The Datsuns : Smoke and Mirrors

Garage Rock / New-Zealand
(2006 - V2)
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1. WHO ARE YOU STAMPING YOUR FOOT FOR?

It's time we got this whole thing straight
A message loud and clear.
Overheat in misbelief
I have to be sincere.

They wanna put you in a celluloid
You look much better as a cartoon boy
You're a fool for easy romance
Head over heels given half the chance so

Who are you stamping your foot for
Can't you see your just dragging us down
Who are you stamping your foot for
You better get in line cause we're running out of time again

With shaking hands you twist your fist
Your throat is screaming raw
So simmer down
Your scowl your frown
Who are you stamping your foot for?


2. SYSTEM OVERLOAD

Well things are mounting up
It's counting down set to blow
It's no use pretending
See the blue sparks the final mode

Countdown to explode
System overload

Atomic schemes in the bloodstreams they bankroll
Apologies to the dreams that have all been undersold
There's silicone, silver chrome
Panic stations to the X-ray bones
Bar codes grinning so the cogs spin
What a powder keg for the poor post everything

Sparks spitting, this toy can sting
Well it's a powder keg for the poor post everything


3. WAITING FOR YOUR TIME TO COME

You got your war on science and your dusty roads
Reverse logic tricks and shadows
Morbid fascination with other people's souls
Like watching cars crash, your false bravado

You try to rewrite history
Add a little mystery
You're still waiting for your time to come
You're still waiting for your time to come

Pick up pieces of velvet till you feel so sated
Beats and treats on the concrete streets
Well I guess I've been baited oh so

You're still waiting here
But I won't come around my dear

You're still waiting
Oh the moment's gone
Yeah, it's gone

You try, try to rewrite history
And add your own little mystery
You try, try to bring it down on me
And add your own little mystery
You're still waiting for your time to come


4. STUCK HERE FOR DAYS

Hours of small talk, blackboards and chalk
Till the dust it settles down
Miles upon miles of red tape to walk upon
To walk home, I'll be back soon

But not a second to soon
I'll be back soon
There's not a second to lose
Oh no no

I've been stuck here for days
Well it's all business
Regarding money problems wealth and fame
Its been said before please don't get the wrong idea
I ain't complaining


5. MAXIMUM HEARTBREAK

Well I know there's no master plan
So I'm gonna talk it up while I can
In the mirror, in the mirror
Smoke and mirrors
Artful deception or call it deciet
I got a bark like a kick in the teeth
In the mirror, in the mirror
Smoke and mirrors

Girl it seems you your sight set on
Heartbreak, Heartbreak honey yeah
Oh it hurts cause you all fell for it
You're set right on
Maximum heartbreak, heartbreak, heartbreak, heartbreak

All reflection to get a reaction
All part of the main distraction and
Mirrors, mirrors
Smoke and mirrors
What image do you want to believe
In the mirror, in the mirror
Smoke and mirrors


6. ALL ABOARD

Welcome a dawn
Sun shining down
But it's 3am
ICBM
It's getting so much hotter
The mercury sings
Green bricks, dirty sounds
It's time to make for safer ground

All, All aboard row heavy water
To go home

Clouds of white, they settle to dust
Flowers spreading seeds
Oh and sick disease
If I could bury deep enough
Straight and arrow through the core
It's time to leave for pearly shores

It's time to make for safer ground


7. SUCH A PRETTY CURSE

They used to call it
Evil possession
An exorcism to cleanse the soul
Silver bullets
Nasty cues
For the boy to regain control

Voices in my head
Oh how they curse me girl
Voices in my head
Oh no!
I may be the victim of popular fiction
My official position is you
Cursed me girl

Such a Pretty Curse

The moon is up
The mood is black
Oh how it hit me like a heart attack
Poison prison
Such a bore
Feel the terror flowing out my pores

Hiss through lips
Sewn up tight
Cough it up through the black light
Hallucination Stations call
Whisper louder
Taking hold


8. BLOOD RED

Take, take me to market
Come on take me down
To traditions and life’s hand me downs
It's a sin, sir, when you half realize
You gave in sir, become what you despise

So let's paint the town blood red, red tonight
We'll paint it red, it's a scarlet delight

Grind the meat, sir, time to taste the sublime
It is sweet, sir but will turn to grime in time
Roll the dice, if you please
It's the right of everyman
To compete, with sleaze
For someone to bear his brand so

Whatever happened you said
To all the things they promised you
Whatever happened you said
To all the things they should have done
Whatever happened you said
Whatever happened was beared
So I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now
Let's go

It's a sin, sir
When you half realize
You gave in sir
Become what you despise

Whatever happened to digital communication
All those empty promises,
They're still leaving me frustrated
Leaving me frustrated, why?
So I say goodbye


9. EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

I'm never running low
On expectations
Well is it criminal
Saying it's tainted
So go figure
Figure it out
Go figure
What it's about

It's alright honey, it's alright
They must be blind
Alright honey, it's alright
There's no disguise
Now they're feeling so cold
Oh not so feeling so bold
In the emperor's new clothes

I'm never running low
On confrontation
It's so obvious
And oh so blatant


10. TOO LITTLE FIRE

Well overhead the signals call
To spoon-fed, air head, eyeball's
Seems the joke's on you this time
This time

Now you're preaching to the choir
Now you're preaching has misfired
Who'll buy the lie, the crime the time
The atom's smashed oh so fine
Seems the joke's on you this time
This time

Love you and hate you
You got it all wrong
Love you and hate you
Oh not for long
Love you and hate you
You got it all wrong
Too late I found now
The words to the song

Either way you're gonna lose

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