Something Kinda Critical

from Disgraceland by Steve Drewett & The Indestructible Beat

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Do you feel, you're the brunt of a thousand jokes
and does the laughter you share with your friends,
sometimes stick in your throat?
Do you feel, you're just a whipping post,
for the fragile egos of the world’s little boys,
both young and old, and...

Chorus:
Time after time opting for a quiet life,
are you, time after time opting for a quiet life?
And I think to myself, this is something kinda critical,
yeah I think to myself, this is something kinda critical,
and it's wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong in principle,
Yeah, it's wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong in principle.
A prejudice so convenient stays as solid as these rocks,
some men are intelligent but still think with their...

Do you feel, you're a prisoner in your own home,
and did wedding bells soon turn to nappy smells,
did you lose a career of your own?
Do you feel, afraid of the ringing phone,
when you lift the receiver and hear just a`click',
followed by the dialling tone?

Chorus.

Do you feel, you've been invisible all along,
and the only time they're attentive to you,
is when they think, you're saying something wrong?
Do you feel, the message is getting through?
These disciples of this ugly humour are crucifying you.

Chorus.

What do you think?
A prejudice so convenient stays as solid as these rocks, some men are intelligent but still think with their...

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from Disgraceland, released March 20, 2017
Written by Steve Drewett

Steve Drewett: Guitar/lead vocals
Mac: Bass guitar/trombone/backing vocals
Sarah Ross: Vocals
Neil Tye: Percussion
Greg Caburn: Sax
Adam Amore: Sax
Isaac Prevost: Drums

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Steve Drewett Harlow, UK

Steve Drewett is the singer songwriter and guitarist of the punk band Newtown Neurotics. The Indestructible Beat is Steve's other band which he formed in the Nineties when the Newtown Neurotics split for a while. Here he decided to mix punk with African rhythms. ... more

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