Garbage Guts - Lyrics
We’re All Friends
(Chords: Gm6 D#7 D7)
Everywhere my friends are all around me
And it’s my guess that they are with you too
If you want to keep them being friendly
Treat your friends as you’d like them to treat you
Who are all these friends I hear you asking
Right now it feels like I am all alone
But friends are always right there when you need them
Making up this place that we call home
(Chords: G7 C7 A7 D7)
Well, let introduce you to some of my good friends
And you may recognise them as some on whom you depend
There’s the trees
The Trees!
And the bees
The Bees!
The rivers
The Rivers!
You and them and me
You’ll find friends in unexpected places
Plants, animals and other people too
In real life, more than in cyberspaces
And friends don’t always look or think like you
To be a good friend, here are some things that you need
Honesty and loyalty and all the cups of tea!
With the trees
The Trees!
And the bees
The Bees!
The rivers
The Rivers!
And everything you see
(Outro chords: Gm D#7 D7)
We’re all friends
We’re all friends
We’re all friends
We’re all friends. Yeah!
You! And You! And what about you!
And that thing over there!
It’s not even really a thing! It’s my friend! Yeah!
Well, we’re all friends.
Get A Goat
Lyrics (if you can call them that) © 2021 Charlie Mgee
Goat. Goat. Goat.
Get a goat.
Get a goat
Get a get a goat.
No Such Thing As Waste
Lyrics © 2011 & 2021 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Cm G7 Fm)
When I was a little kid
I liked to catch the rain
While my friends around the town
let it flow right down the drain
But our tiny house in the trees
Had one thing that we drank
Every drop that we had saved
In our rainwater tank
Cos there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
No there’s no such thing as waste
When we treasure every trace
Moved to the city, rented a house
On my way to buy a bed
Saw one lying on the side of the road
So I took that one instead
And I also found a fridge, a couch
And a big old sewing machine
In the biggest pile of thrown-out stuff
That I had ever seen
But there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
No there’s no such thing as waste
Better save it just in case
Well, we’ve gotta refuse, reduce, reuse, repair then renew
Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair then renew
You can get cool things out of the bin
You can compost every crumb
Save all the seeds, eat garden weeds
And give the rest back to your mum
It’s time we thunk about all our junk
To keep our planet clean
That W word is so absurd
In a world of blue and green
But there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
No there’s no such thing as waste
That idea should be replaced
But there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
No there’s no such thing as waste
Only opportunity to be embraced
Fonky Food
Lyrics © 2021 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Dm7 Em7)
If you stuff a load of cabbage inside of a jar
With a little bit of salt
And a little bit of spice and
Forget about it in the back of the car
A couple of weeks later it tastes real nice
The fermentation age is ragin’
The latest sensation across the nation
Fact is, it’s been around for ages
But the ancient flavours still bring elation
It’s fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
It can be smooth or chunky
Fonky food, fonky Food
We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys
Wild soda, nice and fizzy
Just fruit, whey, water and bottle it up
Left too long, it might make you dizzy
But a couple of days will make it ready to pop
Get sourdough rising up on the shelf
Bakin’ your bread
No breakin’ your head, no trouble
Get a mother from your brother
Or make it yourself
With flour and water,
Then wait until it bubbles
Like fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
It can be smooth or chunky
Fonky food, fonky Food
We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys
Kimchi, kefir, kombucha, kraut
Doesn’t take long to figure it all out
Lacto-bacto, accept the facto
Fonky Food is what it’s all about
Don’t be put off by the smell
Come alive inside and you’re living well
Fonked-out food now represent it
Come on and say if like you ferment it
Fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
Make your food get fonky
Fonky food, fonky food
It can be smooth or chunky
Funky food, fonky Food
We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys
Yoghurt up and dance!
Shoogieman
Lyrics © 2021 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Gm C#dim)
I’m your sweetie
I’m you’re honey
And you’re mine
You never leave me
I’m in your tummy
Always on you’re mind
You know without me,
Everything tasty
Would be bland
I make you crazy
I make you lazy
But you’re my biggest fan
I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman
Shoogie-shoogie
Sweet shoogie shoogie
I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman
While I devour
Your dental plan
You come back for more
Give me your power
Obey my command
(Bridge chords: Cm Gm D)
But if you say
You’re giving me up now
Or cutting me down
I’ll lose control
As your sweet, sweet Shoogieman
Shoogie-shoogie
Sweet shoogie shoogie
Don’t you love your sweet, sweet Shoogieman?
I may be sweet now
But when I get bitter
I can make you freak out
More than the babysitter
Won’t be your treat now
Even if you cover me in glitter
You can’t be free
As long as you keep coming back to me
Your old sweet, sweet Shoogieman
Shoogie-shoogie
Sweet shoogie shoogie
Yeah, I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman
Can
You
Live
Without Shoogieman?
Our Street
Lyrics © 2021 Charlie Mgee, Brenna Quinlan, Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan
(Chords: G B7 Eb)
Our street’s a radish neighbourhood
We planted every seed we could
So it would lettuce turnip all the beets
We sent our roots deep underground
And new ideas bloomed all around
We’re all diggin’ living on our street
There’s goats and chickens
Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees
We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need
Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats
It’s all right here, growing on our street!
We started off by baking bread
And turned out baking bricks instead
The chickens reckon we’re out of control
Fixed up old and rusty bikes
Now we cycle where we like
Getting by for free is how we roll
With the goats and chickens
Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees
We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need
Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats
It’s all right here, growing on our street!
(Bridge Chords: A7 D)
Our garden’s now immense
Cos we pulled down the fence
Well, that might sound intense
But we’re friends with common sense
Cos there’s goats and chickens
Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees
We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need
Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats
It’s all right here, growing on our street
There’s so much goodness growing on our street
So come on and lets all grow it on our street!
