04282023

BY REQUEST 
sang in a wedding band exactly one year
the last day on new year's
end of year
oh the money yes was great
it paid the bills
got stuff i liked.
at the end my creative fire was shot
i sang the same songs over and over again
sung it just like they wanted to hear 
but the fire was slowly burning out
it was not me, but a version of me
that played pretty
 i looked at myself and asked who are you?
i tried to forget
felt like a robot
singing love songs
in jest
smiling on stage
forget it  i said
you're getting a wage
soon enough it caught up
and the fire burnt out
my soul let me live again 
to find what i'm really about
last call for now
You've passed that test
sorry 
i won't sing that song
by request

Listening to "Everything is Free"