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So, What Would You Little Maniacs Like To Do First

from When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Album) by Gary Yay

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They took it all!
They took my money
They took it all!
They took my car
They took it all!
They took my dignity and left me at the minibar
Try something new!
Go write your novel
Try something new!
Go have a fling
Try something new!
So what you waiting for, the world is yours, you can do anything

Why can't I just be me
Instead I gotta be
The sort of guy that wouldn't go just falling for
A set of silver hips
Loose lips sink ships
If that's what it's all about, count me out

This isn't gonna go the way you planned
If you don't give a damn
About becoming immaterial
So come on kid
Leave the old man suffering to the old

I had a dream!
I was somebody
I had a dream!
It went away
I had a dream!
I couldn't leave it, there was so much I forgot to say
Say something else!
Please change the subject
Say something else!
Cos this is hell
Say something else!
Being surrounded by teenagers taking photos of themselves

The 20th century
Got up and had to leave
You'll find me in the corner contemplating
Where the nearest exit is to me
Cos I'd rather be at home watching TV

This isn't gonna go the way you planned
If you don't give a damn
About becoming immaterial
So on your feet son
Cos 'poor me' is not a good look for you
You're never gonna get the old you back
Sitting round in your pants
On your own eating cereal
So come on kid
Leave the old man suffering to the old

I know I'm not unremarkable
Maybe you'll see my potential
Or you might wait a lifetime to find a millionaire
So give me one good reason why I should leave the house at all

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from When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Album), released March 25, 2019

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Gary Yay Brighton, UK

80s-pop obsessed punk idiot desperately trying to figure out life in general.

FFO: Descendents, early Weezer, Lemonheads, Husker Du, Replacements, Lifetime, Jawbreaker, Guided By Voices, Jimmy Eat World.

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