If It All Goes My Way

from Something Louder EP by Joe Holt

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I'm counting down til the clock stops turning round
that awful sound
Nothing helps me when the walls are caving in
not beer, not gin
When I look to the future, I don't know where I'm gonna be
or what job I'll belong to - what kind of fool would employ me?
Will I combine socks and sandals, make dumb jokes, drive my kids insane
or just dress in pajamas and talk to myself on a crowded train
If it all goes my way, I'll be yours forever
My five year plan is to make it through the five
Then another five, then another five, then one day I'll die
My childhood dreams and professional aspirations
are bullshit
at least I know it
I could call myself Jason and get a job in a new city
I could learn Kama Sutra or dress in robes and practice chastity (itty bitty titty)
I could live on an island, eat raw snakes, grow an awesome beard
or get better at parties and make new friends like I've always feared
I could write a new album which blows right up and makes me some dough
Would I have made it already if my stage name wasn't Joe?
I could give up on music and get a job building people homes
I could write the right song, the helping hand when you're all alone
I could learn what this life's for, why I'm this specific set of bones
To be perfectly honest, there's only one thing I really know:
that if it all goes my way, I'll be yours forever.

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from Something Louder EP, released March 13, 2018

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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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