Not What You Expected:
Kathy Raven - vocals,
Paul Tizzard – drums,
Rob Nagel - harmonica,
Willem Moller – electric guitars, bass, production.
lyrics
NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED.
I SAW A BENT MAN WALKING, TWO CHILDREN, ONE EACH SIDE - ONE WAS CRYING FOR HIS MOTHER, BUT HIS SISTER HAD MORE PRIDE - THOUGH SHE DID TURN TO PEEP AT AN IMAGE SHE COULD KEEP, TO REMEMBER ON THE NIGHTS WHEN SHE COULDN’T GO TO SLEEP - WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS) – MAYBE, MAY BE - ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG…..
HEY, JUST WAIT A MINUTE!
BOUND TO BE PURISTICALLY CONTROVERSIAL MID-EIGHT REPEAT CHORUS:
THAT SONG’S NOT EVEN ABOUT LOVE, IT’S ABOUT THIGHS AND HEAT AND ROSES FALLING FROM ABOVE, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, DON’T BUST ME IN MY RHYMES, LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. SOME ARE INCLINED TO SAY THE WAY OF THE DESIGN IS SUCH THAT – LOVE, IF YOU WANT IT, JUST GIVE IT AND RECEIVE – BUT IN TRUST, HONESTY AND BILLY JOEL I DO BELIEVE. LOVE IS KIND, LOVE IS PATIENT - IT’S TOLERANT AND UNDERSTANDING. BUT HEY, HEY, I PARAPHRASE – LIKE ONE OF THOSE SHINEY SILVER CARDS. I AM A DANDELION!
WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE - THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE – THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE, MAY BE – ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT – L-L-L-L-L-L-L-TH-THE-THA-
REPEAT CHORUS MID EIGHT THANG:
WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG. MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG. (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS). MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT L-L-L-L-L-L-L (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS) MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS, WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG…. J-J-J-JUST
REPEAT FIRST VERSE:
WHEN YOU DON’T WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED X2
UGH-UH………………. (SOUNDS OF BEING PUNCHED BY LURV!) RELATIVE MINOR OUTRO……………….. (WITH SOME BACKWARDS SHIT – OPTIONAL EXTRA). ‘SPECTED OUTTA LUV, ‘SPECTED OUT OF LUV.
Gary Herselman, a prolific songwriter, has produced albums across genres, from tight, punkish Chrome Sweet Chrome
(www.sjambokmusic.com) to his recent House for Sale, which is an intelligent and contemporary dance-oriented album (Bandcamp page Gary Herselman). He was part of the conscientising Voëlvry movement, and the founding director of Tic Tic Bang, S.A's first independent record company....more