Earth People Fair - Lyrics
Earth People Fair
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Gm Cm A7 D)
I wanna see myself as a part of the whole
Grow some food for my family food bowl
Stand my ground but give up control
Know the boundaries but tear down all the walls
Won’t give up or give in to apathy
Gonna plant a tree then plant another three thousand
Now’s the time to start feeding my soul
Feet in the soil, believing anything is possible
As I get older, some things become clearer
The end of my life is always getting nearer
Focusing on the things that bring meaning
Food, community, love and healing
Been getting tired of all this moving around
Wanna bring it back home to a simple piece of ground
Been talking ‘bout it til my mouth is dumb
But all I’m trying to do is make a deeper connection with some
Earth People Fair
I’ve been looking for the
Earth People Fair
Show me where to find the
Earth People Fair
A stray alien wandering this ancient land
So much of the dream that I still don’t understand
Been looking at you but I’d rather see you
And follow the path of that old Dark Emu
Some day my body’s gonna breathe it’s last
Yeah, I’m aware that this too this shall pass
But til then I’ll keep singing to the open air
Hoping there’s time to advance Earth People Fair
Earth People Fair
I’ve been looking for the
Earth People Fair
Show me where to find the
Earth People Fair
Earth People Fair
Get together with the
Earth People Fair
Let me hear it for the
Earth People Fair
Grow A Garden
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: C E7 Am F7 C G F G7 F7)
Whenever I come to see you
I always find you outside
With your hands in the ground
Gettin’ down with anything that grows
(Chords: C E7 Am D7 C G F7 G7 C7)
And all I want to do is join you
In that morning sunshine
I wanna know, wanna know
How you grow all your vegetables
Cos we’re gonna grow a garden
We’re gonna grow a garden yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden, darling
Yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden
We’re gonna grow a garden yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden, darling
Yeah
Well, I saved you some seeds from my pumpkins and peas
And I can foresee we’ll get them growing like weeds
We could stay up real late and plant them by the moon
And we’re gonna make everyone jealous
When they see what we’ve got growing on the trellis
It’ll be raining down in our very own food monsoon
Cos we’re gonna grow a garden
We’re gonna grow a garden yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden, darling
Yeah
(Bridge chords: Am D7 G7 C7)
When we’ve made our beds, we gonna raise that veg
Let the chickens out when they’ve laid their eggs
Growin’ asparagus spaghetti squash, strawberries,
Oh we can eat so much
From our garden
We’re gonna grow a garden yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden, darling
Yeah
Said we’re gonna grow a garden
We’re gonna grow a garden yeah
We’re gonna grow a garden, darling
Yeah
Dad’s Dunny
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Am Dm E7)
My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny
But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny’s full of dirt
But it’s never activated smelly red alert
Don’t worry about the germs
Cos they’re eaten by the worms
Yeah cos my dad’s dunny’s full of dirt
Cos my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny
But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny grows fruit trees
It breaks down all the poo so that there’s no chance of disease
It’s safer and it’s clean
To turn brown into green
That’s why my dad’s dunny grows fruit trees
(Bridge Chords: Dm Am E7)
Well he never needs a plumber
Cos the dunny’s never blocked
He doesn’t have to buy manure
Because the pile is always stocked
Just chuck some sawdust on your
number ones and twos
Then sit back and admire
All the water you don’t use
My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny,
But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush
Human
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Cm6 D7 Gm7 C9 Adim)
I’m a human
Check me out, I’m in complete control
I’m a human
Fuelled by oil and gas and coal
Obey my instructions
Yeah you’d better do just what I say
I’m bringin’ destruction
So go on get outta my way
Cos I’m a human
All consumin’
Man, I’m fumin’
(Human 2):
Hey man, what’s up? Why you making such a big mess? What’s the problem?
(Human 1):
Who do you think you are?
(Human 2):
Who am I? Man we’re not so different… listen
I’m a human
But I’m part of something so much bigger than me
Just one bud blooming
From the branches of my ances-tree
Roots in the ground
I’m a faithful lover of this land
I’m stickin’ around
Cos I’m here for more than just a one-life stand
Yeah I’m a human
An old-school human
I love being humam
that’s who I am
(Human 1):
What’s the matter with you? Can’t you see there’s money to be made?
(Human 2):
Money? Brother, we‘ve got everything we need right here. Just relax.
(Human 1):
Relax? Relax?! I’m too stressed out to relax! I’m freakin’ out!
How did I get here?
(Human 2):
I guess somewhere you must’ve gone off track
(Human 1):
Gotta get my head clear
(Human 2):
Maybe I can help to guide you back
(Human 1):
I wanna be human
(Human 2):
You could start by switching off your screen
(Human 1):
I wanna be human
(Human 2):
Don’t worry…
You’ll be the finest human anyone’s seen
(Together):
Being human
Well, you know it’s not a bad career
Just be human
Driven by love, not fear
We gotta be human
Be human
Human
Everybody’s Crazy
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee & Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
(Chords: C# F#7 G#7)
Everybody’s crazy
Just a little crazy
Nobody is normal
What kind of crazy are you?
Everybody’s crazy
Just a little crazy
Now you know you’re crazy
Well what y’all gonna do?
What’cha gonna do?
What’cha gonna do?
What’cha gonna do?
What’cha gonna do?
You could get all wonky
Acting like a monkey
Just gotta keep it funky
You might come up with something new
And if you’re feeling idle
Maybe you and I could
Ride a unicycle
While playing a kazoo
Well, if you’ve got odd behaviour
Then do yourself a favour
Just love your crazy flavour
Let it all shine through
Don’t let the straight and formal
Fool you that they are normal
Coz you know that they are all just crazy just like you
Everybody’s crazy
Just a little crazy
Nobody is normal
What kind of crazy are you?
Everybody’s crazy
Just a little crazy
Here’s one cat that’s crazy
It’s 23 Skidoo!
Yo! I was crazy as a baby and I never changed
Some people hide their crazy, I put mine on centre stage
They used to scream ‘Yo, you’re makin’ a scene, Stop that!’
And now I rock hip-hop in a purple top hat.
And they’re still screamin, now they scream ‘Oh Yeah!’
I hope I rock a show in Oz and you’re all there!
I’m a secret agent, acting normal is my alias,
But I’m the craziest, far-out like aliens!
What’cha gonna do?
Frustration
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Cm7 Cm9 Fm)
Here we go all over again
just watching history repeating
Tell me, what’s it gonna take for us
to find ourselves a deeper meaning?
I’ve seen the writing on the wall and waited for the world to change
But maybe that’s the reason I get trapped inside the same old game.
(Chorus chords; Gm Fm G7 Cm7)
Every time,
my expectations become
frustration.
I’m feeling kinda tired
Not deciding if I’m out or in
Lying awake at night just fantasising bout what might’ve been
I keep on hoping, dreaming ’bout the way I want things to become
But when I start expecting it the situation comes undone
And every time,
my expectations become
frustration.
