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The Stand Up Comic's Instructions Lyrics
Get 'em laughing - keep 'em there,
You hold your own and they'll hold their's,
Hold their glasses - can't hold their beer
Tell 'em the one about the fucking queer.
Do the one that always works,
'Bout the lazy blacks that don't like work,
And once you got 'em, keep 'em there
Raise their spirits! Raise their cheer!
Do that one that never fails,
'Bout the gang of white thugs and the Asian male,
And once you got 'em, they'll be with you!
See this lot's loyal, through and through.
Tell Irish jokes and you can't miss,
Do the building site one and how they're all thick.
Keep 'em laughing - you'll have it made,
We're a friendly lot and you'll be well paid.
But keep 'em laughing don't let it stop
Or the truth might catch up and spoil the plot.
You hold your own and they'll hold their's,
Hold their glasses - can't hold their beer
Tell 'em the one about the fucking queer.
Do the one that always works,
'Bout the lazy blacks that don't like work,
And once you got 'em, keep 'em there
Raise their spirits! Raise their cheer!
'Bout the gang of white thugs and the Asian male,
And once you got 'em, they'll be with you!
See this lot's loyal, through and through.
Do the building site one and how they're all thick.
Keep 'em laughing - you'll have it made,
We're a friendly lot and you'll be well paid.
Or the truth might catch up and spoil the plot.
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redmax On Apr 15, 2002
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This track is only on the British version of Our Favorite Shop because it was deemed racist. Which is sad because it's clearly denouncing it.
It's akin to Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine. It's a tongue-in-cheek indictment of racist joke routines. More brilliant weller.
Lenny Henry is brilliant as lead vocalist. Tells of the horrors of getting laughs by making a fool of your fellow man because of his/her race, colour and creed. This song always makes me laugh, especially when you think how politically correct we are nowadays.
The song is about a stereotypical racist/homophobic overly nationalist comedy act and how Paul thinks its cliche and low brow to even consider doing an act so played out on top of the fact of it being just wrong.