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Fantastic Animals

by Tam Johnstone

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1.
We Are Animals 1. Tiny daggers slit the seams Of our teenage fantasies Bleak reminders appear again Like a wreath on a hairpin bend From the night club mezzanine You can hear the mating screams: We are animals! We are animals!   2. They shoot to thrill, they hunt in packs No sudden moves now, just the facts When they see the whites of your eyes Don't bother to run, don't bother to try Just kiss your peachy ass goodbye As they exalt their battle cry We are animals! We are animals!   3. Oh they've got you in a trap And sixty minutes you'll never get back Another vodka martini and a sambuca chasers' Gonna put you in a bad way later Alpha male, mother of the pride Alpha male, mother of the pride We are animals! We are animals!   And now you're looking for an off switch You're desperately looking for a way out Running into one way traffic But look below the exit sign The masses come out, the masses come out And when the masses come out We all get deported   4. Diddly qua qua baboon pants Diddly qua qua liver spot hands Alpha male sees the coward you are Alpha female grabbing your arse From the night club latrine You can hear the mating screams: We are animals! We are animals! The masses come out, the masses come out And when the masses come out We all get deported We are animals! We are animals! Alpha male sees the coward you are Alpha female holds the cards We are animals! We are animals! We are animals!
2.
End Credits 03:07
End Credits When I saw you last night You were truly radiant And we were together again You got into my dream Through a crack in the loneliness 'Cause I'd been trying to pretend That we were still friends But I'm tired of writing I miss you, the end   Stay away, stay away Stay away, you gotta stay away Roll end credits Leave your seat   Well tonight I'm the Baron I'm the Duke, I'm the Prince of rails And I'm never coming down again I wanna mix like Flash I wanna paint like Basquiat And all the times I took your crap Are gonna wash out again But in the end We all need someone Who we can kick against
3.
Young People 02:43
Young People Young people are so naiive Young people are smooth And sweet and clean They dream impossible dreams And make love like confused machines Young people got it all worked out   Any place in the World you go Young people on the stereo They say, "gimme a kiss And I'll show you a trick I know" Create an alibi, slip out the window   You've got a beautiful body But it won't last forever, no See the men in their forties Fight the urge to let it show Until they get back home Out of the sodium glow and then it's...   And now we're friends With the beautiful ones Because the young people's music sucks so So we give 'em a hand 'Cause there's so little they really know Young people think they know it all   Take your foot off the third rail No one cares what you took last night It's old We got resilient bodies but It's 6am, we got no subway fare and it's cold Are you about to fold? C'mon, do what you're told and twist it   Young people are so naiive Young people are hot and peachy keen They dream impossible dreams And make love like surprised machines Young people got it all worked out
4.
Three Little Words I’m gazing at you through sambuca fumes And you’re gorgeous 
Inches away from that raven black mane It’s torture I was trying to be cool and aloof Now I’m hung up on you, girl It seems so absurd how three little words Could have turned you around   Nothing stimulates the brain Like heartache and pain and I’m broken It’s coming like waves And I can’t keep my head above the water You waited in vain Yes, you waited for some kind of sign It seems so absurd how three little words Could have turned you around   Bye bye, baby bye bye   So long I delayed So long that I have been running So set in my ways That I never saw the end coming And I’m kicking mysELF For not coming right out and saying I love you, I love you I love you, I love you, I love you It seems so absurd How those three little words Could have turned you around
5.
The Fantasy Of Her Don't try to fool me with your fantasy You know I've seen that face before If I were you and you me and he she You wouldn't open up that door   I really thought it would feel good this time But you don't treat me like you should I came crawling after For a bit of hows yer father But you don't treat me like you should   And now we find ourselves in paradise Twenty dollar cover charge The young meat glows Beneath the neon lights Turning tricks and taking steps To higher education 
6.
Hard To Say Goodbye "What was I? Was I worth the debris left behind? Slip away I don't want you to see me this way"   Now it feels so strange when I see my face Reflected in your eyes After all these years It's so hard to say goodbye   "No regrets I'm a liar and now my pants are on fire I withheld so much But in the end all you needed was love"   Though I wanted to make peace with you We never had the time After all these years It's so hard to say goodbye   Will I ever make the pieces fit Or find the reasons why? After all these years It's so hard to say goodbye
7.
Lines 02:18
Lines

There are lines on your body From the people And the places you've been There are pores and they're gaping And they're waiting For the fun to kick in   It's okay - do what you want It's okay if it makes you feel better   There are tender spots on your body From the boys who didn't know How to handle with care Like a trick, like a treat, like a piece of meat They're gonna break you 'Til they find whats in there   I was stuck with an impossible friend But it's over, it's over And now I know it was wrong to pretend 'Cause I'm older, so much older


