Sammy J - Keep it Clean (The Fuck Song)

A reflection on swearing by Australian comedian Sammy J.
From the album "Skinny Man, Modern World", available now on iTunes.
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Film clip shot and edited by Evan Munro-Smith: www.evan.net.au
Balloon inflation and bear defacing by Bec Petraitis & Emily Parker.

(phone) Sammy J, it's Barry here, mate. Got a gig for ya, if you're interested. 20 min, sing a few songs, tell a few jokes,

that sort of thing. It's a family show though, so remember, keep it clean.

Keep it clean? What does that mean? You mean I can't say fuck, 'cos fuck is obscene.

According to who? According to you? Well, what about me, do I get to be offended too.

At a word of my choosing and stop you from using it, when I'm around.

And I guess you'll say that it's not about you, it's society's view the word shouldn't be said.

Well, fuck me dead, that's just passing the fuck buck, people like me and you are society too.

And every time we don't say 'fuck', we pump that fucker up, til it's fucking huge and everyone thinks the word fuck is rude.

It's just like the royal family, this linguistic minority and words that are born into privilege and raised from the cot to be

taught that they're not like the other words in the playground. But the poor word fuck must look around

sometimes and say "What the fuck, I tried to be a normal word, and I don't know how this occurred."

But 500 years ago, some fat fuck in England preferred I wasn't heard, so he referred the word up to the Board of

Civility, whose recent decisions included submissions on tax off-sets when keeping slaves, so their moral compass could

clearly be trusted and as a result the word fuck got adjusted, to one not befitting a virtuous life, then they went

home and bashed their multiple wives.
(music)

And I guess you'll say there's a time and place and some people don't like the word fuck in their face,

And I get that I know, I'm just trying to show it's unfair, cos I don't like the word 'moist'.

It offends me, it makes me feel ill, but everyone uses it still.
If it were up to me, I'd outlaw moist and set fuck free.

And there are other words as well, that have it far to easy, like sluice, yeast, cumquat, gluten, smegma, womb & queasy

And every time we don't say 'fuck', we pump that fucker up, and we justify the fucking fucks who still deny the fact

that everyone says 'fuck'. I do, and so do you. And sometimes when I'm speaking, only a 'fuck' will do.

It's fucking earned it's place, and fuck it, saying 'fuck' is fun.

The world has lots of fucking problems, but the word 'fuck' isn't one.