(Bridge chords: Fm Cm7 G7)
Maybe I’m deluded in assuming I can change the world
I know it only happens when there’s action coming from my words
I look inside and hope I find the answer to just what is best
Cos I’m having trouble dealing with this aching feeling in my chest.
And every time, my expectations…
Widen my eyes to limitations…
Maybe I need to learn patience from my
Frustration.
Singing Makes It Better
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Em Baug G Em6 D7 G G7 C C7)
Well, I know that you’re down and feeling like you can’t get up
And I just wanna offer a little bit of love
Now I don’t really know what to do, but I hope that
Singing makes it better, oh yeah
Cos singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and
Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart, now
If you’ve got the blues
Just bust out a tune
Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah
Well I’m just trying to remind you
These times aren’t forever
And your pieces we’ll find and put back together
But for now here’s something to help you get through
Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah
That’s right singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and
Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart, now
If you’ve got the blues
Just bust out a tune
Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah
When you’ve got the good juju, share it around
Just pick a little tune you can sing it out loud
Cos spreading that love is so easy to do
And singing makes it better, oh yeah.
I said singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and
Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart
Now if you’ve got the blues
Just bust out a tune
Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah
That’s right singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and
Singing makes it better when the whole world’s falling apart
Sometimes there’s just nothin left to do but
Singing makes it better
I said singing makes it better
Yeah, singing makes it better
Even in this crazy weather, well
Singing makes it better
I said singing’ makes it better, yeah
Singing makes it better, oh yeah
Pick Me Up (Hitchhiking Song)
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: G B7 C A7)
Well, here I am out in the weather
Thumb is out and thanking you in advance
Won’t you pick me up
Please pick me up
Come on pick me up and give me a chance
Whether you’re a hippie in a van
Or a dude in a ute
If you’ve got a spare seat
And we’re on the same route
Won’t you pick me up
Please pick me up
Just pick me up and give me a chance
C’mon, pick me up
c’mon pick me up
I’m not just standing here to sing and dance
Won’t you pick me up
Please pick me up
Just pick me up and give me a chance
Well, I refuse to believe you want to be cruel to me
Maybe it’s just all new to you
But right now it’s 42 degrees so please
Won’t you pick me up,
Just pick me up,
Come on pick me up and give me a chance
I’m not gonna hurt you
I won’t disturb you
Won’t say a word to you if you really don’t want me to
I just want you to pick me up
Please pick me up
Come on pick me up and give me a chance
I said, pick me up, pick me up
I’m not just standing here to sing and dance
Won’t you pick me up, please pick me up
Come on pick me up and give me a chance
(Bridge chords: Em Baug G Em6 C A7)
Just as I’m about to call defeat
There you are offering me your seat, yeah
And you picked me up, well you picked me up
Just as my mood began to hang in strands
Well, it picked me up, it really picked me up
When you picked me up and gave me a chance
Yeah you picked my up
Thank you for sharing this significantly better circumstance
When you picked me up
You picked me up
You just picked me up and gave me a chance
Well you picked me up
You picked me up
Well, you picked me up and gave me a chance
Not The End
Lyrics © 2019 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: C Fm)
After you grow up
you’re gonna grow down and
Whenever you breathe in
You’ve gotta breathe out
When the party is over
You’ve just gotta make your way home
When the fuel has all burned up
The fire goes out
When you can’t see a future
All you’ve got is right now
However, remember
That it’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end
It’s not the end
No, it’s not the end of the world
Everything as we know it is
Winding right down
Time turn the city back
Into lots of little towns
We’re running out of water
But the river’s still gonna flow
Take out all your money
And put it in the ground
Trees and seeds in the soil
Are the best banks around
The economy is crashing
But it’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end
It’s not the end
No, it’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end
It’s not the end
No, it’s not the end of the world
(Bridge chords: C Bb F Fm)
Some day we’ll praise all those who drove us
To the change away from jobs and growth
Its neither good nor bad, it’s kinda both
But at least it’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end
It’s not the end
No, it’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end
It’s not the end
No, it’s not the end of the world
Trees Eat Us All
Lyrics © 2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: C G Am)
Designer, you’re now a recliner
So long and thanks for the yield
and your tools left behind
have all sharpened our minds
to keep growing the change in the field
The future is looking quite shady
Under all the ideas that you’ve grown
And to look out the window
At food in the ground
Gives us power to face the unknown
(Chorus chords: C G C, C G C, C G Am F G C)
But trees eat us all in the end
So plant one for me when I’m gone
Then if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell them they’ve lied
I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn
Tapping into the rhizomes of wisdom
You wove them all into a tale
And with seeds in your pockets and dirt on your hands
You took us into the belly of the whale
You took us into the belly of the whale
So go on and tell us another
Cos your stories are food for the soul
Helping us see the forest for the trees
And ourselves as part of the whole
See ourselves as part of the whole
Yeah trees eat us all in the end
So plant one for me when I’m gone
Then if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell them they’ve lied
I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn
Though the problems around us are many
The answers come to us with ease
Take care of the land, your friends and your family
And remember to plant lots of trees
Cos trees eat us all in the end
So plant one for me when I’m gone
Then if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell them they’ve lied
I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn
Spaceship Earth
Lyrics © 2016 Hugo Farrant
Hello Spaceship Earth
Fellow passengers who make this journey
This is your crew speaking out over the loudspeakers
As we continue to swerve
At a thousand miles an hour
Around spaces curved, Spaceship Earth
Following our perfect ellipse
This momentarily eclipsed
By a solemn announcement that a grave event has occurred
One of our greatest captains who faithfully served Spaceship Earth
With expertise, grace, mirth and makeshift work
To educate us to make the shift work
Has returned his body to the self same dirt in the place of his birth
So vale Bill Mollison
The pioneer of a philosophy we’re still following
The last best hope for any possibility to heal the holocene
Bill Mollison
May the odyssey of knowledge you revealed and dropped us on
Live on long after the body that produced your body of work is long gone
Digested by the very trees that we plant in your honour
As you combine with detritus, may the guidance you planted inside us
Grow permanent cultures of food for thought forests
Consumed by the brain stems of the next generation of captains
Dedicated to managing the fragile balances of Spaceship Earth
So we can continue travelling and fly still
The galaxies on the precious and unique spacecraft planet
Goodbye, Bill
Grow Do It - Lyrics
Grow Do It
Lyrics © 2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: G7 C7 E7 A7)
It’s a beautiful day out in the yard and
We’re gonna get out and play in the garden
There’s plenty to do but we’re not gonna work too hard
And we’re gonna have some fun with all our friends
(Chorus chords: G7 C7 Cdim G7 Eb G7 E7 A7 G7 C7)
C’mon lets grow, grow do it
Everybody get up, get going, get outside and get into it
Yeah, we’re gonna work it out as we go
Cos we’ve got so much food to grow
So we can share it round with all our friends!
