Taking The World By Surprise

from PRESENT by Dangerous Girls

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Recorded : Outlaw, 1980
Post production : Rob Peters & Chris Ames
Mixed by : Rob Peters, Wafer Thin

lyrics

Today I feel like a crazy
Today I feel like someone with a sponge for a brain
Keep letting the water out
Crying? I would but I'm lazy
Laughing? I would but I laugh like a drain
And from there it's down to the sewer side

Suicide statistics - I don't want to go like that
'Police say there were no identifying marks'
I don't want to go like that!

I've got to do something, I've got to be somebody
I've got to increase in size
I'm not gonna to take sleeping pills
I'm gonna take the world by surprise

No more take it or leave it
No more walking around till the soles of my feet
Are giving my nose a wipe
Hungry? You'd better believe it
Thirsty? If I was to drink all I could in one go ...
... I'd double the real estate

Release date tomorrow - I don't want to hang around
People craving for new phenomena
I don't want to hang around!

I've got to do something
I've got to be somebody
I've got to hypnotise
I'm not gonna to take no for an answer
I'm gonna take the world
By surprise

Just give me one chance - a chance in a million
One chance - Just give me a chance
Maybe two, Even three
Just what am I asking for?

Helpless? The spirit is willing
Hopeless? Just give me some rope
I've a trick up my sleeve
It gives me some confidence

Confidentially I don't want to spill the beans
Just between me and the room I'm in
I don't want to spill the beans!

I've got to do something
I've got to be somebody
I've got to acclimatise
I'm not gonna take liberties
I'm gonna maybe ....

credits

from PRESENT, released March 3, 2023
Mykocupa : Vocals
Rob Peters : Drums, Cymbals, Synthesiser
Rob Rampton : Bass Guitar
Beetmoll : Guitars
Chris Ames : Guitars

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Dangerous Girls Birmingham, UK

Prog-punk band and Birmingham's best cult secret Dangerous Girls formed in 1978, disbanded in 1982 and reformed in 2012, playing a series of live shows between 2012 and 2015. The much awaited limited edition album of recordings made in 2015 'Highbury Studio May 2015' is available now! ... more

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