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On Some Planets This Is Pop

by Alphanaut

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1.
Shake the Rhythm 05:35
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We take one step forward and three steps back To paint a little color between white and black While that white bread rabble is lining their shoes Their fuddy-duddy theorem and political views In The Pink Gardinia sings a manish chanteuse Crooning away days when her name was Bruce Jumping upstream there’s no turning back She got a feline simulator and her Union Jack She know you got to shake the rhythm
 Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh) 
Shake the rhythm
Shake the rhythm from the inside A half step duke tangos by the sea
 Beautifully natured non-binary
 That variegated body comes alive
As a pretty little DJ plays our 45 He know he got to shake the rhythm (shake, shake) Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh) Shake the rhythm (shake, shake) Shake the rhythm from the inside We got to shake the rhythm (shake, shake) Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh) Shake the rhythm (shake, shake) Shake the rhythm from the inside
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Monkey Work 04:11
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She day dreams of feelings Like in ’64 Sharp shirts and neckties Like before the war He dropped his briefcase And took a stand Came back a monster Like nothing they had planned He remembers when she used to be happy Back in the days when they knew they had it all She remembers he was handsome and dashing Like the man in the photo on the wall Now its all monkey work, work, work Monkey work, work, work She pulls out the TV He’s on his ass Cuts the coffee This two shall pass There’s a growing chasm Inside the walls A dark sarcasm In the silence of it all He remembers when she used to be happy Back in the days when they knew they had it all She remembers he was handsome and dashing Like the man in the photo on the wall Now its all monkey work, work, work Monkey work, work, work Instrumental break Now its all monkey work, work, work Monkey work, work, work
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Young, Wild and Beautiful 04:09
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A.M. got an arm for electric guitar Tattooed right hand gonna make him a star Breathes in ambition like his favorite Monet Says nothings ever gonna get in his way 
 Kae Ling’s wants to be in the mind of America Letter for the better, win lose or draw House don’t match the color of her skin But in her heart she knows some day she’ll win 
 Because they’re young wild and beautiful Young wild and free 
 Brandi steps light, hides the holes in her shoes The lack of having only brings her the blues All assistance gone MIA Lifts up her eyes to the beauty of the day 
 Jeremiah dreams of the greatest escape Small town living has him looping in the tape Stares are brewing, growing intense His sexuality no criminal offense 
 Because they’re young wild and beautiful Young wild and free 
 Here you go this generation A pair of shoes to dance across the nation Better days are knocking at your door Always remember there is something to stand for 
 Because they’re young wild and beautiful Young wild and free
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Le Kukuwadu 03:17
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They’re building cities  They eat us up  Those pretty pretties  Filling their cups  Home disappears before our eyes  Everything is super sized  Trade us in for dollars, never stop  How did those damn dirty apes get to be on top  Le Kukuwadu  We need you to dance  Le Kukuwadu  Please give us a chance  Le Kukuwadu  Come out of the brush / Give us a buzz Le Kukuwadu  Its time to elevate us  They took the valleys  They warmed the seas  Luxury houses  Do as they please  Monkey do as monkey says Blue suede shoes, upright ways  In this story called life, they give us the chop  How did those damn dirty apes get to be on top  Le Kukuwadu  We need you to dance  Le Kukuwadu  Please give us a chance  Le Kukuwadu   Come out of the brush  Le Kukuwadu  Its time to elevate us
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Cosmic Dancer 04:34
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I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was out I was dancing when I was out I danced myself right out the womb I danced myself right out the womb Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself right out the womb I was dancing when I was eight I was dancing when I was eight Is it strange to dance so late? Is it strange to dance so late? I danced myself into the tomb I danced myself into the tomb Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself into the tomb Is it wrong to understand The fear that dwells inside a man? What's it like to be alone I liken it to a balloon I danced myself out of the womb I danced myself out of the womb Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself into the tomb But then again Once more I danced myself out of the womb I danced myself out of the womb Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself out of the womb
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Forever 05:18
