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What's up, everybody?
For the week ending February 24, my name is Marks.
This is Freedom Tech Wrap.
It's a weekly source for news and project updates
in the freedom and independent technology space.
We live in a highly connected world.
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Your support and your feedback are greatly appreciated.
And now, on to the news.
First up today, we have a major update from Signal.
It's called Keep Your Phone Number Private
with Signal Usernames.
Finally, they have usernames.
If you don't know, Signal is a messaging app
with end-to-end encryption.
What that means is that only you and the recipient
can read the message that you send.
It's a popular service that has long had a major criticism.
And that is, your phone number is exposed.
Well, now you can set up a username
to protect the privacy of your phone number.
From the blog post on Signal's website,
it says, "Signal's mission and sole focus
is private communication.
For years, Signal has kept your messages private,
your profile information,
like your name and profile photo, private,
your contacts private, and your groups private,
among much else.
Now we are taking one step further
by making your phone number on Signal more private.
Here's how."
By the way, could they have said private any more times?
"New default.
Your phone number will no longer be visible
to everyone in Signal.
If you use Signal, your phone number
will no longer be visible to everyone
you chat with by default.
People who have your number saved in their phone's contacts
will see your phone number since they already know it."
Then the next thing is,
you can connect without sharing your phone number.
If you don't want to hand out your phone number
to chat with someone on Signal,
you can now create a unique username
that you can use instead.
And then lastly, you can control
who can find you on Signal by your phone number.
If you don't want people to be able to find you
by searching for your phone number on Signal,
you can now enable a new optional privacy setting.
This means that unless people have
your exact unique username,
they won't be able to start a conversation
or even know that you have a Signal account,
even if they have your phone number.
So those are some great additional new features.
It says, lastly, "Right now, these options are in beta
and will be rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks."
If you are a Signal user or have been waiting
for something like this to become a Signal user,
go to the website, Signal.org.
And if you aren't familiar with Meredith Whitaker,
the CEO of Signal, she has been very vocal
and outspoken about the need to protect
end-to-end encryption in our communication.
So I think that's great.
There are some great interviews that she has
on podcasts and on YouTube.
Signal continues to strive to be a place
for secure online messaging, so go check it out.
Next up, we have a competitor to Wikipedia,
and it's called Wikifredia.
This comes courtesy of user Pablo F7Z.
And Pablo is a difficult person to report about
on this podcast because while I'm writing the notes up,
he's already pushing another update and more code
for the thing that I'm writing about.
So love you, Pablo, this is great.
What this is, it's an alternative to Wikipedia
that uses the pull request model
and the power of the social graph.
Right now, it is just a proof of concept.
He pushed version 0.0.2 this week,
but as of this writing,
already has another update beyond this.
In this update, it has a basic web of trust,
as well as improved mobile view of the website.
So you can try it out, go create your own pages,
your own articles, or you can update others.
Next up, by our friends over at Cascader,
they have released a new bot called Chadbot.
You can go read about this on Stacker News,
but it is an AI assistant that can monitor YouTube feeds
and give you alerts, summary rundowns,
and even blog post content directly to your NostraDMs.
From the post itself says,
"Originally, this was built for content creators,
"but they soon realized this is a great tool
"for consumers as well."
So, from the announcement directly,
"The last couple sprints,
"I have been focused on the content creators demographic.
"As a member of PlubLab, I have the privileged access
"to numerous content creators like ThrillerX,
"that do Bitcoin podcasts, and @bitcoinplubdeb,
"who does educational content, among others.
"That access has helped me keep a tight feedback loop
"and discover new ways to create value.
"A couple weeks ago,
"I introduced the Cascader YouTube Agent,
"which is a tool that can take a YouTube link
"and automatically summarize the content.
"This tool can be a game changer for productivity
"for people like Carr,
"that are creating multiple podcasts,
"live streams per week.
"There's a serious strain for bandwidth and time.
