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Hot Pink Flamingos

by Steve Stroud

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Am/F C/Em/Am/F G/G7 It started like another rainy day, my body ached with life Within an hour I'm somehow dressed and obediently in line You could almost smell the restlessness of the mobile phone fuelled hate Everywhere was hot and white with a noticeable absence of delight And it’s the end of it all and it’s almost a relief At least they don't have claws. Hey, have you heard the news? Now we’ll never win the league, ‘cause our stadiums too small, but all our players are gone So what does it matter? The Ant People Are Coming A wild faced fox displayed his grief, he was happy with his government Haunted and scarred by repressed urges, dreaming of discos in the burnt out churches And it’s the end of it all and it’s almost a relief They’re only 4 foot tall. Hey, have you heard the news? You know, I never went HD will the Interest rates now fall? Well, all the banks are gone… so what does it matter? The Ant People Are Coming Straight away You knew they were smart, ‘cause they did it on a Monday morning Not a single living soul could be bothered defending their planet on a Monday morning They didn't bother with ships, they sent up flares, as we looked to the skies they came up skirts We finished our lattes and filmed our fall, before sharing the footage on our Facebook walls. And it’s the end of it all and it’s almost a relief Hey, have you heard the news? We’re headed for a Fall Our appetites were light and our plans were much too small, Now the moon is gone, so what does it matter? The Ant People Are Coming “They ignored the capital buildings, they hit the sandwich shops and retail parks with an incredible vengeance. When Orion dominates the winter sky, the ant people are deep in their centrally heated caved living beneath us, making plans, heating soup and watching Frasier. They discovered a land fat with violence and greed, everybody had electric eyes, soda breath, they had no choice. Today is the day of judgement kidda”
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G/C/D Am/D It’s hard to be unlucky on the waterfront grieving as we're blinded by the evening sun But people won’t stop dreaming of your Golden sky you can drown here in your city as the birds fly by It feels like the end of time Feels like the end of time This city gave me angels when I had no moon It gave me a guitar I never had to tune This city made me proud to be a peasants son & if you're looking for a lover It’ll give you one It feels like the end of time Feels like the end of time Why don't I belong? I’m tired of being withdrawn So I say... It’s hard to feel this lonely in the summertime It’s colder on the inside, but you get more time I’ll never start believing I'm the chosen one But least we'll be together when this evening drops It feels like the end of time Feels like the end of time It feels like the end of time Feels like the end of time But I don't wanna be without a friend tonight As the light hits Liverpool
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D/Bm Gm/Bbm/F F#/Bb/Eb/F/ Bb/Gm/ Eb/F7/Gm/Eb/Eb/Eb7/F/F7 F/Eb/Bb/F C7/F/C7 Fmaj7/Bbmaj7 I lived underground in a mechanical tint world I was swimming circles and inside nothing ever hurt I was all alone and it was fine I was all alone and it was fine I had so many daydreams I was never feeling sad I lived all alone, but I owned everything I had I was all alone and it was fine I was all alone and it was fine The day I cherished you, I searched the horizon for the key. At first glance this sunset's appealing, just feel around and you'll soon find a new meaning. Should I worry that the sky is on fire? And all the crazy people think they can fly. All I've got you own, all you’ve got you stole, you can fit in or you can decide to be free And when the sky is falling down on your best friend And they're begging you to be afraid. And where the ocean meets the tree lined avenues, we will stand again And as the rain falls down, I will be around. Before you go, know I'm not the same, because I can’t break your heart.
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F/Bb/F/Bb/C7 Something’s are better than dreaming And something’s you won't understand But If your daydreams keep leaving you bleeding It might be time to become a man And when you will fall for a million miles you’ll cry “all I want is someone’s love” A military boot takes up residency on your soul, so we must be bold. Something’s are better than lying and some lies you won't understand Today I give you the mountain Tomorrow I'll await your command I wish we could dance for a million miles and cry “all I want is someone’s love” Yesterdays gone and all of his agents are old And when you’re dreaming, your soul is swimming free And I want to be free. And when you’re dreaming, your soul is swimming free And I want to believe Just breathe and be free
