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These Are Not The Songs You're Looking For

by Alistair J. Pearson

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They say there's only 10 tyoes of people in the world Those who get it and those who don't And if I explain it how it was taught to me You definitely won't. It's based on the idea that, once you've counted one, You skip the next eight in line All the way to ten and then you add on one again And things just work out fine. And I say Zero, One , Ten, Eleven, One-Zero-One Where have those other guys gone? One, One, One, Zero, Zero, Zero, One This is my binary song. Now some might say it's best the other way With twos and sevens and fours But, then again, if you skip from one to ten There's fewer numbers to remember of course. And if your machine should try and count to three He'll only end up confused So we'll keep base ten and leave base two to them That way we can all be more use. And I say Zero, One , Ten, Eleven, One-Zero-One Where have those other guys gone? One, One, One, Zero, Zero, Zero, One This is my binary song.
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You bought a present for me On our anniversary Got me a new camera Exciting! My new camera is cool I simply can't stop using it I Maybe over-doing it, a bit Taking pics of everything I took a picture of you Out there in the garden Asked you to take your clothes off You said "No". Quite emphatically If memory serves correctly I took a picture of you You were sleeping on the couch With toast and breadcrumbs round your mouth You were looking pretty cool I took a picture of you While you were on the toilet And then I put it on the internet That was a bad move I took a picture of you Put it into photoshop Added a velociraptor And some chicks with uzis too Put in a kitten or two And then I gave you a tattoo But when I coloured your skin blue and Pasted you a crew-cut Well, that seemed to make you made And you threw things at me I took a picture of you Put it onto Tumblr Also onto Flickr It's on Facebook too It was a picture of you Drunk in a police van You'd been sticking it right to The Man The man did not approve You'd been drinking since 2 And you hit that guy there with that snooker cue So, The Man gave you some hand-cuffs I bet you'll be pretty mad Until they let you out I took a picture of you Gazing at a sunset It's beauty matched by yours & yet Shyly, you retreat from it You prefer to play the fool And, well, I think that I do too. I love you. I love you!
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It's a day for kicking the heads off dandelions with my shoe And when the sun is shining It's my favourite thing to do So I go out of my way It puts a big smile on my face When I'm outside kicking heads off dandelions It's a day for kicking the heads off dandelions all day long I was doing it this morning Now I've put it in this song So follow me outside And I think you'll be surprised How much fun's in kicking heads off dandelions - It's not only dandelions you can decapitate with your shoe You can kick the heads of lots of other flowers too And if you take a look around, I'm sure you're bound to see That you can kick the head off almost anything... - You could kick the heads off roses If their owner's not around You can kick the head off Any plant that grows up from the ground You can kick the heads off daisies And pink hydrangers too But you can't kick the heads off trees, you can't reach them with your shoes But don't kick the heads off puppies And don't kick the heads off cats Don't kick the heads off bunnies either People hate that And don't kick the heads off people Even if they're rude Someone just might kick your head off too It's a simple trick to learn It isn't difficult at all Just kick the stem 'bout half way up The way you would a football The whiplash as it folds around The front part of your shoe Should launch that dandelion's head Way out in front of you So the next time you're out walking In the hazy British sun Why not kick a dandelion's head off... Just for fun You'll be addicted right away You'll want to do it every day So let's all kick the heads off dandelions However, in the distant future After years of evolution dandelions might lead A botanical revolution And we may have set in motion A chain of dangerous events And we could all end up as slaves for a race of sentient plants so.. Maybe kicking heads off dandelions all the time Isn't such a good idea It may be ill-advised Even though as a crime it's almost victimless And birds can use the stems to line their nests... I guess I hadn't thought it through So no matter what you do Don't kick the heads off dandelions with your shoe.
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I wish my cats wouldn't fight I wish my cats wouldn't fight They make so much noise I can't sleep at night I wish my cats wouldn't fight. Last night I dreamt I was writing this song When I awoke the dream was gone I sit here and I close my eyes to light of the morning sun And in my mind I try to hold on And I see so much beauty in my dreams When I wake they sit just out of reach And hide behind my thoughts only waking when I sleep And when the morning comes they're gone With the rising of the morning sun I wake to find they're gone Music is a universe The universe in me Infinite and extravert But, introspectively, I walk around these busy rooms Which occupy my head And marvel at the thought that they Will all be empty when I'm dead And yours will too And so will you And there's nothing anyone can do So you can spend your life asleep Or fill your head with memories Just remember that The memory of everything you see And everything you know It all goes with you when you go Dont let it get you down Maybe you will make a noise so loud that eternity can't dull the sound And there'll always be a part of you around Or maybe that's a lie Something I just said to make you smile But your smiling face and the rest of you Well, they are temporary too. Come on, don't cry let's hug each other dry After all, it's not just you. Everybody else dies too. And you see so much beauty in your dreams When you awake they flit just out of reach And lie beneath your thoughts Only waking when you sleep I wish my cats wouldn't fight I wish my cats wouldn't fight They make so much noise I can's sleep at night I wish my cats wouldn't fight

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A collection of the songs people ask for at gigs. Finally available in a "not live" format.

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released September 1, 2014

All songs written, recorded, mixed and performed by Alistair J. Pearson except harmonies and additional vocals by James Taplin and percussion/additional vocals/arrangement by Simon Saynor.

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Alistair J. Pearson Doncaster, UK

Following a bilateral lung transplant in 2010, I started making loads of noise. The only way you will be able to find out what I do is to listen to my songs. You might even like it. My mum does.

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