We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Unemployment As A Productive Pursuit

from Happenstance And Alcohol by BrodyGreg

/

lyrics

Look me in the fucking eye and tell me
that working for millionaires
in exchange for minimum wage
is a fucking privilege

I’ll be okay
I won’t ever have a job like that
Or at least I hope not

And I buy whiskey with money from the government
‘Cause they don’t give me enough to pay any rent
So I sit in my grandmother’s house and write stupid fucking songs
I only hope I get to do it somewhere else tomorrow
And I insist
This life is a life worth living
So close to freedom I can taste it on my lips
This is all I’ve ever wanted
To stand in a room
And shout along to my thoughts just like this

I apply for jobs to get everyone off my back
If I ever actually get one I have no idea what I would do
I’m not lazy I’m just doing what I want to!

So why aren’t you trying to make something more of your life?
Life is what you prevent them from making it
I know it’s hard
I may not feed myself with this guitar
But if I end up sleeping next to it
On the tracks out by the showgrounds
That’s fine by me

So what am I supposed to do
When the world pushes me away
And tells me that I’m the one to blame?
So what are we supposed to do
When the world pushes us away
And tells us we’re the ones everyone should blame?
What am I supposed to do
When the world pushes me away
And tells me I’m the one to blame?
Well I ain't gonna live in their cage
So put me in a van
There’s gotta be a way
For me to escape
A life as a slave
Maybe I’ll write some songs
That people wanna pay for
Save up some change
For food every day
Enough left over
For me to make my way
To the next place
A life on the run is better than the one they have for me here
And I swear
This life is a life worth living
And I’m so close
So fucking close to being free
Working in a bank was never an option
It’s not a matter of choice for me

This is the only way of life for me.

credits

from Happenstance And Alcohol, released July 15, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Productive Pursuit Records image

Productive Pursuit Records Launceston, Australia

[PPR is basically dead, unless we resurrect it someday. Just btw]

We are a donation based digital label/collective out of Launceston, Tasmania, putting out alternative, punk, acoustic and whatever else we like.

All the music here is available to download for free, but please consider following these artists, keeping up with them, and maybe throwing a little bit of coin their way! Much love xoxo ... more

contact / help

Contact Productive Pursuit Records

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Productive Pursuit Records, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now