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Big Chief Thundercloud

by Cookie

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1.
Cry Yourself To Sleep 01:32
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Cry Yourself To Sleep Cry yourself to sleep my little angel For you know all the things you fear one day will get you And you never believed your prayers could ever protect you So cry yourself to sleep my little angel
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Life's Too Short 05:29
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Life's Too Short Cookie 2019 I tried to light a sleeping flame But it refused to spark again Too many winters in the cold Too many summers in the rain I tried to swim against the tide But I was swept away each time Too many sessions on the lash Too many seasons on the slide Thank God, thank God I’m such an awkward sod I pray each day to keep myself this way Any poison any toxins any late night booze and boxing Life’s just too short to care I tried to reach ambitions call But I was always bound to fall Too many idle duvet days Too old and settled in my ways I let my power of will subside I set my tolerance too wide Too many misspent days of youth Too short of drive too long in tooth Now I look back at where I failed Where all my plans became derailed But life’s too short to hold a grudge Life is too short to give a fuck
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You're So Naive 03:50
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You're So Naïve Cookie 2019 You’ve got a roving mind I’ve got a rambling heart We must have wandered miles To be this far apart I’ve got a granite chin You have an iron will And though we never fight Our sparring sessions thrill Your heart is in your mouth I wear mine on my sleeve You swallow every word you’re so naïve You’ve got a steely gaze I’ve got a poker face Thought we’re in worlds of pain Our expression doesn’t change You’ve got a vicious hook I throw the upper cut If you don’t bob and weave You’re gonna come unstuck Your heart is in your mouth I wear mine on my sleeve You swallow every word you’re so naïve
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Hollies Cafe 05:47
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Hollies Café Cookie September 2018 There was a place we would sometimes meet Called Hollies café on Upper Parliament Street Times change and it’s long since gone Its heart beat and its rhythm sang Percussive pulse of extractor fan The endless fizz of a frying pan We don’t need no, we don’t need no Latte or Cappuccino Humus or jalapeno, just a milky tea and the Beano We don’t need no, we don’t need no Mocha or Frappuccino Essence of Maraschino, just a milky tea and the Beano Fake leather seating ripped and stained Watered down source with no brand name Stale fat heavy in the air I remember a waitress shaped like a stick Straight up and down no tits or hips She’d make us blush with her vulgar quips Chorus Second hand smoke exhaled descends Ashtrays flush with dead nub ends A spoon rattled round a Pyrex mug The clientele was variety The odds and sods of society No one excluded and no one judged
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Three Steps From The Streets 06:02
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Three Steps from the Streets Cookie August 2018 I knew a man who go so stressed That he became clinically depressed Prescribed Valium and complete rest And told to re-arrange his thought process His whole demeanour took and inward step And outward cynicism slowly crept He said “be careful how you use your breath, Each one you take will bring you closer to death” Talk straight, talk true I don’t need x ray specs to see through you Lies become clear and the truth distorts My nerves are scrambled and my fuse is short He saw his boss in hope of empathy A word absent from his vocabulary For thirty years of blind loyalty You get the bottom rung of SSP In terms of coping he was in free fall From ‘just about’ to ‘Not at all’ He hit the floor like a ton of lead Self-doubt, self-loathing harboured in his head Chorus He took a bread knife from the kitchen drawer Stormed out the house intent on starting war If life could kick him in this unfair way Then someone somewhere would have to pay He ran in Tesco’s like a man possessed Shouting the wrongs residing in his chest He got as far as the lettuce and cress Before security made their arrest Chorus He spent an evening in a police cell Where he could contemplate his inward hell The weight of failure had him in its spell His only aim to make the final bell He got a warning from the magistrate In anger control he must participate No helping hand from the welfare state You’re on your own from now on mate Chorus He lost his job and his missus left She went before the house was repossessed The friends he thought he had all turned their backs Left to walk the streets with plastic bags
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Acerbic Reaction 04:11
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Acerbic Reaction Cooke 2019 Bigotry Barb She revels in attention Happy as a lark Just to get a mention Jealous is a sneak hides amid the banter Infuses every word You readily decanter Drugs and drink suppress but bring no satisfaction Acerbic reaction Hypocritic Dick Prissy and pedantic Faker and false Sickly sycophantic Toby Xenophobe Negative extremist Dragging down the mood Smarmy little penis Drugs and drink suppress but bring no satisfaction Acerbic reaction Prehistoric Pete with primitive opinions Scattering the angst To the gullible minions Suffering fools I wrestle with the sages It’s always been so Down throughout the ages
