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Not my problem (live)
03:09
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Not my problem
You’re someone from so long ago- You’re someone that I used to know
I really hope that you’re doing fine- But right now I don’t got the time, because
Chorus:
I’m so glad you’re not my problem
I don’t wanna make amends
Even after all this time
I don’t need you as a friend of mine
I’m so glad you’re not my problem
So you think that I really should care- But those feeling are going nowhere
There’s one thing I have found- I’m so glad you’re not around because
Chorus
I really wish that you’d leave me alone; your true colours have already shown
Sure I’ll mourn you when you’re dead- I’m so glad that you’re not in my head
Chorus
Hey Johnny, I’m doing fine
Hey Johnny, don’t got the time
Hey Johnny, can’t afford the cost
Hey Johnny why don’t you stay lost
Bye, bye- so long
No, no, you’re wrong
Hey Johnny, can’t afford the cost?
Hey Johnny- why don’t you stay lost?
Hey Johnny, get lost!
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2. |
Cheque's on time (live)
04:09
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Cheque’s on Time
A millionaire on minimum wage
So they says but not in this day and age
That job that I couldn't arrange
Looks like I'm down to pocket change
Chorus:
Cause I'm doing fine
Cause my cheque’s on time
Tax break for the boys in suits
Let’s give the poor some new recruits
Sawed the rungs on the ladder of success
Now you're up there, screw the rest
Chorus:
Bridge:
How did I get so damn bitter?
Never peg myself as a quitter
I'll bet you’d like me or so you’ll find
Just happen to be the firing kind
Chorus:
Trickle down means I cut your lawn
Or work a shift from dusk till dawn
Maybe I could change your kid's diaper
Become a professional ass wiper
Double Chorus
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3. |
Janitor Joe (live)
01:57
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Janitor Joe
Tote the pail, swing the mop
Working day I better not stop
Dust the shelves, sweep the floor
Then unlock the front door
Chorus:
He’s Janitor Joe, no area neglected-
Janitor Joe, the toilets disinfected
Janitor Joe, has to survive- So in the morning he arrives
Afternoon clean the shop
Metal and grime to three o’clock
Coffee truck, empty the trash
His hand it hurts from his finger he smashed
Chorus:
He’s Janitor Joe, no area neglected- Janitor Joe, the toilets
disinfected
Janitor Joe, has to survive- So every morning he arrives
Bridge:
It’s five o’clock it’s quitting time
Until the next morning and the same old grind
Janitor Joe what have you learned?
What happened to the money that you earn?
Well Janitor Joe isn’t that dumb
He’s got a kid and a college fund
A wife, house that he doesn’t shirk
So every morning he’s off to work
Chorus:
He’s Janitor Joe, no area neglected-
Janitor Joe, his life is perfected
Janitor Joe says he’s happy-
Gets the job done and he makes it snappy
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4. |
Please (live)
02:57
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Please
I'll try to explain it so let me begin
You've always wondered just where you fit in
You start out first to make it last
Before the future slips into the past
Chorus:
Please, can't you see you're just like me?
Please, you can choose what you want to be
Please- please
So now you've warmed to a world grown colder
With the wisdom you've gained as you've grown older
With all that you've seen, all that you've felt
Make the most of this life with the cards you are dealt
Chorus
I can't really answer just where to begin
All of the answers are found deep within
Don't play the victim, make your own choice
Be who you are and find your own voice
Chorus
Please (4x)
Please can't you see, you can be, anything that you want to be
Please can't you see, you can be, anything that you want to be, anything that you please
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5. |
President (live)
03:04
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President
Some feller asked me about the government
And did I know where all that money went
And then he asked me to be the president
But then I’d have to tell them where all the money was spent
On bombs galore and the threat of a nuclear war
On tools of hate, designed to wipe out the human race
Well then he asked me about the deficit
And what’s the overall net effect
So then I thought about being the president
So I could control where all the money went
On food galore, let’s put an end to threats of nuclear war
On peace and love, let’s worship prophets that are up above
Let’s worship profits that are up above
Let’s worship prophets that are up above (let’s go!)
