The Funny Papers have released a new single: Runaway

Buy “Runaway” on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/runaway-single/id496009729 or Amazon MP3

Written by Kent Malmquist, Sam Orlandi & Danny Duran

Artwork by Sam Orlandi
Recorded at d7 productions
© 2012

Lyrics:
Oooooh——————-
Looking for a place to stay,
I donʼt have much to say
life of a runaway

Oooooh——————-
My hands feel so cold
Tired of my body sold
I have nothing else to hold

My body starts to crave
Numbing to be saved…
I donʼt know how to hear
When I donʼt think so clear

Every time I say
Itʼs fifty bucks for the day…
I bathe in my fears
and drown in my tears

Oooooh——————-
Staying in another dive
The things I do to survive
Drinking booze and paradise

Oooooh——————-
Iʼm sorry but I cannot stay
Living in this ghetto way
The life of a Runaway

My body starts to creave
Numbing to be saved…
I donʼt know how to hear
When I donʼt think so clear

Every time I say
Itʼs fifty bucks for the day…
I bathe in my fears
and drown in my tears

The Funny Papers have released a new single: Belief System No. 12

Buy “Belief System No. 12” on:   or Amazon MP3

Written by Kent Malmquist, Sam Orlandi & Danny Duran

Artwork by Sam Orlandi
Recorded at d7 productions
© 2011

Lyrics:
The wheels have stopped reeling
And the wind has twisted into time
When did we stop feeling?
Somewhere we did…
When we committed this crime.

Everything is collapsing…
Into scattered dust and grime
The wind blows us back
When we look back in time

All the things we have done
To silence the sounds of our guns
Finding our way into redemption
We pray to GOD
To lead us not into temptation…

We will live and die
And we will kill and cry
To live another day
For what we say

Now we need to start dealing
With the damage and the cost…
Forever revealing…
The face value Of being lost…

Oil cans and oily skin…
Cold clammy hands and dead souls within
Some days our lives will begin…
With yellowed teeth And a bottle of Gin…

All the things we have done
To silence the sounds of our guns
Finding our way into redemption
We pray to GOD
To lead us not into temptation…

We will live and die
And we will kill and cry
To live another day
For what we say

The Funny Papers have released a new single: 4am

Buy “4am” on:  iTunes, Amazon MP3

Written by Kent Malmquist, Sam Orlandi & Danny Duran

Artwork by Sam Orlandi
Recorded at d7 productions
© 2011

Lyrics:
Awake from a dream, it’s 4 in the morning
Not what it seems, you can’t heed the warning
Seems only yesterday the world was in your hands
The best laid schemes of mice and men…
The best made of your plans

How could I know that you would be calling?
The Sea of Unknown, The dream where I’m falling
Looking back to yesterday, I wonder where I’ve been…
Looking to tomorrow just to see what it might bring

Run… Turn and run away
You’ve got to…Run…
Turn and run away
Let’s go!
Run… Turn and run away
You’ve got to…Run…
Turn and run away

Inspired by the revolutionary events of 2011, The Funny Papers have released their first single: All Together Now.

Buy “All Together Now” on: or AmazonMP3

Written by Kent Malmquist, Sam Orlandi & Danny Duran

Artwork by Sam Orlandi
Recorded at d7 productions
© 2011

Lyrics:
Need a revolution and we need it now!
Need an evolution so that we can see how
We can’t keep on keepin’ on like this… no we can’t!
Need a revolution… All together now!

Government is broken, just like our dreams.
Banks and corporations, profit from their evil deeds.
Here we stand weeping, they continue their reaping
Gone are the jobs, our health, wealth and dignity.

Who, but us, to make a stand against oppression?
Who, but us, to make a stand against oppression?

Need a revolution and we need it now!
Need an evolution so that we can see how
We can’t keep on keepin’ on like this …Tyranny!
Need a revolution… All together now!

Wake me if I’m dreamin’… These politics are schemin’
Did you come home from war? Hope they take care of you.
Who truly represents us? Them fat cats surely do…
Feel so dispossessed, and I know you do too.

Brothers and sisters…tell me, do you feel the same?
Brothers and sisters…tell me, do you feel the same?

We need to be cut some slack, instead of taking all this flak.
We better not get sick (no no no)… our wounds we’ll have to lick.
These are the days of reckoning.
Can’t you here the calls? The beckoning?

Mobilize people! Tomorrow never knows!
It get increasingly absurd… let’s make our voices heard.
Exercise our rights… and understand the reason.
Have to take on this fight… Don’t believe it’s treason.

To the streets… ‘cause we all have the power.. take it!
To the streets… ‘cause we all have the power.. take it!

The Funny Papers played at the FOP in Santa Fe, NM for Bernadette Duran’s Graduation Party! Congratulations, Bernadette!

Sam’s new drum kit (Drum Workshop (dw) – Tangerine Sparkle)!

Caye Duran has completed The Funny Papers banner! Sam Orlandi’s drums have been changed to “Tangerine” as he has some new DW Drums on the way… in “Tangerine”!

Thanks Caye!

A sculpture of guitarist Kent Malmquist by Caye Duran

Caye Duran started making a drawing of The Funny Papers…

From Left to Right: The Floating Head of guitarist Kent Malmquist, the Armless, Footless, and Kitless drummer Sam Orlandi and bassist Danny Duran with his new Reverend Mercalli-5 bass!

Someday soon, Kent will have a body and guitar… and Sam will have his arms, feet, and a new drum kit!