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Modern Times

by Jude Perl

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1.
You sucked me in I’m hooked on you I can’t win No matter what I do You’re all around me Everywhere I look It’s not fair You’re a snake Setting traps all over the place Never showing your face You’re killing us slowly, Sometimes quickly Don’t you care? But that’s how you wanna live your life CHORUS You want me hungry and horny Crawling up to you and begging for another spoon of it You want me stupid and lonely But I think we’ve all had just about enough of it We all pay For the insults you spit in our face Intelligence waste Nobody needs you Nobody wants you In their life I’m so sick and tired of your lies! CHORUS BRIDGE I know I’m not alone Maybe we all feel this way But we don’t know what to do Where to go or what to say My new choice I’ve decided to tune out Your voice Inside I rejoice Nobody needs you Nobody wants you In their life I’m so sick and tired of your lies! CHORUS x2
2.
I just can’t fight it I’ll never be the same Cause I get so excited Just thinking about your name My heart’s invited For your love to stay Now that I’ve tried it I need you every day CHORUS I just can’t wait to see you (x4) I had no problems Living on my own No one to hold me No place called home But when I saw you Something in me changed My heart belonged to you Before I knew your name CHORUS All the times I cried alone I’d given up on what I need All the painful scars And broken hearts Led me to believe I could only find true love In movies and my dreams But you’re the greatest thing That’s ever happened to me CHORUS
3.
Sugar-Oh's 00:41
Sugar-Oh Helps me grow Stronger every day Hot for breakfast, cold for lunch And energy to play! Sugar-Oh’s, I love you I would go to war for you Keeps me healthy and up beat Super duper tasty treats! From my head, to my toes I love my Sugar-Oh's! Tell your folks to buy Sugar-Oh's. Packed full with vitamin D, E, F and Q. I love my Sugar-Oh’s!
4.
CHORUS Well the better life gets, the worse it is I got a hole in my heart, the size of my fist And all the things that I love, right in my home But I wouldn’t know cause I’m all alone Would you believe this is how good I live I got so many things, but nothing to give I don’t know how I get any place I can’t see the sun with a phone in my face All I do is count the hours till the day is through But time’s still disappearing faster than I want it to Craving something that only a hopeful heart can bring Craving something I don’t have when I’ve got everything CHORUS I don’t know why I say the things I do now, no I don’t know why I can’t stop thinking about it, baby Don’t listen to me, I don’t know the way I wish I could run, but there’s no escpae So look in my eyes, tell me what’s real Give me some life, teach me to feel CHORUS Well the better life gets, the worse it is I got a hole in my heart, the size of my fist And all the things that I love, right in my home But I wouldn’t know cause I’m all alone Well the better life gets, the worse it is (x4)
5.
Yetta 02:50
Needing some inspiration From this year’s complications Nowhere to hide Got no guide To see you through with patience Some people look to prophets When moral lines they’ve crossed it Through joy and pain I feel no shame Her wisdom’s always wanted CHORUS And I ask myself, what would yetta do? X4 You really think you can take her? She’ll beat you before you wake her I’ve always found Her logic’s sound So don’t underestimate her Her memory may not function But don’t make no assumption Just watch that walk She’s sizzling hot And a master of seduction CHORUS BRIDGE You young girls with your heels so high Think you’ve got the secret of life You want to know just how to get a sexy appeal Then just go ask Yetta CHORUS x2
6.
I know you’re looking at me You just can’t help it I know you want me so bad You just can’t help it Cause I’ve got my thick socks on That really turns you on Flat shoes and comfortable jeans I know how to sell it This is how I do it and you wonder how Everybody tells me I’m so hot right now I don’t need nobody here to check me out I’m so hot right now I know you love my scarf You love the way I wear it You know, around my neck That’s normally how you would wear it There’s nothing more sexy Than practicality My cardigan won’t come off Cos its kindof cold in here This is how I do it and you wonder how Everybody tells me I’m so hot right now Don’t need to be skinny or well endowed I’m so hot right now This is how I do it and you wonder how All the fellas tell me I’m so hot right now Even with some pimples and a monobrow I’m so hot right now And as this party gets hotter I grab my bottle of water That’s how I roll I’m just crazy Oh yeah hydrating This is how I do it and you wonder how Everybody tells me I’m so hot right now I don’t need nobody here to check me out I’m so hot right now This is how I do it and you wonder how Everybody tells me I’m so hot right now I don’t need nobody here to check me out I’m so hot right now This is how I do it and you wonder how All the fellas tell me I’m so hot right now Don’t need to be skinny or well endowed I’m so hot right now
7.
Sugar Stuff 00:33
Honey coated, sugar toastey Chocolate flavoured cookie crunchy Gooey cinnamon, flavourlicious TOTALLY AWESOME C-C-CARAMELICIOUS SUGAR STUFF! Is really good SUGAR STUFF! It's very very good SUGAR STUFF! Did I mention that it's good? Sugar Stuff is so so good.... Sugar Stuff Sugar Stuff. Part of this complete breakfast
8.
Poison Diet 02:46
Overlooked, overweight Overworked, underpaid Over time, start to see Effects it has on me Every hour, every day Every moment slips away Not a minute my mind’s quiet I’m living in a poison diet Poison Diet (x3) Inactivity has been injected Leaving us disinterested Living life seem to despise Totally desensitized Never thinking, never caring Empathy no longer sharing Too lazy to think to fight it (We’re) stuck here in this poison diet Poison Diet (x3) You look to the sky and get a cold shock Every single inch of it’s been sold off Trying to relax you need some fresh air To your lung’s dismay you find it’s not there You start to feel faint, your stomach aching Only pills and fast food are they making No time to reflect on this disaster More money you make, you need it faster Nothing moved, nothing fled Nothing’s changed, nothing’s said But it’s not in your head and Nothing’s done till your dead What’s the point spend one more day? Living life this way? We’re too good to even try it, We’ll be running from this poison diet Poison Diet (x3) We don’t need this Poison Diet (x4)
