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Alan Jenkins: Vocals, Mellotron
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Lane Steinberg: Radio Announcer
Yukio Yung: Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Words and music by Alan Jenkins
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Chasing dogs and chasing beaver
The alpha male and the hot cheerleader
Some facts of life can't ever be denied
And the geek and hopeless slacker?
They’re mouldy cheese on a stale cream cracker
Simple truths without a user guide
Because when push comes down to shove
Happiness is a baseball glove
And if there’s trouble going down
I’ll always be around, I’ll always be around
I’ve been sketching out this smart vignette
The die is cast and the bait is set
I'm primed and ready and my head is in the zone
And even if this sounds a touch offensive
A new Great Dane isn’t that expensive
We could call in at the pet shop on our way back home.
But there’s one certainty we know
That in the world of Bill and Joe
When we’re encountering a crime
Every single time, things will work out fine.
Louis Burrows: Clarinet
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Piano
Words and music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Canine Crimewave
02:28
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Down in dog town the streets are paved with fear.
It's a canine crimewave what am I doing here?
I sniff fire hydrants but it's just a ploy,
I'm a professional decoy.
And those beauty parlour pooches,
They think I'm second class but they're all douches.
Just when the answer seems out of reach,
The hand of exposition slips me off my leash.
And the case is broken two seconds too late.
Now I'm a decoy in a crate.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Bass, Mellotron
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Organ, Synthesiser
Words and Music by Alan Jenkins
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Hello world!
It’s only me, your favourite little girl,
Who’s up and ready for another brilliant day.
I only want to say, I love you world!
And it’s great to know the way you feel about me!
I’m all aglow – I’m rich, I'm white, I'm pretty.
Anyone can see that you belong to me.
I’ve got the world.
I know you want my kind around,
Won’t fuck me over if I’m down,
So confident that I am bound to say…
I love my life and my life loves me,
We fit together like a glove,
We are the perfect team, always will be,
The Great Big World and Daphne.
Since the day my mom gave birth,
You've always taught me what I'm worth,
I'm going to inherit the earth, you told me.
I love my life and my life loves me.
Together we’re like Fred and Barney.
Our names together inseparably.
The Great Big World and Little Daphne.
LOOK AT ME! I’M THE QUEEN OF THE WHOLE WORLD!
Jack Dunn: Trumpet
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone
Geraldine McKewen: Backing Vocals
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Vibes, Jennings, Synthesisers
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Incarcerated in the back of this old camper van.
Unscrambling all of those mysteries and master plans.
But when the day is done,
It's a Corby trouser press in a hotel room for one.
Splendid isolation, when it’s better on your own.
Splendid isolation, soprano or a baritone.
Splendid isolation, don’t hate everyone around me.
Splendid isolation, well, some of them maybe.
And as for matters of the heart I simply haven’t got a clue.
I don’t know how I feel or where to start or what to do.
Body chemistry,
Boys might make me feel warm inside, but sometimes so does Daphne
Splendid Isolation, I will keep myself in check.
Splendid Isolation, a tomboy in a turtleneck.
Splendid Isolation, speaking metaphorically.
Splendid Isolation, I’m a car wrapped round a tree.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Synthesiser
Geraldine McEwan: Violin, Backing Vocals
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Lane Steinberg: "Beach Boys" Vocals
Yukio Yung: Lead Vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Vibes, Synthesisers
Words and music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung At Heart Music
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Blue Rondo A La Dog
01:55
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Vibes, Mellotron, Saxophone
Words by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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No sign of that show dog anywhere on this train,
There's just that ugly-looking great dane.
You're quite convincing but you won't win me round,
Because you're a substitute for another hound.
You are the tramp, now what did you do with the lady?
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
At lunch you were a little bit pushy but it's not your fault.
That fuss when you asked the Englishman to pass the salt ... you said
My favourite dog food, you can't beat it,
Didn't you know a million Mexican dogs eat it?
You know what they say - a million Mexican dogs can't be wrong!
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
The switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
That would be a little outside our range!
'Cause the switch, as you call it, will not be changed!
