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Funky

Release date: 9th September 2021

From Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Track 6
3:35
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'Funky' by Deb Never is a 2021 pop track from the album 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'. The lyrics address a feeling of being watched, urged to take things slowly, and struggling to work out how to feel about oneself. There is a strained self-awareness to lines about not knowing the self, plus a weariness that turns into a determination to “make it out”. The song moves with a direct, conversational urgency, as the narrator weighs fear of being swallowed by life against the insistence that escape is possible.

"Funky" is a single by Deb Never, from the album Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, released 9th September 2021. The track is 3:35 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Deb Never.

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Deb Never

Deb Never

Lyrics

Funky

Don't wet your eyes, everybody's watching
Don't let this life swallow your whole
Someway, somehow I will find you running
You'll make it out, so take it slow

Lately, I don't know how I feel
Look in the mirror, I see
Somebody else, I guess
I don't know myself, I've been
Stuck riding this rollercoaster
No chipper thrill moments
Passing me by while I'm
Stuck standing still
What if

The sun shines brighter on the other side?
What's paradise when it rains?
Olly olly oxen free uh (olly olly oxen free)
Finding peace when I hear them singing

Don't wet your eyes, everybody's watching
Don't let this life swallow your whole
Someway, somehow I will find you running
You'll make it out, so take it slow

It's been a day or two, I'm in a mood
Changing channels on my pay-per-view and I
Laugh when nothing's funny 'cause I
Dance when I'm feeling funky, but I'm
Lost in a crowded room, I hate the view
Stuck in a groundhog everyday (everyday)
Running into grass where I can lay
Getting faded watching planes

The sun shines brighter on the other side?
What's paradise when it rains?
Olly olly oxen free uh (olly olly oxen free)
Finding peace when I hear them singing

Don't wet your eyes, everybody's watching
Don't let this life swallow your whole
Someway, somehow I will find you running
You'll make it out, so take it slow

If I'm chasing this high (high)
Then how far could I fall? (Ooh)
Am I out of my mind? (Ooh)
Learning to let it go (ooh)
Before I lose control (ooh)
I'ma let this shit ride

Don't wet your eyes, everybody's watching
Don't let this life swallow your whole
Someway, somehow I will find you running
You'll make it out, so take it slow

(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take-take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)

Finding peace when I hear them singing (take it slow, take it slow, take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take it slow)
(Take-take it slow)
Olly olly oxen free (take it slow)
Finding peace when I hear them singing

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Track details

From Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

3:352021Single
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Deb Never
10th September 2021
Track number
6
Release year
2021
  1. 1Stupid
    3:32
  2. 2Sorry
    3:02
  3. 3Someone Else
    3:29
  4. 4Disassociate
    3:21

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ARCADE
ARCADE
2026
Thank You For Attending - EP
Thank You For Attending - EP
2023
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
2021
House on Wheels EP
House on Wheels EP
2019
House on Wheels
2019
Someone Else
Someone Else

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