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Laugh At Me (What's Going On?)
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New wave-ish song about social turmoil. A remnant from my past catalogue in the late 1970's... yet the words seem to ring as true today as they did back then.
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Introducing the greatest talent ever to emerge from the orange bedroom at my parents house. I play guitar like.... well, like a guy playing guitar. I tickle ivories. I twiddle on the computer. I sometimes enjoy beans on toast for breakfast. And in the cracks between the eating, sleeping, laughing, crying, working, breathing experience that is my life there sometimes slips out songs like these.
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Genre
Rock • Garage Rock
Charts
Peak #141
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
Adrian J Pratt
Rights
Adrian J Pratt 1977
Uploaded
September 08, 2023
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MP3 9.2 MB • 320 kbps • 4:02
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WAV 40.7 MB
Story behind the song
Back in the day it seemed that the politics were bent on lifting up the rich at the expense of the poor. So many lies being told. All these years later and not a lot has changed. So, I thought it was time to revisit this particular ditty.
Lyrics
Laugh at Me (What's going On?) Adrian J Pratt 1977 Look all around me what do I see? Money, money, money, money, money, money Capital gain, political confusion Looks to me as though the winners are losing Everybody's out for something they can't see The thumbs down on reality Will somebody please explain to me What's going on? There's something in the air I try hard not to feel Jealous, jealous, jealous, jealous, jealousy Up with the Jones's, down with the Smith's The game is easy, competition stiff Everyone's out for number one, They don't care what other people live on Will somebody please explain to me What's going on? Go ahead and laugh at me if it makes you feel any better And, yes, it hurts me the way you laugh But You know, I know, you know, I know You think it doesn't matter What's going on? Stare all around me, what do i see? Envy, envy, envy, envy, envy, Values haven't changed they've completely altered Eveybody's getting into stagnant water Things are going the way they are bound to go, "Do you think it will change?"... Well... I don't know Will somebody please explain to me What's going on? They make me confused, I don't know who to believe, Lies, lies, lies, lies, choking me The TV men give me 2D visions, Ever get the feeling you're pushed into decisions, Everyone's out to exploit my greed, Selling me things I don't really need Will somebody please explain to me What's going on? Go ahead and laugh at me if it makes you feel any better And, yes, it hurts me the way you laugh But You know, I know, you know, I know You think it doesn't matter What's going on? (Instrumental) Look all around me what do I see? Money, money, money, money, money, money Sex and drugs and roll your owns Lot's of tea and crumpets round the grand piano's Ervrybody's made a joke of love They've turned God into some sort of mind drug Will somebody please explain to me What's going on? Go ahead and laugh at me if it makes you feel any better And, yes, it hurts me the way you laugh But You know, I know, you know, I know You think it doesn't matter
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