They Call Us Stupid
from Holland Park by Spearmint
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about
There are two narrators in this song, quite literally on different sides of the same street…
lyrics
These songs can make you happy, they can make you sad, my friend
They can make you feel euphoric, I just hope they never end
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
We had a kind of lightning, beauty at the height of Prog
We got to play the Roundhouse, got a deal thanks to Whispering Bob
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They used to rehearse opposite us, down in the basement, opposite us
Crowds of hippies on our street, the neighbours appalled on our street
That’s what makes the world go round - hearing those unearthly sounds
The vastness of the States soon began to take its toll
They broke us trying to break us onto College Radio
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
This has made us happy, this has made us sad, my friend
It only lasted five years and then it had to end
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
Adam was wild, taboo at the time… a single mother, the neighbours frowned
They didn’t approve, filled with hate, except my mother, she thought you were great
That’s what makes the world go round, in our lovely Northern town…
They can make you feel euphoric, I just hope they never end
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
We had a kind of lightning, beauty at the height of Prog
We got to play the Roundhouse, got a deal thanks to Whispering Bob
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They used to rehearse opposite us, down in the basement, opposite us
Crowds of hippies on our street, the neighbours appalled on our street
That’s what makes the world go round - hearing those unearthly sounds
The vastness of the States soon began to take its toll
They broke us trying to break us onto College Radio
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
This has made us happy, this has made us sad, my friend
It only lasted five years and then it had to end
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
They call us Stupid and we say “Yes, that’s our name.”
Adam was wild, taboo at the time… a single mother, the neighbours frowned
They didn’t approve, filled with hate, except my mother, she thought you were great
That’s what makes the world go round, in our lovely Northern town…
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from Holland Park,
released September 17, 2021
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