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| "You were born in a first world country, good for you, what an achievement, good for you, yeah." - Montego Ikarus |
Another Open Source Musick Projekt Release (fb.com/TheOSMProjekt) by Montego Ikarus (fb.com/MontegoIkarus)
Copyright the Open Source Musick Projekt 2015
Here is a recording of the song played LIVE - The lyrics and soloing are improvised (as all good music should be) so the lyrics below are not exactly the recording, but muck around with the song - it's really fun to write new verses for this one.
If you want to start writing but haven't got the confidence yet - TRY THIS - 1. Feel the song (if you don't feel it, don't do it). 2. Empathize with the intent/starting point of the song and feel yourself in that position (or change it according to something that you can feel it for - eg, I sing Folsom Prison Blues from the perspective that first world life and all its boxes is really just a fluffed up style of fancy prison for higher class slaves). 3. Write. 4. Sing and make it rote (repeat until you don't need to read it). 5. Put your own feel into it, every time you perform. 6. Don't be frightened of forgetting lyrics or singing the wrong thing, improvise! In the moment sing what is true for you, and if you are feeling it, the words come!
The entire Live performance is here:
soundcloud.com/montego-ikarus/liveatthemooreandmoore
The song "First World Country Blues" starts @ 13:43
The chords are Am7 dropping down to Gm7 and sometimes playing the Abm7 in between. Played sometimes as A7 or G7 instead. The turn-around drops down to F, E and then up to G and back to the regular rhythm pattern.
Make it into anything you like. Rock, classic soul, metal - muckaround, have fun and explore your musical self.
Lyrics:
First World Country Blues
If you wanna be a lover, well you can be a lover
If you wanna be a fool, you can be afraid
If you want the world to end, well it can end for you
All of these things can be true
If you wanna be a winner, well go out and win something
If you wanna be a thief, well go out and steal a thing
If you wanna be a stray, sit with your hat in front of you
If you wanna be an anarchist, go and burn a police vehicooole…
Chorus:
How hard it is to find, Good help around here
Who wants to serve the people, That need the servin’
If we’re gonna make it work, for all of us
Some of us sometime, may have to practice
Curbing our desires
You’re in control, first world country doll
If you wanna be a dickhead, well grow a dick on your head
If you wanna grow old, then tinker away
If you wanna make money, learn the apathy trade
All of these things you can do because you were born in a first world country
oh yeah…
If you wanna be the devil, then you can sign a pact
If you wanna be a critical thinker, then start looking at the facts
If you wanna be free so you can see, open your eyes,
You’ve had them closed all this time
First world country doll
Chorus
If you wanna be a fool, you can be afraid
If you want the world to end, well it can end for you
All of these things can be true
If you wanna be a winner, well go out and win something
If you wanna be a thief, well go out and steal a thing
If you wanna be a stray, sit with your hat in front of you
If you wanna be an anarchist, go and burn a police vehicooole…
Chorus:
How hard it is to find, Good help around here
Who wants to serve the people, That need the servin’
If we’re gonna make it work, for all of us
Some of us sometime, may have to practice
Curbing our desires
You’re in control, first world country doll
If you wanna be a dickhead, well grow a dick on your head
If you wanna grow old, then tinker away
If you wanna make money, learn the apathy trade
All of these things you can do because you were born in a first world country
oh yeah…
If you wanna be the devil, then you can sign a pact
If you wanna be a critical thinker, then start looking at the facts
If you wanna be free so you can see, open your eyes,
You’ve had them closed all this time
First world country doll
Chorus
If you wanna be a pimple, then you can pop
If you wanna be dramatic, then get out of my way
If you want democracy, then you’re going to have to suffer majority rule
And I don’t like that very much because I am definitely, a minority
Oh baby…
If you want to be a worker in a fantasy trade
You can start selling cupcakes and live in sugar’s malaise
You want to walk on the moon? Then wake Stanley Kubrick from his grave
If you want to be a spiritual teacher, go jump in a lake
yeah… in a lake
Chorus
If you want to get married, have a cup of tea instead
It’s better than… all that
If you want to make real money
You’re going to have to start a war
That’s right, kill those slaves,
make them fight wars you paid for
‘cause you’re in control
First world doll
(at least for now)
If you want to be a love, well you can be a lover
If you want to be a fool, then you can be afraid
If you want the world to end, well it can end for you
All of these things can be true… for you
First world country doll
You’re in control
First world country boy
You’re in control
At least for now
You’re in control
Grab the iron while it’s hotIf you wanna be dramatic, then get out of my way
If you want democracy, then you’re going to have to suffer majority rule
And I don’t like that very much because I am definitely, a minority
Oh baby…
If you want to be a worker in a fantasy trade
You can start selling cupcakes and live in sugar’s malaise
You want to walk on the moon? Then wake Stanley Kubrick from his grave
If you want to be a spiritual teacher, go jump in a lake
yeah… in a lake
Chorus
If you want to get married, have a cup of tea instead
It’s better than… all that
If you want to make real money
You’re going to have to start a war
That’s right, kill those slaves,
make them fight wars you paid for
‘cause you’re in control
First world doll
(at least for now)
If you want to be a love, well you can be a lover
If you want to be a fool, then you can be afraid
If you want the world to end, well it can end for you
All of these things can be true… for you
First world country doll
You’re in control
First world country boy
You’re in control
At least for now
You’re in control
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Cut, copy, paste - live, play on the street!
As I am!
Love,
Monty xx
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