We're the Beta Band and we're nice and clean
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We're always polite and hardly ever mean
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Times have changed, we used to be smelly,
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We lived in a squat 'til a punk nicked our telly
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Since we've been signed we eat real good
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We always wash our hands and chew our food
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Quashis rotis are our favourite dish
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Served spicy with chicken or fish
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In the world of fashion there's two shining lights
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Nancy and Caroline they helped us alright
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And Gordon Anderson played a big part
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Just when the Beta Band was about to start
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It all started in London town, when we gave our demo to Phil Brown
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Then we met Miles at Parlophone and let him hear Dogs Got A Bone
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He said "go to Falkner and put it on wax"
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So the next week was spent cutting four tracks
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Now a manager was needed to make us complete
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Miles knew a Wiganer we should meet
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His name was Dave with the broken specs
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A quiet manner and nuff respec
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We met at Nanchos and cleaned the plate
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A meal like that we'd never ate
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Then we met Brian and the Microdot crew
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Martin, Matt and John Platt too
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Adrenalin Village was the place to be
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We had no money so they got us in free
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The first thing Dave did as boss
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Was make us play Water Rats in Kings Cross
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We played five songs got credit for four
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Went down well so we decided to tour
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Next up was Henry and Nich
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Making the show go without a hitch
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Up and down the country *from* side to side
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Wi big yin driving it's a bumpy ride
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Miles gave us an album deal
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We said "yes" and went for a meal
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Drinking champagne at EMI
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The irony almost made us cry
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this one's for Scotland
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We went to Wales and fannyed around
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Ended up with the Patty Patty Sound
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With open minds we went to achieve
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Chris Allison caught it all on Neive
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He hummed and hawed and became a pest
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Twittering on about the old Neive desk
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We had to call in Keith and Miles
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When Chris' hair got caught in the dials
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We started to get known on Radio One
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When Jo Whiley got a fax from my mum
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Mary Ann Hobbs invited us to play
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At Maida Vale we spent a day
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With Chris Allison's hair cut free
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It was time for Cornwall and the third EP
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With a glock and a sax and a mighty gong
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All we needed was a hit pop song
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We thought this time we were on a good start
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But they made a new rule that banned us from the chart
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The songs were good so we didn't give a toss
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And we called it Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos
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*Hello Nina Chakrabati
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The Beta Band Rap
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