"The tool can fill the gap
"in a simple and straightforward way."
Chadbot takes that utility to a new level.
It can monitor any YouTube channel of your choice
and send you DMs directly to your inbox.
This takes one more step out of the workflow
and makes it even easier to stay on top
of the content production hustle.
I think this is really cool.
He goes on to say,
"We know the concept of too long didn't read, right, TLDR.
"Well, how about too long didn't watch?
"This is your solution for that.
"Chadbot helps you curate your information diet
"and be intentional in the face of the age
"of the digital deluge."
He continues to say,
"How many times have you started watching a video
"to realize it's repeating things you already know
"or don't care about?
"Time and focus are wasted.
"How about the opposite case?
"You see some content that doesn't seem appealing
"on the surface, but you get into it and realize
"you're learning from a hidden gem.
"Chadbot can help you efficiently scan
"an hour plus long video and find the diamond in the rough."
So if you wanna know why it's called Chadbot,
you can read the Stacker News post in the show notes
and he goes into that.
My take is that this tool is really awesome
and it has potential to help me
in preparing for Freedom Tech Rep.
I scour multiple sources to find the latest news,
project updates, read through a bunch of articles,
and then I summarize them for this short weekly podcast.
I have been wanting to hire a person to help me,
but maybe I could just use this instead.
I really would like to have it feed me a list,
or actually I would like to feed it a list,
and then have it give me relevant things to read
as well as maybe give me a summary that is ready to go.
I'd like to have it monitor things like Nostra accounts,
ex-Twitter accounts, RSS feeds, both for written blog posts
as well as audio podcasts,
have it monitor some YouTube channels,
and then give that all to me,
and then I would still assemble it, I would curate it,
I would add my own take on things,
but this would really save me time
and bring me more content
than what I'm able to go out and get on my own.
If you wanna check it out, there is a current demo
that is live on the site and free for a limited time.
In the future, they plan to expand the tool
to handle things like RSS feeds
and enable delivery of other media types
such as email soon.
So that is cool, go check it out.
Cascader is spelled C-A-S-C-D-R,
and that is Chadbot, C-H-A-D-B-O-T.
Okay, we've got a news piece
about an Exodus Bitcoin wallet scam,
or swindle is the word that they used.
Exodus Bitcoin wallet, $490,000 swindle.
This comes from popey.com, P-O-P-E-Y.com,
and it's talking about the Snap Store
that is for downloading Linux apps and Linux software,
and this is actually created by Canonical itself.
So it's from a trusted, reputable source.
The TLDR from the blog post itself says,
"A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed
"out of nine Bitcoin worth around $490,000,"
as of the time of writing of that article,
"in a fake Exodus wallet desktop application for Linux,
"published in the Canonical Snap Store.
"This isn't the first time,
"and if nothing changes, it likely won't be the last."
This is a very long article, so I'll summarize here.
A user published a Bitcoin wallet to the Snap Store
using a name of a well-known
and trusted Bitcoin wallet project.
It uploaded screenshots
and tried to make the app page look legitimate.
A user downloaded it, put in their key information,
and expected to be able to send
and receive Bitcoin through it.
Now, this user put in information for a wallet
that had a lot of Bitcoin in it already,
and when they came back,
all nine of their Bitcoin had been transferred out
through a transaction
that they did not perform themselves.
The blog post goes into more detail
about how an app was published to the store
in such a way that looked like it could be trusted.
Now, since the original article was posted,
there was a follow-up that shows Canonical
has actually reached out and is taking some actions.
First, they started removing shady apps from the store.
The CEO, Mark Shuttleworth,
posted actions that they're taking internally
to avoid this in the future,
as well as options they have
for creating more trusted publisher accounts.
He says, "Our goal with Snap should be
"to have the safest way to get software
"for your Linux system,
"and that means we should consider measures
"that are novel or different
"to other package hosting sites."
He goes on to talk about KYC, which is Know Your Customer.
