My Baby Wants A Riot

from Bitter Lemon by The Chickpea Darlings

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I don't want to sound as though I've lost faith in my country's capacity for embodying any form of dignity or honour, but our current political leadership really is a shower of the most egregious shit-swipes known to humanity. If you're chums with Grant Shapps or Matt Hancock, please feel free to give both of them a cheeky Chinese burn from the Darlings.

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My baby wants a riot
Ask her – she won’t deny it
My baby wants a riot
She’s normally so quiet
My baby wants a riot
She’s cursing like a pirate
My baby wants a riot
It’s an urge and she won’t fight it

My baby pays her taxes
Sometimes she goes without
She don’t demand perfection
Quite rare she’ll scream or shout
When things don’t go her way
Not inclined to bitch or pout
’Til she heard about Jennifer Arcur(a)i
Pole-dancing for the Führer

Now my baby wants a riot
Want venom? She’ll supply it
My baby wants a riot
She’s normally quite quiet
But my baby wants a riot
Ask her, she won’t deny it now
My baby wants a riot
It’s an urge and she won’t fight it

I’ve tried to give her decaf
Cut back on her red meat
Took her away to Devon
Massaged her neck and feet
But she’s still got Radio 4
On all night and she can’t sleep
She threw away the telly
Now she’s quoting Machiavelli

So my baby wants a riot
She’s cursing like a pirate
My baby wants a riot
She’s normally quite quiet
My baby wants a riot
Ask her, she won’t deny it now
My baby wants a riot
It’s an urge and she won’t fight it

Grant Shapps stole away my lass (Grant Shapps..!!)
Kidnapped my sweet, sweet girl (Grant Shapps..!!)
Matt Hancock snatched away my princess (Grant Shapps..!!)
Left me with Lady Macbeth

It’s made me want a riot
I’m cursing like a pirate now
We want to go to London
Eviscerate those chinless wonders
My baby wants a riot
Stop her? Just you try it now
My baby wants a riot
It’s an urge and she shouldn’t fight it

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from Bitter Lemon, released October 2, 2020
Written by Huw Darling.

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The Chickpea Darlings Letchworth Garden City, UK

'Riot' has OFFICIALLY left the building. Thanks, Darrin.

The Darlings: Middle-aged bedroom miserablists with C86-ish tendencies, The Chickpea Darlings have seen the future and don't care for the cut of its jib. Their dry-as-a-biscuit pop vignettes provide the perfect soundtrack for speculating on the madness to come. Viva Donald Trump, global warming & the death of democracy. Viva the Darlings. ... more

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