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Pop Psychology

by Jack Simmons

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1.
Manifesto 02:31
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I'm not pure blue I'm not the sea I'm not the things you want from me I'm not a wreck without a brain I'm not brown engines in the rain I'm not the girl you thought you wanted Do you want a girl at all? I guess we'll see I'm not one for your manifesto You wrote in the dark in the car park You drew your flies and sighed and spoke Of temporary autonomous zones I'm not a boom I'm not a bust I'm just an animal of lust I'm not a garden Not a contract Not some limestone by the Thames All the gifts that you steal me All the chapbooks that you write me make me swell My friends say you're a massive ego Not in so many words I'm too young to have been there The station at Lenin Square I'm not an ant I'm not too small I won't speak of love at all You're a centre I'm a weirdo You're a star about to fall You're not the cigarette you put out on my thigh I don't care at all I'm not one for your manifesto You wrote in the dark in the car park You drew your flies and sighed and spoke Of temporary autonomous zones
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Growing Pains 02:00
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Don't want to give him a second chance You need a boy that can keep it in his pants Saw a film in 2002 Learnt you deserved some true romance Shoved around like the revolution Cooking in the kitchens all round town Talk about restitution Well your mother went back, it's in your blood now doll People laugh at you When you cry you cry enough for two Thought your mother was an engineer Your father laughs while she's mopping up his beer Don't want to give it a second try You need a world that does more than just rush by The red weight of the sky on you Pink roofs from 1982 People laugh at you When you cry you cry enough for two Got your eyes on a nice New Build A bully boy to put away the bills And we've all got pains Heart pains and growing pains Gout pain, and promised pain to come
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Little Miracle 02:05
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Come on baby put a record on now I thought you were only human When I saw you for the first time with my friends Wasn't looking out for something special You are the summer I still see You are the longest number You are the din of the deep sea You are no work days all week long A little miracle Baby, leave the engine on to kill the frost now - To a place that I never thought I'd see! Keep me up until the morning's on the sky Stroke my back when my head's between my knees And now when I am in the wind I think of our endless summer At night it's fine when I can't sleep I look at you like the one promise I can keep A little miracle You are the summer I still see You are the longest number You are the din of the deep sea You are no work days all week long A little miracle
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Sold On You 02:51
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We have good days in the rain Don't need sun outside We have good days all the same Don't need to stay inside, no Have you ever loved someone more than a fad? Ever pinched in a nerve that you didn't know you had? Seen a lip that you shouldn't have? Oh no And I'm sold on you I'm bit by the bug they talk about And I'm sold on you You're one they made it easy to adore You make it easier than before We spend our days trading smiles We are the other side No we don't switch the news on We are the other side now Have you ever felt the thing that makes you come alive? Ever hit by a thing that you never thought to try? Seen a face and taken to the sky? 'cause I'm sold on you I'm bit by the bug they talk about And I'm sold on you You're the one they made it easy to adore You make it easier than before We have good days in the rain Don't need sun outside We have good days all the same Don't need to stay inside Have you ever loved someone more than a fad? Ever pinched in a nerve that you didn't know you had? Seen a lip that you shouldn't have? Oh no 'cause I'm sold on you I'm bit by the bug they talk about And I'm sold on you You're the one they made it easy to adore You make it easier than before Sold on you I'm struck with the bolt that I hoped for And I'm sold on you You're the one they made it easy to adore You make it easier than before
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Music For Car Parks 03:27
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Been working on my stuff I know it doesn’t mean that much You never brushed away my hand Or turned your nose up at the band And time was taking its toll But we had no idea back then Felt we were the last ones to Slip on a CD and sigh This is music for car parks I can play my part if you can play your part This is the hard part; I could be someone you don't see anymore Know I learned a lot In the short time we had How to be a better man How to be a man at all And this is music for car parks I can play my part if you will play your part This is the hard part; I could be someone you don't see any more Someone you don't see anymore Someone you don’t see anymore And when you put ABBA on Thought I was in love with you Yeah this is music for parks I can play my part if you will play your part This is the hard part; I could be someone you don't see any more Someone you don't see anymore
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Georgie Wants to Be A Pop Star 03:05
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It's not about living long it's about looking good It's not about taking drugs it's about skipping food And hanging out in Salzburg with a sad look on your face Watching all the wheels go round Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to be a pop star Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to find it in his heart To be a lover 'cause he needs to be a lover Georgie wants to be a pop star now And on the hottest day of June he looks for somewhere to go They won the footie and took to the streets in their Volkswagon Carrados But he just stared at his continental and thought about Abbey Road How the tape reels went round Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to be a pop star Georgie's crying 'cause he wants to find it in his heart To be a lover 'cause he needs to be a lover Georgie wants to be a pop star now Georgie wants to be a pop star now