Anything You Want
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: D7 G7 A7)
You can do anything you want
When it’s good for you
And good for everyone
There’s no need to wait just activate
Do what you can with what you’ve got
You can be anything you want
When you is who you is
Playing your own part
It’s alright to listen to suggestions
But just be who you are
Cos it’s gonna be right
It’s gonna be right
Put your mind to what you want
Write it down every night
Cos it’s gonna be right
When the time is ripe
Well, you can’t go wrong when it’s right
You can have
Anything you want
when you realise
The best things ‘aint things at all
And what you have improves with gratitude
So just love what you’ve got
You can grow anything you want
If it feeds your soul,
And anything beyond
You’ll have way more
If you share it ‘round
So give it everything you’ve got
Cos it’s gonna be right
It’s gonna be right
Put your mind to what you want
Write it down every night
Cos it’s gonna be right
When the time is ripe
Well, you can’t go wrong when it’s right
Sweet P’tata
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Gm6 D#7 D7 Gm6 D#7 D7 Gm6 Cm D7 Gm6)
You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata
I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later
You’re no dud spud under mud, you’re unrelated
Cos you’re my sweet p’tata
Well, I see you being all shriveled in my cupboard
Let me put you in the garden bed, I think you’ll love it
Gonna leave you underground until you make another
Little sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata
You’re a ground cover, ground cover, ground cover
Mound lover, drought tougher, you’re my sound brother
Gonna dig you, wash you, cook you, eat you for my supper
My little sweet p’tata
You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata
I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later
You’re my kind of dynamic accumulator, my little sweet p’tata
I’m gonna pluck your leafy tips, I’m gonna cut you into chips,
Maybe whip me up some dip, my little sweet p’tata
You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata
I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later
You’re my savior with the flavor that I wanna savor
My little sweet p’tata
You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata
I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later
Than a regular potato, you are so much greater.
My little sweet p’tata
Kimchi
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Dm A7)
Kimchi, it’s good for me
It’s the best stuff that I eat, I guarantee
Kimchi! So good for me
I wanna make it for my friends and my family
All I do is I get my daikon radish with a cabbage finely diced
Then I chop a bit of chilli with the garlic and the ginger
To crank it up with spice
Add saltiness, sweetly caress it to give it a good massage
Then when I see that water rise, I stuff it inside a jar
Kimchi, it’s good for me
Fermenty probiotic flavour jamboree
Kimchi, what does it mean?
Something like salty pickled veggies in Korean
Kimchi, it’s good for me
It’s the best stuff that I eat, I guarantee
Kimchi, so good for me
I wanna make it for my friends and my family
(Bridge chords: Gm Dm A7)
Well, let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar
Yeah, let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar
C’mon let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar
C’mon stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar
Kimchi, take it from me, you wanna leave it out on the bench for about a week
Kimchi, when it’s ready well, y’know your whole kitchen’s really gonna reek
Be careful when you try and take a peek
Yeah, but kimchi is the flavour that I seek
You Are What You Eat
Lyrics ©2015 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Fm Fm7 Fm6 Edim A#dim Edim Gdim C#dim G7 C)
You are what you eat
And you are what what you eat eats
And you’re even what what what you eat eats eats
Here’s a clue, why don’t you
Take a peek beneath your feet
If you want to know what you’re made from
Look at what what you’re made from’s made from
Cos the stuff that we’re all made from is the same
Yeah we goes from dust to dust
So you gotta just trust that upper crust
And maintain that good terrain from whence you came
(Chorus chords: Fm Eb C#7 G7 Caug / D7 C#7 C7 Fm)
We’ve been looking up
We’ve been messing ‘round
We’ve been freakin’ out
But it’s time to get
Down, down, down
Cos we’re made up
Of common ground
Can’t live without it
And it’s time to get
Down, down, down, down, down
When you flirt with the dirt
You’ll observe it’s certainly not inert
From a worm to a chicken, Bok Begerk
You’re never alone on the loam
And it’s time to get to work!
We’ve been looking up
We’ve been messing ‘round
We’ve been freakin’ out
But it’s time to get
Down, down, down
Cos we’re made up
Of common ground
Can’t live without it
And it’s time to get
Down, down, down, down, down
You are what you eat
And you are what what you eat eats
And you’re even what what what you eat eats eats
And it repeats, it repeats, it repeats
It repeats, it repeats ,it repeats
It repeats, it repeats, it repeats
It repeats, it repeats
Down, down, down
Egg & Cheese Muffin!?
Lyrics © A Big Industrial Food Corporation
(Chords: F Bb C)
INGREDIENTS:
Muffin: Enriched bleached flour (Wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) Water, yeast, contains two percent or less: Wheat gluten, salt, dough conditioners (Azodicarbonibide, Datem, Ascorbic Acid) High fructose corn syrup, sugar, soybean and/or cottonseed oil, calcium propionate and potassium sorbate added to prevent spoilage, distilled vinegar, yellow corn meal, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, fumaric acid, soy flour.
Cooked Egg Patty: Whole eggs, water, egg yolk, soybean oil, nonfat
dry milk, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), monosodium phosphate, salt, xanthum gum, natural and artificial
butter flavor [butter (cream, milk), partially hydrogenated soybean
and cottonseed oil, soybean oil, lipolyzed butter oil and natural
and artificial flavors], sodium acid pyrophosphate, nisin preparation (preservative), citric acid, soy lecithin.
Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese:
Cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphate, salt,
sorbic acid (preservative), vegetable color
(annatto, paprika extract), enzymes.
Contains wheat, eggs, milk and soy.
Eatin’ Weeds
Eatin’ Weeds
Lyrics © 2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: C F7 C G G7 C C7 F F7 D7 G7 C)
Did you ever think a weed
Could be something you can eat?
Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know
You can munch them all day long
While you’re singing this weed song
Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go
I’ve been known to succumb to Nasturtium
Root of Dandelion drying for my tea
I’m gonna pluck myself some Chickweed
And sprinkle it with Flickweed
I’ll even eat some Seaweed
If I’m living by the sea
Did you ever think a weed
Could be something you can eat?
Let me tell you bout some eatin’ weeds I know
You can munch them all day long
While you’re singing this weed song
Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go
Well nothing makes me whistle
Like a salad with Milk Thistle
Rockin’ rolla Gotu Kola in the lawn
Yeah I ramble in the Brambles
Leaning over for the Clover
If I lived with you your weeds would be all gone
Where it’s wetter you can bet I’ll
Cook me up some Stinging Nettle
It goes better with some feta in a pie
Or else I may just settle
For some Sorrel or some Fennel
C’mon why don’t you just give them all try?
Did you ever think a weed
Could be something you can eat?
Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know
You can munch them all day long
While you’re singing this weed song
Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go
Now, just because it’s called a weed
Doesn’t mean that it is bad
Find out if it can feed you
Or do something that is rad
Because a weed is any plant
That grows really, really well
So well it makes some people rant
And rave and swear and curse and yell
But did you ever think a weed
Could be something you can eat?
Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know
You can munch them all day long
While you’re singing this weed song
Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go
Yeah, they’re growing almost everywhere you go
Well, they’re growing almost everywhere you go
Plastic!
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Gm Cm D7)
There’s this stuff that’s everywhere
Well, I can see it right here and over there
It comes from deep below the ground
And we spend a lot of time just spreading it ‘round
I’m talking ‘bout plastic
It’s not fantastic
Cos it never ever goes away
Don’t wanna use it
We’ve got to lose it
Because otherwise it’ll be here to stay
I had this friend who got a snack
That came all wrapped up in a plastic sack
I said ‘Dude! Just nude your food!’
And if it comes in plastic, take it back
Because plastic
It’s not fantastic
And it’s always gonna cost more cash
Don’t wanna use it
We’ve got to lose it
Cos it always ends up in the trash
(Bridge chords: Cm Gm GmM7 Gm7 GmM7 / Adim D#dim F#dim Cdim)
What can you do instead of wrapping up your food in plastic?
You can refuse and say “Pretty, pretty please don’t bag it”
Get a water bottle made of metal take it, make it a habit
Cos we don’t wanna end up on a desert planet swimming in plastic
Because plastic
It ain’t fantastic
And we’ve got a load of better ways
Don’t wanna use it,
We’ve got to lose it
C’mon, make today a no plastic day
Arabella
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: C5 C F7 Adim G7 C5 C F7 Adim C5 Baug)
They call me Arabella Isa Brown
I’m a chicken from the baddest part of town
They locked me up with seven million hens like me
In a big smelly egg laying factory
But one day along came someone like you
And let me tell you just what they did do
Got me out and took me away
It was the first time I’d seen the light of day
(Chorus chords: F7 C F7 G G7)
I was a free chicken
A free range chicken
They took me home and gave me my own patch
I had to learn just how to peck and scratch
I was so happy, I just had to express
I could finally provide a bit of chicken-ness
I was a free chicken
A free range chicken
When I say ‘Bok’, you say ‘Begerk!’
Bok, begerk, bok bok, begerk
When I say ‘scratchin’ you say ‘dirt!’
Scratchin’, dirt, scratchin’ dirt
Now let me see you scratch, c‘mon get to work
So ever since the day I came on the scene
I’m way more than just an egg-laying machine
Fluff the ground, eat the bugs, scratching the weeds
Do my bit of do to give the soil a feed
Cos I’m a free chicken
A free range chicken!
Now I’m a very happy hen indeed
Got food ‘n room to move ‘n everything I need
So come on now, be a chicken too
so you can see that you’re like me and I’m like you
Be a free chicken
A free range chicken
Express your chicken-ness
Mycelium Around Ya
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: A Bm7 C#m7)
People say I’m a fun guy
But that’s more than what I am
You can call me Fun Gus
Come underground to my pad to jam
There’s not mushroom down there
But we’ve got mycelium
I wanna wrap mycelium around ya
Til super-kingdom come
I wanna wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Well you know fungi like me
Need a bit of fun-gal company
I wanna decompose you a love song
‘Symbiosis’ in the key of G
And when I party
You know I love to break it down
Eating dead wood tastes so good
And y‘know I’m gonna share it round
I wanna wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap my-silly-arm around ya
Yeah I wanna wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap my-silly-arm around ya
Gonna wanna wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Wrap mycelium around ya
Break It Down
Lyrics ©2016 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Gm7 Cm6 F7+5 Gm7)
Break it down
Get it back in the ground
Cycle it round
That green and brown
Break it down
If it was once alive
Make your garden thrive
High five
Down it break
In a scat layer cake
Pile it up high
Then let it bake
Give it some air
But don’t let it dry out
And every now and then
Fluff it about
(Chorus chords: D7 G7 C7 F7 Gm7)
Everything is always
Falling apart
There’s no need
To let it break your heart
Just break it down
Breaking down
Microbes going to town
Getting their fix
Til it’s all devoured
Broken down
Time to feed your plants
Spread it right out
And do a little dance
Everything is always
Falling apart
Might as well
Just give it all
A brand new start
And break it down
I said break it down
C’mon break it
Well, when the time is up
just break it down
Permaculture A Rhymer's Manual- Lyrics
Look Around
Lyrics ©2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: D G D G D G D)
Everything you need
Is right in front of you
When you learn to see
Good things come to you
All you have to do is stop
And take a look around
Before you intervene
Don’t do anything
Come to all your senses
They’ll tell you everything
First you have to learn to stop
And take a look around
(Chorus chords: Em A :|| D G D)
Take a look around
Listen to the sound
Why not take a whiff?
