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It’s Fake
04:23
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I buy a glass of milk
It tastes so sweet, as smooth as silk
(It’s fake)
See those cuddly toys,
For all the girls and boys
(They’re fake)
Auto parts and cheese
Gurus and listed companies
(They’re fake)
Works of art and jade
Handbags, watches, all custom-made.
(They’re fake)
I’m in favor of nuance and make-believe
Embellishments, refinements and dreams
But it would be nice, at least with milk
If everything was just as it seems
I choose a famous wine
The after-taste is less than divine
(It’s fake)
This porcelain’s exquisite
It sure looks real, but is it.
(It’s fake)
Smart phones and cigarettes
Promises of fiscal rigor
(They’re fake)
Details in CVs
Body parts with sass and vigor.
(They’re fake)
Chorus
Rice and chewing gum
Marmalade, Jamaican rum
(They’re fake)
Banknotes and facial cream
Batteries, a truly benevolent one-party regime.
(It’s fake)
Bridges, trains and schools
Reliable Chinese statistics
(They’re fake)
Pharmaceuticals and jewels
Assorted cancer-curing mystics.
(They’re fake)
Chorus
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Sunshine
03:09
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Yoghurt and Honey
03:38
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Peking All-Stars
02:56
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Gorby is a CIA Spy
02:52
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GORBY IS A CIA SPY
Graham Earnshaw
Communism is on the run, pushed aside by everyone
Poland, Hungary and Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Germania
I’ve got some information, provides an explanation
For this extraordinary epoch-making situation
My information comes from sources close to Red Square
So keep it close don’t blab it anywhere.
Gorby is a CIA spy, no lie
That’s why communism’s gonna die
Gorby’s on our side, I can confide
That’s why democracy’s had such an easy ride.
He was planted there by Washington
After World War Two was won
Left to burrow underneath the Soviet State
Around the world he tops the polls
He’s also best of Langley’s moles
The White House is ecstatic, it sure was worth the wait, cos chorus
The Eastern European states
Economies in dire straits
Were ready for an end to Marx and Lenin for sure
But these were minor factors
We should not let them distract us
The reason why the communists gave in without a war, is that chorus
This may sound like a strange theory
But I pray you please to hear me
The evidence I have comes from a source of high rank
Every month the U.S. pays
A cash amount that would amaze
Into his account at the HongKong Bank chorus
But there’s a twist I must relate
Gorbachev he couldn’t wait
He became a double agent right from the start
He recruited then a lady spy
In Washington she now rides high
She keeps a candle burning for him deep in her heart.
Yeah Barbara Bush is a Soviet spy, no lie
That’s why Gorbachev is such a happy guy
Barbara has a heart of red, that’s what I said
So George don’t have to look for Commies underneath the bed.
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Finish the Rice
03:20
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8. |
Over the Ridge
03:33
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Graham Earnshaw China
Graham Earnshaw is a businessman, writer & musician and publisher of Earnshaw Books. He has recorded a number of albums of his own songs, of which there are many. He fronted the best rock band in China 1979-1984, helped revive live music in Shanghai’s in the mid-1990s, and continues to write and perform whenever anyone will let him. He plays the guitar, the harmonica and the fool. ... more
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