 It’s over
 but is it really over? Lines lines lines lines
8.
Red Eye 03:03
Red Eye Can't you come back On the red eye I need you this evening There's too much space in this bed And there's trouble ahead Can't you see it   Don't fake me out tonight I know that you still care But you know I won't fight I'm not the kind of guy who goes there   Once I was fine I had time Even though I was lonely But since you came around I've grown used to the way You control me   You're turning out the light On things we left unsaid Deep down you know I'm right But alright, goodnight, you win It’s over
9.
Kinky Boots 02:54
Kinky Boots I must confess she relieves my stress When she's in that dress yeh yeh yeh yes   Well, I tracked her dow From the smell of sexcess To Snow Queen eyes and everlasting legs But when I said I was hungry For some room to roam You know, experimentation She said "stick to your own"   She had Kohl eyes, Long hair, Hot Legs, Kinky boots   Why go to Iraq when you got that rack? I wanna take her to space 'Cause zero gravity Would have a freakin' coronary   I asked her 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 times And when I asked her again She said, "leave me alone!"   She said, “Well, come on Whip it out I wanna see what all the fuss is about” Well, alright!   So, now you're my girl Would you hold me in your arms So I can gaze at your pendulous charms? They make me feel sexual, almost intellectual As I marvel at the mass
10.
We Are Spiders We come in peace, we mean you no harm Not really! We are small yet powerful, quite clearly In your cupboards, in your clothes We are everywhere We make ourselves invisible That’s why you can feel us But you can't see us there   What's that shape in your peripherals Crawling down the stairs? Maybe we'll get you and eat you up You should be scared Did we come from outer space A billion years ago? Were we once a hundred feet high? Guess you'll never know until we grow   I can see them running down the stairs tonight I can see them running through your hair tonight. We Are Spiders! Eight eyes to track you down Eight legs to hold you down
11.
Long Road 03:22
Long Road There's something in the way You say my name There's something in the way You slow my brain There's nothing in the world I'd rather do Than drive along the long long road That leads to you   There's something in the way You walk in a room There's something in the way You're gone too soon There's nothing in the world I'd rather do Than drive along the long long road That leads to you   You don't ask questions You don't need to ask And when I really really need it You kick my ass I've got a lot of fantasies and crazy dreams But you can make them real   There's something in the way Your hand fits mine And there's nothing in the way No space or time There's nowhere in the world I'd rather be Than driving on a long long road With you next to me Than driving on a long long road With you next to me   Everybody knows, it's true I have fallen for you To see your face behind that old wood door There's nothing I want more   There's something in the way You make me laugh There's something in the way You're okay with my past And if it comes around to ask what's new I'll say I'm on the long long road That leads to you I'm driving on the long long road That leads to you
12.
Growing Up 03:11
Growing Up Me and my shadow walk to the bus stop Maybe you'll be there with your lovely 80s hair I am growing up and it's confusing me Are you perusing me? Fags on the swing, smoke makes me sick Too soon to say but I'll say it anyway Or let the moment slip away That could've changed everything Now it don't mean a thing   Life in an English boarding school Is jolly, rough and gay The boys take showers And the schoolmasters Are never never far away It's the way it's been for a 100 years Traditionally British And ever so slightly queer Oh, life in an English boarding school Is much as you'd expect Failure to comply by the rules Will result in a fate Far far far worse than death! And always stand erect!!   Hey hey mama Why won't you let me come home? Why don't you let me come home? I wanna go home Why don't you let me pack my bags And come home?
13.
I Thought About You Hungry eyes over your marble skin My face in your long dark hair Baby, it's true Don't know how I'd ever get over you If I wanted to   Yesterday I thought about West End plays I dreamt about viaducts Under the stars Felt the pain wash over like acid rain And thought about you   Broken eyes Breathing in dawn's first light 'Cause deep in the darkest night I thought about you Pawned and played I fell on my knees and prayed And thought about you   Wondering if I could turn back time If I could change your mind Is that what I'd want? When I doubt that I'm gonna make it through I think about you   Broken lines I'm weak in your almond eyes 'Cause deep in the darkest night I thought about you Pawned and played I fell on my knees and prayed What can I do?   Late at night away from the neon lights Far from the post-pub fights Under the moon Understand that when I held her hand I thought about you

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In 2011 I made a song and a video every week. I called the project, Tam Johnstone's Song Explosion (I'm currently cleaning up and reediting all 52 videos. Bear with me.) 13 of the 52 songs became my 2012 album, Fantastic Animals which was put together in order to help with my O1-Visa reapplication in the States. Is this the first album to be released for such a purpose?

City Slang, Detroit review:
"Johnstone’s album, Fantastic Animals (self-released) is fucking superb, straddling the line between Adam Ant and the Arcade Fire. No filler tracks at all. Check this guy out."

Bulls Eye review:
"Johnstone is unveiling a completely different side of his musical personality. The lead track from his new album Fantastic Animals, “We Are Animals” is a spot-on Adam Ant tribute and in fact bests everything Ant’s released since Friend or Foe."

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released January 1, 2012

Produced, composed and performed by Tam Johnstone. All songs PRS/MCPS. Recorded in Dearborn, MI. Mastered by David Feeny at Tempermill.

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Unified Feels is a record label/container for the various music projects of British musician, songwriter and producer, Tam Johnstone. Tam began his career working as a runner at Sir George Martin’s AIR studios in the late eighties and has performed and recorded with a wide and diverse range of artists including David Hallyday and Tammy Wynette. ... more

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