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Rule of Thumb

from What We Do by THE SPECTRAL PRiDE

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What a life: in motion but not moving
Need to liven up those feet of clay
Touch and go with systems all responding
Tablet helps to keep the blues away

Good connections generate potential
A brandnew love is just a swipe away
Hopeful faces, details confidential
Loneliness dissolves as digits play

Rule of thumb: the cage is empty, all the mates have gone
Keeping mum: no-one listening, why are you rabbiting on?
Hold your tongue: well, jibjab jibberjabber jibjab jibberjabber jibjab

Before the dawn, the chorus is alive-O
Twittering twats with next to nowt to say
Following one another through the typos
Making a hash of rumours through the day

Rule of thumb: the tree is empty, all the birds have gone
Keeping mum: no-one listening, why are you warbling on?
Hold your tongue: well, jibjab jibberjabber jibjab jibberjabber jibjab

A room so smart, it reads every intention
Blowing your nose before you start to cough
Now and again it needs so much attention
The smartest thing to do is turn it off

Rule of thumb: the screens are empty, all the lights have gone
Keeping mum: no-one listening, why are you babbling on
Hold your tongue: well, jibjab jibberjabber jibjab jibberjabber jibjab

Rule of thumb: the room is empty, all the kit has gone
Keeping mum: no-one listening, why are you going on
Up your bum: well, jibjab jibberjabber jibjab jibberjabber jibjab

Enough!

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from What We Do, released May 1, 2015
Written, arranged & played by THE SPECTRAL PRiDE.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by The Knobster at The Bunker.
Produced by Mr Reindeer.
Artwork: Frank Blunt.
© & ℗ 2015 Bollockbrain Productions; released here under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commerical Share Alike licence.

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Artwork and lyric booklet are included when you download the complete album.

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A recording venture launched in the spring of 2004 to enable four friends to meet and indulge in a common favourite pastime: the laying down of sounds while making one another laugh.

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