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from The Happiest Sad Face by Carl Kavorkian

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lyrics

- i got room with a thousand cd's in it
- a credit card that's maxxed out to the limit
- i made a bad decision,
- early 30's bringing women to mom & dad's crib and then
- well...you know what happens
- when you're hit with the fact you're not gonna make a living rapping
- doing all this tapping on an mpc's padding
- spending all this cash on equipment in a lavish fashion
- doing shows for free, where promoters can't even squeeze
- a piece of the cheese off for gas moneys
- you can laugh but it ain't funny
- driving from state to state performing for 12 peeps
- doing a set that seems like it'll never end
- for the bartender, bouncer, engineer, promoter and his friend
- yeah, it's obvious we love it
- with a sadomasochistic twist for the public

CHORUS
- take off on tour, merch on the floor
- vocal chords sore still giving yall more
- giving yall more, coming up short
- about to abort but faith gets restored

- i got a room with two broken technic's in it
- a wall of boxes where earbleeding treats sit
- that couldn't move if i tossed them out them out the room
- out the window outside inside a passerby's ride
- got finger that's swole up from hitting this midi controller
- to keep emitting a vulture, to keep my soul in it's holster
- a mutant chip on my shoulder, that's more the size of a boulder
- the look in my eyes is colder, now that i'm older and grown up
- a second breath like a cardiac arrest,
- with a pound to the chest to get me out of this mess
- and i confess, i always did my best
- 101 percent put forth so no regrets
- but with no return, how much oil can you burn
- and until you learn, the curve you can't discern
- disintegration begins to take it's place in
- the processing cycle of an artist and his life goals

CHORUS
- take off on tour, merch on the floor
- vocal chords sore still giving yall more
- giving yall more, coming up short
- about to abort but faith gets restored

credits

from The Happiest Sad Face, released February 26, 2013
Written by Carl Kavorkian
Produced by Lou Cypher

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