'Twas Twenty Sixteen, by Supersonic Tartan Death Machine

'Twas Twenty Sixteen

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1.	'Twas Twenty Sixteen... But at Least We Still Have Christmas 06:12	lyrics
It was quite the year 'Twas a terrible year Major Tom left for space And then he disappeared How were we to know That he would be the first We had no idea that Things would get much worse CHORUS Hallelujah hallelujah Say a prayer for 2016 It was quite the year 'Twas a bloody bad year As bad as many had seen But at least we still have Christmas A time for winter and wonder And cheer Dreams and friendship And family, and hope for A better New Year The Fifth Beatle knighted Gave so much to us A Revolution Back in his day Dark clouds have gathered And no longer shall we Dance, dance, dance In the Purple Rain CHORUS   Will the sun ever rise Over the Orkneys again Will they please stop Testing things That can bring mankind To a sudden end Can people please Stop beating the drums of war It's a sound that will bring us back And make us hurt just like before CHORUS Float like a butterfly Sting like a bee In 2016 a great nation TKO'ed their own Democracy This was the year They really rocked the vote 46 percent stayed home And gave the job to An untrained fucking goat And yet another Just couldn’t leave things be A little exploitation Leads to immigration Between you and me Perhaps some people call it Brexit And think it is a game But I call it “wrecks it” And say that things will Never be the same CHORUS x2
2.	'Twas Twenty Sixteen... But at Least We Still Have Christmas (Radio Edit) 06:12	lyrics
It was quite the year 'Twas a terrible year Major Tom left for space And then he disappeared How were we to know That he would be the first We had no idea that Things would get much worse CHORUS Hallelujah hallelujah Say a prayer for 2016 It was quite the year 'Twas a bloody bad year As bad as many had seen But at least we still have Christmas A time for winter and wonder And cheer Dreams and friendship And family, and hope for A better New Year The Fifth Beatle knighted Gave so much to us A Revolution Back in his day Dark clouds have gathered And no longer shall we Dance, dance, dance In the Purple Rain CHORUS   Will the sun ever rise Over the Orkneys again Will they please stop Testing things That can bring mankind To a sudden end Can people please Stop beating the drums of war It's a sound that will bring us back And make us hurt just like before CHORUS Float like a butterfly Sting like a bee In 2016 a great nation TKO'ed their own Democracy This was the year They really rocked the vote 46 percent stayed home And gave the job to An old untrained goat And yet another Just couldn’t leave things be A little exploitation Leads to immigration Between you and me Perhaps some people call it Brexit And think it is a game But I call it “wrecks it” And say that things will Never be the same CHORUS x2

about

First and foremost, this track is part of a fundraiser Xmas compilation album by Apptronica, "Joyful Sounds", available HERE!

apptronica.bandcamp.com/album/joyful-noise

Support these amazing artists, as they band together to help a friend in need, Mister Doug Woods from "the soundtestroom".

www.youtube.com/user/thesoundtestroom/

Doug has done some pretty amazing things for the iOS music community, via his YouTube channel, with approx. 745+ videos and 14600 subscribers. He shares info about new apps, new gear and gives tips on the amazing apps that are being created for iOS.

About this song: firstly let me announce that there are two versions of the same track. TRACK ONE IS NSFW! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

This song has references to some of the amazing and influential people we have lost in 2016. It also expresses some of my saltiness regarding what is going on in this world…

David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Sir George Martin
Prince
Peter Maxwell Davies
Muhammad Ali

North Korea
Putin
US Election… the 46% who did not vote in the greatest democracy on Earth…
Trump
UK "Brexit"

And the list goes on, I suppose. Peace…

credits

released December 31, 2016

Supersonic Tartan Death Machine is Jeff McCarthy

ALL
•Highland Bagpipes,
•Scottish Small pipes,
•Irish Whistles,
•Vocals,
•iOS instruments
Were played by and programmed by STDM

Thanks to Clif Johnston from Apptronica for giving us the inspiration to create songs for the compilation album.

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Supersonic Tartan Death Machine Montréal, Québec

CUMHA NA THA SIBH. You can call it "électrocelte", electronic-celtic-alternative indierock fusion. I use iPad & a wide variety of great iOS apps to make my music. I wear a kilt daily, play highland pipes, border pipes, Irish Whistles, & am a prolific composer/writer & singer of new tunes & songs. My inspirations include Martyn Bennett, Rare Air & Gordon Duncan.

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