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Go West Young Man

from SongFu 2012 by Trader Jack

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for songfu. It was supposed to be about "your last day of work" ended up being about the mass global unemployment of young adults.

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Business got slow. Out I go
in the street with all my friends.
I guess I don't get to look forward
anymore, to the weekends.
We're peeking in the windows, hoping for signs
"Help wanted," You can have mine.
Doesn't anybody want me and my little hands?
When times get tough they say go west young man.
Build a little cabin in the wilderness.
Pluck all of the gold out of the ground.
On second thought, that sounds really hard.
We'd just die out there.
So, we'll stay here
and take everything you have.
Stay in your house or we'll rob you.
It's not something we want to do.
Put the check in the mail, most kindly
When we receive it we'll think well of you.
Daddy's big store sells business.
Momma teaches kids to be smart.
Economy washed her hands of me
and broke my little (useless) heart.

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from SongFu 2012, track released April 16, 2012

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Trader Jack Chesapeake, Virginia

Hey, I'm Trader Jack. I live in Chesapeake, VA. I've been writing and recording for a while now and I just started playing live (open mics) which is pretty exciting. Fire bath will eventually (someday) be a full album. Plumbing the Depths is a dark little folk EP, I'm a Boss is a EDM single, SongFu and SpinTunes are song writing contests. Oh, and there are covers now. Enjoy! ... more

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