9.
I don't know how, I get any place I can't see the sun with a phone in my face (x4) I was gonna change the world I was gonna take the plunge I was gonna speak the truth I was gonna be someone I was never gonna stop Never was I planning to But here I am, safe and sound So I don’t have a reason to CHORUS Money got in the way Money got in the way How can I complain? When money got in the way You were gonna take a chance Never leave your soul to waste You were gonna live with love Make the world a better place You were never gonna stop Follow in your hearts desires But life became the push and shove took the spark out of your eyes CHORUS Money gave me a house full of pride Money gave me glitter in my eyes Money helped me live my life But money stopped me from living it right
10.
I heard you say I love you but I Don’t know what it means cause when I Look at you it’s not in your eyes I just don’t know You hold me close and kiss me sweetly Never say a bad word to me Without you my life would be empty I just don’t know Won’t you tell me What is it supposed to be? What did I do to make you disappear? Lately my heart’s been in pieces Craving all your empty kisses Sadness always has excuses I just don’t know Sometimes I wonder why I need you Can’t go one day without seeing you Break my heart I still won’t leave you I just don’t know Won’t you tell me What is it supposed to be? What did I do to make you disappear? Something tells me we’re both lying Bout the feelings that we’re hiding Maybe we should just stop trying I just don’t know But when I think that it’s all over Days go by I can’t recover Never dreaming of another I just don’t know Maybe I should leave, maybe I should stay Maybe I should leave, maybe I should stay Maybe you should leave, maybe you should stay Maybe you should leave, maybe you should stay We got a good thing going We got a good thing going Am I bad for you? Are you wrong for me? When did this all change? You used to love me
11.
I don’t care how hard you think you’ve tried I don’t care how many tears you’ve cried I don’t care if no one thinks I’m right I don’t care if the world is on your side BRIDGE So you lie and cheat Now you want sympathy And an apology You must be kidding me CHORUS Don’t blame me for the mess you made Don’t blame me for the love I gave Don’t blame me I just can’t take You blaming me for your mistake Don’t blame me for trusting you Don’t blame me I’m being used Don’t blame me what can I do? You’re blaming me for your mistake You don’t care how many lies you say You don’t care what problems you create You don’t care what others have to pay You don’t care so long as it goes your way BRIDGE CHORUS
12.
SugarHope 00:57
Hey, come over here Go over there Don’t be scared now Yeah, lift up your head Hold out your hand Pull up your pants now Why did you pull down your pants? We only just met But that’s why I like you People connecting, grandmas laughing Nostalgia and ethnic dancing Wooahhh x 3 Living every day with SugarHope Wooahhh x 3 Living every day with SugarHope
13.
Slaves 02:59
We think we know We think we see Don’t we understand We don’t see anything We get thrown around By what we tell ourselves And we’ll just keep on going Waiting in our cells We live in a world that we create Never questioning our constant state Never learning to appreciate All the things that live and breathe around us Our magic minds just fly Days, months, and years go by But that little spark inside Is wondering why We live in a world that never stops Pushing us to be something we’re not All the love we had we now forgot We can’t even feel this world around us Cause we’re slaves But our mind’s made up that we Understand ourselves All the things that we believe It’s really a cry for help Cause we’re slaves But our mind’s made up that we Understand ourselves All the things that we believe It’s really a cry for help It might just take too much To change what we know So scared of happiness We’d rather stay depressed Habits take control of everything Down a path we don’t remember choosing We look back it’s all just so confusing Why did I ignore this world around me?
14.
Empty Room 03:35
Heartbreak It doesn’t take a lot for me to be in agony I get there pretty easily Overwhelmed, I get upset More frequently I care to admit And heartbreak, is not the answer Anger I know I got a tendency to get Infuriated over something small Before too long I’ve lost control Now anger, is not the answer BRIDGE What’s happening to me? Why can’t I just be happy? I don’t know what it’s supposed to be I wanna be better than this CHORUS All I want is an empty room filled with nothing but the light From a window Facing the sun All I want is an empty room filled with nothing but the light From a window Facing the sun Money There’s not a lotta good to say about a dollar We crave it more than water Seems to me what money brings Is lack of motivation to chase your dreams Money, is not the answer BRIDGE CHORUS
15.
Canyon 03:53
Time drips away the lonely hours When there’s nothing on your mind Brought here amongst the earthly power I had looked too hard to find Eyes open more than I can fathom Mountains greeting everyone Love echoes in the deepest canyon Hope is stretched below the sun CHORUS Life is a gift We were born to feel This place is real We’re all the same There’s a truth inside That can never die Time standing still like he has found me There’s a smile in his eyes Dreams pouring out from all around me And they’re lifting to the skies I see faces carved over millions of years I hear voices calling through my fears There’s a wind behind me lifting to the sky There’s a hope around us that can never die CHORUS There’s a wind behind me lifting to the sky There’s a hope around us that can never die CHORUS
16.
Baby 04:02
All the things I wanna say to you My heroes have said it better Cause all I do is think about you Baby won’t you be mine, forever Won’t you be mine, forever? Won’t you be mine, forever? CHORUS Baby, I just want to write a song for you Baby, you got me feelin’ so alive Baby, I ain’t never called nobody baby before Unless they were a baby You know like one that's crawling on the floor Love is a mystery Will you break my heart Will you set me free Nothing goes, the way you planned Don’t be afraid to take a chance CHORUS Some people wait, some people tell lies Some people never look into your eyes Some people stand, some people sit There’s a lot of other things people do I can’t list them all right now CHORUS