That's similar to the process that banks
and other financial websites go through
to make sure that you are who you say you are.
He also talked about the option
for proof of payment using a credit card,
but that has its own problems and is easily spoofed.
He also doesn't like the idea
of making open-source developers pay to publish
if that can be avoided.
So this problem is not an easy one to solve,
but they are working on it.
I would add in here that web of trust is one element
that could be at play here.
Introducing that into the process
creates an extra variable that can bring credibility
to a listing page for an app.
All in all, just make sure that you know the source
of where you're getting your apps.
If you're knowledgeable enough,
you can verify things on GitHub.
You can cross-reference them through their online profiles
and websites for the project,
and really just gather as much info as you can
to make sure you're getting the right app
from the right source.
Next up, we have a crypto project.
We don't really talk about crypto projects
on here very much if they aren't Bitcoin-related,
but you will see why.
So this one is from the project Avalanche,
and it says, "Avalanche halts block production
"amid inscription wave launch."
So this is courtesy of Cointelegraph,
and from the article it says,
"The decentralized application, or DAP, platform Avalanche
"had a significant technical disruption
"impacting the block production
"of the proof-of-stake blockchain."
Let me pause here for a second.
Proof-of-stake versus proof-of-work.
Proof-of-stake is really where people
don't have to perform any effort
in order to control what's going on.
They simply amass a lot of that token,
and now they get to make decisions for the network.
So it tends towards centralization.
I'm not saying it is centralization,
but it really tends towards centralization
when it's proof-of-stake.
Okay, continuing the article.
On February 23rd, Avalanche's primary network
experienced block production issues.
Seemingly halting the network,
Avalanche's blockchain explorer showed
that the last block on Avalanche's p-chain,
x-chain, and c-chain subnets
was produced over an hour earlier.
So user on Noster, BitcoinShango, said it best.
They said, "If a blockchain can be stopped,
"it is not one you should invest time or money in."
So like I said, this isn't a podcast
where we discuss other crypto projects,
mainly because most crypto projects just aren't freedom tech.
But if you are going to dabble in a crypto project,
please make sure you understand the incentive structure
and the governing structure behind that project.
Bitcoin just keeps on going, tick-tock, next block.
Now, speaking of blocks, let's talk about mining.
Brains, one of the bigger mining pools out there,
Brains becomes the first mining pool
to introduce Lightning payments.
This is from an article on Bitcoin Magazine.
And from the article, it says,
"Brains, a leading mining pool in the Bitcoin industry,
"has made a significant stride
"by becoming the first mining pool
"to introduce Lightning payments.
"This pioneering move marks a notable advancement
"in the integration of the Lightning network
"within the mining sector."
Now, a quote directly from Brains.
"Our decision to integrate the Lightning network
"comes from a deep understanding of the challenges
"and opportunities within the mining community," stated
Christian Czespar, Chief of Propaganda at Brains.
Love the title.
"We also found from internal research
"with the mining community that Lightning network
"was a highly requested feature.
"Miners really love experimenting
"with cutting-edge technology, and in this case,
"Lightning could also improve their privacy
"by avoiding address reuse and enabling them
"to take advantage of all the Lightning network features,
"like lower fees and no permanent information
"on the blockchain."
To me, this is a major boon for mining,
and especially for smaller miners.
For those who mine at home or in a small facility,
they must wait long periods of time
for their payouts to be really high enough
to reach above the threshold.
That really justifies paying an on-chain fee
to get your funds out.
With Lightning, payments can happen anytime
and have almost zero transaction fees
relative to an on-chain transaction.
This feature alone makes it much easier
for people at home to turn on their miners again,
knowing that they can get their SATs now
instead of potentially waiting years to get them,
if ever at all.
So there was too much friction really up to this point.
This plays into the greater discussion
about Bitcoin as a medium of exchange
when it comes to smaller payments.
For example, you just really won't buy
your coffee with Bitcoin.
