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Great Waste Of Time

by Villeneuf

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1.
I was wrong To let you go And you were right, right, right To tell me so I went away For a while And you found me reading Death on the Nile Yeah you found me reading Death on the Nile On the Nile (8x) That’s a novel son I never read It was written by Agatha Christie It’s about a guy who’s dead It’s a Great Waste Of Time ‘Cause if you’re born for a quarter You’re never going to be a dime If you’re born for a quarter You’re never going to be a dime Be a dime (8x)
2.
Twelve years ago to the day You told us, where to go Now we are back and here to stay Just you watch Watch us go Chorus: All these cities we will burn We will burn to the ground Cities we will burn This time around To all you city folk: beware There’s a spark in our eye We tried to catch her many times No we will, in the rye (Chorus) Hello, how nice of you to call me after all this time Hello, you better not be sorry for your dirty crime ‘Cause all these cities we will burn All these cities we will burn (4x) (Chorus)
3.
Home 03:09
Chorus: Home, where the heart is Home, where the start is Home, in the garden I’ll sleep ‘till the morning I’ll weep by the wayside With a brown paper bag over my head H.O.M.E. (shake your tambourine) I know it well H.O.M.E. (give me the bass drum) What does it spell? I need more guitar (Chorus) Shake your tambourine Shake your tambourine Give me the bass drum I need more guitar (Chorus)
4.
Look at her she’s moving like the seventies (If she’s moving stay away from her) Like the seventies I swear sometimes you’ll think She’ll start a war (Somebody tell what the f*ck is going on) What’s with all this lying and hypocrisy? Don’t you lie to me (Ooohh) You don’t know what you are fighting for I try to keep up I try to keep track But he spit me in my face Spit me in my face I try to keep up I try to keep track Of this charade Look at her she’s moving like the seventies (It’s been the same for thirty odd years) Like the seventies I swear sometimes you’ll think She’ll start a war (Aaahh) (That’s when she tells me she is late again) She tries to keep up She really tries to keep track And then she kissed me on my face She really kissed me on my face She tries to keep up She really tries to keep track Again, again, again, again
5.
, WV 02:52
Go mountaineers Home in West Virginia All your rage is bottled up When I came You drove to the airport It was a seven hour drive Go mountaineers Home in West Virginia Logging trees and mining coal When you’re gone You’ll be selling diamonds But the people they are poor The people they are poor Go mountaineers Sharing lots of stories About that time that we hid All their stuff Hid it in the showers And then we waited ‘till they cried And then we told them that we lied Go mountaineers Home in West Virginia Logging trees and mining coal When you’re gone You’ll be selling diamonds But the people they are poor The people they are poor
6.
I see the headlights of a car On the ceiling of my room And there’s a lion underneath my bed Don’t want to wake him ‘cause I think he’s dead Used to dream that I was Wondering in the desert And there’s a scorpion amongst us now I’d like to find him but I don’t know how Song for lion (2x) I see the headlights of a car And it’s coming my way I don’t do magic, but I’ll disappear You don’t want to thank me for my being here Used to dream that I was Wondering on the ocean And as my head is calling ship-to-shore I keep forgetting what I came here for Song for lion (4x) Please Mr. lion, leave him alone Leave him alone I said: please Mr. lion, leave him alone Leave him alone (3x)
7.
As your enemy and your friend I would definitely recommend My misery Oh, it loves company Both the elephant and the mouse Are living in my house There's room for no-one else but you Maybe one more, or two How you're always in my face Yeah you're not giving me my space Why don't you try and shut your pie hole? Don't let me talk to you like I'm a talk show host ('cause my money is good but my talk is cheap) Don't let me talk to you like I'm a talk show host 'Cause if you do I will talk for hours 'Cause if you do I will talk for hours, dear How you're always in my face Yeah you're not giving me my space Why don't you try and shut your pie hole? Don't let me talk to you like I'm a talk show host (If I advise you to run, you better run like hell) Don't let me talk to you like I'm a talk show host 'Cause if you do I will talk for hours 'Cause if you do I will talk for hours, dear
8.
Island 03:29
You on your island Who are your neighbours? All you can carry Used to be more How are you dirty? For what you carry Used to be televisions And alarms Where is your money? Oh, where it has been Down in the basement Where it belongs You on your island Who are your neighbours? Old Alexander Reach out your arms Reach out your arms You on your Island Where is your money? Oh, where it has been Down in the basement Where it belongs You and your island Who are your neighbours? Old Alexander Reach out your arms There is only one step more to take Before you can call this Island your home Before you can call this Island your home
9.
You broke both your feet When you landed on the concrete You won’t run again (2x) Is what the doctor said You landed on the pavement Due to radical behavior You won’t run again (2x) Is what the doctor said With a smile on his teeth He will pull you from beneath And you can gain a little height With a clap of his hands He will make his demands And you’ll listen to him Because you don’t want to die Ooohhh (2x) With a clap of his hands He will make his demands And you’ll listen to him dear (Listen to him dear) Until you disappear Somewhere far from here Ooohhh (4x)
10.
Quiet 02:36
I don’t mind Waiting for the weekend As long I’m spending with You and you and everybody sleeps in I put on My record and my glasses While you are doing laps in the pool You ask me to jump in the water Jump in the water Chorus: Everything’s quiet under water There is nothing I can hear Everything’s quiet under water I get home Everybody’s waiting They are doing laps in the pool They ask me to jump in the water Jump in the water (2x) (Chorus) It’s in the water
11.
Don't Yell 04:31
Your love is like a virus for the mind And I open my eyes and turn blind I’ll go North and you will go South I can’t believe the words That are coming out of my mouth Chorus: If you can whisper, don’t yell This is a story we’re never going to tell You take a picture, it won’t last I’ll tell you why: ‘cause we’re moving very fast If you can whisper, don’t yell This is a story we’re never going to tell You take a picture, it won’t last You take a picture You’re speaking of a place we’ve never been And I open my mouth whispering We’ll head North and they’ll go South I can’t believe the words That are coming out of my mouth (Chorus) You take a picture

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released November 22, 2012

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Villeneuf Netherlands

Villeneuf is the pseudonym of Dutch composer Michiel van Poelgeest.

Review of You And Me Galaxy (2015) @ The Quiet Us thequietus.com/articles/18851-dance-like-its-ok-germany-belgium-netherlands-music-reviews

In '12 Villeneuf released its debut album Great Waste of Time. Villeneuf made it to the GPVNL finals and performed live in the popular TV talk show 'De Wereld Draait Door'.
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