Brilliantly, Brilliantly Dumb
from A Very Unusual Head by The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
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lyrics
All the brilliant works of man
Maybe weren’t in the plan
All our great theologies
Training wheels ‘til we were free
To love the many and the One
And be brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All my lovely friends and me, forgetting our means and our ends
Everything that we should be, the lies and the stupid pretends
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All the finite comes undone - the letters, the limits, the laws
Everything can move as one, we look at each other in awe
Differences so beautiful, a pallette of infinite hues
Dancing through each other’s lives
Our thoughts and our glorious views
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All our music all our words, our pictures our colours our dreams
Flow into each others lives, a fabric without any seams
For at last we’re not afraid, we’ll keep all the good we can share
Let the rest all fade away, just keep things that show that we care
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
Then when everything is free and moves like a big symphony
Maybe then we’ll get to see this One we’ve been longing to see
Dancing round with you and me, dancing like we were all one
Dancing round with you and me.........
The brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
The brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Maybe weren’t in the plan
All our great theologies
Training wheels ‘til we were free
To love the many and the One
And be brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All my lovely friends and me, forgetting our means and our ends
Everything that we should be, the lies and the stupid pretends
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All the finite comes undone - the letters, the limits, the laws
Everything can move as one, we look at each other in awe
Differences so beautiful, a pallette of infinite hues
Dancing through each other’s lives
Our thoughts and our glorious views
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
All our music all our words, our pictures our colours our dreams
Flow into each others lives, a fabric without any seams
For at last we’re not afraid, we’ll keep all the good we can share
Let the rest all fade away, just keep things that show that we care
All sophistication lost, intelligence is on the bum
Getting high without the costs
We’re the brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
Then when everything is free and moves like a big symphony
Maybe then we’ll get to see this One we’ve been longing to see
Dancing round with you and me, dancing like we were all one
Dancing round with you and me.........
The brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
Ooh la la la la la, la la la la laaaa
Ooh la la la la la, la la
The brilliantly, brilliantly dumb
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from A Very Unusual Head,
released January 21, 2022
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The Slambovian Circus of Dreams New York, New York
Psychedelic americana from the misty hills of Sleepy Hollow.
For Tour Dates & More please visit: www.slambovia.com
shows
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May 19Fairfield, CT
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May 24Saratoga Springs, NY
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May 24Greenfield, MA
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May 31Beacon, NY
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May 31Devizes, UK
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Jun 7Sellersville, PA
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Jun 15Pocklington, UK
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Jun 16Shipley, UK
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Jun 19Cardiff, UK
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Jun 20Milton Keynes, UK
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Jun 21Chelmsford, UK
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Jun 22London, UK
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Jun 23Lowestoft, UK
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Jul 6Old Saybrook, CT
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Aug 31Great Barrington, MA
discography
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Jan 2022 -
Apr 2014 -
Apr 2011 -
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Apr 2000 -
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Apr 2005 -
Jun 2010 -
Aug 2020
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