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Olly Olly Oxen Free - Amanda Palmer



     
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So, you wanted
That's what you get for wanting, you got it
That's what you get for getting, forgotten
You're gardening a rotting bed of Ray-gun era icons
So, let's start it
Let's start it from the minute you felt it
You felt it like a prison, a panic
You felt it like that coffee scene from Moscow on the Hudson
So, be honest
It's not as if you're happy about it
it's not as if you're animatronic
It's not as if you couldn't cry out any time you wanted
Olly Olly oxen free
All the people you will never be
Olly Olly oxen free
Olly Olly Olly Olly Olly Olly Olly Olly
Fate! You call it
You colour it the colour you want it

You carpet it, that's awful convenient
You paint yourself a nice white room with stripes and matching curtains
So, you forfeit
You cannot build a river, across it
You cannot hold your own heart hostage
You do not have the strength to gag yourself in every closet
The wrong place, wrong mind, timing's always bad
You're such a sad case,misplaced, renaissance inventor of a worldwide heartbreak
Taking it in stride
'cos you're an expert, aren't you?
Aren't you just a dime a dozen
Murderous Monosyllabic moron with no sense of purpose
Working on your songs all night to justify your worthlessness
To anyone who's watching
If they only saw your alter ego pretty in the shop window
When you got auctioned ours ago
Olly Olly Oxen free, all the people you will never be
Olly Olly Oxen free
Olly Olly Olly Olly higher than the king can
See no evil, hear no evil, capture me and throw the key a-
See no evil, hear no evil, capture me and throw the Key away
Throw the key away
So, it's over
You're lying in a coffin of clutter
Your father and your sister, your drummer
Are sorting through your soft cell tapes and lifesaver collection
And, you wonder
you wonder if you could've done better
You wonder if your should've surrendered
Before you learned that nobody actually wants to fucking Martyr
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't, didn't you see
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't, didn't you see
Didn't you didn't you, you, you didn't see me
Didn't you didn't you, you , you didn't see me
Olly Olly oxen free, all the people you will never be
Olly Olly oxen free
Olly Olly Olly Olly, higher than the king can
See no evil, hear no evil, capture me and throw the key a-
See no evil, hear no evil, capture me and throw the Key away
Throw the key away
Throw the key away
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Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer is an American vocalist, pianist and performance artist, best known for her work as one half of The Dresden Dolls. Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. She attended Lexington High School, where she was very involved in the drama department. Amanda sometimes has Lexington High School students perform drama pieces at her shows. Before she was in the Dresden Dolls, she was in a band called "Amanda Palmer and the Void". In October of 2000, she met Brian Viglione, a drummer; together they formed the Dresden Dolls.

In the 2005, WNFX/Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll Amanda Palmer won Best Female Vocalist.

Amanda has performed as a living statue called “The Eight Foot Bride” in Harvard Square as well as in many other locations.

Her solo album entitled “Who Killed Amanda Palmer” was released in September 2008, and was produced by Ben Folds, who also appears on the album. Zoë Keating also appears on several tracks.

In 2009, she pleaded with her label, Roadrunner Records, to drop her from their roster. She has been vocal about this in interviews and in concert, even dedicating a song called "Please Drop Me" that is sung to the tune of "Moon River."

On January 15, 2010, writer Neil Gaiman announced on his official blog that he and Palmer were engaged to be married.

On March 30, 2010, the album "Evelyn Evelyn" was released, as a collaborative work with Jason Webley.

On July 20, 2010, Palmer released a solo EP of Radiohead covers, entitled "Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele".

In January of 2011, Palmer and Gaiman announced that they were now legally married. Palmer also released a new studio album, Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under.

On January 21, 2011, Palmer released "Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under, an album with an Antipodean theme featuring songs that Palmer wrote about, or while in, Australia and New Zealand. Artists the album features include The Young Punx, Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls, The Jane Austen Argument, Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen, and Lance Horne.

In March of 2012, Palmer announced a formation of a new band called "Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra." They first released a cover of Nirvana's song "Polly." In May 2012, she raised over 1 million dollars to fund the release of the band's new album, "Theatre is Evil," via Kickstarter. The album was released in September of 2012.

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