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A Message To All Offspring Loafers (All of a Sud'n) / There's Nowhere To Run (Vers​.​1)

from The Akai Years (1979​-​84) by John Tabacco

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All Of A Sud'n - Words and Music © 1982 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

There's Nowhere To Run (Vers. 1) © 1980 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

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A MESSAGE TO ALL OFFSPRING LOAFERS (ALL OF A SUD'N)

All of a sudden there’s no bedroom
All of a sudden there’s no food
All of a sudden your “gestines” feel queezy
As of this day it won’t be so easy
Mom un Dad don’t need you
Mom un Dad don’t want you
All of a sudden you is nowhere
All of a sudden nothing’s free
All of a sudden you’re facing “abusement”
From now on there’ll be no amusement
No friendly hand to loan out money
Life’s quick to learn when you get hungry
A sponge is well within your past inclines but you will find...
Indeed you fill no niche and no one feels sorry
Aren’t you sorry?
You didn’t bag a trade in college
You wasted all your time in bars
You never bothered to think of tomorrow
Through parents guilt you always could borrow
But now your Mom un Dad don’t want you
But now your Mom un Dad disown you!
The higher you get - the deeper the hole
The powder you stashed won’t last very long
I think you know how the dices roll in your vacuum container
The time you seldom thought of is here to stay to plague your day
With needs you once deemed blazay and no cause for worry
But now you’re worried
All of a sudden no one needs you
All of a sudden is now
All of a sudden you’re facing “abusement”
From now on they’ll be no amusement
No friendly hand to loan out money
Life’s quick to learn when you get hungry
There’s no one to turn to
There’s no place to hide
You’re on your own - put those ping pongs aside
Society wants you but where do you fit?
The future is now!
This is it!
It’s time to get up
It’s time to go out and find yourself a job instead of depending on your
folks to support you,
‘Cause they don’t want you
All of a sudden you is no where...where...where...where...where...
where...where...where...

WELCOME TO REALITY SON (THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN)

There’s nowhere to run
I’m trying to find a place for cover but there’s always a sun
that shines it’s light on me
So everyone can see that I’m phony and crazy
I’m stupid and lazy
Yes indeed
It seems so unfair - all this time I spent learning,
now I ain’t goin’ nowhere -
‘Cause it’s who you know my friend
And if ya don’t then it’s the end...I swear!
Unless you’re lyin’ and cheatin’ - Hey!
It’s you’re only hope in defeatin’ society and it’s game
It looks to me it’s just the same: Another face without a name
The chances for a shot of fame are about the same as anyone else’s :
A billion to one my friend
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
You know I’ve had this attitude from about the age of three
That’s when I came to realize no one’s lookin’ out for me
There were no sweet revelations to make this nausea blow away
The more I noticed where I was, the worse it got each day
Hello!
Where can you turn when the things you hold dearly have been shattered
by the folks that you’ve learned to trust?
They don’t give a shit about you
The words you say
The work you do
Even though you have to put up with their stunts
And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself no, no
And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself
And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself no, no
It’s gonna be all right...Another lie to fight - It’s a way of life:
A n I l l u s i o n !
You could be a regular drip - Drink your beer and sell the lip
Play the game the same way everyday
But sameness is boring
Your ego is gnawing at the dudes up on the hill
At a drop of the hat they could have ya killed
for speakin’ your mind
I swear! - What a waste of timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

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from The Akai Years (1979​-​84), released November 29, 2014
JT : Vocals, Drums, Conn Prelude Strummer Organ, Bass

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

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