Downbeat's The New Upbeat by will riding published on 2024-03-06T21:03:04Z A gentle riposte to a guy who pulled one of my gigs after four songs in Dec 2022, because it wasn't "upbeat" enough. It was a town wide charity event he'd asked to be part of. It was unpaid. Cold. My first gig in 18 months. Revenge is a dish best served cold and with relish and large flightless birds native to Australia. Have you ever heard of charm, did no one teach you manners? Does the weight of your ego strain your back Do you have to get up early to practice being so surly? Are you making up for something that you lack? You're a strutting little minnow in the widest of oceans I've met your kind a thousand times before A self appointed king in your grubby little kingdom Just because your name's above the door You didn't join the queue when they gave out grace They didn't make good nature in your size And the corpse of your charisma lies rotting in your kitchen Underneath a swirling cloud of flies Downbeat's the new upbeat, chill out and listen in Perhaps the words will move you or beguile Your face won't crack in two if you break into a grin And the world won't end if God forbid, you smile Revenge is a dish best served cold and with relish To turn the other cheek would just be wrong Public humiliation was the weapon that you chose My weapon of choice is just this song So may your barefoot road to hell be paved with drawing pins and lego May curdled milk forever grace your tea May a herd of rampant emus peck your beady eyes out, Then I'll show you upbeat, wait and see Downbeat's the new upbeat, chill out and listen in Perhaps the words will move you or beguile Your face won't crack in two if you break into a grin And the world won't end if God forbid, you smile Your face won't crack in two if you break into a grin And the world won't end if God forbid, Won't end if God forbid, Won't end if God forbid, you smile copyright 2024 will riding Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by will riding Cheers and thanks for the repost! 2024-03-20T13:49:56Z Comment by Claudia Mortimer MoonshineClaude Singer Songwriter Love it Will 2024-03-20T13:35:35Z Comment by Mark Woolley Top new track mate. 2024-03-11T13:21:42Z Comment by JoAnneC-7 This is great !! 2024-03-07T12:15:23Z