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What A Time To Be Alive!

from Forward Defensive by The Humdrum Express

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What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85

I must amend my CV, the current one won’t impress
Was a part-time attendee at Curmudgeons R US on a YTS
I enrolled as a mature student, in desperate times
Turned up late for calligraphy classes in the hope of being given lines
You can have that one in writing…

What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85

My circle of friends are getting older, time’s flying by
From crowd to silver surfers in the blink of an eye
I try to keep my outlook youthful, but fret about my health
Trod on a snail in my vegan doc martens – accidentally offended myself
Another all too often ‘one of those days’

What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85

I’m scouring applications for a job that won’t exist
I resumed work on my resume; put my key skills in a list
Kitchen multi-tasking took me a while to learn
Dancing and feeding babies while tweeting Lauren Laverne
You may have heard my daily shout outs…

What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85
What a time to be alive! I’ll probably have to work till I’m 85

Have a sarcastic air punch…

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from Forward Defensive, released June 17, 2022

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Regularly championed by BBC 6 Music and famed for withering critique, The Humdrum Express breezily delivers offbeat observation, social commentary and sharp wit; fused with familiar cultural references, surreal characters and subtle puns.

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