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On the back of a sign as you are coming into Yass, there is some graffiti that says "Ben is dead".

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Its overcast outside
thank fuck coz I can't stand the heat
I'm so fucking tired, I need more sleep

but I can't help myself, but to stay up late at night
so I can feel alive, yeah I need to feel alive

and it just so happens that the man I used to be
died along time ago in a not so foreign country town
where the welcome sign has a not so welcome message
on the other side, on the other side

it says Get out now, you dumb fuck or you'll never survive
get out now you dumb fuck, or you'll never make it out alive
I said get out now you dumb fuck, read the warning sign,
read the warning signs

Its not as simple or as matter of factual
once you are captured by false advertising and subliminal
messages from the people who you thought you loved and couldn't see
were trying all this time to steal you away and not set you free

and I wish I had an android from the future come and warn me
about the border crossing and losses suffered by my sanity
maybe the sign on the back of the sign
was put there by the terminator
before he was terminated by a newer model
and before he could say

Get out now, you dumb fuck or you'll never survive
get out now you dumb fuck, or you'll never make it out alive
I said get out now you dumb fuck, read the warning sign,
read the warning signs

I don't know about you but I've never responded very well to
being called a dumb fuck or other hurtful names
but just this once I wish that words could break my bones
and force me to listen to every word it says

it says Get out now, you dumb fuck or you'll never survive
get out now you dumb fuck, or you'll never make it out alive
I said get out now you dumb fuck, read the warning sign,
read the warning signs x2

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from Songs from the little red shit box, released October 4, 2017

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Ben the Red Yass, Australia

a couple of years ago I watched Sister Act 2 and decided to give singing a go and I didn't sound too shit, so here I am today.

I really love the idea of doing shit yourself so, I'm going to do my best to do it all without outsourcing. ... more

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