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Edge in Wordways

by Mike Dennis

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    This is the only way I am releasing this album. I've had the privelege of current Beano illustrator, Nigel Parkinson (who designed my logo a few years ago), design a bespoke cartoon strip of some of my lyrics. I'm printing this as posters and each poster will include a download code good for one download of the full album in any format you so wish.

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Astronaut 04:03
Astronaut written by Mike Dennis CHORUS: Mum always said That you could be what you want So here I am Astronaut. An astronaut. I used to work this incredible job. I hated it. So I acted an incredible nob. My workmates found it much more enjoyable. I left it happier, a little less employable I felt like a rodent in my day-to-day At home, I lived like a king, games and takeaway The heave in the morning to get out of bed Was more than I could take, I thought "I'd rather be dead" I had the idea that I was worth more Than stocking other pockets that were rotten to the core Look at me, I'm a prodigal son They won't have the best of me before I've barely begun So here I am, a race against time to pay rent Believing there's no job too excellent I had this vision of a time and place I think they need somebody like me up in space because... CHORUS Now I'm up here and things are looking sweet I've got this high tech stuff, a footbath for my feet My paygrade's hefty. They know I'm their man. All I have to do is monitor their satellite plan And who could do it but me? I'm lounging in space. Floating in my directors chair, grin on my face Then an encrypted message pops through the HFR: "you're not as important as you think you are" What...? I spit my coffee out. Dash to the comms. "Mike to base, didn't you get the memo? You're wrong." "I'm the don of this space shit. I'm indispensable." Static... A diastolic pinch in my ventricle I gaze at the stars feeling betrayed My place up with Mars, Venus, Uranus Is ebbing away. I start to pack with an afterthought "It's a sad thing to be an ex-astronaut" CHORUS I'm at the airlock, with my suitcase Farewell, the good life. This hurts like toothache Before I board the shuttle, a call comes through "This is Polaris House, listen, you've got us confused" Huh? You told me I was just another number. I'm off, right? Got my spacesuit on and my suitcase locked tight. "Repeat last. Mike, you've made a mistake.. Listen now, all the glory's still yours to take. But look around. The ship is gigantic. And the thought of being astronauts is pretty romantic. So we're sending everybody up. I'll be there too. What you're missing is everyone's as important as you." Then how do I stand out? "look to your skills.. You're handy with a microphone but not so good with a drill" I stand back, told. Nothing's as great as space is. Mum always said not to get lost in status.
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The News 02:30
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released November 1, 2018

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Mike Dennis UK

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Mike Dennis is a classically-trained violinist and poet whose boyhood love of Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Gangstarr led him to create a unique kind of string-heavy hip hop music he refers to as Violinica.

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