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Land of the Laughing / Explode

by the yes mess

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1.
Take me back to the land of the laughing I've been spending so long just bawling I need to wake up Start my oh oh Oh oh Oh oh ah oi oh oh Take me back to the land of the dancing I've been spending so long just crawling I need to wake up Start my oh oh Oh oh Oh oh ah oi oh oh Take me back to the land of the believing I've been spending so long misbehaving I need to wake up Start my oh oh Oh oh Oh oh ah oi oh oh
2.
You can build it up as high as you like I am here and I am ready to climb Might need a little leg-up Might need a helping hand But when we get to the top let's leap and see how we land Maybe we be broken Maybe we rebound Maybe we go running when we hit the ground Let's do as only we would dare With you I do not care I'm getting all twisted up Coming undone You are all I ever think of You can drag it out for as long as you like I've got patience sitting here by my side A little entertainment while I wait for your hand And when the waiting's done let's leap and see how we land Maybe we be broken Maybe we rebound Maybe we go running when we hit the ground Let's do as only we would dare With you I do not care I'm getting all twisted up Coming undone You are all I ever think of You can build it up as high as you like
3.
I don't know what you want to hear So I'll just play it to you how I feel it I don't know how you'd like me to appear So I'll just wear it the way I wear it Maybe you want the old familiar Maybe you want something completely new I don't know what it is I got All I know is I've got to give it to you You can take it You can leave it I don't mind Just feel it I don't know what you expect me to say So I'll just tell it to you the way I learnt it I don't know what you expect me to do So I'll just do it to you the way I do it Maybe you want the old familiar Maybe you want something completely new I don't know what it is I got All I know is I've got to give it to you You can take it You can leave it I don't mind Just feel it
4.
An evening in No smoke or drink Just sink into the sofa Switch the TV on A nice hot bath Cup of cocoa Early night So just curl up into bed There's no entertainment for me around here So call me up I will run right over Grab your hand and lead you out into town Let's go dancing Let's go drinking Get so dizzy we just disappear All I want to do is go out all night and get wasted With You A nice clear desk with two computer screens A pile of papers and the company pen Get in on time Take responsibility Be sure be early and work a bit late There's no entertainment for me around here So call me up I will run right over Grab your hand and lead you out into town Let's go dancing Let's go drinking Get so dizzy we just disappear All I want to do is go out all night and get wasted With You There's no entertainment for me around here
5.
Explode 04:48
It doesn't make any sense what you're saying to me I wonder if makes any sense what you say to anybody I ask you a question you give me your old stock phrase I wanted your opinion not your cliches You've got to explode Break out of your mould You're so repetitive with repetitive with everything you say You say the same thing again Shut up with your American accent You're from Slough Shut up with your moaning you silly cow You've got to explode Break out of your mould
6.
I can't believe all of our dreams came true Lucky me, lucky you We made a little hole in space and time and slipped right through Out here on the other side We've got nothing to fear, nothing to hide So hold on tight and we will slip right through I can't believe all of our dreams came true Clever me, clever you We figured out a way to cheat the system and we slipped right through Out here on the other side We'll be taking a dip, taking a dive And if they cast their nets we will slip right through I can't believe all of our dreams came true Lucky me, lucky you We made a little hole in space and time and slipped right through
7.
Haul us up to the top of the hill Oil our wheels and set us rolling Give us a kick I want to give it one more shot Pick us up at the foot of the hill Fix our holes and set us sailing I want to give it one more shot Teach me how to sort my life out Teach us how to be insane Teach us how to tame our monkeys just enough But I don't want to You're a scavenger An opportunist A hunter-gatherer You can do just whatever you like If it feels alright I want to give it one more shot Getting out over the ocean Teach us how to sort our lives out Teach us how to be insane Teach us how to tame our monkeys just enough But I don't want to
8.
Cockatoo 02:39
My morning started well With a cockatoo in a wishing well Then you went and wrenched me out of my dream You drag me out and down the road I'm waking up over a bacon roll It tastes good but I'd still rather be in bed Take me back to my cockatoo We were singing songs you never new In a wishing well that was full of glue We were stuck in luck - didn't need you It was so sublime I want to do it all the time Up at six - now it's midday Time racing away It feels good but I'd still rather be in bed Later on in the afternoon Close my eyes for a snooze But you went and wrenched me out of my dream Take me back to my cockatoo We were singing songs you never new In a wishing well that was full of glue We were stuck in luck - didn't need you It was so sublime I want to do it all the time

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This a double EP - 4 tracks recorded at RAK Studios engineered by Mike Horner - 4 tracks recorded in the kitchen.

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released February 7, 2018

Written and produced by Danthedan with Matthew Waer, Armando Lacerda, Gil Frost, Kid Kirby, Charlie Higgs and Mike Horner.

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the yes mess UK

Formed by songwriter Danthedan - The Yes Mess is a rock and roll band that contains three bass players.

Fortunately one is contained behind a drum kit and another behind an acoustic guitar; the tallest actually plays the bass.

Add to that: An idiot savant accordion player, some dancing with flamingos and a bumble bee of electric guitar.

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