It’s so easy to build utopia
Spaced between my own two ears
And not to inflict it on anyone
Or play on other people’s fear
About bombs galore, let’s put an end to threats of nuclear war
Say peace and love; let’s worship prophets that are up above
Let’s worship profits that are up above- Let’s worship prophets that are up above
Say peace and love, say peace and love,
Say peace, peace, peace and love, love, love- I said peace
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6. |
Time bomb heart (live)
02:11
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Time Bomb Heart
Got a time bomb heart- Carries heavy loads
Got a time bomb heart- Ready to explode
From all the hassles
From all of the grief
Now that it's gone,
You know it’s such a relief
For my time bomb heart
Got a time bomb heart- And it’s gonna give
Got a time bomb heart - But I want to live
I'm lookin’ for answers,
I'm lookin’ for peace
I'm gonna start over
Gonna get a new lease
For my time bomb heart
Tick-tock Boom!
Got a time bomb heart- Carries heavy loads
Got a time bomb heart- Ready to explode
But I’m done with the cryin’,
I’m done with despair
Now that it’s broken,
Who’s gonna care?
For my time bomb heart
Tick-tock, Boom!
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7. |
A bit too heavy (live)
03:09
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Bit too heavy
(for the Mainstream)
Trade your coffee for some tea
Settle into mediocrity
I shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds
I wouldn’t like where that leads
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
(dig this)
Guitar music is on the way out
Does the singer have to shout?
Did I upset your inner peace?
When’s this racket going to cease
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
(check it)
Hey programmer will you decide
If you’ll play my latest side
Because it’s all starting to sound all the same
And the music you play is all so lame
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
Just a bit too heavy for the mainstream
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8. |
Pop song (live)
02:48
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Pop Song
We’ll take a sample of yesterday
Then dress it up, call it today
We’ll call it a pop song- Do you like pop songs?
I like a pop song- Let’s call it pop song
That’s my example, is it okay?
All fabricated, we don’t really play
We’ll call it a pop song- Do you like pop songs?
I’ll sing a pop song- It goes like this
Woo-woo-woo-woo- yeah, yeah (4X)
That was my pop song- You like my pop song?
I like my pop song- Let’s call it pop song
We’ll take a sample of yesterday
Then dress it up, call it today
We’ll call it a pop song- Do you like pop songs?
I’ll sing a pop song- It goes like this
Woo-woo-woo-woo- yeah, yeah (4X)
That was my pop song-You like my pop song?
Gone on too long now?
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9. |
24 hours (live)
04:06
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24 hours
Twenty four hours, I live in a van,
Next destination according to plan
Crack in the windshield, snow up ahead,
Just hit the mountains don’t want to be dead
Chorus:
Don’t you be laughing when I’m walking out the door
Pretty soon you’ll be crying when you realize I won’t be coming back no more
Twenty four hours, just sleep in a van
What’s there to know now, “yeah we’re the band”
Hot on the prairies, forty below
Just hit the mountains, starting to snow
Chorus
Twenty four hours, I live in a van,
Next destination according to plan
Crack in the windshield, snow up ahead,
Just hit the mountains don’t want to be dead
Chorus
Twenty four hours, just sleep in a van
What’s there to know now, “yeah we’re the band”
Hot on the prairies, forty below
Just hit the mountains, starting to snow
Chorus
Twenty four hours, I live in a van,
Next destination according to plan
Crack in the windshield, snow up ahead,
Just hit the mountains don’t want to be dead
Chorus
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10. |
It's a lie (live)
04:16
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It’s a lie
Thinking about reality
Hazy from the THC
Confess apologetically
Looking for some clarity
Pre chorus
Another day I’m off to work
Making money for some other jerk
This they call making a living
But it’s all take- there is no giving
Chorus
It’s a lie; it’s a lie- now you understand that they’re so sly
It’s a lie; it’s a lie; you get a slice but they take the pie
It’s a lie; it’s a lie; it doesn’t matter if you understand why
It’s a lie; it’s a lie; you only have to do it until you die
Slave to electricity
Wishing for simplicity
Poising as a wannabe
Hoping that they all believe
Thinking about reality
Hazy from the THC
Confess apologetically
Looking for some clarity
Pre chorus/chorus
Slave to electricity
Wishing for simplicity
Poising as a wannabe
Hoping that they all believe
Pre chorus/chorus
End part:
Uppy-uppy-uppy Joe
It’s time for school/work, it’s time to go
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11. |
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Going down to the Beach
I’m going down to the beach
I might be out of reach
Switching off the old cell phone
Cause I really need to be alone
Chorus:
I think that I need to think
More than I need a drink
I think that I need to think
More than I need, to smoke or drink
Cause I don’t think you’ll understand
About a therapeutic day in the sand
I feel the water on my feet
I really think that would be sweet
Chorus:
Break down:
Going down to the beach (4X)
Chorus:
Yes a new day has begun
I feel the warmth of the mid-day sun
Starting to think I’ll be o-kay
Now you realize why I went away?
