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Disaster

by Daniel Knox

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1.
IT GETS BETTER When your car breaks down And it will certainly break down Don’t cry and don’t frown Don’t throw all the dishes around When you don’t know what to do Ugly children cough on you Don’t pick them up and shake them Children are fragile, you don’t want to break them It gets better It gets better Close your eyes and count to ten Try now to remember when You had money to play with And friends you could stay with Happy days may still return Take the ashes from the urn Don’t be afraid to spill them Trouble continue till somebody kills them It gets better It gets better Dancing girls are in the chorus Dancing girls are very gorgeous Stupid and beautiful Don’t they take your mind off the pain? Trying to scrape up a buck Heartbroken and poverty-struck Smashing the seat just by sitting You’ve got to be kidding It gets better It gets better END.
2.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU NOW? If you’re gonna fool around Why don’t you keep it out of town Don’t give me all the details I don’t wanna know I don’t wanna know What have they done to you now? Guess you’d better keep your pants on There’s no more tables left to dance on I used to carry you home I don’t anymore Won’t anymore What have they done to you now? Old familiar Friends to fill your Heart with grief And agony A little friendly conversation Character assassination I just don’t care anymore and I don’t wanna know I don’t wanna know What have they done to you now? END.
3.
Disaster 02:07
DISASTER Disaster disaster Explosions ripping through the paint and plaster Disaster disaster disaster disaster. Tragedy tragedy A vacant lot where you're whole childhood used to be Tragedy tragedy tragedy tragedy. Accident accident Your friends are gone but you don't know just where they went Accident accident accident accident Disaster disaster Crying right into the face of laughter Disaster disaster disaster disaster END.
4.
MAN WITHOUT A PAST Beneath a train on State street A simpleton behold Clinging to a satchel And all that he's been told Underneath his suit he's angry And wants you all to pay Before you slap the cuffs on And carry him away . . . Look at the hookers with their hundred dollar hats Skyward snouts like common household cats Life is fine and dandy For the prudish namby pamby If we're all the same Then spread the blame Till we die like rats I think we can agree evrybody hates a tourist Raping the scenery. Very, very foolish Life's a budding flower When you're the one in power But nobody knows Why the public chose Man without a past It looks like a beautiful doomsday What I wouldn't give to hear you say Goodbye. Goodbye. Raise your fists but you don't know what you're in for Sidewalk savages with nothing left to live for Can't get a favor if you ask it of your neighbor Oh no, not so fast Who is he, you ask? Man without past Same solitaire where you seldom see the joker Boo-hoo commuter to and fro so mediorce Smiling complacent When I'm crazy and impatient What did you expect? Next time skip the check Man without a past It looks like a terrible Tuesday What I wouldn't give to hear you say Goodbye. Goodbye. END.
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GONE OLD DAYS When you let a fool Believe he’s clever The world seems Smaller than ever Our houses Are too close together A man can’t live in this weather The old days are gone The old days are gone You’ll die from love Or cigarettes No one Deserves what he gets But there’s always A way into heaven It looks just Like channel seven The old days are gone The old days are gone Waking up’s A waste of breath I’m full of life I’m scared to death And the good news Is too upsetting Our whole lives Spent were regretting The old days are gone The old days are gone I’ll find you When the walls cave in The holyland The den of sin And it’s not your Fault if we’re failing Just hold on Tight to the railing The old days are gone The old days are gone END.
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NAIVE THERESA Savage people from savage lands With savage faces and savage hands How they long to do Horrible things to you My Theresa The only thing that worries me Is your faith in humanity There’s nothing I can do To make it up to you Naive Theresa To the boys with big words and boring faces I tip my hat ‘cause I’m going places That they’ll never go and you won’t go with me Is it such a big goddamn deal to kiss me? White girls with pretty hair White girls with skin so fair They think they’ve got it made A lifetime in the shade Just like you Theresa END.
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YOU SHOULD BE SHINING MY SHOES I ought not to think of the past, but then This town gives me the blues It's nice that you've learned to forgive, my friend But you should be shining my shoes You should be wearing a nametag Serving somebody's food I should be riding in limousines You should be shining my shoes I don't believe in justice Life is unbearably cruel The only prediction I trust is You will be shining my shoes It's like you to bring up the past again What options have we to choose? It's lovely you've learned to forgive, my friend But you should be shining my shoes You should be Shining My shoes END.
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Redhanded 03:36
REDHANDED It happened at the pleasureland arcade Where fantasies and criminals are made I shuffled in the pay my browsing fee And loaded in booth number three But through the hole what should I find But a detective of the undercover kind When you’re caught redhanded You’re branded a liar They look down on you And send you to The lake of fire So I decided I’d leave town Quietly, when no one was around There came a voice from at my knee My brother to say goodbye to me I gave him a kiss What do you think happened next? The kiss was taken out of it’s context When you’re caught redhanded You’re branded a liar They throw rocks at you And send you to The lake of fire (instrumental) Picking garbage up off the street With a dustpan and shackled feet Oh - society you’ve got me wrong It’s why I wrote this dreadful song You pushed a good man to the edge Why don’t you take a minute Stop and think Light a cigar Pour a drink While you’re busy I’ll be on my way When you’re caught redhanded You’re branded a liar They’ll throw the book at you And take you to The lake of fire (instrumental) END.