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Where the Birds Go At Night 02:57
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I am petrified You're electrifying But these things take time I will know when you are there I am petrified You're electrifying But these things take time And sometimes we don't have enough We all wonder where, where the birds go at night I believe in you We all wonder where, where the birds go at night Do you believe in me too? I find myself Wanting to be Needing to be Where the birds go at night No cars, no lights Just some dark cave Flat open fish The sea and me (We all wonder where, where the birds go at night) Yeah, we all wonder where the birds go Wonder where the birds go, wonder where they go (We all wonder where, where the birds go at night) I feel like smashing windows Running over main roads With my eyes closed With my eyes closed I don't mind, if you don't mind You know that you never let me down I don't mind, if you don't mind You know that you never let me down I don't mind, if you don't mind You know that you never let me down I don't mind, if you don't mind You know that you never let me down
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Lose Control 03:05
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Met you down at the football field and I'm sighing Met you down at the football field and you do not mind Looking like a bomb hit you I am here to clear some rubble now 'cause I I'm out of control Knowing there's more A layer beneath your clothes Give me a pout I won't be something you don't care about now Something you don't care about now And your music makes me lose control These feelings that are nascent in my bones Wanna make you lose control and go now I can make you go now, I can make you go now And you know it's too late to pretend now Hide it from our friends now Can't hide it from our friends now Wanna make you lose control and go now Not illegal digging our dead ground Not illegal laying down if you do not mind Not illegal crossing legs, though it wakes up something deep inside And I I'm out of control I have this thing I've wanted to hold in my hands And I have nights where all I can think about is you All I can think about is you And your music makes me lose control These feelings that are nascent in my bones Wanna make you lose control and go now I can make you go now, I can make you go now It's clear we've started sharing clothes now Anything goes now, everybody knows now Wanna make you lose control and go now I don't care where you've been, now I can watch you swim now I can watch you swim... Wanna make you lose control and go now I can make you go now, I can make you go now Wanna make you lose control and go now
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Survival School 02:39
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Girl those kids can't make you cry But you don't care now if you do or die Moon in the morning sky You will be almost happy for the rest of your life Bloke in from the NHS Puts your Christianity to the test But you don't care No you don't care No you don't care Every meal goes to your hips Every skin-fade kid gives you lip Hold your breath and cross the street Close your eyes and trust your feet You're the teacher, you know the rules You're the thing they use to practice cruel But you don't care No you don't care No you don't care A glass of wine will make you cry but you don't know why It's just the things that they throw at you It's just the wage that they've decided to spare you It's just the world that they've thrown to you like a bone Girl those kids can't make you cry But you don't care now if you do or die Moon in the morning sky You will be almost happy for the rest of your life Bloke in from the Office for Standards Caught you smoking, you were reprimanded You don't care No you don't care No you don't care
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Miss You Today 03:19
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So you got held up with a couple friends at a party – played your favourite song My friends like to laugh and say you're better off dead but I know they're wrong Yeah I don’t mind, I’m already over it, I don’t care about that And if you burn out a couple of cars I don't think that makes you hopeless Yeah there are worse things than seeing your daddy put inside But I don’t mind No I don’t miss you today No I don’t miss you today No I don’t miss you today Took a couple busses just to see your face at the weekend – it’s not pretend Took a couple pictures with the best kind of lighting – you showed your friend Well I don’t mind, I’m already over it, I don’t care about that You say you want to walk off the planet I say I don’t care how you’re feeling But the way that you’re feeling is tearing me up inside But I don’t mind No I don’t miss you today You said you’d meet me today Outside of Tesco I’m alone y’know It's a little quirk of yours But I don’t wanna be treated like a piece of slime Why you gotta bring your friends with you all the time? The way that you treat me is some kind of crime And I don’t wanna play anymore But I don’t mind No I don’t miss you today You said you’d meet me today Outside of Tesco I’m alone y’know It's a little quirk of yours No I don’t mind No I don’t miss you today No I don’t miss you today No I don’t miss you today
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I Wanna Go Dancing 02:57
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You can't change the world you can change your mind Tell me all the things you wish to find Tell me all the places that you hide, oh oh oh All the little burns you don't want to show And I want to go dancing I've never been the kind to throw his hat In to the wind and just move like that, romancing I worry about my place in the universe But that is not a charm, it is not a curse I don't care what the other people think about you For me you are the glue Yeah I see the sun in you, oh oh oh These people worry about too much and they let it show And I want to go dancing I think I'm ready for the madding crowd And to fall back in love with my body now, romancing Leave the vultures at the door Who try to tell me what I'm on Earth for 'cause I know what I am on Earth for You can't change the world you can change your mind I know you are gentle, you are kind I know you are gentle, you are kind, oh oh oh Your love ripples out when you let it show And I want to go dancing I think I'm ready for the madding crowd And to fall back in love with my body now, romancing I worry about my place in the universe And that is not a charm, it is not a curse You are the thing I'm on Earth for
