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Miss Unzippy Blues

from Upstream (Revisited) by Jason Allen

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"Based on a riff I'd been kicking around since the mid 1990s. First recorded in late 1999, the song appeared on the Maldek Sector 7G album of 2000. The same version (with some additional vocals) was included on the original Upstream album of 2003. This re-recorded version is in a lower key, and has a slightly shorter title. The lyrics are fictional."

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MISS UNZIPPY BLUES

You get a ticket to Rio
I get a caravan in Brean for my cash
You get a company speedboat
And I get the bus to Hell and back

You take her skiing in the French Alps
It's a powder-frenzied tax relief
You get a feeling that you can't help
Well I get that too but it comes for free

That's the story of our two lives
You ride your luck and I ride my bike
Well I hope you got your moneys-worth out of me
Don't blame it on the lack of ambition - it's free
I just hope it gets me there, me there

He's got a talent in the city
She was my sweetheart once, a real soul mate
He calls her 'Little Miss Unzippy'
I used her real name 'cos it's more ornate
He's got a way with words they tell me
I got away with theft and nothing else

That's the story of our two lives
You ride your luck and I ride my bike
Well I hope you got your moneys-worth out of me
Don't blame it on the lack of ambition - it's free
I just hope it gets me there, me there

One of these things is not like the other

You tell me 'Get a real job'
I got a 'real job' thanks, I'm doing fine
You mention that he treats you like a God
You know religion never was a strong point of mine

To you I'm a statistic
I'm still a number if I'm a zero
You'd have me working on my blisters
But my job description still reads 'hero'

That's the story of our two lives
I ride my luck and I ride my bike
I just hope it gets me there, me there

He calls her 'Little Miss Unzippy'
I used her real name 'cos it's more ornate
Miss Unzippy blues

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from Upstream (Revisited), released September 1, 2023
Written, arranged, performed, recorded and mixed by Jason Allen. Made in Somerset, March to July 2023.

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Jason Allen England, UK

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Somerset, England. Jason has written and self-recorded multiple solo albums and EPs, the most recent of which (February 2024) is called Borrowing Power From The Mill.

More information can be found at www.jasonallen.co.uk ... more

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