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I am no Poet
This was written right after watching the presidential inauguration. I really enjoyed the poet Richard Blanco and his poem “One Today”. I used it, and the rest of the ceremony, for inspiration. I thought that it would be important for me to really focusing on what it is that connect us together as Americans, and also can devise and separate us through erroneous use of our egos etc. I hope you enjoy it! Cheers!
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For I am no poet
No writer, nor musician
No athlete or businessman
I am but nothing and will return
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I must be stripped of all
Before I know what I am
What I am made of
What wiring makes my soul
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All the confusion and static
The noise and the stammer
Of what others want
And I need
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In the confusion I believe one
And forget another
Only to remember
To be reminded of yet another
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So I challenge myself and you
To strip away what is
And to find what will be
What is it that you stand for
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To look at these flesh and bones
And find what the meaning is
Beyond the labels and toys
Finding a simple meaning within
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For we are all connected in a manner
An inner webbing that connects us
That unites us
And if we so choose tears us apart
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Yet we strive for more
To seek meaning that is greater
Than the sum of our parts
And unifies us
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This is our challenge
Our calling
Our honor
To be what we are
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To forget the other meanings
And find our own
Not in our own minds
But from deep within
Net Worth
What is your net worth
Go you! Proclaim it throughout the earth
Ring it on high
Ring it on low
Bring a receipt
Wherever you go
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Remind your friends with cash in hand
Even pay for them to see your favorite band
“I wonder how much they are worth”
Surely not as much as me
I am sure my banker would agree
Ring the registers from on high
It’s like pie falling from the sky
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I will stand with my hands ready
To grab what is mine
Might just take one of yours
But hey who is keeping score
Now get my car and call me lady
You know this part of town can get quite shady
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Maybe I should not be quite so loud
I mean I do not want to attract a crowd
Who knows what that will mean
It was my pie I found,
I thought I caught it
But please don’t bring those fellows
Who want to conduct the audit
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If leverage is leverage
And bottom line true
The bell rings cold
When the receipt reads past due
Extend me some credit
Just a little more
I just want to settle the score
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But the banker looked confused
This analogy he used
“The way I see it
To make this all easy for me and you
Upon every mans head it should be written
Two decades and a half after their birth
So he may proclaim it throughout the earth
But for now I must ask you again
What is your net worth?”
Over Rated
This is a new song that I have been working on very diligently in the past couple of
weeks. It is about the pressures of always looking for the next best thing and
looking to the future in life – when really all you have to care about is going on
right in front of your eyes. This song will be on our next album out in late 2013.
Enjoy!
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I’m feeling so over rated
My life is so complicated
Not the best but I face it
These feelings are fresh
But I am jaded
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Oh and I feel like I am going
Nowhere
And I feel like I want to be
Someone
I don’t want to write this song
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Forget about tomorrow
If you want to live today
Forget about tomorrow
If you want to live today
If you want to live today
Remember what I say
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My thoughts can be so relentless
You ‘bout gave up when I said this
Now that I know that you’re faded
Well I had to go but I waited
For you
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Oh and I feel like we are going
Nowhere
And I feel like we are missing
Something
And I don’t want to write this song
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Forget about tomorrow
If you want to live today
Forget about tomorrow
If you want to live today
If you want to live today
Remember what I say
Marketing
This was written late night. After a long day of marketing and social media-ing. Long day
and semi frustrated with it all and how it can take away from what you really want to
being doing. Enjoy!
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All the time spent marketing
Now I know why it’s a full time thing
I have to spend some time on twitter
I watch it like a babysitter
With a cute emblem of a little critter
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But it is so much more than that
A tweet is a tweet
For I am winning the race of the rats
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But log on and get your computer
I get distracted by watching McGruber
Eh but why bother who cares
This white screen looks back, it stares
For me to embark on a journey, begin to
Climb the stairs
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But for now I must rest and get some deep sleep
This computer keeps me away from slumber and rest
But now go check Facebook
And get that off your chest
A tweet is for twitter
Status the update
Facebook and Twitter
I can not begin to contemplate
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And then there is sweet little Google
How many peoples eyes ogle over this Google
Search me this search me that
I need to know the top ten ways to burn fat
The questions run on for days even years
But with no response ever to the ears
Unless with Siri she’s the one
She brings it all together
The holy one
She even knows a joke
That’s a lie
But asking her is still fun
But ode to distraction
I must return to my path
This I must proclaim
I must say
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For now I will sneak away
From bots and other things
To rest, rest calm and peaceful
And restore my faith in worldly beings
Notre Dame song The Bergamot
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Our local team, Notre Dame, did not win the BCS title game but they sure did make a small town proud! Here is a song for the FIGHTING IRISH!
A Cup of Songwriting 