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SpinTunes #7: Round 1

by Various Artists

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They got my teddy bear in lockdown, and the situation's tense, I can see what they got planned through the gaps in this fence, I can see that they're armed, (I can see that they're armed) But they don't know what I got. (But they don't know what I got) They say a conquest like this is too hard for us to do, But we're not gonna stop till we see this thing through, I can see that they're armed, (I can see that they're armed) But they don't know what I got. (But they don't know what we got) I got my bin lid shield, and my tennis ball grenades, But nothing compares to you, my friend, I feel safer when I'm with you, my friend, And nothing's gonna hold us back this time, My nerf gun and I. I go inside to stock up, and I grab some foam darts, I got a twix in my pocket, and a fire in my heart, I'm getting ready to fight, (gettin' ready to fight) I'm sending out the recon kite. Run though the bushes, cause we're on a crusade, I'm keeping down low as we stick to the shade, I'm getting ready to fight, (gettin' ready to fight) Til' mum calls me in tonight... I got my bin lid shield, and my tennis ball grenades, But nothing compares to you, my friend, I feel safer when I'm with you, my friend, And nothing's gonna hold us back this time, My nerf gun and I. My nerf gun and I.
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Let's see, when I was a kid Circa 2003 I played with no other toy To this degree Really it was just a piece of cloth And some creativity This one's for Blankie This one's for Blankie Maybe it's unconventional But you cannot deny The power of imagination And I bet you've never tried Tying a blanket around your neck And then pretending to fly This one's for Blankie This one's for Blankie Oh how could this happen? An object that I loved for years is under my mattress Is this some kind of twisted Toy Story movie? I swore that this would never happen to me This one's for Blankie This one's for Blankie This one's for Blankie This one's for Blankie
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my only childhood friend was a little box with two knobs my obsession was such that I ignored my every other job I got in a lot of trouble, but pong, I love you pong for you I write this song for you and your square ball I bounced you off the wall when I was on my own I did not feel so alone oh, pong, you were with me all along sometimes my brothers would play but mostly it was me and you and a little black and white TV and oh, so many hours flew you might think that they were wasted, but pong, I love you pong for you I write this song for you and your square ball I bounced you off the wall when I was on my own I did not feel so alone oh, pong, you were with me all along nowadays you're retro but I was with you from the get go you were just... the... thing games got much more complicated but for me they never rated you got everything... just right you might think that I was wasted, but pong, I love you pong for you I write this song for you and your square ball I bounced you off the wall when I was on my own I did not feel so alone oh, pong, you were with me all along
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Mommy said to go outside And find some friends to play with While I can Summer won’t last for long you see Fresh air and sunshine is good for me! <cord sound> “Please take me with you” (spoken) “Of course I will!” You and me Cathy, and all the kids here Playing hide and seek till we get the all clear >sfx< “Where are we going?” I know the perfect place to hide –in here! We’ll get inside this box and disappear! While Tommy hides his eyes, he’ll never know we’re Inside this place! I’m the best hider in hide and seek I bet they won’t find us if they look all week! But we’ll be here, Cathy, waiting cheek to cheek Until somebody opens The fridgerator door… <sfx> What can we do now? I don’t know <sfx> where are we going? I don’t know! <sfx> I’m so tired I am too, I hope they find us soon… >sfx<Tell me a story Don’t worry Cathy >sfx< I love you Mommy will find us >sfx< I’m so tired! I am too, I hope they find us soon… I know the perfect place to hide –in here! We’ll get inside this box and disappear! While Tommy hides his eyes, he’ll never know we’re Inside this place! I’m the best hider in hide and seek I bet they won’t find us if they look all week! But we’ll be here, Cathy, waiting cheek to cheek Until somebody opens The fridgerator door… [suspense]
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Look at him, Hobbes. Lying there sleeping. Look at him there -- Quiet and tiny and new. Hard not to see Boundless potential, Looking at him, Thinking of all that he’ll do. Will he like music? Will he build snowmen? Will he like dinosaurs? Will he like you? Will he go sledding? Will he fear monsters? Will he play “Brianball” Like we used to do? Will he ride wagons down hills And through forests? Will he fight grisly duels with his food? Will he take plain cardboard boxes And use them to reforge his world? Or will he be different? I guess we’ll see How he’ll be him. Him, and not me . . . We’ll watch, and help him grow. We’ll teach him what we know. And then we’ll let him ... go . . . A new life. A fresh clean start. I love you, Son. Go explore . . .
