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Wednesday 29 September 2021

The Kinks Tribute EP

 The Village Green Preservation Society

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you what more can we do

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs. Mopp and good Old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them
We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you what more can we do

We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity
We are the Skyscraper condemnation Affiliate
God save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you what more can we do
God save the Village Green.

Lola

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola COLA cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola LOLA Lola Lola
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine my Lola Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man my Lola Lola Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said little boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
I pushed her away I walked to the door I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola  Lola
Well I left home just a week before and I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand and said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola

Apeman

I think I'm sophisticated because I'm living my life like a good homosapien
But all around me everybody's multiplying until they're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo man
Because compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man

I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized because I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape man I'm an ape man 
I'm a King Kong man I'm ape man I'm an ape man
Because compared to the sun that sits in the sky compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an ape man

In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble 
But give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
Because the only time that I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
What a life of luxury to be like an ape man I'm an ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
Because the air pollution is fogging up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man

Come and love me, be my ape man girl
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man I'm an ape man
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
And we'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day just like an ape man
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape man, I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man I'm an ape man.
I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man

Tired Of Waiting For You

I'm so tired tired of waiting for you
I'm so tired tired of waiting for you

I was a lonely soul I had nobody until I met you
But you keep me waiting all of the time what can I do?
It's your life and you can do what you want do what you like
But please don't keep me waiting please don't keep me waiting
Because I'm so tired tired of waiting for you
So tired tired of waiting for you

Scattered

Like a seed that is sewn all the children are scattered
By a breeze that is blown now the crops are all scattered
We are torn, we are shattered now some of us are barmy and battered
And the fields where we gathered are overgrown in weeds and in tatters
Through it all we were scattered

To the fields we are scattered from the day we are born
To grow wild and sleep rough till from the earth we are torn
And a soul that is free can live on eternally tnd the spirit can live on
Though it's scattered in the world beyond
And I've been out of my mind ever since she's been gone

I look around that empty room no sight nor sound she's left so soon
She's out of view but the I find those scattered clues she left behind
A photograph with a smiling face a cigarette stubbed out on the fireplace
A coffee cup with her lipstick stains I guess I'll never see her again

Now my life is all scattered ever since she's been gone
I feel older, I feel fatter I feel the blues coming on
We get bruised we get battered but we'll pick up the pieces that scattered
And with emotional glue we're gonna stick together, body and mind

Ever since she went away I've been alone to contemplate
Time and space and why world's move while sitting in my solitude
I've watched the stars and wondered why they're scattered up there in the sky
And is she up there out of view on some higher platitude
I wish I knew wish I could prove the reason why this life on earth is scattered like the universe
I'm scattered here and scattered there bits of me scattered everywhere

To the fields we are scattered then from the dust we are born
We survive somewhat battered to a new life, a new dawn
In the end what will it matter there'll only be my ashes to scatter
And all the logical answers to a worrying mind will be scattered in time
Beaten and battered to the earth you are scattered you're going home so what does it matter
To an atomic mind scattered here while you travel time

Hatred (A Duet)

You keep on accusing me of making your life misery but if that's not abusing me, what isn't
You wanna be my friend, well it's too late my love for you has turned to hate
And I think that it's a permanent condition you say you wanna make the peace
Smile and turn the other cheek I can't put myself in such a weak position
Now I'm willing to accept this fate you and me just can't cohabitate
We agree to hate and that's our fast decision
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever
Driven by hate, driven by hate driven by hate, driven by hate

On the surface I'm a mild-mannered person
That's until you scratch the animal inside
Then you bring out all my animal aggression
I gotta hatred for you that is never gonna die
Driven to hate, driven to hate driven to hate, driven to hate
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that keeps us together

While races try to integrate nations try to gravitate towards equal rights, regardless of religion
Politicians might decree for the sake of humanity love and peace instead of a collision
You and me accept reality there's no way that we can agree the world can't make us alter this position
At least you and I know where we stand we can't be friends, walk hand in hand
My hostility for you defies description
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever
Driven by hate, driven by hate driven by hate, driven by hate
Hate's the only thing we have in common there's no escape, we'll always be this way
So we might as well just learn to live together because we're gonna be this way till our dying day
Driven by hate, driven by hate driven by hate, driven by hate

If you keep on putting me down rub my name into the ground
I'll drag the dirt all over town about you and if you spread the filth on me
I'll only have one remedy I'll spill the beans, you'll see I've got a mouth, too
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that keeps us together
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever
Driven by hate, driven by hate driven by hate, driven by hate

Hatred your attitude is downright rude your jokes appall me, they're so crude
Why don't you just drop dead and don't recover I'm the mirror to your mood
You hate me and I hate you so at least we understand each other
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts, what is it hatred, hatred
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever
Hatred, hatred is the only thing that lasts forever

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