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It is no secret that Sugar-Oh’s have been consistently providing the world with high-quality, delicious products since 1951. And several years ago, we thought to ourselves, “Why don’t we provide high-quality, delicious music to the world too?” And that’s exactly what we did! With the inception of SugarHope Records, the world can finally enjoy the simultaneous consumption of music AND sugar, just as nature intended.

We had a bright young talent on our writing staff who was such a jokester! Oh boy! She’d say things like “remember when you promised that you’d release my album 5 years ago? Any… any word on that?” or “I have some photos of you paying off a safety inspector at one of your factories in Guatemala.” And what do ya know, 3 months later and here we are releasing her debut album.

And what better opportunity to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Sugar-Oh’s than by sharing some of our greatest jingles and products from over the years on this very album! Including the very first jingle, which aired November 17, 1951. Needless to say Jude was ecstatic about this decision to interject these commercials onto her debut album, as are we!

So without further ado, I present to you ‘Jude Perl: Modern Times’. I haven’t personally had a chance to listen to this album, but my personal assistant has informed me that “parts of it are okay”.

Rick Gatorshwartz, CEO, SugarHope Records

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released March 1, 2016

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Jude Perl Melbourne, Australia

Singer-songwriter-comedian Jude Perl has established herself as ‘one of the most genuine, honest feeling performers going around’ (Theatre People) who presents ‘hilarious and painfully spot on observations’ (Plus Ones) mixed with ‘insanely clever and comical songwriting’ (Melbourne Observer). ... more

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