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Everybody in the place. Yeah, the nerd is back. MC Ohm-I is spittin' Furby raps Dear Furby, there's something that I must address So I'm writing you this letter cause I must confess That you're the favorite toy that I love the best It's the truth, I wouldn't touch the rest Of them toys that the girl and boys always enjoy, see I love the random words you say. They never annoy me I may not understand all your Furbish talk But for 500 miles this nerd would walk Just to find you so you're always at my side I'm not ashamed to have you. I react with pride Every time a girl walks up and asks if I Think that holding you makes me an attractive guy. But I don't care what they think They keep can criticizing my nerdiest kinks I'mma love you forever although you're purple and pink And your colors stand out like a turd in a sink I need you Furby I'll never leave you Furby F U R B Y, it's the Furby life For the nerdy life Dear Furby, back in 2012 They upgraded you and put you on the aisles on the shelves Of the toy store. And that's when I Realized that I needed you at my side My favorite toy that's an animate object If people don't like you I'm demanding the logic That makes them not realize how awesome you are Guess they've never seen you dance while taking shots at a bar I'm not looking far for my favorite friend You put me at ease like Asian Zen I see these other toys around and I'm not cravin' them Cause they're not as cool as you. It's amazing when I'm rapping and singing and you're dancing along You make everybody want to dance to the song As you read this letter and the words I write Let it known that I'm gonna spread the Furby life They say that my passion is strange But Furby, I love the way that you're dancing for days It's the Furby life. I'm not passing a phase You walk and you talk and your actions amaze Don't listen to what the haters have to say Cause Furby, I love it when you laugh and play Leaving you alone would be a sad mistake I'll play with you from Sunday to Saturday You're playful and cheerful. Forever too funny. I'll be around to feed you whenever you're hungry. I'll make sure your food is never too crummy Imaginary eggs are never too runny We'll do whatever two best friends could try Friends that won't part unless either die This letter is the truth. There's affection inside Signed, your best friend. MC Ohm-I
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It seems so long ago The world of a little boy What did I know? (After all), it was just a toy Teddy, where did you go? You were everything to me They said it was time, I was too grown And they took Teddy away They only wanted me to play with my GI Joes But all I could think of was your marble eyes And your button nose And every jagged stitch that I took the pains to sew To keep you together (to keep us together) And they made me let Teddy go Mommy says I’m codependent Damaging my adolescence Nothing could be farther from the truth You didn’t care that I’d drool on you in my sleep It wasn’t fair, the security taken from me... (I miss you) Your pouting mouth (I feel you) Your stuffing lost (I see you) Your tattered ears (I dream of) Your padded paws Teddy, Where did you go I’m still having trouble letting go Teddy, Come back to me It’s essential to my sanity Teddy, don’t shut the door I don’t want to grow up anymore Teddy, what can I do I will never get over losing you
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A solitary lonely boy An only child; the only toy That let little hands create Left marks on my blank slate Vivid colors; carpet stains Minor damage; major gains You molded my imagination As I exercised clay causation A racecar making rounds I'll make the engine sounds A stop sign; a traffic cone With you I'm never ever alone A spaceship dodging planets The rocks my foe inhabits And if in time I change my mind I'll mash you all down and start over again A busybody bratty girl All the toys make my head swirl But one stands above the rest In little tubs, all compressed It makes me appreciate All the things I create White knight with his sword drawn Slaying dragons on the lawn I'll be watching from my throne With you I'm never ever alone Purple cookies; orange cakes To give me a bellyache And if in time I change my mind I'll mash you all down and start over again A racecar making rounds I'll make the engine sounds A stop sign; a traffic cone With you I'm never ever alone A spaceship dodging planets The rocks my foe inhabits And if in time I change my mind I'll mash you all down and start over again Oh oh, my play doh Oh oh, my play doh Oh oh, my play doh Can't say no to my play doh Oh oh, let's play doh Oh oh, let's play doh Oh oh, my play doh Oh oh, my play doh