Layer-two solutions like Lightning
are what make that possible.
So please understand the risk profile
associated with the Lightning network
if you decide to use it for mining payouts.
It is not full on-chain Bitcoin,
but it is a layer-two solution on top of it.
Last news item for the day is a new project
to keep your eye on, really keep it on your radar,
and that's zap.store, Z-A-P dot store.
And this comes from user FranZap, F-R-A-N-Z-A-P.
Zap.store is a place for installing Android apps
that uses your social network to help you verify
if the build is from a source that can be trusted.
So, really interesting that this is coming on my radar
at the same time that the Snap problem is happening.
Zap.store accomplishes this by using your web of trust
to show you who else that you already trust
is using this version of this app,
this source for this app, if you will.
So again, web of trust is continuing
to become a more important metric
for validating truth online.
It's not the only way, but it is an important data point
to feed into your personal algorithm
for determining which sources can be trusted
and which are giving you false information
or really just flat out trying to rip you off.
Okay, let's go into Boost and Zaps
before we talk about project updates.
On the boosting front in Podcasting 2.0,
these are people who used their podcast app
to send a tip directly on the previous episode.
So first up is QWBoosted1000Sats,
and said, "Thanks for the Culture Shock shout out.
"V for V events are happening.
"Culture Shock 2025 will be next level."
And then a Shaka emoji.
"Thank you QW, you're awesome."
Joel W. Boosted 333 sats,
and Tumbleweed Boosted 256 sats.
"Thank you, you are both awesome as well."
And then over on Noster, we received six zaps
on the note for publishing this episode
as well as another note associated with it.
And so I'm gonna read through these really quick.
Mike with 42 sats, Maria 2000 with 30 sats,
Alex 21 sats, SirSleepy 21 sats,
Vale 11 sats, and YD 11 sats.
Thank you all, really appreciate you all
sending a little bit of value our way.
And then a special shout out to Maria 2000 and SirSleepy
for sharing the podcast with all of their followers.
And really, any others I don't know about who shared this,
we really appreciate it, y'all are awesome.
Thank you for supporting the show.
And if you would like to support us,
send us a boost or a zap.
And if you include a message, it will be read on the show.
Let's jump into project updates.
Our first one is a big one.
It is Noster Nests 2.0.
So shout out to Derek Ross and the team.
This is one that's been in the works for a while,
and it's so exciting to see it out here.
Noster Nests is an audio-only streaming platform
that is very similar to Twitter Spaces.
And from the release, I'm just gonna read a few items here.
Version 2.0 marks a significant leap forward.
Seamless Noster integration.
What does that mean?
Noster Nests 2.0 was built from the ground up
to be a fully-fledged Noster client.
Side note, Fiat Jaff a little while ago
called out Noster Nests,
asking what it had anything to do with Noster.
So here you go.
It's built from the inside to be an actual Noster client,
enabling a truly decentralized experience
with direct Noster authentication.
No need for separate accounts, logins,
or verification posts.
Log in with your current Noster keys via NSEC Bunker
or NIP 7 extensions such as Albi, Noster Connect,
or NoStore for iOS.
Side note for NoStore for iOS,
that developer is looking for someone else
to pick the project up
and continue publishing to the iOS App Store.
If you're interested, go check it out.
Next bullet point from the release,
discoverability and user choice.
Find your favorite live audio events like never before,
not only on NosterNest.com,
but also via a variety of Noster clients
that support live events,
such as Amethyst, Snort, Iris, Flockster,
Nostrudel, Wearster, and more.
Install Noster Nests as a PWA on Android, iOS,
or your favorite desktop operating system.
Next item, they've redesigned the entire interface.
They've enhanced lots of functionality.
They've made it multilingual,
so now you can run Noster Nests in over a dozen languages.
And really an important part is the last bullet point,
it is open source.
The platform's code is fully open source
under the MIT license.