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Vibes, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, Guitar
Words by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung At Heart Music
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You glanced at me as we strolled 'round the garden.
We laughed and joked about the nature of carbon.
Let me say hats off to Mr Darwin.
You always were the guilty one.
But this is strictly extracurricular.
Before I never had the nerve to correct ya.
But I know for years you thought my name was Thelma.
And I know that you’re the guilty one.
Daphne used to tell me that men won't make passes,
At nerdy girls like me when I’m wearing glasses.
To me those guys are all just fuckin' asses.
I’m sure that you’re the guilty one.
Between your lies the turbulence will flow.
And things are never clear because you say they’re so.
I may not quite be an Inspector Columbo,
But you are the guilty one.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, "Dick-Dale-on-Acid" solo
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Vibes, Strings, "Santana" solo
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Collar Maker
02:06
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Organ
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar
Words and music by Vladimir Zajkowiecz
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Hounds Of The Mastersons
05:57
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Baritone Harmonics, Organ, Strings
Words by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Charlie's Palindrome
03:35
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"OK, I can do this. Just my motor scooter ... Just my motor scooter ... JUST MY MOTOR SCOOTER!"
Just another small-town head that’s filled with crazy dreams.
I came to California to hit the silver screen.
It’s just one line I know but it could be the break I need.
(And pray that casting couch won’t one day burst back in to haunt me.)
Charlie, Charlie’s gonna be there on the big screen!
Charlie, Charlie’s gonna be there on the big screen!
Charlie, Charlie’s gonna be there on the big screen!
Charlie, Charlie’s gonna be there on the big screen!
Tension’s building, waiting for my moment to arrive.
Adrenalin, these fleeting seconds, wonderful to be alive.
Been practising my line for days and wowing everyone.
“JUST MY MOTOR SCOOTER!” Nailed it! Hollywood here I come!
Louis Burrows: Clarinet, Saxophone
Alan Jenkins: Trombone, Vocals, Percussion
Lenny: Vocals
Joe O'Brien: "Brian Blessed"
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Organ, Vibes
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Nobody's Getting My Hair
04:29
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Organ, Bass
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Guitar, Vocals
Words and music by Alan Jenkins
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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The Danger Of Bat Faeces
04:48
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Paleface intruders creeping in the dusk, we’ll ignore his warning.
It reeks of rank implausibility and a picture's forming.
Flawless in his pronunciation - it’s Dick Van Dyke all over again!
If there’s a danger it comes from above, not the supernatural.
Histoplasmosis from exposure to certain fecal matter.
Eptesicus Fuscus is its name ... or common Big Brown Bat, the very same.
Airborne spores attack my lungs, the alveoli compromised.
A supernova bursting deep inside.
Feeding on anxiety and fear …
Is that what did for those conquistadores buried here?
Alan Jenkins: Guitar/Synthesiser
Geraldine McKewen: Vocals, Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Chiptune, Guitar, Bass, Electric Piano, Strings, Vibes
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Trolley Girl
02:14
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Synthesiser, Strings, Electric Piano, Trombone
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Organ, Harmonica, Saxophone
Words by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Alan Jenkins: Guitar
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Synthesizers
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Guitar
Word by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Mexicans
03:18
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Our focus group has made its report
There are concerns that you need to address
The apache never wore war paint
And that's not an authentic headdress
The old man yawned and scratched his head
“You know you people make me retch when you talk about branding
In retrospect the red man should have fought you motherfuckers till the last man standing”
Our lawyers say you can't use the name Geronimo
You'll have to cease and desist
Come on Chief Thundercloud, get off your pony
You know you don't really exist
The old man fixed him with a stare
Said: "You're not really there, or you might be Mexicans
I'm going to fight your lawyers and your focus group to death
Yeah, I think they're probably Mexicans"
Jack Dunn: Trumpet
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Bass
Geraldine McEwan: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Organ, Vibes, Baritone Guitar
Vladimir Zajowiecz: Guitar, Chants
Words and music by Alan Jenkins.
Published 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Don’t know what’s going on with Fred.
But I know that Velma thinks I’m just a stupid airhead.
So I’ll smile sweetly all around,
Even at that hippy and his stinking fucking hound.
