong And when your children cry And ask you why daddy why Sing this black lullaby as their funeral song We will... And the lightning will strike The methane hydrates in the air Burning cities and people all to bits Well if you're asking yourself Just why you didn't care Just know that China alone Will turn the atmosphere to shit We will... Santa Clause drowned, no presents he’ll bring But at least we will still have air conditioning We will...
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Got Gun 03:04
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Got gun Everybody got gun Everybody got gun I shoot you You shoot me Triggerhappy family Everybody got gun Everybody got gun You don't like the godless man Take your gun to the Bataclan You shoot woman Make him widowman Look at what you done done Everybody got gun Everybody got gun I shoot you You shoot me But first I shoot your family Everybody got gun Everybody got gun Terrorist shoot man in street Man in street get blue So he get gun Shoot other man Now he terrorist too Everybody got gun Everybody got gun I shoot AK I eat BK I wear CK while you decay Everybody got gun Everybody got gun Money power make poor man blue You got gun but he want it too From Paris to Ouagadougou You better shoot before they shoot you Muslim man he get gun Christian drone in Jemen From Mecca city to the Vatican People killa for the religion Buddha bout to be banned Hindu dumber-di-dumb Everybody got gun Everybody got gun I shoot you You shoot me We’re a happy family Everybody got gun Everybody got gun Everybody got gun Everybody got guuuuuuuun
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My Little Garden 01:23
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My little garden I’ve got a little garden in the south of Amsterdam I like to watch the birds and bees as often as I can So when I get the chance I like to plant a couple seeds And give my little garden all the water that it needs Won’t you try my lettuce, it is green and it is fresh And when my friends are there I like to treat them to my stash It goes with any dish so won’t you give my greens a try We’ll have them in my garden as we watch the clouds go by Sometimes when I am lonely I will take my ass outside I’ll toss a little salad first and get my peppers fried I’ll watch the sun go by and be as happy as can be With life, with love, with lettuce and a whiff of good old me We’ll pass around the lettuce, have a picnic and a glass We’ll share a bit of lettuce and we’ll share a patch of grass And when the summer ends you are invited to drop by To join me in my garden getting high on my supply
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Tarmac 03:32
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Tarmac Here we are, facing our extinction No matter what we do we’re going down Redeeming our denial with empty talking Going round in circles 'round and 'round As my ageing spirit carries the load Like a silent witness to the end of the road I keep walking, walking, walking On the tarmac of this town Why should I contend for their attention When all I want to deal in is my love I wouldn’t be in need of condescension If they could just stop looking for their gods But I know why people don’t want to know And I realise we’ve got to put up our show I keep dreaming, dreaming, dreaming On the tarmac it will snow I can’t avoid this feeling of collapsing In irradiated soils we shall decay The burning sun will stain our perfect bodies Humanity will slowly fade away But we’ll cry a song of Auld Lang Syne And we’ll laugh and sing until the end of time We’ll be dancing, dancing, dancing On the tarmac you’ll be mine We’ll dance away the darkness Dance away the night Forget about the monsters Forget about the fight
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Nature Will Be Fine Without Us 02:58
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Nature will be fine without us Nature will be fine without us Nature will be fine without us We can talk and talk and talk until the earth’s a dead rock but Nature will be fine without us We kill the whale We kill the polar bear We kill the people and chickens too We kill the kitty cat We kill the puppy dog (aaah!) But nature will be fine without me and you, oh Nature… We can erase the human race but the rats will take our place… Nature… We kill the fish We kill the honey bee We can kill until there’s nothing left to eat We kill the berry bush We kill the coral reef We kill the ground from underneath our feet, oh Nature… We can nuke the f###ing trees, create two-headed bees… Nature… MRSA MDR TB VRE CRKP MRSE EHEC VRSA It really doesn’t take too much to see that… Nature… It may take a million years and we will not be here, but nature… NATURE !!!
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The Giver 05:42
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The Giver Guess it’s time to say goodbye Guess it’s time for me to die inside Take your happiness and light Just go on and live that thing you call your life I will answer when you call I will never let you fall I’ll be the one who never tells Until you find somebody else I am the giver I give Fly around the earth With that money that you earned But you cannot fill the void Watching people you destroyed When you cannot fight the tears Cause you cannot be the one you want to be If you can’t escape the fear You can come and talk to me, my dear I am the giver I give When we’ve used up all the oil And the earth she cooks and boils And your frightened children toil Because we’ve plasticised the soil I’ll be the river I’ll run To save the dreams you couldn’t kill Because you’ll never break my will And if it’s not enough I’ll give you one last thing: my love My love
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Have a Merry Christmas 02:49
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Have a merry Christmas Have a merry Christmas May you find good cheer With gifts beneath the Christmas tree And family so near Have a glass of wine Or if that’s not your thing drink beer Oooh… isn’t it a wondrous thing That Christmas time is here Have a merry Christmas Or whatever holiday I wish you all a merry one I hope the feeling stays I hope you’ll all be merry Right until the end of days Oooh… isn’t it a wondrous thing To see the world your way Have a merry Christmas In every little part May all the lonely people see The love inside your hearts They’ll look up to the stars And when they see your light above Then one day they may realise They’re not alone, but.. Have a merry Christmas Forget about the past The world is full of treasures And they disappear too fast We win, we lose, our paths we choose Until the dice is cast Ooooh… have a merry Christmas ‘Cause it might just be your…
12.
Hoop 06:34
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Hoop Hoop is een gif, een gifgroen gif Sissend in je aderen Laat je niet grijpen wees sterk Je moet je wapenen Hoop is een woord, een liegend woord Laat je niet bekeren (laat me niet alleen) Het toekomstloze doet al pijn genoeg We moeten leren Als het donker wordt wees niet bang De monsters komen toch wel Als het doek valt verwacht geen applaus Jouw leed is lichter dan een zeepbel Hoop is een dief, een steelse dief Mistend in je hersenen Laat je niet roven, wees echt En stel jezelf de vraag… Heb ik geleefd vandaag?
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Weerbericht 01:07
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This album was re-recorded in 2019

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released February 18, 2018

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