They welcome community contributions
and fostering transparency.
Submit issues and pull requests on GitHub
to shape the future of Noster Nests.
Like I said, this has been a major undertaking
and it is exciting to see it out in public beta format now.
Try it out, hammer on it, and send them feedback.
Congrats to Derek and the entire team.
Next update, our friends over at GrapheneOS
have released a new update.
This is 2024-022-300.
This has a completely new GrapheneOS
setup wizard implementation
for the initial setup of a device,
as well as a secondary user profile.
It has an updated theme picker.
They have improved the sandbox Google Play compatibility
and fixed a bug with uninstalling apps
that were installed by other profiles
that aren't the owner user.
So if you're running GrapheneOS, go check that out.
An update from Passport.
These are makers of a Bitcoin hardware wallet.
Passport firmware version 2.3.0.
And they call this a massive release.
And really it is, because why?
Well, first it has full Taproot support.
From the release it says,
"Passport now has full support for sending
"and receiving using Taproot,
"making the combination of Envoy and Passport
"a powerful way to leverage the latest and greatest tech
"that Bitcoin has to offer."
Another thing this release does
is that it makes address verification easier.
Says, "We've improved address display
"based on the Bitcoin design guidelines,
"making it easier than ever to verify addresses on Passport."
Now this bullet point can seem kinda small and redundant,
but being able to verify the address
that you are sending to from your hardware wallet
is really important, 'cause you don't want to have to trust
that the software is passing everything through correctly.
So it's really nice to be able to verify one last time
that your hardware device is creating
the correct transaction using the correct address.
There are also many other things in this update,
so check it out.
And they also gave a shout out to Bitcoin Design
for creating open standards around usability
in the Bitcoin space.
Okay, we have a project that is allowing you
to upload your own media for Noster.
This is called Noster Media Uploads for WordPress.
And this comes courtesy of user Fabian on Noster.
Fabian is a creator of Noster, N-O-S-T-U-R,
which is a Noster client.
This lets you host your own media that you post on Noster.
Now, if you don't use Noster,
this is obviously, it can be used as a social network.
Well, when you post images and videos in other media,
it behaves differently than it does on traditional ones.
So let's say that you're using
traditional proprietary social media sites.
Images that you upload there go to the servers
of that company, and then they are delivered
with the content from those servers.
On Noster, media is not sent to the relays
that host the text content that you post.
So your media have to live elsewhere
aside from the note itself.
Many clients have integrated with popular upload services
like Noster.build, or they just have their own media service
like Primal does.
Well, this is a Freedom Tech podcast.
So let's talk about the way that you can do it yourself.
You can host your own content through an easy tool
like WordPress.
You can run a WordPress server on your own,
or you can use one of the many services
that will run it for you.
You can install this plugin,
which is Noster Media Uploads for WordPress.
And then you have your own media server for Noster
without having to depend on someone else.
If you plan on being a big deal on the interwebs,
you can even scale this WordPress server quite easily
to handle large amounts of load.
So this is a great way to really take control
of more of your Noster experience
and really your online communication.
I believe this plugin lets you host media
for other people as well.
So if you wanted to, you can really host it
for family, friends, community members,
or you can even run it as a small business
to try and generate some revenue.
Changes in this version specifically,
which is why we're talking about it,
they added a setting for a default tag on uploads.
It shows which user uploaded the file in the media page,
and then they fixed an undefined index warning
for media files that are not uploaded through the plugin.
This is still in beta, so play around with it
and provide feedback to Fabian on Noster.
Let's continue on.
We have a couple of clients
that have been updated for Noster.
Primal iOS 1.2 is now live on the App Store.
From the note, it says, "We bring you a much nicer wallet,
now with support for on-chain payments,
along with several social media features and fixes.
Primal has become equal parts social media client
and Bitcoin wallet.
We will continue to expand both feature sets
in ways that integrate them naturally,
offering you the best of both worlds.