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Roller Disco of the Gods 01:28
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Want to take me to a roller disco And we're connected through wires in the clouds It's not illegal to get a little frisky Not illegal digging up our own wet ground Around and round I've seen you growing every day Around and round You've asked me if I'm straight or gay before But we're not operating in any framework Not asking questions to make our brains work hey You're a girl and i'm a boy Ask me if I believe in fate Around and round At the roller disco of the gods Around and round At the roller disco of the gods Is it against the law? Is it against the law law law law law? Around and round At the roller disco of the gods Around and round At the roller disco of the gods Is it against the law? These last two years have been a slog Around and round Around and round At the roller disco of the gods, oh yeah
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Effortless Cool 03:29
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Tired boy with your hair all down Mother nature gave you a frown To test your head and your heart You don't have to use it No you're not effortlessly cool It takes a lot of work The sunlight in your eyes Ruins another photo Tired boy with your passport and Your cigarettes though you don't smoke anymore Who do you think you're fooling? No you're not effortlessly brave You had your hopes and dreams And threw them to the wind You say you can't be bothered When you mean you're just too scared No you're not a no-action man You help the polls out when you can No you're not a no-action man But it hurts knowing your bed's a hearse No you're not effortlessly cool It takes a lot of work Watching 'I love 2002' What do I do to get through to you? Tired boy you let your hair grow long Tired boy get yourself in one last song Tired boy, you let your hair grow long Tired boy, get yourself in one last song Tired boy, you let your hair grow long Tired boy, get yourself in one last
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Animal 02:40
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Maybe, maybe it's just in your DNA Maybe it's the bitter things you say And hey, the games you play You never let me down, never let me down Baby, I didn't think you'd be my destiny I'm looking for the stars and you're the coat of grey in my way You never let me down, never let me down And I guess through the mess that we had some fun But I know in my bones that you're not the one Don't know why when you cry I just want to run I'm not an animal, not an animal And I find I'm not resigned to some primal life When we kiss there's spaceships falling from the sky I'm a girl in the world and I wanna fly I'm not an animal, not an animal Ordinarily there's nothing that I can't explain When we met we had to kiss 'cause we were on a train Never imagined that I'd end up art your door And I guess through the mess that we had some fun But I know in my bones that you're not the one Don't know why when you cry I just want to run I'm not an animal, not an animal And I find I'm not resigned to some primal life When we kiss there's spaceships falling from the sky I'm a girl in the world and I wanna fly I'm not an animal, not an animal Not an animal, not an animal And I, I'm never gonna see me alone anymore Oh I, I'm never gonna see me alone anymore
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Upside Down Turtles 04:01
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Try to turn my eyes up to see the sun Try to make a friend but I come undone Try to take your hand but you leave me feeling small Throw your back to the wall Try to pen a couple emails today Try to leave the house but I failed today Try to catch your eye but you leave me feeling small Throw my back to the wall But I I can’t make you mine If I can’t make you cry Don’t say that I’ve changed ‘cause man of course I have Yeah you know this summer’s been a perfect storm Of watching you go swimming with your perfect form And feeling a little older in the joints and in my brain Time slipping away But I I can’t make you mine If I can’t make you cry Don’t say that I’ve changed ‘cause man of course I have
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Slave to the Rhythm 05:03
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Just a moment, boy What’s a moment anyway? I know that life looks bad I know the world drags you down From the things you really love The news is bad, so switch it off I know that life conspires To pull you away But work can wait, anyhow Perhaps it can’t, you would know You’re a slave to the rhythm Going through the motions Feel that life is rising Slowly like the oceans Coming up to get you You cannot go back to the start And all the graphs are moving Slowly to the ceiling All the doors are closing All the walls are squeezing You cannot get back now Life is not a merry-go-round I hope this email doesn’t find you I hope that you’ve escaped That you’re free Slave to the rhythm Going through the motions Feel that life is rising Slowly like the oceans Coming up to get you You cannot go back to the start And all the graphs are moving Slowly to the ceiling All the doors are closing All the walls are squeezing You cannot get back now Life is not a merry-go-round You tell me that you’re fine but these things take their toll “When you’re a man not everything is good for the soul” Then I don’t wanna be a man No I don’t wanna understand You’re a slave to the rhythm Going through the motions Feel that life is rising Slowly like the oceans Coming up to get you You cannot go back to the start And all the graphs are moving Slowly to the ceiling All the doors are closing All the walls are squeezing You cannot get back now Life is not a merry-go-round
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Staying In (Hidden Track) 02:25
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released September 22, 2023

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Jack Simmons Bristol, UK

Singer-songwriter from Bristol, UK. 60s, 70s & 80s inspired indie pop.

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