Anodyne
FinsburyParkCarrots
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Sing, ya fakkers! 
Horatio McTavish, the Minister for Beige
Outlined his draft proposals for decorum on the stage:
”Musicians and performers should be vetted before play
And packed off to a gulag if they’ve anything to say
And they should keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
We’ll jot down their lyrics and submit them to our clerics
Who will tweak them to the beigest shade of grey.”
Jimmy “Tom Tom” Weeble, promoter for The Man
Complied with Chief Commissioner Bloodbolter when he cried
“I’ll give you names, addresses and phonebook lists that span
My history of artists whom you think should go inside.
And I’ll keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
I’ll blunt all the edges and I’ll confiscate the badges
And my nights will be the paragon of fey.”
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
I said, break free from the hand of the bland!
Benny Ray O’ Pious, he plays covers you all know:
Breakup songs and makeup songs at tuppence- worth a go
While banging at his keyboard, set to bossa-nova time
As the Stasi at the bar instruct to keep it anodyne.
They page: “Keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
Just modify your singing to appraise the side that’s winning:
There’s people going missing every day.”
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
I said, break free from the hand of the bland!
Horatio McTavish, the Minister for Beige
Outlined his draft proposals for decorum on the stage:
”Musicians and performers should be vetted before play
And packed off to a gulag if they’ve anything to say
And they should keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
We’ll jot down their lyrics and submit them to our clerics
Who will tweak them to the beigest shade of grey.”
Jimmy “Tom Tom” Weeble, promoter for The Man
Complied with Chief Commissioner Bloodbolter when he cried
“I’ll give you names, addresses and phonebook lists that span
My history of artists whom you think should go inside.
And I’ll keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
I’ll blunt all the edges and I’ll confiscate the badges
And my nights will be the paragon of fey.”
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
I said, break free from the hand of the bland!
Benny Ray O’ Pious, he plays covers you all know:
Breakup songs and makeup songs at tuppence- worth a go
While banging at his keyboard, set to bossa-nova time
As the Stasi at the bar instruct to keep it anodyne.
They page: “Keep, keep, keep it anodyne:
Safe for cheesy biscuit cabaret.
Just modify your singing to appraise the side that’s winning:
There’s people going missing every day.”
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
Break free from the hand of the bland!
I said, break free from the hand of the bland!
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