Okay Suburban Soldiers the new album is not far away. David Briggs and Martin Cilia have been tweaking the recorded tracks in readiness for mastering. Don’t forget I’m previewing the songs Oct 29 Charles Hotel Perth and hope to see many of you there. Meanwhile I am still thrilled to find you guys out there sending in your hard-earned to either get a credit on the CD or support me by pre-ordering product. Patrick Gaul, a long time Sydney fan jumped in along with Stephen Smykowsky, Pete Horbury, Steve Crowley, Paul Walsh, The Big D – Dave Ellery who has supported my career from Pus days in 1974, Chris Smith up there in Qld and more. Every dollar is appreciated and gives me a chance to shoot a little clip or add some artwork. Today’s song is another new one, We Want A Kid. It is very self explanatory: a look at the tendency to treat children as an accessory that anybody with enough money has a right to. It is not a shot at those people desperate to have children to love and cherish, it is about those who think parenting is about throwing money at a kid, those for whom a kid is just the next step after the 4 wheel drive and Umbria for six weeks. Greg Macainsh tells me it’s his fave on the album and it rocks!
WE WANT THE KID
(Warner)
We got the biggest bestest four wheel drive that can be
60 inch flat screen LCDTV
Esspresso machines that play Coldplay in key
But something’s missing now what can it be?
We’re regulars at festivals up Byron Bay way
We renovate and salivate and fun run all day
We holiday in Paris vacillate in Madrid
But now we’re bored –
We want a kid.
We want a kid! We deserve it
Don’t you stand in our way
We got the bucks if it’s not perfect
We’ll just throw it away
We’ll have a nanny or a granny or manny to serve
And we will be parents ‘cause that’s we deserve
Promise we’ll be there every other weekend
It’ll never be lonely we’ll buy it some friends
We want a kid! We deserve it
Don’t you stand in our way
We got the bucks if it’s not perfect
We’ll just throw it away
We want to preserve ourselves through our DNA
We’re gonna browse the shelves
For a pot of scientific sorcery
To design the kid to match the nursery
The government can subsidise the funds to make it
A little egg and seed just shake it
It ain’t rocket science how just hard can it be?
Six months either side paid parental leave
A trainer to make it like you never gave birth
I’ll be a great Dad watch my kid surf
We want a kid! We deserve it
Don’t you stand in our way
We got the bucks if it’s not perfect
We’ll just throw it away
We want a kid, we want a kid, we want a kid.
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