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My Neighbor John

from Do Your Work by The Michael Character

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Hammered out the details, computer screen
Falling back to thinking about you and all the things that fame does to the people I meet
But, My neighbor’s cancer reminds me
As he stands on the porch and says "my wife heard you thanks for shoveling"
Thanks for shoveling, he reminds me to
Be thankful by being kind by making things better than they would be otherwise
Yea I wish that people came to my shows and sang my songs
But all that vanity is probably misguided and wrong so
Be thankful by being nice by acting when your conscience says to not think twice
Yea I really wish my music was important to more people
But it’s love that really matters and I know that I can be there for you
Hammered out the details, computer screen
Silent and holdin’ my breath, I worry about death, recalling all the awful things that it could mean
I picked my path to take, like some Deist divine
Spun my life on some axis and let it fly
Now it's just cause and effect and entropy until I die
*Chorus*
Ohhh now class guilt is gettin’ ya down
You know there’s not enough privilege to go around
And I never read Capital or Proudhon’s What is Property?
No I’m hardly equipped with a cohesive philosophy
So what can you do when you feel like an asshole?
What can you do when you’re inadvertently exploitative?
What can you do when you are not who you’d like to be ideally?
What can you do when you’re having a bad day?
What can you do when you don’t know what the fuck to say
To a friend who’s in need of support or a stranger you encounter while you chill on the porch? Well you could

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from Do Your Work, released April 3, 2015

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It's political music, whatever. Based in Boston, MA. Absolutely willing to drive very far to play for you and five of your vaguely alternative friends in your combination kitchen/laundry room. Hit me up. I'm fully serious.

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