Primal can serve as both your daily spending wallet
and your social media client.
Let us know how you like it."
This is really interesting
because there are certain tech people
that talk about becoming the everything app
that does social media, payments, shopping,
all that kind of stuff.
Primal is doing that as well,
but they are doing it with open protocols
and open communication and freedom technology.
Very cool.
If you want the full list of updates,
you can go check it out.
Next, we have Coracle version 0.4.3.
This is from Hoddlebod on Noster.
The changes in this one, you can create invite links,
set default follows, relays, and groups in those links,
and then this should make it easier
to onboard friends to Noster,
especially if it's like a targeted community
that would really benefit
from having a specific setup for them.
There's also support.
You can support the developer by enabling zap splits.
So when you zap within Coracle,
you could have it also send a small amount directly
to help finance Coracle development in the future.
And then there are some UI improvements,
including more visibility for Web of Trust.
Again, we've talked about Web of Trust
a few times on this episode today.
This will help you identify real user accounts
from spoofed ones.
It's a common problem on social media
where somebody will get a lot of followers
and get a bit of fame,
and then bots will create accounts
or people trying to be nefarious will create accounts
that look just like that famous person
and try to impersonate them.
So, and trick you into maybe signing up for their service
or somehow getting money from you.
So Web of Trust is one way to help combat that.
Now on the hardware wallet front,
we have cold card Q version 0.0.6 beta.
And the release notes for this
are BIP39 passphrase process completely streamlined.
It has batch signing when there are two or more PSBTs
on the storage card.
This stands for partially signed Bitcoin transaction,
which is an essential part of multi-sig wallets,
and then bug fixes and other minor UI improvements.
The service KYC-NOT got an update.
This is from user KYC-NOT.me on Noster.
And KYC-NOT is a website
for finding places to exchange Bitcoin.
It also has Monero on there,
which I consider to be a freedom tool as well,
although it does have its drawbacks as sound money
when compared to Bitcoin.
From the blog post, it says there are UI improvements,
also a terms of service summarizer,
which it goes on to say,
"A significant upgrade is the terms of service summarizer
or reviewer, now powered by AI, GPT-4-Turbo.
It efficiently condenses each service's terms of service,
extracting and presenting critical points,
including any warnings.
Summaries are updated monthly,
processing over 40 TOS pages via the OpenAI API
using a self-crafted and thoroughly tested prompt."
And then it also has Noster comments.
Says, "I've integrated a comment section
for each service using Noster."
And lastly, it's updated the database,
scoring, listing pages, API, and much more.
I really think the terms of service summarizer
is pretty awesome, and they're trying to use
a Freedom Tech version of an LLM to do that,
but really helps break through all of that legal speak
and let us normal users know
really what we're signing up for.
Now, I always caution people
that they should really understand the privacy profile
of the places where they are buying and selling Bitcoin.
This site gives you lots of really valuable insight
into making that informed decision.
So check out kycnot.me,
and check out the new features there.
Our last project update today comes courtesy of FiatJaff,
and it is called Follows,
and the address is follows.noster.com.
Follows is a place to recover
any lost follow lists that you have.
Over the course of your time using social media,
you start to follow certain people,
you unfollow some people,
you really craft and curate your experience.
Every once in a while,
especially when you're dealing with new clients
and new technology, you might lose the people
that you're following somehow.
There might be some kind of data loss.
Well, this website shows you a list of Noster accounts
that you stopped following recently.
So you can potentially add them back.
It gives you a chance to follow them again
without having to manually just notice
that that person disappeared,
or having to track down all those people again.
So if you feel like you had a problem
with who you're following,
or you really just want to see
if you accidentally stopped following some people,
go over to follows.noster.com,
and you can log in with a Noster extension for your browser
and see what it shows you.
That is it for news and updates this week.
This is Freedom Tech Wrap.
If you find this weekly source useful,
please share it with your people.
