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I got a ticket for speeding
I guess I should've slowed down
Smile at the cop as he's leaving
Just makes it harder to frown
Sometimes I feel like a weenie
If I could talk to myself
I'd be disgusted to see me
Feeling so happy and swell
My personality's changing
Don't feel as good when it's raining
Don't know how to explain it
But it's probably something good
I like being honest
And I like being true
I like working harder
I like loving you
My personality's changing
I sip instead of just draining
I mean I've not been abstaining
But it's probably something good
I needed something within me
I needed someone to care
Now I need someone to pinch me
Feels like I'm already there
My personality's changing
Don't have as much fun complaining
You tell me you feel the same thing
That's probably something good
My personality's changing
I'm sick of simply maintaining
I want to show up for training
I want to make something amazing
Instead of something probably good
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People in New York
03:20
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People in New York like calling themselves Creativies - noun
Doesn't that make you wanna throw up
and people in New York are selfish, mean, and I'm the same way now
I'd rather walk right into someone than have to slow up
and I miss my mum
and I miss my dad
and I know it's dumb
but I'm feeling sad
Venues in New York ask you to bring a crowd on a goddamn Wednesday
at 11pm when it's negative 5 outside
and musicians in New York only wanna talk about their Instagram anyway
Put a selfie in your story and hope you get fucking signed
and I know it's far
but I'd rather walk
I'd suggest a bar
but then I'd have to talk
There's a guy on the train numbing his pain with a paper bag
I avoid his eyes and wonder who he might've been
and the world sees the dirt on his threadbare shirt like a raised white flag
Now he's asking me for change but I've got my AirPods in
So I never hear
and I never care
and I'm never here
or really anywhere
This city's full of life
and it's full of shit
and it makes me thrive
and I'm sick of it
If you make it here
Well, you know the rest
I'd rather disappear
if I can't be my best
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I Fall Down
02:37
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When I'm too tired to stand
I fall down
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It's You I'd Save
03:10
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You have the only face that I need to know
Your side's the only place where I want to go
and I want you to know, although I've said it before,
that in the case of nuclear war,
if an earthquake breaks the floor,
left with an awful price to pay,
if it's you or me,
it's you I'd save.
You're the only comforting part between the sky and the ground
I pressed up my ear to your heart for a familiar sound
a realization I've found - I've said it more sensitively -
that with a rifle aimed at me,
men yelling "who'll it be,"
gimme that shovel, I'll dig that grave
if it's you or me,
it's you I'd save.
If in my final days
the full time nurses say
you can keep a single phase,
a reminder of the time you gave,
of all the memories,
it's you I'd save.
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If You Starve Something
02:22
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In high school I was on the wrestling team
I was always second string
didn't do much of anything
I only entered the ring when we were losing
So the weeks went by and I eventually
just lost my drive
so in practice I gave up
or only gave what was enough
I would huff and I would puff
but I was faking
What a heavy-handed meathead metaphor
Could've made my point like seven lines before
That if you starve something long enough it dies
If you starve something long enough it dies
You either feed it or you bleed it
There's no other way to read it
If you starve something long enough it dies
So I write my songs but sing the ones you already know
More by Joni, less by Joe
It's the same thing every show
I'm not complaining, I'm just thinking as I go
What would happen if I never wrote again?
I'd make more money playing fucking fire and rain
But if you starve something long enough it dies
If you starve something long enough it dies
You either feed it or you bleed it
There's no other way to read it
If you starve something long enough it dies
I'm afraid I'll lose the reasons I'm alive
To see the girl I love is a forty hour drive
But if I wait another table I'll be mentally unstable
I just hope she's still there when I arrive
But if you starve something long enough it dies
If you starve something long enough it dies
You either feed it or you bleed it
There's no other way to read it
If you starve something long enough it dies
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Give More
05:04
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Today was a good day
I don't know why
But hey, let's ride this high
Some days it grows
Some days just blow
but day turns to night
wherever I go
I guess meaning doesn't follow any reasoning or trend
Some days redemption calls, some days it's just a friend
and on the days it doesn't show up, maybe we can just pretend
When I was a young boy
I'd go outside
Bring my favorite toy
and just stare at the sky
I had nothing to know
and so much to show
I wished life would move faster
But now where did it go?
I don't think meaning is just something we deserve, it's what we earn
Just gotta stumble through and do our best to learn
It's kind of freeing just believing it's investment and return
I want to be better
At least to try
I don't want to let up
and I don't want to die
Another step on the stair
There's fire in the air
Time's running out
and for once I care
Maybe meaning isn't something we receive, it's what we give
Even a selfish soul can spare enough to live
It's like a baseball glove, just needs a little love when it feels stiff
Stick it under the mattress or chuck it off a cliff
At least for me it feels easier believing it's a gift
and I'm gonna give more.
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Joe Holt New York, New York
Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more
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the writing, the voice, the production - I literally cannot get enough
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