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12. |
Angry man (live)
05:15
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Angry man
Part 1:
First you flash then apologize-
We’re all flawed don’t you recognize
But this act has worn me out-
Can we talk instead of shout?
Take control of your anger- can’t you feel the danger
Alienate those who care- they’re a target and it’s not fair
Chorus:
Because- you’re an angry man- Can’t you understand?
You’re an angry man - You’re an angry man
Part 1
Stop the anger, what’s your deal? - Soon your fate will be sealed
Can’t you see, we’re all done- Understand that it’s never been fun
Try to extinguish your inner rage- the fire it burns but act your age
Those frustrations let them go- but all you do is let them show
Chorus- Part 1
Why you hardest on the ones you love? –
They won’t forget when push comes to shove
And when you shove you can push them away-
Express your kindness in the word that you say
So what’s your problem, what’s the excuse? –
We’re getting tired of all the abuse
Soon you’ll find that you’re all alone-
if you don’t change your nasty tone
Chorus -
You need a hug? – What do you say? World got you down?
Another tough day?- Here’s a lesson – that needs to be taught
Learn to appreciate- all that you got
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Has been never was
You know there comes a time when finally I must decide
Seems you never found your place and soon you’ll fade without a trace
A has been / a never was you’ll never make it just because
You know it’s all the same, you’ll never make in a young man’s game
And still I continued on, trying to write your next hit song
And all those hits that be we’ll they never seemed to happen for me
A has been / a never was you’ll never make it just because
You know it’s all the same, you’ll never make in a young man’s game
Sometimes, I wonder, I wonder-why it has to be, all this negativity
Sometimes, I wonder, I wonder-if it’s a product of our minds
Can’t we leave it all behind?
Well now I face my final curtain of this I only can be certain
And if I fade without a trace would that be such a big disgrace
It doesn’t matter if the song it grooved all that matters is the unit moved
The hype machine continues on with little regard for music or song
All these things I say are true but I don’t care since I found you
And come what may, it may be true, but I don’t care since I have you
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14. |
Elated (live)
03:12
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Elated
I used to be a good kid- in fact I was a sad lad
Now I am a grown man- and I still feel elated
Chorus:
I feel elated (4x)
Then I was a zero- it added up to something
Then I was a chein de neigh- And then I was a columnist
Chorus
Then we became discarded- So now you know how is started
Now they call me old man- but I still feel elated
Chorus (2x)
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Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
You think I need redemption, you’re praying for my mortal soul
You think you’re going to save me, from playing rock and roll
You’ve always loved a project, and making someone whole
But I can’t see what I’m missing and what is taking such a toll
So give me some- sex, drugs and rock and roll 2x
I’ve always loved a cup of coffee; it gives me such a kick
I’ve always been into heavy music, a well-played guitar lick
I’ve always loved the touch of another and the feel of skin on skin
I always wanted to make a connection, I’ve never considered that a sin
So give me some- sex, drugs and rock and roll 2x
Riff vamp
I always love to have blast; I always love to have a laugh
At the world that we see, from a little THC
So give me some sex, drugs and rock and roll 2x
So why do you want to save me from the joy of what I do?
Why do you want to change me? Why do you want me to be like you?
Can’t you see I am smiling but you want to make me frown?
There’s nothing wrong with being happy. Why you want to bring me down?
Just give me some, sex, drugs and rock and roll 4x
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The Discarded Orangeville, Ontario
The Discarded hail from Orangeville, Canada. They are comprised of drummer, Caden, his brother Jared on bass and father,J.P.Wasson on guitar and vocals. The Discarded might all be related, but their sound will quickly tell you that this is no Partridge Family reunion. They make hard hitting, tight rock n roll and write well crafted original music. Check it all out here. ... more
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