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Invasion Lullaby

from Arrivederci 2020 by Tom Smith

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I've had a few projects in mind for the past couple of years that have gone almost nowhere past the initial burst. This means I have a number of songs written and ready to record, but I haven't finished the REST of the songs. This is frustrating for everybody. So, I'm gonna start recording the songs -- even from a project that I said I didn't want to put on Patreon -- because, to be honest, I need the money. And you deserve the songs.

This first one was written for the 2018 24 Hour Comic Book Day project, of which I actually have a number of songs done. This one was suggested by Michael Denison, with the keywords "alien" and "invaders" and the musical style "lullaby".

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Hush now, my sweetling, lay down your head,
Look at the mobile that’s over your bed,
Hush, little darling, there as you lie,
Alien monsters come down from the sky.

It’s not decoration, it’s not a toy,
Cyborg invaders are here to destroy,
Your Lego and Star Wars stuff’s blasted to goo,
But your bear will protect -- oh, they got the bear too.

You picked a bad time to be born in this place,
You couldn’t have known of invaders from space,
They bring devastation, disaster, and doom,
Who knows why they started right here in your room?

Faster and louder and darker they hum,
And there is no escaping their wrath as they come.
Intergalactic things ruin your rest,
Still, between climate and covid, this might be best.

Their mothership spins like a great fiery wheel,
The Air Force can’t stop them, the Avengers aren’t real,
Closer and closer it comes down to you,
There’s nowhere to go, and nothing to do....

The earth is a cinder, they stole you, and you’re
To be raised as a killer... or eaten -- not sure.
Your pod hatch is closing, in cryo you’ll keep,
Revere your new hive lords, and now time for sleep

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from Arrivederci 2020, released August 28, 2021

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Weird Al with more books, JoCo with more jokes, Carlin with more Cthulhu. Since 1985, Tom Smith has been breaking hearts, minds, and laws of propriety and physics with his insane blend of sf/fantasy, Life With Computers, pop culture, politics, and puns. More than twenty albums later, he maintains the best is yet to come. ... more

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