Name: Boss of Me
Duration: P00H03M30S
Description: Jangly pop tubthumper; a jangle-tastic 12-string guitar fest. They may control you, but they don't own you.

Boss of Me

by The Grand Old Dukes of Yeah Yeah Yeah

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Jangly pop tubthumper; a jangle-tastic 12-string guitar fest. They may control you, but they don't own you.

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Oh man, you’re so important
You can do anything you like
Your words can open doors or
Close them up forever overnight
Overnight

You’re not the boss of me now
You’re not the boss of me oh no, no
However it seems, in your dreams
You never were the boss of me

You said a storm was coming
Some of us would not survive
You thought that all that mattered was
To keep your precious legacy alive
Keep it alive

You’re not the boss of me now
You’re not the boss of me oh no, no
However it seems, in your dreams
You never were the boss of me

Living off the labours of a kind of people
You don’t understand
Holding lives and futures
Like a butterfly in your hand
In your hand

I knew I had it coming
I knew how to read the signs
My sense of self-respect was
The thing that kept me going all this time
All this time

You’re not the boss of me now
You’re not the boss of me oh no, no
However it seems, in your dreams
You never were the boss of me

You’re not the boss of me now
You’re not the boss of me oh no, no
However it seems, in your dreams
You never were the boss of me now

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released March 5, 2021
Written, recorded and produced by Allan Boyd in February 2021

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The Grand Old Dukes of Yeah Yeah Yeah Glasgow, UK

Allan Boyd has been writing music since he learned to play David Bowie’s Oh You Pretty Things on piano, aged 13. He has written and produced an uncounted number of songs under the name of The Optimystics, and as a member of The Normans, with TV21's Norman Rodger. Allan also sings and plays the music of J.J Cale with The Breeze, an Edinburgh-based band. ... more

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