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He lay upon my bed the soft weight of the dead the light overhead I can’t I said The dead, they come to me I see them in my dreams  and I say (I say)  how now? (how now?) I say how now and how come and they nod and they smile I’m trying not to worry so scared, so in a hurry and I just want to understand Forever forever forever no things and all things last forever I know (I know) it’s so (it’s so), it comes and it goes but somehow some things hold together sometimes, some way or another but what things? (what things?) And how long? (how long?) What things, and how long and how come and what can be done? Here where the veil is thin life ends and so begins I know it’s so I bade him go The weight upon my bed gone where the light has led And a breath (a breath) on my skin (on my skin) through the window the wind On my skin is a world without end and I’m no longer worried  or scared or in a hurry as I begin to understand Forever forever forever no things and all things last forever we know (we know) it’s so (it’s so) we come and we go and sometimes some things hold together but now, only now is forever, forever forever forever, this moment, this feeling, this light, this breath, this love this breath this love  this light this love forever forever forever forever  forever forever forever forever
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Go To the Ghost 04:28
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She haunts him with her innocence Hopeful heart and lit-up face Adulthood has battered and bruised her Running with rats in a race She hovers above and around him Longing and lost in the rush Pushed aside and forgotten Like a heart left in the rain to rust Go to the ghost Go back and find her Back to the hopeful little girl Help her find her place in this world He haunts her with his innocence Hopeful heart and curious mind Time and miles wore down the dreams Too much ugliness made him blind He hovers above and around her Asking to reunite Still has hopes for the future For ways to turn dark into light Go to the ghost Go back and find him Back to that hopeful little boy Help him find the light in his joy One ghost dreams, one ghost fades away One ghost now, one ghost yesterday
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Brides of Jupiter 06:26
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The streets and the stars Have darkened as my heart Memories they fade And emotions be mislaid Apollo, pull back your arrow Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Remember when we could fly above the world We’d sing along with the lines of light and the brides of Jupiter Sounds of the city fade to grey My eyes are marked like a watery grave Apollo, release your arrow Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Remember when we were high above the world  (Note: Open to ideas on the chorus) We could walk through the fire of life with the brides of Jupiter Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Every night I hear that train Your voice ringing back again Every night I hear that train Like a sorrowful refrain
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Virtual Love 05:45
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Plug in the line Pull down the shade Reality begins to fade The digital me And the digital you Meet in the wires For a new world view Come on man be my woman Come on woman be my man In this world of virtual love I know you all understand She’s now a high end hippie in nuclear boots Spinning out love with those electrical roots His team of service men and serviettes Are layin down pleasure with no regrets Come on man be my woman Come on woman be my man In this world of virtual love I know you all understand Nana is in her VR Room Making love with the QB2 (In here she’s a girl on fire Hot pants and a dark night squire) Chanting to the anthem of their white trash drag Everything you need in that stimulator bag (In here their star is shining brighter On top and living like a fighter) Come on man be my woman Come on woman be my man In this world of virtual love I know you all understand In the world outside tired of bein sick From that bourgeois gender politic (In here with all things equal Shoot fast, and write out the sequel) Those hot guns and your hurricane hips The taste of you on these virtual lips (Don’t know if its you I'm streaming But outside of you I’ll be dreaming) Come on man be my woman Come on woman be my man In this world of virtual love I know you all understand
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Like a Time Machine 03:27
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Breathe out like its your last breath Breathe in like its your first Breathe out like its your last breath Breathe in like its your first This is the energy that animates us This is the energy that navigates us This is the energy that animates us This is the energy that navigates us A boy like you is a time machine A boy like you is a time machine

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released October 15, 2021

Mark Alan - Lead Vocals and Programming
Jeff Kingfisher - Keys, Piano, Harpejji, Continuum and Backing Vocals
Austyn James - Bass and Backing Vocals
Jeff Beardeaux - Drums and Backing Vocals
Paul Rabbit - Guitars and Backing Vocals
Jessica Taylor - Backing Vocals
Angie Whitney - Backing Vocals
Matt Ingelson - Trumpet
Tony Bolivar - Saxaphones

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Alphanaut Los Angeles, California

New album 'On Some Planets This Is Pop' out now!

Alphanaut is Mark Alan (vocals), Jeff Kingfisher (keys), Jeff Beardaux (drums), Austyn James (bass), Paul Rabbit (guitar)

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