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Stop The World

from Invisible by Michael Cannon

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Haven't we all felt this way?

lyrics

Stop the World - © 2012 Michael Cannon.

You just can’t make your own decisions.
Not your fault it’s someone else.
Your mum, your dad - head on the TV,
pass the buck just don’t blame (me).

You’re selfish, arrogant and you don’t care.
Stop the world and let me …

Your offspring are so precious you don’t care,
they run amok but do no wrong.
Dare we suggest supervision?
Respect is just a dirty word.

You’re selfish, arrogant and you don’t care.
You hide behind your right to be,
say or do whatever you think’s fine.
Stop the world and let me ...

You drive your car as if it is your road,
no matter what I’m in your way.
Hey I’m not centering round your universe (why’s that?),
- cause I’ve got one of my own.

Yes I have, so bugger off.

We need to change, let’s have a meeting.
Better still we might have three.
Brainstorming think tank? Tabled strategy?
Send out a memo, file it away.

We’re selfish, arrogant and we don’t care,
Friction is tranquility.
We live by inconsideration.
Stop the world and let me ...
(Stop the world and let him off)
Stop the world and let me ...
(Stop the world and let him off)
Stop the world and let me off.

Aces in their places fellow BisDevs,
we need a paradigm shift and operationalise so we can get
everyone out of the box, on to the floor and into the fire.
To best circle the wagons so we can stir fry in an ideas wok,
we need an off-site communal thought shower.
Melbourne? Sydney?
A Shangri-la in Ibiza sounds the go yeah?
Whiteboard the change-agents and leverage
our core competencies? Sure!
We can inventivise, accentivise, componentise,
commoditise, integrationalise, misrepresentivise?
What - there’s an elephant in the room?

credits

from Invisible, released June 22, 2014
Lyric concept: Kathy Hill (after a hard day at the hospital)
Words & music: Michael Cannon
Al instruments Michael Cannon except trumpet sections: David Turner

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Michael Cannon TAS, Australia

Michael’s early works were guitar-based tunes, however his first lyrics can be heard in ‘Drambuie Rock’ from the 2010 CD Hard to Define. 
Michael’s 2014 CD, Invisible, showed a more complex style, with observations of 21st century society. 
The Tramp: The Music of Robert Aitken is his third CD, connected to his first Novel, The Tramp: a tale of a troubled musician. A stage script is underway. ... more

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