The Sensational Debut, by Goodbye Charlemagne

The Sensational Debut

by Goodbye Charlemagne

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daneascott Totally captures that essence of garage rock that most of those bands had in the 60s. Absolutely loving the chill vibe while relaxing after a long day at the studio painting

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Sensational Debut (60th Anniversary Stereo Edition), Christmastime in Outer Space, We Have Your Son, But Please Take Him Back, Messin' with the Monkey [Single Version], Party All Night (Until 10pm) [Single Version], The British Invasion: Part II, Glitz & Glamour, The Sensational Debut, and 13 more. , and , .

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1.	I'm Just Joking 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha So there’s no need To take this seriously I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just fooling around in my bedroom I’m just having a good clean goof I’m just messing around with some brand new sounds Just to get a smile out of you I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha So there’s no need To take this seriously I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just having a laugh at my own expense I’m just jestin around for the court I’m the epitome of tomfoolery Because you know I’m not the buttoned down sort I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha So there’s no need To take this seriously I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I’m just joking Ha ha ha ha I'm just Ha
2.	Blazing Jay 02:38	lyrics	buy track
They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay I saw this little bitty boy Sitting under the stairs And teacher said Boy whatcha going down there Whatcha doing down there Whatcha doing down there hey Whatcha doing down there Whatcha doing Blazing Jay He said well I’m Blazing Jay And I gots to blaze I can’t go outside Cause It’s too cold out today It’s too cold out today It’s too cold out today yay It’s too cold out today It’s too cold for Blazing Jay Well walk yourself down To the principal's office Not later, right now Mr teacher insists Mr teacher insists Mr teacher insists hey Mr teacher insists Get moving Blazing Jay Well then the principal said I’ll bet you think you’re real cool Well I got news for you kid You’re getting kicked outta school You’re getting kicked outta school You’re getting kicked outta school today You’re getting kicked outta school So long Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay They call him Blazing Jay
3.	I Accidentally Wrote You A Love Song 03:24	lyrics	buy track
I’ve seen you in the hallway At our high school And I try to wave But you keep walking by I try to build the courage Just to talk to you But I lose the words because I’m Way too shy So I accidentally wrote you A love song I put it all out there and asked you To be mine I accidentally wrote you A love song And laid it all down On the line I only know three chords But I learned another Just to give this song I wrote A minor 6th Now I’m standing outside your house Under your bedroom window And I hope you’re ready to hear me When I play this Cause I accidentally wrote you A love song Writing three verses a bridge and a chorus Was just easier And I hope this song persuades you To go out with me I hope that you’ll agree to Be my girl Well it turns out I can’t write so good And it turns out I can’t play And it turns out I can’t sing on key Boy I guess this sure ain’t my day Cause it turns I’m at the wrong house You live across the street Now your neighbor’s calling the cops and they’re Coming to arrest me Now because I accidentally Wrote you a love song I have to spend the rest Of my life in jail And long story short I called you As my one phone call To ask if you could possibly Pay my bail Oh I accidentally wrote you A love song I put it all out there and asked you To be mine I accidentally wrote you A love song And laid it all down On the line
4.	Mercury Sable 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) My Mercury Sable's the best there’s ever been Got space in the trunk and a big back seat Drive around all day and every night Got a busted muffler and wraparound headlights Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) I turn the key, and I start the engine up Go to the gas station, I say fill her up Put my cassette tape in and roll the windows down Got no place to go just gonna cruise around town Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) My Mercury Sable's the best there’s ever been Got space in the trunk and a big back seat Drive around all day and every night Got a busted muffler and wraparound headlights Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) She ain’t nothin special And I know that by god She’s the size of a boat And a weird brownish mauve She gets 20 miles Per gallon at best She's not built for off-roading But I’ll put her to the test I know she ain’t pretty And she ain’t all that neat A little flurry of snow She fishtails up and down the street But she’s built like a tank And she never betrays If you see me coming Better get out of my way Cause the steering wheel jams yeah it won’t turn Sometimes fluids leak out, and the brakes won’t work When the engine lights come on the dashboard screen I ignore them because I don’t know what they mean Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) My Mercury Sable's the best there’s ever been Got space in the trunk and a big back seat Drive around all day and every night Got a busted muffler and wraparound headlights Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury) Gonna drive you around In my Mercury Sable Drive you around in my Mercury (Mercury)
5.	Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead
6.	Cannibal 04:40	lyrics	buy track
