Aaargh! (Everything's a bit sh*t)

by Majk Stokes

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My anthem for the 2020's: I think it captures the zeitgeist quite succinctly.
A while ago a friend of mine said that my songs always fill him with a little bit of hope- well, this one probably won't, but I think it's rather cathartic and at least it's got a nice chorus you can join in with. (Although, spoiler alert: this is one of a very small number of my songs that uses a naughty word...)
Since recording this version of the song I've already written two more verses: it may well be a song that just keeps growing as time goes on.

lyrics

Ch: Aaargh! Everything's a bit...
Aaargh! Everything's a bit... sh*t

How do I keep going
When I'm always feeling stressed?
How do I keep going
And keep from getting depressed?
Prices are skyrocketing
And the government's a joke
And the environment's a hair's breadth
From going up in smoke...

Ch.

Everyone's tense and angry
Rage is all the rage
And Britain's become a laughing-stock
On the international stage
I've started putting on weight
So I've got to watch my diet
And Beth's upstairs in bed with a migraine
So we've got to be very quiet...

Ch.

There's still advertising everywhere
Saying, "buy, desire, consume!"
Wigth no concern about the waste
And it starts to fill me with gloom
And I don't know if you remember
The hitch-hiker's guide
But I've got this terrible pain
In all the diodes down my left side...

Ch.

There's so many problems out there
I don't know where to begin
And at least they got rid of Bolsanero
But will Trump get back in?
So how do we keep going
With all the constant stress?
And why do I have to keep tidying the house
When the world's in such a mess?

Ch.

credits

released February 2, 2023
Majk Stokes- vocals, guitar, bass, jam jars

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Majk Stokes Edinburgh, UK

Majk Stokes is an Edinburgh-based comedy musician, poet, Quaker and environmentalist,and he has been described as having "the combined styles and wit of Bob Dylan and Tom Lehrer".
He has appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2013, and the Adelaide Fringe in 2018. He has performed on 5 continents, and his left hand has appeared on television 3 times. ... more