But one day I’ll step out into the unknown.
I’ll smash the fences of my safety zone.
I’ll stand up proud and blow my own trombone.
’Cause one day I’ll solve a mystery on my own.
One day I’ll solve a mystery on my own.
Louis Burrows: Vocals, Clarinet
Jack Dunn: Vocals
Robyn Gibson: Vocals
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Trombone, Vocals
Jonathan Lemon: Vocals
Geraldine McKewen: Vocals
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums, Vocals
Lane Steinberg: Vocals
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drinks, Brass, Glockenspiel
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Guitar, Vocals
[The last line of the chorus ("one day I’ll solve a mystery on my own") repeats at the end of the song, so we thought it would nice to get everyone who had contributed to album to sing it alone. Louis takes the responses in the second chorus. In order of appearance, the singers at the end are: Lane, Geri, Alan, Robyn, Vladimir, Lemon, Steve and Jack.]
Words and music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Illy Birkenwald: Barking Vocals
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Synthesiser
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Organ, Electric Piano
Words by Alan Jenkins
Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Exotic spaces, the middle of a desert,
Anything could happen if we were just prepared to let it.
Some day … some day …
Taking a trip, we don’t know where it will end,
There’s a mystery to unravel but I’ll solve it with my friends,
Although right now I’d rather be on the sofa playing Half Life 3.
We’re taking a trip, I’m not sure I won’t regret it,
They say fear eats the soul, but only if you let it.
Hope my worst dreams don’t come true,
And the perpetrator is a serial killer too.
Hope my worst dreams don’t come true,
And the perpetrator is a serial killer too.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Strings
Words and music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Robyn Gibson: Guitar
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Vocals, Percussion, Synthesiser
Geraldine McKewen: Violin
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums, Spoons
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Organ, Banjo, Piano
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: EBow
Words and Music by Alan Jenkins
Published in 2022 by Octagonal Rabbit Music
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Cynophilia
03:39
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(Recitative) I’ve been looking into paraphilia. I found this women from Sweden who got married to the Berlin Wall. She even added Berliner-Mauer to her surname – seriously, I’m not kidding. As for you? You seem to get excited when you see a fridge or Scooby-Doo.
My ongoing research into your obsessive nature
Must be carried out with sensitivity
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that it’s weird or unnatural
It’s just you seem to like him rather more than me.
Cynophelia. Cynophelia.
If we could just talk about it then I might know
It’s only my imagination creating these scenarios
And that everything is clear and there’s really nothing strange to see.
And then I hear the words I fear - that you're just not that into me.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar
Geraldine McKewen: Violin, Backing Vocals
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Harpsichord, Bass, Piano, Strings
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Backing Vocals
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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Don't Lose Heart, Daphne
06:58
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So you've given up on Fred.
The whole things too much like hard work.
Sometimes it seems like there's a real connection,
And then he’ll do something to prove to you that he's jerk.
You may fear that things will never move along.
And you may fear you’re running out of time.
But these are crazy thoughts when you are young and deluded.
Everything will probably work out fine.
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
You have all the time you'll ever need.
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
The world is more beautiful than it might seem.
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
When you’re so young and free.
You’ll lose your heart, Daphne, some time, just you wait and see.
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
Why the race to settle down?
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
There’ll be someone out there for you who’s not gonna fuck you around.
Don’t lose heart, Daphne.
When you are young and free.
You'll lose your heart, Daphne, tomorrow, just you wait and see.
Then fifteen years shoot by, and as crazy at it sounds.
On a magical night out with Carol from marketing and June from accounts.
The DJ plays ‘Native New Yorker’ ... and ‘Zoom’ by Fat Larry's Band ...
And he'll see you across the crowded dance floor ... And he’ll take hold of your hand.
Alan Jenkins: Guitar, Synthesiser, Percusion
Steven Plesiosaur: Drums
Yukio Yung: Vocals, Bass, Piano, Organ, Theremin, TR909, Synthesiser
Vladimir Zajkowiecz: Guitar
Words and Music by Yukio Yung
Published in 2022 by Jung at Heart Music
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