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C/Em/F/G F/G/Am/Bb/A7 Bb/B/C C/B/Bb She’s the kind of girl who’ll skin you a hare for Christmas The kind of girl who’s shaking when she tells you that she’s an enigma So I'm reaching for my Jack Frost Hat I’m tired of being too scared to sleep, I dance the night my soul to keep And it feels like my throat is swelling shut, even though my throat isn't swelling shut It feels like my eyeballs are on fire. Maybe she don't know? Maybe she don’t know? It’s so funny now I can't even see her face anymore, It’s so funny how I can't even feel my legs anymore. So I'm reaching for my Jack Frost Hat I'm striding into the biker bar and I feel like I own the bar, but then it also feels like my eyeballs are actually on fire Maybe she don't know? Maybe she don’t know? (Love it, lets love it, lets love it, I think we've gotta love it, lets love it, lets love it, I think we've gotta love it) (Love it, just love it, just love it, I think we've gotta love it, just love it, just love it, I really gotta love it) (Lay me down I’ve been before) (Maybe she don’t know what’s going on from one life to another) Maybe she don’t know? Maybe she don’t know?
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F/Em/Dm Dm/Em/F Dm/C/Bb/ Bb/C/Db/Eb / F/Dm/Bb/ Bb/C/Db/Eb F#/E/B/F# If you've got to be remembered for what you became I hope the beasts of good fortune Host a feast on your name And If you've really got to be remembered You shouldn't tolerate shame ‘Cause I won't fight you ‘cause I can't right you So I won't light you I won't light you If your heart is ever racing at the thought of your fall Don’t make an enemy of progress Just take an match to your soul And If you've really got to be remembered Just hope they don't remember it all ‘Cause I won't fight you ‘cause I can't right you So I won't light you I won't light you & it’s because of your soul that I have forgiven it all They felt decades of pain were more than a fair reward & your diseased heart is the reason I want you to live So I can watch you erode ain't Karma a bitch? ‘Cause I won't fight you ‘cause I can't right you So I won't light you I won't light you It’s always the same, your soul is the same.
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A/D/E/G/A/E D/A/D/B/C/E E/G/A We're all drunks, we're all whores, whoever you are. Would you prefer it any other way? We're all broke and we're all flawed, pretending we’re stars. It makes it easier to turn away. You're shaking in your Cadillac car, your brains all over the place. If you really have to lie to yourself, you've gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta lie with a straight face. Yeah we're all drunks, we're all whores, in the beginning Would you prefer it any other way? We're all insane, we're all dying, pretending we’re stars Must make it easier to face the day. Hey now, what you saying to me, am I not on your mind? How much I owe you for that bottle of wine, I need to tell you something, but you gotta, gotta give me more time. We're all drunks, we're all whores, whoever you are. Would you prefer it any other way? Yeah we're all broke and we're all flawed, pretending we’re stars. It makes it easier to turn away. You're shaking in your Cadillac car, your brains all over the place. If you really have to lie to yourself, you've gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta lie with a straight face. Yeah we're all insane, ‘cause we're all dying, pretending we're stars Would you prefer it any other way? Would you prefer it any other way? Would you prefer it any other way?
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Chainsaw 05:10
E/Esus4 B/E E/Abm/Dbm/ C / D / E You were standing there like a chainsaw We were towers of ice & exquisite corpses I believe that your son will shine You were wearing down like a chainsaw We were hanging out, why I'll never know I believe that your son will shine Judges will judge and the chaste will chastise every heart isn't old and wise People in pain often close their eyes But don't let your soul be compromised I believe that your son will shine
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Try 04:28
F#/Db/B/F#/Db B/Db/B/F#/Db B/Dbm/B/F#/B I try to be diplomatic I strive to be less dramatic you know its fine to be undogmatic But try to be less operatic If you want to say prayer or be someone else, A millionaire Isn't a millionaire anymore. But try to be less sarcastic and try to be less automatic If you wanted the best, then be the best, If you can’t be the best, then just give it a rest cause it’s alright But try to be less of a dick. I made my life less traumatic I so hard to be democratic But I worry I’m still far too erratic And at my worst I'm just bureaucratic If you wanted clean hair, a dress that won’t tear a questionnaire, about free dental care then it’s alright But try to be less sarcastic and try to be less automatic If you wanted the best, then be the best, If you can’t be the best, then just give it a rest cause it’s alright But try to be less of a dick. I failed at being charismatic I try so hard to be enigmatic My current balance is symptomatic Of not being born to aristocratic stock But try to be less melodramatic downgrade your head to semiautomatic If you wanted the best, then be the best, If you can’t be the best, then just give it a rest cause it’s alright But try to be less of a dick.
