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It strikes me that there's an awful lot of people who go around saying 'I refuse to be politically correct' when what they actually mean is 'I have no manners and think I should be allowed to be as rude as I like without consequence'.

My desire to point out the error of this point of view coincided with several of my friends starting new relationships and acting rather peculiarly when I met them and their new partners in the pub. Halfway through writing a song about how sweet this was I realised I could swerve into my earlier point, augmenting it as I went with some 'Whoa-oh-oh'-ing. Lovely.

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Old friend, his new girlfriend
And me in the pub
It was so sweet
To see them so much in love
But conversation was weird
We talked about proper stuff
For the first time in years
Guess it must be because he was on his

Best behaviour
Best behaviour
He didn't want to dissuade her
So he was on best behaviour

She said Can I get
Any of you a drink?
When she went to the bar I said
I bet you're dying to know what I think
I said She's really nice
He said Yeah, she really is
She's not usually this polite
It's almost as if she is on her

Best behaviour
Best behaviour
She normally swears like a sailor
She's on best behaviour

Sometimes it seems that we spend half our lives
Trying to give good accounts of ourselves
Some people would say we should speak as we find
And it's tough luck for anyone else
You know the type
Straight talking, direct
What you see is what you get
Unafraid to be delightfully
Politically incorrect
But that's not being clever
That's just being rude
For people who think that they're better
Than the rest of us it's an excuse to use

Bad behaviour
Bad behaviour
Do us all a favour
And pack in this bad behaviour

It's selfish, it's lazy, it's what we're not
Hey, manners are free but they're worth a lot
Give us suavity, elegance, style and good grace
It'll make the world a more charming place

With best behaviour
Best behaviour
The better part of our nature
Is when we're on best behaviour


Published by Wipe Out Music Publishing

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from Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez, released May 11, 2009

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MJ Hibbett & The Validators have performed live on Radio One, had a Record Of The Year in Rolling Stone, an Album Of The Day on 6Music, released one of the first ever viral videos, toured the UK and Europe, featured in an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, and recorded a science fiction rock opera, all while maintaining their complete independence from outside record labels. ... more

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