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If you have any feedback, send it our way on Noster
to marks@nosterplebs.com.
To close it out, we have the song of the week
where your stats directly support that artist.
So stick around and boost.
For the rest of you,
thanks for listening to Freedom Tech Wrap,
and remember to live independent.
Later.
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The song for this week is one
I discovered a couple of days ago.
To give you a little insight into my process,
I'm always searching for great music.
People will share things with me,
or my kids will tell me about something,
and I also just listen to a lot of new music playlists.
Lately, one of my favorite spots
is the radio feature on Wavelake.
I'll be in the car wanting some music,
and I will just launch the app and hit the radio button.
When I hear a song that I like,
I hit the heart button to save it to my library.
And then when I'm at a spot where I can take a bit more time,
I will zap that song.
Now, the zap amount that I put in
is usually more than the equivalent
of what would be like one US dollar.
So this process reminds me of buying a single MP3 track
back in the day when we used to do such things.
Except this time, most of the money
that I'm spending on that single track
goes directly to the artist, which is super cool.
So with all that said,
I discovered this song the other day,
and the vibe just hit me.
It hit me just right for how I was feeling at that moment.
I like the style of the vocals.
I like the guitar.
I like the tambourine that comes in,
adds a little spice to it.
So from the hardest long beat,
this is the Jack and Jill blues.
♪ Well, I looked one way ♪
♪ I got everyone to stay ♪
♪ How I turn hot and cold ♪
♪ Make a statement or two ♪
♪ But how those eyes will roll ♪
♪ Now come on, let's take a stroll ♪
♪ Well, I was up all night ♪
♪ I was looking for a buyout ♪
♪ How I hammered on ♪
♪ Missed the right and took a wrong ♪
♪ Well, I just hit the floor ♪
♪ Made a mess, I said no more ♪
♪ You dress me, yes, now I'll dress you ♪
♪ It's a mix, I'm f----- up ♪
♪ Just tell me when to show ♪
♪ I'll tell you the things you wanna feel ♪
♪ We'll be Jack and Jill ♪
♪ You find me knocked out, you'll just all be ill ♪
♪ When I wake in the morning ♪
♪ How I jumped up, run fast ♪
♪ Quick blast, forget the past ♪
♪ Hotel, motel, holiday king ♪
♪ Stress, less bless ♪
♪ Ain't it nice to have a rest ♪
♪ Waiting for the whole family to sing ♪
♪ Well, it's long haul, short haul ♪
♪ Take me where they can't call ♪
♪ Drink to our heroes or drink to anything ♪
♪ Uptown, underground, all the rest is sent to me ♪
♪ All that love when it comes in threes ♪
♪ So you can dress me and I can dress you ♪
♪ Simplistic, all blink and you may miss it ♪
♪ You tell me the things I'd like to feel ♪
♪ We'll be Jack and Jill, yes, running up that hill ♪
♪ Just don't wake me when you leave in the morning ♪
♪ Now the clock struck ten ♪
♪ I had nowhere else to be ♪
♪ And it's lose pride inside ♪
♪ Take a walk or do I ride ♪
♪ A week in the same drill ♪
♪ Take the morning off the bill ♪
♪ And a week I loved, I'll kick back ♪
♪ And let it shine ♪
♪ It's five, six, seven, eight ♪
♪ Open up your bloody cases ♪
♪ Nine, eight, seven, six ♪
♪ Keep me posted with your tricks ♪
♪ And don't trust no one ♪
♪ And never to the bruise ♪
♪ Just give up my taste ♪
♪ Of the Jack and Jill blues ♪
♪ I won't dress you, so don't dress me ♪
♪ I'll wander off the road ♪
♪ Ever after happily ♪
♪ Place me on a rock, a metal tin box ♪
♪ Ship me to an island where they leave you ♪
♪ Just to be young, 'cause I won't be here ♪
♪ Oh no ♪
♪ Keep the money ♪
(guitar strumming)
[Music]