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Anti-Christmas Song
02:32
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Brain Machine
02:33
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I've got a patent pending on a piece of polystyrene shaped
like a pendulum and tapered to a point (hey!)
It's got a
multifunction pneumatic mechanism linked to a dual-action
ball and socket joint (hey!)
I call it my Brain Machine
and I put it in a box to keep it clean
It's 4" long and
it's powered by steam and I painted it bright green
(hoo!)
I've got a piece of paper detailing a daring
caper showing how you can escape a high-security jail
(hey!)
I call it my Master Scheme and I put it in a folder
to keep it clean
It came to me one night in my dream,
along with the Brain Machine
I've got a lot of ideas all
piled up in my head, I ought to spend my time on something
useful instead, maybe a 9-5 to keep my family feb, but my brain keeps spinning round and round, I find it so hard to keep my feet on the ground, it's a bit of a bugger but I
have to come clean, I am the happiest I have ever been,
since the night when I awoke from that dream having
invented the Brain Machine and I decided that I would paint it green.
J'ai plein d'idées qui brule dans ma
tete
Pour garder ma santé il faut que j'arrete
Tout le
monde dit que j'essai beaucoup trop
Mais tiens! J'aime
bien mon machin de cerveaux
I call it my Brain Machine
and I put it in a box to keep it clean
It came to me one
night in my dream, my mean lean green Brain Machine
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Jabba the Hutt
02:22
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My last trip by hot air balloon towards the Endor Forest
Moon was terminated far too soon and nearly caused my
death.
An alien with massive guns appeared by magic, spoke
in tongues, he sat upon me, squished my lungs and starved
me of my breath because he's fat...
...he's Jabba the Hutt.
He captured me and took me away. We travelled
forever and a day. My hair went bald and then it went
grey. Isn't the Universe vast?
He let me join in every
meal and Jabba would eat 4 cows and a seal, I asked him
once if he'd reveal just why he ate so fast, he said “’Cos
I'm fat...
...I'm Jabba the Hutt.”
I want Jabba the
Hutt to be my friend
He's food and wine aplenty and he's
money much to spend
He'd be an excellent goalkeeper, we'd
always win the match
And on top of that he's oh so
fat.
He dropped me off when he'd had enoughof my smelly
feet and my belly fluff, he stole my balloon and all my
stuff and set a course for Mars.
I waved and gave my nose
a blow then laughed when I saw him travel so slow, I
shouted "Jabba, go go go, you'll never reach the stars
because you're fat...
...you're Jabba the Hutt."
I want
Jabba the Hutt to be my friend
The jokes I'd tell at
parties oh the fun would never end
I know that it's NVPC
and I apologise for that
But Jesus, isn't he fat?
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Orange For A Head
03:45
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A man walks into a bar with an orange for a head
People
turn and stare and the pianist stops dead
He asks for a
pint of beer and the barman fills with citric dread
The barman says "Yes yes certainly sir but please can you tell
me: Why have you got an orange for a head?"
(He's got an
orange for a head etc.)
So the man said:
"I was
camping in the Amazon jungle in 1983 when a man with
disturbing piercings climbed down from a nearby tree.
He
told me that his daughter had been kidnapped by a dirty
chimpanzee, and he told me that he'd grant me 3 wishes if I'd only set her free.
"So I said, 'Sure mate, just tell
me where to start!'
And he said 'Travel North but be quick
cos there's a burning in my heart!'
So I travelled for 100
miles till I found a solitary cave where the pierced man's
daughter was being kept as a soup-making slave.
So I
murdered the chimpanzee and I cooked him in his own soup,
but I did so in an ecological way so as not to get in
trouble with the environmental groups, and I took the
pierced man's daughter back to her father and his missus,
and he was eternally grateful and he asked me to state my
wishes.
"So I said 'Wish 1: I want your daughter as my
bride'
And he said 'Consider it done, I'm just glad that
she's alive'
And I said 'Wish 2: I want to be a
millionnaire'
And he said 'Kalamazoo!' and now I've
mansions in Ditchling to spare
And he said 'What about 3?'
and I looked at him and he looked at me and I said 'Well,
there's one thing I've always wanted, I'd be so pleased if
my wish could be granted...
'I want an orange for a
head' " etc.
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