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Marian Call at Geek Pop

by Marian Call

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All the cool kids keep enthusiasm rationed Right down to the last explosive ounce But I’d rather indulge my many passions Even if my squaritude is overly pronounced Perhaps I do not strike you as a geek Without the horn-rimmed glasses or knee-high argyle socks But nerdery is more than wardrobe-deep And I’m a nerd down in my heart, and that’s where nerdhood rocks I am better acquainted than a good girl ought to be With Aragorn and Yo-Saff-Bridge and Worf and HAL and Han But you don’t really know me and my culture don’t control me So don’t you pigeonhole me, cuz my phaser’s set to stun Oh, I have been a nerd since long before I could have heard that Bookish girls should look and act a certain way And I’ll still be a geek when I am utterly antique Because I do not care what normal people say My superpower’s draining fun from parties But if I am a misfit then I’m in good company With Auden, Austen, Hawking, Galileo, and Van Gogh And countless other weirdos whom you really ought to know So stow your expectations -- no -- I won’t fix your PC And I don’t mind being underrated or ignored The world is much too interesting to entertain ennui So I will never play it cool, and I will never once be bored Oh, I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard that Pale and scrawny was the latest fashion trend And I’ll still be a geek after nobody thinks it’s chic Because I don’t require approval in the end In aught-four, D-Kwon's Dance Grooves swept the country And suddenly old moon boots were Italian haute couture Time Magazine reported that our time had finally come I guess they didn't know that we already run the world Oh, I have been a nerd since my first (five-syllable) word And no TV series or movie changes that And I’ll still be a geek now Vote for Pedro’s so last week I do not care whether Milan endorses plaid Oh, I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard That pale and scrawny was the latest fashion trend And I’ll still be a geek after nobody thinks it’s chic You will find that I have nothing to defend Oh, I don’t need your approval in the end
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Got to Fly 04:24
Thank you for calling, leamme a message please Tell me what day and what month and what year it is ‘Cause I’m not here, no baby, I’m not home The lights are on for sure but maybe the occupants have flown. I’ll catch you later, love -- uh-oh, goodbye. I don’t know how you got the stomach for reality when You could go circle the stars, you wouldn’t be-lieve where I’ve been Just this week, I’ve made some freakishly fabulous finds My corpse has been here, but my mind’s covered miles I’m cravin’ altitude, so kindly step aside -- I got to fly. I’ve seen such things -- I’ve been tasting lights and touching voices You can’t wet my wings -- I’ll be back to pay the bills, but practicality may poison My joy -- so let me go love, recognize -- I got to fly Thank you for calling, leamme a detailed message please Tell me what day and what month and what year it is I’m gonna bring you back the goblet and the sword and the flower I’m gonna mount a rescue, love, I’m gonna lay siege to the tower I need adventure, love, so let me off this rock -- Because I fully understand the minute that I land -- I gotta trip I gotta take I gotta call I gotta make I gotta run I gotta do I gotta follow up I gotta clean I gotta send I gotta file I gotta get I gotta give I gotta go through that pile I got a list, I got a note, I got a job, I gotta vote I gotta read I gotta write I gotta get more sleep tonight I gotta go, I got a goal, I gotta trim, I gotta be, I gotta buy, I gotta try and hit the gym I gotta pray, I gotta think, I gotta God I need a drink I gotta learn, I gotta plan, I gotta squeeze you in I gotta million miles to go, I got an endless row to hoe, So when I got time to blow I gotta gotta got to fly. I’ve seen such things -- you wouldn’t believe it -- I’ve been hearing shadows and smelling noises And you can’t clip my wings -- the metaphor says, cuz I can i-magine a reality where all my choices Are meaningful, beautiful and bold And it makes the waking world look so dead cold Where consequences really proceed from our acts Where the truth might just once line up with the facts What a world, what a world, if I can imagine it so Then imagining must matter -- and that’s why I gotta go Thank you for calling, I’ll get back to you soon If you should get a message from the dark side of the moon You’ll know that’s me, baby, you’ll know I’m there The reception’s lousy, baby, but the view’s beyond compare so If you wanna call shotgun on my rocket well you oughta, let’s -- fly -- got to fly. We gotta ditch the sad cynics saying we’re all the same They say we’ve got no really real adventures left to our names And no love and no truth and no spark no mystery But I’ve got a ticket off this rock, and I’m history

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This set is part of the Geek Pop 2011 festival at geekpop.co.uk

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released March 10, 2011

Marian Call's Geek Pop 2011 set is from the album Got to Fly produced by Marian Call & Quantum Mechanix

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