Mr. Meaner

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Dan Lyons

Dan Lyons is a Margate based musician and songwriter. Through vivid imagery rarely seen in song, he can tell stories in earnest. Musical influences range from The Go Betweens to Radiohead all the way to Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg whilst his work remains something only Dan Lyons, with his unique worldview and experience could produce. ‘‘If music was scholarly then Dan would hail from that of Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. His lyrics are commanding, both piquant and hard-hitting. In another life, he’d find himself living amongst the Beatniks of New York’s Greenwich Village or living rent-free as a poet in Paris’ Shakespeare & Co.” - Clash Magazine

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2020

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In between a bright idea 
And a cardinal sin 
I wondered maybe would you join me here?
I don’t know where to begin 

Will you do my dishes babe? 
Will you scrub my floor? 
Will you take my broken hand 
For now and ever more?

It’s not like that! 
He takes good care of me 
It’s not like that! 
We’re a happy family

You’ve been taken too far, pushed to the limit 
Everybody knows your heart’s not in it 
Close that book, cover your face with your hands and make plans to make plans

Dream big, live long, sing a mama papa love song
Dream big, live long, sing a mummy daddy love song

My, sleeper, you haven’t slept in a while
And big deceiver, you’re learning how to smile 
Oh day dreamer, you haven’t dreamt in a while 
Mr. Meaner, give us another smile

I am the lonely prophet waiting in the wings 
I am the substitute for grandeur that you’ve always dreamed about 
This is a wholly useless neurotic exercise 
In love made as a product for dewy helpless eyes

The mystics they have told you on 0800 lines 
That love will surely find you some where, some place, some time 
You look whiter than a sheet in this early morning sun
Where did you put your ego?

It’s not like that
We’re a happy family

My, sleeper, you haven’t slept in a while 
And big deceiver, you’re learning how to smile 
Oh day dreamer, you haven’t dreamt in a while 
Mr. Meaner, give us another smile

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