BB

[spoken intro]
Celeste: 'What the-? again??'
Daphne: 'This is the one I was telling you about'
C: 'I know, it's on like every 15 minutes'
D: 'What was he thinking?'
C: 'Right? This is the first thing you figure out when you get a guitar'
D: 'Do people dig this?'
C: 'I guess. I didn't mind it the 26th time I've heard it'

Each time I tune to that show
There's a basic busker on the radio

Silverlake is shimmerin' and summer is a-comin' in
But in my mind machine the storms of ennui are punishin'
Need to fill the air with effervescent sounds
But when I turn the dial mundanity abounds

Each time I tune to that show
There's a basic busker on the radio
Three chords in a minor key
An exercise in mediocrity
Every time I drive my turbo
There's a basic busker on the stereo
Six strings in a humdrum way
Benign expression of the everyday

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah
Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah
Oono, oono, oono, oono
Oono, oono, oono, oono

The words you pen get played again
Your blithe resolve I can forgive
But when you tell us how to live
It's just so heteronormative
If you had an edge you airbrushed it away
As you reach platinum your songs all fade to grey

Each time I tune to that show
There's a basic busker on the radio
Three chords on an old guitar
Ain't no surprises in the repertoire
Every time I drive my turbo
There's a basic busker on the stereo
Six strings in a humdrum style
Homogeneity in your stockpile

Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah
Ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah, ooyeah
Oono, oono, oono, oono
Oono, oono, oono, oono

Conforming shape
Your master tape
Leaves me agape
What were you thinking, boy?

Each time I tune to that show
There's a basic busker on the radio
And on the stereo, and in the afterglow
And on the HBO, and in the Uniqlo
And on the...

Corporate symphony
Passive conformity
Sonic simplicity
Is considerably over-represented
And sub-Dylan balladry
Was OK before the Fairlight was invented