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The look in your dead eyes says that you've seen a lot of war A veteran of the great unrest of 1994 On my bedroom floor On my bedroom floor Your cold, unyeilding hands wrap tightly 'round your M16 You've only got three bullets 'til you change your magazine At least in my dreams At least in my dreams If I tell you that it's over it's not something that you said You just got this nasty habit of losing your head If I tell you that you're finished don't you try to make a stand I'll replace you with another Action Man Action Man We've had all of the meetings and we've seen all of the breifs You're too old to fight in the conflict in the Middle East Near the carpet crease Near the carpet crease You've won a lot of medals and you've killed a thousand men Now your joints are getting stiffer, paint is fading from your skin How you gonna win? You're not gonna win If I tell you that it's over it's not something that you said You just got this nasty habit of losing your head If I tell you that you're finished don't you try to make a stand I'll replace you with another Action Man Action Man Since you were moulded there's been seven reissues But you insist you've got another fight in you Well I implore you, don't do anything drastic 'Cause you're only made of plastic
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The year is 1964 And I am the birthday boy Hoping against hope That I will get that special toy One by one I open gifts Attacking them with zeal 'Till finally I tear off the wrapping paper To reveal Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're gonna cruise the galaxy With your nutomic drive Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're heading for adventure You and I The table in the dining room Is our forward base For launching expeditions Into interstellar space When Steve Zodiac and Doctor Venus Get into a scrape Fireball Junior's close at hand To make a quick escape Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're cruising through the galaxy With your nutomic drive Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're heading for adventure You and I When you're only eight years old And given to extremes There's nothing better than a rocket ship To fuel your dreams Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're cruising through the galaxy With your nutomic drive Fireball XL5 Fireball XL5 We're heading for adventure You and I
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You stretch and twist and there's nothing you've missed In keeping my childhood fun But you still teach me things that are keeping me Safe now those days are done I've learned how to be flexible to fit in with other boys Playtime is so much better when you add a few more toys You're my super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man My super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man Well, I could bend you over and you wouldn't make a peep You'd come out on top of every situation, no matter how deep In your skin-tight costume you still fill me with a thrill You always spring back when they try to bend you to their will You're my super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man My super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man My motto is “be flexible”, cause it's better than being scared You never know who's coming, so you'd better be prepared I dress up just like you when I play my grown-up games To recreate the feeling, and it's almost just the same Now I'm a super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man A super-elastic bubble-plastic fabulous rubber-stretch man
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Six hundred feet per second Concentrated will set free Reaching out, casting down Imaginary enemies Breathing in the smell of clipped grass And nothing but the sight picture exists Hold my breath, still my hands Breathing out, I make a fist We did this together I could not reach alone I could be a hero If I had force to match ambition I would keep you ever at my side My head gets full of dreams Great things I need you to accomplish And if it's great Who can say that it's not right? We took a bird out of the sky I was not wronged, I was not needing My first taste of power awoke some devil Just grows faster if you keep feeding You were there so why is this on me? You couldn't take a little responsibility? Authority will make anyone a fool And a killer's just as good as that killer's tools I could be a hero iI I had force to match ambition I would keep you ever at my side My head gets full of dreams Great things I need you to accomplish If it's great then who's to say That it's not right? I could be a hero And this world could use a couple I would keep your lessons at my side Without everything at stake Not like I'd try to hurt somebody So what's the hurt in knowing how to fight? And knowing how will tell me when it's right..? Guns are not toys, but kids have them anyway