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You Know Everything There Is To Know About Love 04:52
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You Know Everything There Is To Know About Love Cookie September 2018 It’s all true – without you – I was twisted – I was skewed I was lost - in a haze – in a web – in a maze So why - wouldn’t I - come to you - for advice? And why - shouldn’t I - try another - throw of dice? Bring the thrill – command the will – going in – for the kill Adoration - veneration – admiration – for your sensation To defy - I was brave – I’m your captive – I’m your slave So I concede – I take the knee – bow down to your authority All we ever crave from the cradle to the grave is a cuddle with the one we love
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Big Chief Thundercloud 04:03
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Big Chief Thundercloud Cookie 2019 Waiting for the shit to hit the fan The height of aspiration is the measure of the man Fate will always do her very worst Bound by superstition and muffled by the curse Every little negative thought Every subtle cynical retort Waiting ‘til it all goes belly up In the face of tribulation, let’s see how you measure up Wait until it all comes crashing in Adversity determines just how much you want the win Standing Bear and Captain Jack Sitting Bull and Pontiac Red Cloud and Geronimo Cherokee, Arapahoe Give it up for Big Chief Thundercloud Waiting for the toast to hit the ground With every expectation that it lands butter side down Waiting for the train to leave the rails The spiky twist of chance cares little who becomes impaled Every little negative thought Every subtle cynical retort Waiting for the shit to hit the fan Fortune wields the spanner that comes smashing through the plan Destiny smirks down upon the brave Courting bold misfortune to become her willing slave Standing Bear and Captain Jack Sitting Bull and Pontiac Red Cloud and Geronimo Cherokee, Arapahoe Take a bow now Big Chief Thundercloud
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Fish Out Of Water 03:42
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Fish Out Of Water Cookie 2018 I can be the fish out of water You can be the bird without wings You can watch me gasping for oxygen I can cry each time you sing You can be the bird underwater I can be the fish without fins I can watch you gasping for oxygen You can see me trying to swim I’m not all here, you’re not all there I might be indifferent (aloof) but you don’t care And I might promise and you might swear An oath to the stranger a pledge for a care You can be the awkward silence I’m the elephant in the room No one wants to speak about anything Happy just to sit in the gloom You can shoot the fish in the barrel I can kill two birds with my stone When they come round fishing for compliments I’ll tell them to leave you alone
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Gone For Good 06:12
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Gone For Good Cookie 2019 Look around you, look around you And let reality ground you Some people are friends, some people are blood Look around you, look around you Thank heaven they found you I thought you were gone for good Life will be sweet When I’m back on my feet I’m happy enough on my knees The lemon of love Tastes bitter and rough But I’d be content with a squeeze Sertraline floats Your fear off in boats Anxiety drifts out the bay As soon as your skilled In laid back and chilled The tablets are taken away Counselling sends A message to friends You’re probably way beyond help But strategies work When life goes berserk And you hide in your shell like a whelk Worry and doubt Keep happiness out Anxious keeps peaceful away The war is hard fought When you challenge your thoughts You look for blue in the grey
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Pig In Shit 05:40
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Pig In Shit Cookie September 2018 Here I sit like a pig in shit Up in the dunes with my fish and chips Watching the wild Atlantic kiss The golden sand with its foaming lips Ravens snort and seagulls cry Waves fall and waves rise Waves born and waves die Joyous abandon is their brief life When I am here Heaven feels so near Death seems to hold less fear My future appears so clear I can be me when I’m here Silver moon on a twilight wall Part obscured by strange cloud form Throws down silky leaden light Hauling in the mystic web of night Here I am like a pig in shit A Proper Job in my tight grip Peace descends with each sweet sip In blissful reverie I sit When I am here Heaven feels so near Death seems to hold less fear My future appears so clear I can be me when I’m here

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Written August 2018 - June 2019
Recorded June 2019

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released October 22, 2019

All songs written by Cookie
Cookie plays all instruments (big headed sod)
Cover art by Debbi Cooke

Thanks to friends and blood that stood with me through the war

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Cookie Nottingham, UK

Born and raised in the Shire of Nottingham, England.

Punk found me in my youth and shaped my life.

Played in bands Solvent Abuse and The Little Pigs, now just me and the six string.

Continually evolving music wise, it bores me to stand still!

Punk continues to shape my life. ... more

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  • Jun 27
    El Cid
    Los Angeles (LA), CA

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