Control Freak

from Quadruple A-side (quadruple A-side single, with a B-side) by The Photocopies

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He's a new breed of dictator
I think he'd like to be Darth Vader
Crushing all resistance in his iron hand

It's not enough to rule one nation
Well, is it overcompensation
For some dysfunction in this little man?

He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow

He'd like to run that new world order
He doesn't care too much for borders
He can take or destroy everything you own

He'll send his pawns with their farewell guns
Into towns where they're not welcome
Now he's feeling hard as he watches on his phone

He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah

He's picking a fight again
Like a bully who really doesn't have any friends
And if he can't get what he wants
He won't let anyone have it at all

He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow

He wants you to know
Hospitals will blow
He's throwing his toys out everywhere
Here's how he will show
He's too stunted to grow
He's out of control
He wants you to know
He's gonna explode
More children will die and he won't care
Watching a war zone
From his comfy home
He's really gone, I swear

credits

from Quadruple A-side (quadruple A-side single, with a B-side), released April 1, 2022
Words and music by Sean Turner

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The Photocopies Michigan

Unapologetically old-school #indiepop in a mid-80s-to-early-90s vein, made without secret plans to fill stadiums (ugh). Think lo-fi #c86 #twee #postpunk #janglepop etc. Originally from London.

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