You’ll see much better if
You use more than just your eyes
Take a step outside
If you wanna know
What your soil is like
And what is gonna grow
All you have to do is stop
And take a look around
Take a look around
Get your hands into the ground
Don’t be scared of the dirt
It isn’t gonna hurt
And if you’re braver, try the flavour
Take a handful of that land
And go on, squeeze it in your hand
Then check out the display
If it stays together, it’s clay
But if it falls apart, it’s sand
Woah yeah, take a look, take a look, take a look
Read the landscape like a book
Interact, low impact, get your feedback
When you take a look around
Abundance will abound
The problem is the solution
Just depends on your perception
Try to change yourself before the world
Yeah, take a look around
On the inside and the out
Cos when you observe yourself
You see everything else
Make good use of it now
Energy
Lyrics ©2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Em C D Em)
There’s one thing everyone needs
And I am sure that you will all agree that
In the end it comes down to energy
If you’ve got some, put some effort in now
Cos whatever it is won’t be hanging around
Gotta put it in a bottle and store it any way you can
(Chorus chords: Em F#m)
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can with care
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can while it’s there
If the sun is shining down its rays
Then get outside and make some hay
Because you might just only have today to do it
And when there’s more, don’t keep it all yourself
Give some to a friend with room on their shelf
Cos the best way to generate energy is to keep it moving
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can with care
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can while it’s there
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can for later on
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can before it’s gone
(Bridge chords: Em D C B)
Well now I’m young but it won’t be long
Before I grow old and this energy will be gone
So I’d better find a way to pass it on
When you’re coming inside at the end of the season
Preserve all your surplus and save all your seeds
And reserve as much as you can for later on
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can with care
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can while it’s there
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can for later on
Catch and store energy every day
Any way that you can before it’s gone
Yield
Lyrics ©2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: Cm6 Bb6 G7 :|| x3 Ebm6 Dm6
Verse: Cm6 Bb6 G7 Cm6)
If you work all day from nine to five
And come home feeling half alive
And never see your kids and wife
Then I’ve got news for you
There’s no point doing what you do
Unless it’s somehow good for you
You’ve got to get a result or two
in the form of something real
Now if you’re feeling stressed and not the best
And have trouble finding happiness
Well here’s one thing I will suggest
Obtain yourself a yield
(Chorus chords: Cm6 Cdim Fm Bb6 G7 Cm6)
Obtain yourself a yield
Sustain your energy
Don’t drain yourself
Maintain yourself
Obtain yourself a yield
Now, money’s not the only yield,
You could be making a bigger deal
About what you eat for your next meal
You can’t run on an empty tank
Ignore the stash of cash in your pocket
Just make a salad with homegrown rocket
You just have to go out back and pluck it
No need to go to the bank
You gotta work your days for stuff that pays
In not just money, but in many ways
It’s time you cleared away the haze
And obtained yourself a yield
Obtain yourself a yield
Of something you can eat
You can produce
Some things of use
With your own two hands and feet
Obtain yourself a yield
Right in the here and now
Make sure to earn
Something in return
Here, let me show you how
(Bridge chords: Fm Cm6 G7 Cm6 :|| x6 Ebm6 Dm6)
Now if you’re feeling sleepy
Then go and have a sleep
And if you feel like there’s not enough air
Then breathe in very deep
If you’re thirsty then you oughta
Get yourself a drink of water
And if it’s gonna be cold
And your feeling bold
You could shear yourself a sheep
In any given moment
There’s everything you need
Just look around, it will be found
Then obtain yourself a yield
Obtain yourself a yield
Take only what you need
Life’s pretty fun when you’re getting’ some
But there’s no need for greed
Obtain yourself a yield
And one for others too
Make sure to seal both ends of the deal
Of what’s good for both of you
Yeah, an easy way to do it
Is to give one to your friends
Because the good things you do come back to you
And the yield just never ends
That’s right the good things you do come back to you
And the yield just never ends
The good things you do come back to you
And the yield just never, ever, ever ends
Limits
Lyrics ©2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Am7 Am6 F7 E7 :|| x4 F7 E7 Am)
Hi, I’m your planet,
You might know me from such places
As the one you inhabit
I’m the air you breathe
And the land on which standing
The food that you eat
But I’m getting a little bit dark on
Some of the ways you treat me
See I give you
Everything you need
Yet still you want more
You’re falling over yourselves with greed
It is time I remind you
To exercise restraint
Because if there’s one thing you should know it’s infinite, I aint
(Pre-chorus chords: D7 C#7 C7 A7)
You better L.I.M.I.T
What you take from me
Just get to know the deal
With my L.I.M.I.T
You’ve been having a field day on my skin
Cutting it up, burrowing in
But I’m reaching for my skin lotion
To take away the pain
Better start to regulate your lifestyle of excess
Cos I’m picking up my telephone and dialling up the pest control guy
Get your L.I.M.I.T on
Im gonna count to three
Cos I’ve had it up to here
So get your L.I.M.I.T on
Cos I’ve got limits and I’m not afraid to use them
With your bad habits, you do nothing but abuse them
Yeah, I’ve got limits and I’m not afraid to use them
If you keep going, well all your privileges you’ll lose them
Mmm, mm, mm mm, mm, mmm mm
Now, it’s time to check yourself and stop pointing fingers out
Because self-responsibility is what it’s all about
Stop relying on the top, cos it starts here on the ground
Just get back to your gardens people, stop foolin’ around
(Bridge chords: D7 Cdim C A7)
Yeah, get back, get back
I said get back, get back
Just get back, get back
To your garden
I said, get back, get back
C’mon now get back, get back
Just get back, get back
To your garden
Cos I’ve got limits
And I’m not afraid to use them
Harsh consequences
Well I’m about to introduce them
I’ve got limits
And I’m just about to use them
Are you gonna listen now
The future’s yours for the choosing
The future’s yours for the choosing
Yeah, it is yours for the choosing
Mmm, mm, mm mm, mm, mmm mm
Oil
Lyrics ©2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: Cdim G D7 G
Verse: G D7 G G7 C C7 G D7 G)
We’re running out of oil
It’s going to be hard to live
If we don’t find some alternatives to oil
Because pretty much everything we do uses oil
Let me list some of the things made with oil
There’s computers, light bulbs, toothpaste
Cat food, dog food, our food
Microwaves, umbrellas, blankets, glasses, crayons
Fridges, pharmaceuticals, houses
Trucks and boats and planes and clothes
And roads and phones and shops and farms
And your auntie’s underpants
If we don’t find a solution we won’t have them anymore
Because pretty soon will be no more oil
We don’t need cars, well we didn’t in my day
Maybe now we do
