UPTIGHT
(lyrics: the fly/Tron)

Perilous precarious pole position
Soak it all in and twist the ignition
Not juss kiddin’ nor fuckin’ around
Getting blessed when I press the pedal
To the ground

It makes the best sound and blast the box office
Blows yer house down unacceptable losses
Profits of doom, no room at the inn
No where to run
To let the game begin

What pints are on special?
Supercan of spam on the side
Hold the fries then cork the wine
Wait for the porcupine to cross the road
Then take the c-train to the frog and toad

Chorus: We never know why
You do what you do
Now you’re gonna get
What’s coming to you
Uptight


Against the grain
In a Mercury Retrograde
Crack the code
Beat street soul renegade
Imprisoned in a prism
Of a pyramid scheme
Misfit out of luck
In a sci-fi dream

Stagnant in quadrants
karmas haunted
Opened up my present
And it wasn’t what I wanted
Heads in a vice
No numbers on the dice
Pulled another scam
got me held up in the heist

With their meathead tactics
Bullying antics
Dodging cock blocks
I’m a man who’s romantic
Drowned in addiction
Causing me friction
Empty beer cans
Careless cooking in the kitchen
Quit my daydream
Pitched a tent in the dark
Like I’m high on bath salts
At Calaway Park


Chorus: We never know why
You do what you do
Now you’re gonna get
What’s coming to you
Uptight


Pleasure centre under pressure
Patio shitshow
Weathervane watermains crackin’ in the subzero
Icequake weather warning
Landslide Taliban
Leatherfaced weatherman s
Suntan to Burning man
3rd degree blisters, blizzard conditions whiteout
Snowblind driving on the black ice walkabout
Sandstorm in the outback in a blackout

Dunebuggystuck in a mudbog
Bloodmouth lung blood phlegm
From my face tastes tonsilicious
Can’t reach the canteen
Smashing dinner dishes (Opa!)
Okotoks road blocks drive thru’s check stops
Got the right of way on a pleasure cruise
Lighthouse foghorn, where’s the ocean liner
Sonar beepin Gps speakin seekin out hider
Easy rider rodeo clownshow showdown
Downtown bullfight
Bite the bullet
Uptight


Chorus: We never know why
You do what you do
Now you’re gonna get
What’s coming to you
Uptight




Comin up from the void
A cliffhanger linger
They said the funk was dead
But hey smell my finger
Pressing plans
I gotta propagate
Gotta freak the funky phone
We gotta agitate

So you go your way
I go my way
Living it up
In a deja vu replay
Origami centerfold
A freaky situation
Waterbed leaking
With their evil accusations
Echelons scaling
Cheese elite sailing
Deniars lying
In the slime that their trailing

Picking at the scab
A stack of attacks
I kiss them right back
With a stack of wax
In the carnage jaded
Drunk in the quest
Spot the trick trade
As I pass the test
With precision
Got me picking up the slack
Override the barricade
Unleash the trap
Lifeline, deadline
Uptight to cross the line
On my knees to testify
A warrior
A champion

Chorus: We never know why
You do what you do
Now you’re gonna get
What’s coming to you
Uptight