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Human beings can get so confused
Pacing back and forth
Washing in their doubt
I'd rather be a dog out in the sun
Panting in my fur, dirty
Nothing on my mind
I'd lick the breeze and bark at every car
Glance up towards the sun
And think that even it was mine

Smiling as if it would never burn out

The liquor I could drink in my youth
My liver had nine lives
And it was reborn every Thursday
As if there were nothing left to do
But drink those dark bitters
And laugh the fears away
I wish I had a better attitude
Towards life and death and time and grief
But what else can I say

I was smiling as if I would never go grey

I thank a quote unquote gracious god
For everything I have
Even though I can't beat sadness
That guy who shot the concert-going crowd
How can we be grateful
For a life with so much madness
But still I get to play my own guitar
And I sleep every night next to a sweet and loving person

Smiling as if there weren't any other way

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from Hummer (Demos), released December 4, 2020

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Joseph Mooradian Nashville, Tennessee

Joseph writes all the time and records some of the time.

His recent collection, Hummer, is about shootings, smiling, the plummeting bird population, laughing, and even (unfortunately/briefly) politics.

When he’s not writing/recording, he keeps busy in Nashville, TN, with domestic life: reading, walking, working on his house, cooking/eating, and watching plenty of stuff.
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