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Sleep tight, dreams will never hurt you Rest and night will soon be done Nightmares, no matter how they scare you They'll scatter in the morning sun But its not dreams I fear I'm afraid to even open my eyes A monster lurks here I'm sure When its dark it will arise Guardian, they say you're just a toy What you do it so much more than to bring me joy Guardian, you must be brave When I sleep its me you save Each night, knocking at my window When I look there's nothing there I fear, there's always something hiding You're here to protect me, Teddy Bear The monster creeps here I'm sure I know its waiting till I close my eyes Holding you I've nothing to fear When I sleep you will arise Guardian, you're more than just a toy Standing ever watchful over every girl and boy Guardian, I know its true I will always trust in you
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You're running fast but then you fall You couldn't dodge that fire ball Do you remember just how this all began? We go back To the start Once again. Woah, Mario Come on bro No need to go Outside at all today Oh no, Mario You're dead my friend We'll meet again Under 8-bit skies Chasing princess' till no end The red knight has lost again I'm counting 99 time it must've been We go back To the start Once again. Woah, Mario Come on bro No need to go Outside at all today Oh no, Mario You're dead my friend We'll meet again Under 8-bit skies Woah, Mario Come on bro No need to go Outside at all to play Oh no, Mario You're dead my friend We'll meet again Under 8-bit skies Under 8-bit skies Under 8-bit skies You're not so super, super Mario You're not so super, super Mario You're not so super, Mario.
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Toys these days are too fast Old ones never last This is the one from the past I'm longing to play On this toy we'd pounce Smiles and all of the bounce in our step Lights and the sounds we remember To lighten our day: What is the point of this song? I like Pong! Yes there are board games Like checkers and chess Physical markers can make quite a mess When we play all of the day Some parents find it a terrible sin They prefer toys you don't even...plug in! Here's where my efforts belong: Nolan Bushnell's not wrong What's the point of this song? I like Pong. I like Pong!
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I wish I was a subway roaring underground I wish I was a subway roaring underground I can never be a subway but i don't really care I'm a slinky and I love falling down the stairs I wish I was a greyhound driving down the road I wish I was a greyhound driving down the road I can never be a greyhound not even on a dare I'm a slinky and I love falling down the stairs I wish I was a seatbelt holding you so tight I wish I was a seatbelt holding you so tight I can never be a seatbelt a seatbelt that you wear I'm a slinky and I love falling down the stairs I wish I was a black hole sucking the universe in I wish I was a black hole sucking the universe in I can never be a black hole I don't really care I'm a slinky and I love falling down the stairs
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So hung up on your baby what's going to make him good spoiled or sunburnt tan or overlooked I just want Stretch Armstrong Do you hear the children humming? that's how bad dreams are born Mouth breathing Milk spilling love unconditional From the store on sale to my bedroom shelf I prick your skin every day but you return to your shape From my bed to the door the ceiling top to the floor The hammer swings your way but you return to your shape Bandage up the holes the poison's in your pores I take a little taste and I return to my shape
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When I was a boy, I started a baseball card collection with the explicit promise that someday they would be worth something I remember spending a lot of time looking at them, wondering what do you do with baseball cards? 20 years later, I found them in the attic and I'm excited. Maybe now they're worth something. Maybe I can retire on my baseball card fortune. Maybe I'm rich. So I'm checking the prices And I bet they're gonna be worth so much money (a bunch of low monetary values) I'm never gonna retire. I'm gonna work forever. I'll die on the job, die on the job, die on the job.. No no no no no no no no I'm rechecking the prices I hope there's at least one that's worth some money. (low monetary values) I'm never gonna retire. I'm gonna work forever. Die on the job, die on the job... Cause they're not worth the shipping; they're not worth a thing... Not even the rookie cards. Not even the rookie cards. Why are these guys on cards? I don't even like baseball.