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Lovescene 03:54
LOVESCENE It puts the ice-pick in your heart Tears the building blocks apart It tells you what to do Then puts the blame on you It makes you try and tell a joke Then wish that you had never spoke Approaching through the fog Embrace this lucky dog Groping for more than I can hold Sulking like a twelve year old Then suddenly I find myself dancing Oh, how I hate dancing (instrumental) I used to be a drunk I thought the roses stunk You made me laugh Cut me in half I stagger up from lower class Stumble like a stupid-ass I hear the bells The music swells Groping for more than I can hold Sulking like a twelve year old And suddenly I find myself dancing Oh, how I hate dancing (instrumental) END.
10.
GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS There was an old man from Illinois Who had a thing for little boys He liked to trap them in his car Wouldn’t you like to know where they are? There was a young maid from New York Who had a visit from the stork Then put the baby in the trash Some decisions have to be rash There was a man who lived in pain Thought he was the king of Spain Couldn’t understand why his countrymen Fed him pills and shut him in There once was a house There once stood a house With brothers and sister Nephews and nieces They were all blown to pieces By a boy with a match Who walked away without a scratch (la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-) There was a man whose house was robbed He shot the guy who did the job But there’s no justice, it appears They put him away for twenty years There was a girl who fell in love With the biggest prick you could think of He liked to tie her up and then Pass her around to all his friends And the missionary turned up dead The natives misunderstood what he said While trying to spread the word of God He bought it from a firing squad And the hobo in your doorway Who stinks and gets in your way Don’t think that he can be saved The streets have turned his heart depraved Don’t try to see the virtue Assume he wants to hurt you (la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-) (la-la-la, la-la-la) END.
11.
No Accident 03:39
NO ACCIDENT Tennis shoes on the wire A house on fire You are the one that I desire Socks that don't match A gate that won't latch I have an offer without a catch because This is no accident This is no accident This is no accident You and me A plea for protection Slight infection I never worry about rejection A beautiful mess A boy in a dress A few magic words in a moment of stress because This is no accident This is no accident This is no accident You and me I like the looks of a room that you've slept in Love's not a thing you fall into or step in As you should know Misinformation Lost combination A brief love affair with a distant relation An awkward silence An act of violence Scream "happy new year" and cheer at the sirens for This is no accident This is no accident This is no accident You and me END.
12.
Reminder 02:20
REMINDER I’m looking for a sharp knife Looking down the deep dark hole Looking for the bullets, the gun, the man to pull the trigger, and the shovelful Looking for tomorrow Look back with sorrow On another day you’ll be missing When you’re kissing it goodbye (instrumental) You should walk with a partner And keep them beside you Tell them that everyone in town will say they’ve tried you And if you think I’m wrong then just disprove me Ask god in heaven to remove me Looking for a slow burn Something to remind you That no matter where you move Your troubles seem to find you You ought to find a new town A place to belong Remember that every lie you tell becomes a song And if the song I’m singing should disgust you Give me just one reason I should trust you (instrumental) END.
13.
Loves Money 03:00
LOVES MONEY In one ear and out the other Sell your wife to save your brother It’s no one’s fault the ship just sunk Wet dreams, you wake up drunk My heart is in my wallet Anything, anything, you wanna call it And it weighs ten pounds and doesn’t move It love’s money but it doesn’t love you All my cards are on the table No longer young and able I call your bluff and tell you twice Evrybody, everybody has their price My heart is in my wallet Anything, anything you wanna call it It hurts like hell but I see it through I love money but I never loved you (clacking) Setting fire to all the churches With each and evry single purchase I sign my name and place my bet To keep you bastards in my debt My heart is in my wallet Anything, anything, you wanna call it It weighs ten pounds and doesn’t move It love’s money but it doesn’t love you END.
14.
Be Afraid 03:56
BE AFRIAD Be afraid Of the man behind the door Or the three legged dog Be afraid Of the mail when it arrives Or the victim who survives Be afraid, be afraid When you don’t know what to do Be afraid, be afraid Because I’m afraid of you Be afraid Of the invisible phone Be afraid When they leave you all alone Be afraid Of the newspaper Be afraid Of the skyscraper I won’t be in your corner When the Honeymoon Is over Be afraid Of the warm reception Or the great deception Or the grocery clerk Or the ride to work Or your mom and dad Or the dream you had Be afraid, be afraid When you don’t know what to do Be afraid, be afraid Because I’m afraid of you END.

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Recorded over 3 months in a small apartment this is Daniel's first collection of songs intended for proper release. Featuring a variety of instruments played alone and his brother Robert Martin on guitar. The first entry in The Disaster Trilogy.

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released February 14, 2011

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Daniel Knox Porto, Portugal

With a baritone as dynamic as it is indestructible, Daniel Knox narrates compositions with a perverse and sometimes comical wit, guiding the listener through sprawling worlds that exist just out of frame.

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