I see you walking down the street I think I’d like to go up and meet ya And by meet I mean M-E-A-T Gotta fight the urge to go up and eat ya Get your mouth Out of my mouth Get your lips Out of my mouth Get your face Out of my mouth Get your head Out of my mouth Cause I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) No I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) I got your number, I got your name Gonna pick you up, later today Gonna hit the town, gonna eat a meal Hope I’m not still hungry, I don’t wanna kill Get your fingers Out of my mouth Get your hands Out of my mouth Get your arms Out of my mouth Get your shoulders Out of my mouth Cause I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) No I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) Do you wanna come back to my bed Tomorrow morning I’m making bacon and eggs Toast and jam with a side of beans Try to fill myself up, if you know what I mean Get your feets Out of my mouth Get your ankles Out of my mouth Get your legs Out of my mouth Get your hips Out of my mouth Cause I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) No I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) I wanna take you home, to meet my family I wanna meet yours too, that would be fine and dandy And once again by meet I mean M-E-A-T Better keep your kinfolk, away from me Get your sister Out of my mouth Get your papa Out of my mouth Get your brother Out of my mouth Get your mama Out of my mouth Cause I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) No I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal) No I don’t wanna be a cannibal (Don’t wanna be a cannibal)
7.	Black Market of Love 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Believe me when I say you’re my one and only You’re the only one that i’ve been thinking of But I woke up in an ice bath without you Because you sold my heart on the black market of love That’s right I woke up in a bathtub of an old motel With my chest cut open and barely stitched up And the pain in my chest does not compare to losing you When you sold my heart on the black market of love I used to call you baby, and take you out on the town And you thanked me by harvesting my guts Looks like you took my liver and a kidney or two When you sold my heart on the black market of love That’s right I woke up in a bathtub of a cheap motel Covered in a layer of my own blood And I hope for every tear I shed for you you made a dollar When you sold my heart on the black market of love It still hurts in all the places you cut me But not as much as it hurt when you said you’d had enough Now there’s an aching, empty hole inside my chestal cavity Where you sold my heart on the black market of love That’s right I woke up in a bathtub of a motel that doesn’t ask questions With just a single lightbulb swinging above Now I’m wandering down the highway tryna hitch a ride to the hospital ‘Cause you sold my heart on the black market of love That’s right you sold my heart on the black market of love
8.	Self Conscious 02:32	lyrics	buy track
Don’t stare at my pimples Don’t stare at my zits Don’t stare at my acne I'm embarrassed by it Don’t look at my bald spot I’m begging, I’m pleading Don’t look at my hairline I know it’s receding I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) Don’t look at my braces Don’t look at my teeth Don’t want you to mention Orthodontistry Don’t mention my shark tooth Or my overbite Don’t mention the headgear I wear every night I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’ve got poor body image and low self esteem When I look into the mirror I don’t like what I see So if you notice something please don’t acknowledge it Cause I’m self conscious enough as it is Don’t talk about my back hair Don’t talk about my gut Don’t talk about my flat feet Don’t talk about my butt Don’t talk about my drinking Don’t talk my vice Don’t need your opinions Don’t need your advice I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious) I’m self conscious (Self conscious)
9.	Board Porn USA 01:56	lyrics	buy track
No lyrics, all vibes
10.	Messin' with the Monkey 05:41	lyrics	buy track
The Monkey Is a beast Can’t be trusted To say the least He’s got the hands of a people And the strength of ten men Watch out around the monkey Before he kills again You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up The Monkey’s mad That we sent him to space He’ll use his monkey fists To rip off your face I asked a girl to Go to the school dance She said I wanna do The Monkey I ain’t take the chance You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up Better be careful Listen to me Don’t get too close To a chimpanzee You’d have to be a looney To get close to a baboon-ey I ain’t never gonna go Nowhere near a bonobo You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up You’re messin’ with the monkey Monkey mess you on up Don't mess with the monkey! Don't mess with the monkey! Don't mess with the monkey! Don't mess with the monkey!

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My fifth album is a tribute to 1960's garage rock, a genre of music I really love. Inspired by bands like The Seeds, The Blues Magoos, The Fugs, The Sonics, and really any band from this era that was called "The Somethings".

The bandcamp edition includes one bonus track, the single version of "Messin' with the Monkey".

This year of our lord, 2023, I am planning to write, record, and release a total of four albums from my low budget bedroom studio. Each album will be a different genre from a different decade.

This album is also available in stereo: goodbyecharlemagne.bandcamp.com/album/the-sensational-debut-60th-anniversary-stereo-edition

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released March 1, 2023

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Goodbye Charlemagne New York, New York

Failed comedian. Failing musician.

The artist currently known as Goodbye Charlemagne.

Guitars: Ricketts Parnassass

Keys: Dakota Boulevard

Bass: Dimo Rodrigo

Drums: Flora Lewpinsky

Additional instruments and vocals provided by Kevin Froleiks for tax purposes ... more

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