Won't you take me to FUNKYTOWN by Lipps Inc and Pseudo Echo and an energy company and others others

Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Verse] Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy [Pre-Chorus] Well, I talk about it, talk about it Talk about it, talk about it Talk about, talk about Talk about movin' Gotta move on Gotta move on Gotta move on [Chorus] A-won't you take me to Funkytown? Won't you take me to Funkytown? Won't you take me to Funkytown? Won't you take me to Funkytown? [Chorus repeats] [All lyrics now repeat from start] [Outro] Won't you take me down to Funkytown? Won't you take me down to Funkytown? Won't you take me down to Funkytown? Won't you take me down to Funkytown? (Won't you take me to) Funkytown? (Won't you take me to) Funkytown? (Won't you take me to) Funkytown? (Won't you take me to) Funkytown? Take me, won't you take me? Take me, won't you take me? Take me, (won't you take me) won't you take me? Take me, (won't you take me) won't you take me? I wanna go (won't you take me to) to Funkytown I wanna go (won't you take me to) to Funkytown I wanna go (won't you take me to) to Funkytown I wanna go (won't you take me to) to Funkytown

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(11:18) Lyric by lyric - impressions

(13:24) Stagnation and apathy condemned!

(14:58) The Good Which of the North from The Wizard of Oz

(15:58) Persecution, music genre-bigotry, racism, disco vs prog rock, Footloose, women's liberation, West Side Story

(22:09) Chauvinism, disempowerment, AND DRAFT LYRICS UNCOVERED!

(23:48) Child-like whining, Kazakhstan entertainment centre

(26:28) More autobiographical than he knew

(28:25) Alien DNA virus

(30:23) Callback to Cher's BELIEVE lyrics and AI robot/cyborg overthrow of humanity

(34:23) Theories From The Internet

(37:27) Misheard Lyrics

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