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Vacuum 02:43
A / A7 D/F/G/A E/D/A (I’m not the same as all the rest, ‘cause I was born without a care) A prophet needs to eat, a prophet needs to sleep, a prophet needs to sell advertising spaces weekly An emotional jungle, kiss the killing field, machete at the ready, are you ready to feel? My heart is bleeding baby, ‘cause I’ve never been happy. The Sky spits thunder at the universe laughing The wind in my hair framed the perfect silence, I could be a god tonight. Whilst the west silver sun lights humanity’s fall, we could be gods after all. With my feet in the grass and the rain in my eyes, I could be a God tonight. ‘Cause anyone could be a God after all. Anyone could be a God after all. Anyone could be a God after all.
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Loaded Dice 04:31
F/Bb Bb/Bb(A)/Gm C/Bb/F Look at the dice she rolls, the six sides seem uncrooked in her hazel eyes, I’ll be coming back, I’ll be coming back here You saw the summer days unfold the way you dreamed, I never pleased for her majesty ‘cause I’ll be coming back, I’ll be coming back I spat on the dice you rolled, threw them to the sea But under the delta ray, I'll be coming back again someday You relaxed your gun control and emptied the seas You tear up the Milky Way But I’ll be coming back, I’ll be coming back here It’s not enough to break my heart, this fear is a work of art So it’s not enough to see me cry “I’ll be coming back”, I'll be coming back A criminal lack of self-control awaits me, I look up from the fret board I’ll be coming back, I'll be coming back here I spat on the dice you rolled, threw them to the sea But under the delta-ray, I’ll be coming back again someday You relaxed your gun control and emptied the seas You tear up the Milky Way But I’ll be coming back, I’ll be coming back
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D/D7/G/G7 D/C / Bb/ C D/Dmaj7/ G / Gm We made a boy Wasn't so tough, Then he made us Yeah he made us… (Don't Stop, keep it together) Are you a mighty God child? Are you my Karma king? When you opened your eyes today Did you see everything? Did you see everything? Communicate with dragonflies & Visualise the dead I only heard their footsteps Do you see everything, do you see everything? Now I’m not alone, or ever will I be Now every soul that ever smiled is understanding me yeah Are you a mighty God child? Are you my Karma king? When you opened your eyes today Did you see everything? Did you see everything? Electricity, people and Lions and Tigers too Do you know what’s coming? Do you see everything? Do you see everything? You better watch your manners, Try & live with grace and style You won't see them coming no, You can't see everything. You can't see everything. All you righteous winners, painted with city lights Dancing to the music You don't see everything, you don’t see everything I, I was scared of the dark and I still am I was scared of the light and I still am I was scared of myself and I still am I was scared of dying and I still am

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'Hot Pink Flamingos' is the follow up album to 2009's 'What If We Had No Moon'. This time Steve played all the instruments on the album as well as writing, arranging and producing the record in his home studio in Liverpool.

Marc Joy, the producer of 'What If We Had No Moon' returns to master the album.

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released February 5, 2014

Steve Stroud: Vocals, Acoustic, Electric & Bass Guitars, String and Brass Arrangements, Drum & Percussion arrangements, Piano & Synths.

All Songs Written by Steve Stroud © Steve Stroud 2014

Produced, Arranged and Engineered by Steve Stroud
Recorded at Eslington Street, Liverpool
Mastered by Marc Joy

Cover photograph 'Sunrise; Urban Silhouette' by William Cockram
© William Cockram 2012
www.william-c.com

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Steve Stroud Liverpool, UK

Steve Stroud is a Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist from Liverpool, England.

He has released four solo albums, 'What If We Had No Moon? (2009), 'Hot Pink Flamingos' (2014) 'Lavalamp' (2016) and 'Sketches from the Bunker' (2021).

He runs an audio production studio 'Big Cloud Productions' in Liverpool.

Steve lives in Liverpool with Sarah, his audio equipment and his beautiful son Harvey.
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