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Good To See You Again

by Porvari

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Slippery Slope (Sam Whimpenny) With my smoking gun and my metaphors I have a small tall tale for you You see the winds of the world's experience are about to make the Truth come true The signs are all there, co-located in a row We'll just wait for the moment when the Manager says Go (GO!) Shine that light in the cave of hope You gotta show some bottle as you slip down the slippery slope After 50 years of chasing dreams of dust I think I've stumbled on another way Looks like I beat that problem of who can you trust But what I know now isn't easy to say Events will occur, no Risk Management prevents The Crazy, the Fool and the Malcontent Shine that light in the cave of hope You gotta show some bottle as you slip down the slippery slope Shine that light in the cave of hope You know there's no point now in the old soft soap I might have lost my way but I brought my rope And there are none so blind as they who will not grope So giving up's got to be the new way to cope Cos you can whinge you can whine you can moan and mope But you gotta show some bottle as you slip down the slippery slope
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Good To See You Again (Sam Whimpenny) You know last night I couldn't sleep It was your fault I just can't wait till you are here There have been moments I would keep In my mind's vault Those memories are precious still I'm so glad to see you here Let me buy you one more beer Been too long now that is clear And it's so good to see you again I'm at that age now you can tell When cliches come true And twenty years has disappeared If yesterday you were in my arms You're my baby still Eternity won't change that truth I'm so glad to see you here Let me buy you one more beer Been too long now that is clear And it's so good to see you again
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Stephanie Rocks (Sam Whimpenny) I got myself a new playmate And it's a bit of a shock I never knew you felt quite this way Now every look every moment Is just a key to unlock The beginning of a love story Somebody tell me it's all just a dream Somebody tell me it's not what it seems Stephanie rocks So now I wait for the moment And the moment is Now I got a ticket and an IOU (IOU,IOU) Saw you sneak another glance yeah And I admire your subtlety But we can work on that can't we? Somebody tell me your innocent charm Somebody tell me no cause for alarm Stephanie rocks And I could watch you move all day My heart beat beats fast And I need that feeling It reminds me of my past Stephanie rocks So you can show me your hand now Cos I can guess it from here And we can whisper or shout now The end game is clear Somebody tell me a way to resist Somebody tell me I'm top of your list Stephanie rocks
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Questions Breath (Sam Whimpenny) The answer's in the question's breath I love it when you lie to me Jabber with the crystal meth Promises were made to be broken If your words will work here We can live without fear A moment to compose myself Telling everyone my name That book was never on the shelf I could never play that game You might think I know you All these traumas I go through You tell me it'll be OK Did someone else convince you then? And maybe I'll just walk away Clinging to the wreck of When If your words will work here We can live without fear
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Getta Career 02:38
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Queues, Lists and Ladders (Sam Whimpenny) When I was young the way was clear to me Waste tax payers’ money at a University Get top class grades and a Master’s Degree And go in half way up To make it to the silver lining at the top of the tree But sadly I got slowly disillusioned with this The striving for chains and stabilised bliss I laughed at their petty idiosyncrasies Oh yes I know my vocabulary Antidisestablishmentarianism me Queues, Lists and ladders Your face is looking slightly battered Did you have a fight with your Secretary? Or was it that you couldn’t get free? Queues lists and ladders The time it takes will make you madder Don’t become the bore on the factory floor Let your thoughts rise the midnight sky The kids on the street have no more glamour than the elite But they’re striving for a far different goal If you ask for my advice I’ll say gladly to you: Don’t let the other man win Stop him even if you have to use a rolling pin Queues lists and ladders You’re the only one that matters You call the cards and it’s hard to resist You’ll soon be writing the lists
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The Resigning Pope (Sam Whimpenny) Gold! I've been chasing it all my life Sold to slavery and sullen strife I know now least said soonest mended Somehow I doubt it's come about as life intended Fold: discretion is the better choice Cold and calm: you can hear it in my voice Promises lost or unattended I've lost the dream that made it seem it never ended Life will never lie to you Keep the window open Things can change Bold: it isn't me who jumped the gate Told: I turned the corner much too late So they claimed they had the power to take me to my dreams But in all the time I've known them I ain't never had a bean
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No Safety Valve (Sam Whimpenny) Just what are you trying to prove? Dictatorship has left you bemused “Swear” you’re calling time after time "Maybe” might have spared you this crime Self expression hits a new low You’ve preached but now you’ve nowhere to go Shelter’s what you have but don’t need It’s someone else that you’ve got to feed With your hairpin bend philosophies And your high heeled leather boots You’re a corkscrew in my head – I cannot free you You electrocute reality As you execute ideals Your Perspex lies are getting hard to see through Desperation sets in a last You know you can’t control what is past Patterns of relief in your head Thinking over what she’s just said
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Genius Is Next To Insanity (Sam Whimpenny) We’ve been criticised enough already It’s time we hit back and made it hurt Trouble is we’re so busy working While you’re all occupied being alert Some people say Genius is next to insanity Without wishing to push my vanity Genius is next to insanity That makes me mad Turned on my very expensive radio Heard some singer grunt and groan Well maybe I could hit it off that way All you got to do is be a rolling stone Genius is next to insanity With a voice so rough and granity Genius is next to insanity That makes me mad Christ it’s a hard life not being a superstar It’s so unclear where to begin Why is it us that’s getting nowhere fast The public is so thick skinned And genius is next to insanity Is this really the essence of Humanity Genius is next to insanity That makes me mad

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Released on 1st May 2014 Good To See You Again is the latest album of Porvari originals with all Songs written by Sam Whimpenny between 1976—2013, except for Stephanie Rocks written by Sam Whimpenny/Simon Meader

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released May 1, 2014

Porvari are:
Sam Whimpenny — Vocals, Guitars, Basses, Drums
Simon Meader — Guitars, Keyboards, Drums, Grotesque Guitar solo on 'Genius Is Next To Insanity'
B.L. Underwood — Production, Bruzonix & Epic Guitar on 'No Safety Valve'

Published by Barbarous Music © 2014

Recorded At Herb's Studio

Artwork & Photography by Simon Meader

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Friends for more than 30 years and musical collaborators for over a decade, Porvari are founded on Sam Whimpenny's infinitely varied lyrically rich and melodically diverse songs enhanced by Simon Meader's guitar, mandolin and synths plus B.L. Underwood's encyclopaedic understanding of the recording process & occasional epic guitar solo. ... more

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