But we could also walk, use bicycles and ride horses
Instead of oil and coal and uranium
Use clean, renewable resources
Like the sun
It has heaps of energy
Beaming down for free
Feeding plants and trees
Make use of these kind of natural forces
And use clean, renewable resources
(Bridge chords: Gm D7 G…)
Why mine gas? Seems silly to me
When you can make your own
From the comfort of your throne with a methane digester
The future of energy is in predominantly biological processes
So be a clean, renewable investor
Use and value clean, renewable, clean, renewable
Clean, renewable services and resources
Once again
Clean, renewable, clean, renewable
Clean, renewable services and resources
It’s time to do away with fossil fuels and just get back to the soil (Cm)
Cos let’s face it, it’s the end of oil
Yes, let’s face it, it’s the end of oil
We might as well face it
It’s the end of oil
(Outro chords: G C G Gm Cm D7 Cdim G D G D G D G)
No Such Thing As Waste
Lyrics © 2011 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: Gm D7 D7 Gm D7 Dm
Verse: Gm D7 :||)
When I was a little boy, I liked to catch the rain
While people all around my town watched it flow right down the drain
But cos our little shed in the bush wasn’t on the mains
The only water we had to use was in a tank caught from the rain
(Chorus chords: Gm D7 Cm D7 Gm D7 Gm)
Cos there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
No, there’s no such thing as waste
Misusing water’s a disgrace
Moved to the city, rented a house, on my way to buy a bed
Saw one lying on the side of the road so I took that one instead
And I also found a fridge, a couch and a big old plasma screen
In the biggest pile of thrown out stuff that I had ever seen
But there’s no such thing as waste
Only stuff in the wrong place
Yeah, there’s no such thing as waste
That old landfill is a disgrace
Down the track, I found out that diesel cars can run on veggie fat
Bought a truck and hit the road, smelling like fish & chips
I rescued piles of wasted oil from the back of restaurants
I’d be a fool if I bought my fuel when there’s oil nobody wants
Cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no
Only stuff in the wrong place
I said there’s no such thing as waste
That old idea’s got to be replaced
(Bridge chords: Cm Gm Cm D7)
Now we gotta refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle
Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle
Now I get my things out of garbage bins and I compost every crumb
I save my seeds and eat my weeds and feed the leftovers to ya mum
Gonna build a house from the rubbish tip, gonna keep this planet clean
Reuse ideas that have been round for years to live within its means
Cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no
Only stuff in the wrong place, scooba doo beeooden dip
I said there’s no such thing as waste, yay
Only opportunity to be embraced
Patterns
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: C D7 G7 :|| x2 C C7 F Fm Em Am D7 G7
Verse: C D7 G7 :||)
I wake up every morning
Every night I go to bed
Like everybody, I was born and
Like everybody, someday I’ll be dead
Like the sun arising
And the sun going down
It’s all working to a pattern
That keeps the whole thing going round
(Chorus chords: C Am F G7)
Around, around ,around
It’s just the way it happens
Around, around ,around
Always in patterns
Gotta see the bigger picture
Before looking at the small
If you can’t see the forest for the trees
Then you’re not really seeing at all
Before you do anything
Gotta know how it’s done
Work from a pattern to the details
You’ll be halfway there before you’ve even begun
Around, around, around
They’ll tell you what you need to know
From what the weather’s doing, if there’s rain a-brewing
To how to make your garden grow
We can rely on patterns
And you can learn them faster
Train your brain to retain them
Become a pattern master
Like a tessellated tamarillo
Or a spiral full of herbs
Or Fibonacci geometry in broccoli
Or all of these rhyming words
It really blows my mind
The way it’s all designed
Woah no, I’m not religious, but it’s prodigious
All these patterns in this world of mine
They go around, around ,around
In a dynamic relationship
With the answers at your fingertip
Life’s just one big mobius trip
Woah, if you can disprove patterns
Well I’ll eat my hat and
Make my habitat into
A room full of padding
In downtown Ballarat
And just talk in scat
Scoobeedoobeedoobedoobee
Like that
Get Together
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Am G F)
I see you there, on your own
And I don’t know what you’re doing all alone
There’s not enough time in this life
To be wrapped up in your own thing, just doing your own thing
Yeah, wrapped up in your own thing, thinking bout your own thing
I‘ve got an idea of things to do
But they’d be ten times better if I did them with you
Come over here, we’ll make it happen
With some inspirational collaboration
(Chorus chords: G F)
Let’s get together
All my people in the neighbourhood
Well we’ve lived here so long, what’s going on?
Don’t even know your names, or what you do
But with a little bit of effort, we could make community
Yeah, with a little bit of effort, we could make community
Let’s get together
Let’s get together
(Bridge chords: Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm E7 Am)
Woah, one and one
Has more than two functions
We need to make the connection
Shed the illusion of separation
Everyone living on this land
We could make light work if we give each other a hand
Don’t matter where you’re from or who you are
Yeah, we need some integration, no more segregation
Yeah, we need some integration, no more segregation
Let’s get together
Let’s get together
Let’s get it together
Let’s get together
Small & Slow
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: A7 D7)
In the future
When there’s no more fossil energy
How we gonna feed the masses
And have enough for you and me?
Life today seems pretty good
Like we came out on top
But I wonder how we’re gonna get down
Just gotta be careful we don’t drop
(Chorus chords: A7 D7 :|| x3 E7 D7 A7)
Take it slow
Make it small and slow
To avoid the confusion
Use small and slow solutions
Yeah
Mmm
In your front yard
You can grow most of your food
In a space the size of your driveway
Doesn’t have to be huge
Plant a seed, watch it grow
It’ll feed ya, just let it go
Don’t want the pain of too much to maintain
So stay inside the right size
And take it slow
Make it small and slow
Who needs the green revolution
When you’ve got small and slow solutions
Yeah
Mmm
When we quit our oil addiction
How we gonna get around
Well I think there’s a small and slow solution, people
In this technology I’ve found
It’s called your feet
And they’re pretty good for getting from A to B
It takes a bit longer
But your legs come out stronger
And there’s lots of nice things to see
When you take it slow
Make it small and slow
Don’t create no pollution
With small and slow solutions
Yeah
Mmm
(Bridge chords: E7 D7 :||)
Bigger isn’t always better
Faster don’t make you stronger
If we keep going the way we’re going
Oh, we won’t be around for much longer
So instead of running towards a brick wall
Why not walk instead and save your head
The bigger it is the harder it falls
So keep it small, keep it small and
Take it slow
Cos the dream of unlimited growth
Is just a popular delusion
So use small and slow solutions
Yeah
Mmm
Many Many
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: Dm Em Dm C G :||
Verse: Dm Em)
If you mix every colour under the sun
In time you’ll find that you just have one.
