Modern Day Folk

Lyrics

[Intro: Urthboy] Yeah, yeah [Verse 1: Urthboy] We the modern day folk singers Even if the old folk singers think we all dope slingers Ode to the idiom and the flow Gideon My ear a melody net, yet there's no singing 'em Some are not kidding, they're puzzled at how we talk I tell 'em it's not talk, like cheese and chalk And we walk without fear in the ground we tread It's flawed 'cause you're hearing all the thoughts goin' 'round my head Where paradox and respect wed And I work on my catalogue, not my nest egg And the wordplay is direct and unashamed Taken in all the frame with a ridiculous name So many of us made a claim Some soared so high, plenty fell off like a shot down plane The wind blowing your bridge over troubled waters down But don't worry, we'll sort it out [Chorus: Urthboy & Count Bounce] And you've got to be engaged You're not just listening to your mates We're trying to save the world, a brave new world I love that bitter taste And you've got to be engaged It's not a grudge match every day It's the necessary phases 'Cause no folk song ever saved us [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2: Urthboy] Like A Tribe Called Quest said, it's all expected Things will get hectic, change is a threat, like when Dylan went electric 'Cause we all affected, directed, defected In puffy chested, but then out dejected No massage for every bad back It isn't Hollywood, it's just Mad Max It isn't the serum to get rid of your anthrax No Mother Teresa, it's just the beat of a damn track, huh I don't really care for half of these MCs But some of them are like the path of a set-piece All of it and more, we can't let you get sleep No relationship was started on a wet dream So we knock down doors and we rock our jaws And we don't turn our back if it's not our cause Stand and stare upward form the ground floor Get up, what you down for? [Chorus: Urthboy & Count Bounce] And you've got to be engaged You're not just listening to your mates We're trying to save the world, a brave new world I love that bitter taste And you've got to be engaged It's not a grudge match every day (No way) It's the necessary phases 'Cause no folk song ever saved us [Chorus: Urthboy, Count Bounce & Jane Tyrrell] And you've got to be engaged You're not just listening to your mates We're trying to save the world, a brave new world I love that bitter taste And you've got to be engaged It's not a grudge match every day It's the necessary phases 'Cause no folk song ever saved us [Verse 3: Urthboy] It's really not that profound, the way a phrase knocks you down To others it's nothing more than a background But some are weak at the knees at that sound And I rewind the song and sit down now Constantly flip between the FM stations The jocks spruik the next sensation But I care little for the next sensation I'm sorry that I left you waiting (Left you waiting) [Outro: Urthboy, Jane Tyrrell] Uh-huh, yeah, yeah Uh-huh, yeah, yeah ([?] tradition) (Trying to save the world) [?] You've got to be engaged (I feel like strummin' the guitar right now) Got to be engaged [?] You've got to be engaged You've got to be engaged (I like that)