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Let's Get Strange

from TOWERS OPEN FIRE by TOWERS OPEN FIRE

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'Towers Open Fire' (the Band) developed from an earlier rocking combo called 'The Strange Planet' and we used to do this number as an opener.

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NOTHING MUCH MATTERS

I’ve looked for answers in some strange old places
I’ve looked for signs of wisdom in alien faces
I found an old priest in the Middle East
Must have been a hundred years old at least
I said to him ‘How should I behave
So I don’t lie in a dishonourable grave?
And how do I avoid Hell and Satan’s clutch?
He just said “Oi!
Don’t you worry, boy,
Cos nothing much matters
And what matters doesn’t matter much.”

I went and visited this Oxford college
The Department of Existential Knowledge
I found me a Professor as grand as he could be.
And I said “Hey man, you gotta level with me,
What’s the right thing for a man to do
When the world’s adrift and the world’s askew
And don’t give me no philosophical double-dutch...”
He said “Now you keep this quiet
Or you could start a riot
But nothing much matters
And what matters doesn’t matter much.”

Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
And What Matters Doesn’t Matter Much.


I talk to Dead People from time to time,
You think I’m crazy, I think I’m fine
I was at this séance, and before our eyes
We see this beautiful Angel materialise,
So I ask her, going down on my knees
Would you give me some Heavenly guidance, please,
Cause I’m troubled about ethics and morality and such.
She sighed “Don’t be shocked, my dear
But the word up here
Is that nothing much matters
And what matters doesn’t matter much.”

Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
Nothing Much Matters
And What Matters Doesn’t Matter Much.

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from TOWERS OPEN FIRE, released June 12, 2020
BRAKEMAN / SMITH (Brakeman - Music: Smith - Lyrics)
Brakeman - Guitars & Backing Vocals.
Smith - Lead Vocals
Tim Gallagher - Percussion

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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