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Topsy​-​Turvy

from Dotted Line by The Unstable Tables

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"Again this is a comment on credit crunch society. The role reversal of Nigel and Anne, she works, he's a house husband 'a new age man.' Also a jokey history of the human race ... 'Humans learnt survival like no other creature, but soon became bored with this extra feature ...' It was the idea that humanity invented weapons of mass destruction through sheer boredom that tickled me! The song structure is circular and inspired by 70's glam rock." Patrick Snape

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Topsy Turvy

Colonel Chaos and General Malaise
Are determined never to change their ways
They walk around in a permanent state
Of never been early or even being late

It's been this way
Forvever it seems
A man built a cage
For another man's dreams to die.

Here comes Nigel with a takeaway for Anne
She's working over time, he's a new age man
The stock market's crashed but the Vindaloo is nice
Peshwari Naan and a plate of Pilau rice.

What's wrong with suburbia?
It used to be so dull
Now they're fighting for survival
In the economic cull

Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
You must think I'm daft
You're havin' a laugh
You're havin' a laugh at me.

Humans learnt survival like no other creature
But soon became bored with this extra feature
They invented the bow, the arrow and the spear
And just for good measure, they cultivated fear

Now this did the trick
Things were looking bad
And with guns and bombs
They really went mad

Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
Topsy Turvy, you're havin' a laugh
You must think I'm daft
You're havin' a laugh
You're havin' a laugh at me.

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from Dotted Line, released September 4, 2010

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