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I was living in a box Because I was born with nothing Just a child in a field Abandoned as an orphan You gave me a name Gifts of love and shelter I thought the story was Happily ever after (but no...) Take me where you go (I don't care) Anything you want (I don't care) And, baby, while you sleep I'll eat your hair... You would dress me up Put me in your fantasies But I was born ugly With a smile of crooked teeth I could never be perfect Or live up to the hype Cause I hold a secret That comes out at night Take me where you go (I don't care) Anything you want (I don't care) And, baby, while you sleep I'll eat your hair... This is who I am I have a disorder But I'm the same kid You took in as an orphan You wanna throw me away Leave me on the shelf You loved me for the moment Now you play with someone else Take me where you go (I don't care) Anything you want (I don't care) And, baby, while you sleep I'll eat your hair...
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a tap tap tap on the window a groan from under my floor mom said the house is shifting into what I wasnt sure sitting on your dresser mouth in a fixed smile willie talk? or will he just look at me all night? your hair perfectly parted your eyes that could not move now who's the dummy? for believing in you i came home from college his outline in the dust sold at a garage sale to raise money for the church
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Stick, you were my first boat, In the gutters you would float, I'd race my friends on days it rained, The winner would go down the drain. If I lost you down the gutter I would just go find another, Maybe it was your twin brother. You were my sister poker, fake cigar, The capo for my air guitar. Stick, I loved you good. You brightened up my life Like I knew you always would. Stick, you were my first baton For all the shows that I put on, Leading my big orchestra. It was imaginary, duh. One, two, three, four, Clarinets and tubas soar, Hey, cowbell player, I need more cowbell. You were my telescope, my microphone, My stale, disgusting ice cream cone. Stick, I loved you good. You became my favorite toy. I knew you always would. You were my drinking straw, my drumming stick, My amputated Ewok dick. Why is it that people say that crabby people Have a stick up their butt? Well, guess what, That's not right. You shouldn't knock it 'til you've tried it. Stick, you were my laser gun. I remember so much fun Shooting all the stupid rabbits coming to our neighborhood. Zapping rabbits all day long, You stupid rabbits don't belong. (Rabbits was my code word for the Lebanese). You were my drinking straw, my surgeon tool, The fake poop in the public pool. Stick , I loved you good. You became my best friend. I knew you always W-O-O-D wood. You brightened up my life Like only a stick could.
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I located a wormhole it was while I was surfing E-bay I found an item I had to have because i had it 3 decades ago Dig if you will the scene back in 1982 I was free for the whole summer but there was only one thing that I ever really wanted to do There was one game in particular that occupied that summer the ultimate quest for justice It was up to me There's really no way to ignore it I think I will have to score it I have to relive that glory of when I was nine There's really no way to ignore it My mother she always abhorred it but I had to live that glory back when I was nine I've got to kill that goddamn Qotile he destoyed my planet: Razak IV I've got my cannon: my Zorlon cannon to destroy that Qotile, that goddamn Qotile I will never love another I'll be a shut-in for the summer Never spend another quarter 'cuz I'm in my quarters with you I will never love another I'll be a shut-in for the summer I'll be alone in my quarters not spending quarters on the likes of you I will never love another I'll be a shut-in for the summer I'll never spend another quarter on you Coda Yar's Revenge!
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This album is made up of songs from the "SpinTunes" songwriting competiton.

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The Challenge:
Child's Play - Write a song to a childhood toy. (2 minute minimum) (they had 12 days)

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released January 9, 2013

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I used to run a songwriting contest called SpinTunes. Most of the material hosted on this account is a result of that contest. The rest is mostly Minecraft related songs.

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