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We Don't Go On Bebo

from Too Long; Didn't Listen by Ellipsis

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about

Thanks to Mark Zuckerberg's creation, which is currently used by over half a billion people worldwide, the old social networking sites such as Myspace, Bebo and the like are slowly dying. Thanks to the birth of internet shopping, beloved high street chains such as Woolworth's are no more. Thanks to filesharing sites, it's becoming increasingly hard for musicians to earn any money.

This song is both sung in memory of all those slain by internet giants and as (slightly ironically, considering the bulk of the rest of the album) a warning about the consequences of spending too much time online.

lyrics

I don't go on Bebo anymore
Haven't used it since about 2004
If I think about it, it was probably 2006
But to be honest I don't really give a... monkeys.

I use Facebook for 2 hours every day
I wouldn't talk to my friends any other way
And, hey, all the while
They're all there in my profile
John, Joe and that... paedophile.

We don't to on MySpace anymore
It would be accurate to say I've not been there since 2004
All my favourite bands
are at the tip of my hands
You can see them on my profile but no-one gives a
...monkeys about that.

I use Facebook for 4 hours every day
I wouldn't have it any other way
Home taping's killing music, and downloads too
Now we're only left with You-Tube.

I've not been to Woolworths of late
For the high street shops closed down in 2008
But I don't mind as
I ordered things online
It saves me time so I feel fine

I use Facebook for 8 hours every day
I wouldn't have it any other way
I know I'm kinda fat
But I don't care about that
It's not as if anyone can see me on the internet

I don't go to the park anymore
Haven't had exercise since the Iraq war
That's when we got broadband
To watch Dubya catch old Saddam
But he didn't know his biggest problem was in Pakistan

I don't go to work anymore
My employer saw my profile and, well, he showed me the door
He said it's not okay for me to "like" the BNP
And I made jokes about a dead baby.

I spent my whole life on Facebook
My real existence; its place took
I've not got any friends, in either realm
FML, it's living hell
I've not washed for years and I really smell
Mark Zuckerberg, I so hate thee
You really look like a massive dick.

credits

from Too Long; Didn't Listen, released August 29, 2011
Anderson: Vocal, Organ, Harpsichord
Denning: Guitars, Ukulele
Innes: Backing vocal
Nelson: Lead Guitar

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Ellipsis Surrey, UK

Ellipsis are (or is) less of a band than an idea, a loose but growing collection of friends who think that, when it comes to "music", anything, from any definable "genre", goes. Most of their music is available here for free and accompanying videos can be found on YouTube: youtube.com/weareellipsis ... more

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