BIG STIR RECORDS SINGLES SERIES is thrilled to announce single #112 by KC Bowman, “Goodbye, Chump”. Available for pre-order now at bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-chump-big-stir-single-no-112 , with a release date of January 15th. This super-catchy tune is lyrically clear-cut (and brilliant), but also is pulsing with a groove that is infectious.
Bowman is a longtime member, multi-instrumentalist, and producer for The Corner Laughers and Agony Aunts out of the Bay Area. He is also the guitarist for Bye Bye Blackbirds whose album "Boxer At Rest" is on multiple best-of-2020 lists.
“Goodbye, Chump” (b/w “Tinted Titans”) is wholly performed and produced by KC Bowman. It is a perfectly-timed single, putting cleverly in to words what many of us have mumbled under our breath over the past few (very long) years. Packaged in beautiful melody and delicious harmonies, it is a delightful message and listen.
Big Stir Records is excited to see this off in to the world, and follow its inevitable successes. It is precisely what we need – to “let the sunshine in”. Goodbye, Chump!
lyrics
The long lines to wait through decide it.
We speak out, estrange you.
Your time's up.
The rage you provide us - we blame you.
We hate you.
Divide us.
The page turned.
Our own worst of fears evaporate tonight.
The thoughts of "rid of you" make us feel lighter.
We saw straight through your panoply of lies.
You wanted to presume we would be frightened.
We stand up, proclaim too.
Unite us.
We hand out our own cues.
You freak out.
Our own destiny is graven with delight:
The thought of you in jail, fearfully sanguine
And all we need to do is clearly go ahead
and hold you to the rules when we conspire to.
At long last, reject you entirely
Your own cult failed you.
We rise up.
The goal became to win it
Three-thousand-million minutes
We told you to get out.
The oldest raging riddle, you confiscate the middle
We told you to get out.
With strong will
Replace you and your crew.
The calm will take form in your absence.
We hold these truths to be somewhat evident
But what's a patriot's view, can you command it?
We're told to make do
Well that's a freaking mess.
We suffer 'til we break all of your bandwidth.
The free will haunts you, and we will.
You sad creep.
Abhor you.
You're deep-sixed.
I want to break you.
Splinter all your framework inners.
I want you to get out.
We calmly staved off sinners.
We calculated winners, informed you to get out.
We called it, claimed it, did it.
So why you so indignant?
We voted you the hell out.
Get out.
We got this.
We fired you.
We say this: Goodbye Chump.
A long time we waited.
A cold dish.
Let the sun shine.
Goodbye, Chump.
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