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Written at the time of the Ronald Reagan "Star Wars"insane nuclear posturing. I see quite a lot in common between the most insane of the Roman Emperors and the country where the biggest handicap to becoming President would seem to be the possession of a brain. Apart from that it's just old fashioned rock n' roll INNIT!

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No Place Like Rome

Oh, there's no place like Rome
For living in a stately home
For living the life of a drone
For stealing the imperial throne
Well, all of my roads lead in a straight line
To the palace of state where I recline
And watched the heroes pose as I fiddled around
And just watched the town as it burned to the ground
Oh, there's no place like Rome..

Oh, and insanity, you're just too sane for me
Playing nuclear chicken is so fingerlickin'
I couldn't survive without overdrive
Oh, you left me breathing but barely alive
Oh there's no place like Rome

Well, there's no place like Tangier
If you just want to disappear
Or earn seventy thousand clear
Or just blaming it all on the beer
They'll soon make you lover boy of the year
Pin a great rosette to your ear
But you a company Kharmann Ghia
There's no place like Tangier

Oh, and insanity, you're just too sane for me
Playing nuclear chicken is so fingerlickin'
I couldn't survive without overdrive
Oh, you left me breathing but barely alive
Oh there's no place like Tangier

Oh, you can't beat outer space
For falling flat on your face
For putting the world in its place
For dumping atomic waste
And for burying the human race
Well, its a great place to plant flags of state
An ideal base from which to annihilate
A guaranteed method of losing weigh
Oh, you can't beat outer space..

Oh, and insanity, you're just too sane for me
Playing nuclear chicken is so fingerlickin'
I couldn't survive without overdrive
Oh, you left me breathing but barely alive
Oh there's no place like Tangier

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from Under the Baseball Cap (Full Album), released February 8, 2020
Keith Phelpsted: vocals John Montague: slide guitar. Julia Taylor: tambourine.

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Dave Taylor Leicester, UK

I write both serious and comedy songs. 6 solo CDs to date and collaborations with Steve Cartwright -"Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire". "All at Sea" shantyish album. Folk based for the most part - when people ask where the ideas come from I can say with honesty -"not drugs!!".. Currently working on a new album "Aspects of Lurve" hopefully out later in 2024. ... more

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