Better give them all a chance to shine
Cos otherwise you end up with the same thing
It’s a delicate balancing act
And that applies to you and me
Cos the only way we stay intact
Is with a big fat dose of diversity
Our bodies are a billion organisms made into one
There’s no telling where the last one ended
Or where the next tiny little bacterium begun
You see, diversity is your friend and
If your food only had one flavour
If everything that you said was right
It really wouldn’t work to your favour
Variety is the spice of life
(Chorus chords: Dm Em :|| x3 Dm G C :||)
Cos there’s many, many, many, many different kinds
Many, many, many, many different places
Many, many, many, many different times
Many, many, many, many different faces
Many, many, different varieties
Many, many, people in society
There’s many different opinions on the way to do things
Many, many, many, many songs to sing
So if you like everything to look the same
Just open up and try to get past it
Cos it really does make you stronger
When you don’t put all your eggs in one basket
The more functioning connections the better
You never know what it will become
Mix it up but keep it together
Make your differences work as one
Cos there’s many, many, many, many different kinds
Many, many, many, many different places
Many, many, many, many different times
Many, many, many, many different faces
Many, many, different varieties
Many, many, people in society
There’s many different opinions on the way to do things
Many, many, many, many songs to sing
Mix it up, mix it up, mix it up
Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back
Cos there’s many, many different kinds
Many, many, many, many different places
Many, many, many, many different times
Many, many, many, many different faces
Many, many, different varieties
Many, many, people in society
There’s many different opinions on the way to do things
Many, many, many, many songs to sing
The Edge
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords Intro: Em Am7 B7 Em :|| x4
Verse/Chorus: Em Am7 B7 Am7 Em B7 Em)
Some people tell me that I’m crazy
Cos I do things that don’t fit in
With the rest of society
Like my love of small spaces
My room ‘aint too large
I just live in a box
Underneath the house
Off the corner of my garage
But the edge is where it’s at
And it’s easy to create
And my mama always said
If you’re not living on the edge
Then you’re taking up too much space
Been looking to settle down
Find some place nice
Where I can get my hand
On some marginal land
And turn it into paradise
The smaller the better
And I don’t care if it’s bad
I guess I’m the kind of fella
Who’ll always be a fringe dweller
Just do the best I can with what I have
Because the edge is where it’s at
And it’s the most productive place
And my mama always said
If you’re not living on the edge
Then you’re taking up too much space
I might wind up in the desert
With whipping wind and sun
Well, I’ll just plant a hedge and I’ll start my edge
And I’ll have sorted two things with one
Oh, but if the rain is a-falling
And washing everything away
I’ll just slow down that water with a convoluted border
And everything gonna be ok
Because the edge is where it’s at
I’m gonna work that interface
Cos my mama always said
If you’re not living on the edge
Then you’re taking up too much space
Yes she did
Make a pledge to acknowledge the edge
Grow some veg and stack it on a ledge
Wherever things come together
You’ll find it getting better
You’ll fall so in love with the edge
You’ll wanna write it a love letter
Just broaden your range at the place of exchange
You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain
Woah, there’s every single colour sitting between white and black
A well-beaten path ain’t always the right track
Because the edge is where it’s at
And we’re on the edge right now
Yeah we’re gonna see some change
See some things get rearranged
Moving on cos there’s no going back
I said the edge is where it’s at
And there’s no more time to waste
Cos my mama always said
If you’re not living on the edge
Then you’re taking up too much space
Yeah my mama always said
If you’re not living on the edge
Then you’re taking up too much space
Change
Lyrics © 2013 Charlie Mgee
(Chords: Dm Gm)
One thing’s for certain
And that’s that nothing’s for certain
You never know what’s around the bend
In whatever you’re dealing
Just accept what you’re feeling
There’s no point in believing
It will never end
Cos it’s changing
Constantly changing
In every situation
The only thing that remains the same
Is change
Like a change in the season
Change is there for a reason
Can’t stop ourselves from moving around the sun
There’s no point in complaining
If it’s stormy and raining
Just go and get an umbrella
And play in the rain with someone
Cos it’s changing
Every moment changing
Sometimes there’s nothing you can do
And no matter who you are
You’ve just got to be cool with change
Change is there make the most of it
Might as well use it for your benefit
If your food’s bad, you’d better compost it
When there’s no planes, build a pirate ship
And sail the seas
You can do as you please
Oh, but only if you know you’ve got to improvise your way
Through change
Even if you keep very still
Be guaranteed that nothing else will, no
Don’t sit around wondering what to do
If you don’t make change, it’ll happen to you
We’ve got small change and big change and loose change
Slow change and fast change and a wind change
We’ve got sea change and tree change and climate change
You change and me change and a key change
(Chord: Am)
Change is all the rage, turn the page away from
This strange age of the deranged
Time to engage with rearranging our brains
From insane to sane
Step out of your cage worrying about your wage
Or the Asian stock exchange
Just drain your main vain of the pain
Take to the stage and become an agent of change
Climate Movement (Single) - Lyrics
Climate Movement
Lyrics ©2020 Charlie Mgee
I believe we all came to be here for a reason
To acknowledge the seniors, everything has a season
This season is warm, but it’s bringing a storm
And a burning urge for our journey to transform
But held in our hand at this grave intersection
Is a map of the passage for a clearer direction
To a permanent culture, it’s time we began it
With some wise design to realign with the planet
Share skills to rebuild our combined reliance
And with wild guidance, redesign our diets
Befriend energy descent and the changing climate
To grow forests of food and a finer environment
Permaculture at this tumultuous juncture
Is a superstructure that can plug the puncture
In a society of anxiety, confusion & greed
This really may be one solution we need
To bring back our elementary essence of ethics
And walk an Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share epic
Now’s the time to embed it while the temperature’s tepid
Let us rise as a choir beside the people who get it
To guarantee that our future generations lives
Are provided the conditions they require to thrive
Instead of being deprived of the tools to survive
In a biosphere too defiled to revive
So we invite you now to amplify the synergy
Devise an inspired distinctive soliloquy
Combining with like-minds in adaptable symphony
Of radical simplicity, balance and symmetry
Whatever your ability, we need your assistance
In aid of reclaiming a stable existence
So summon your gifts at this critical hour
And deliver wherever they move and empower