Movement 5: On the Road

from Hotel Chelsea Song Cycle, Pt. 1 by Joi Olympia

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Inspired by Jack Kerouac.
He stayed at the Chelsea Hotel in 1953.

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tired and beaten down
or alive and full of bliss
the beat is truly just a matter of perspective

got up and dressed up
then went out and got laid
then died and got myself
buried in a coffin in a grave

do we have to hit the road
searching for some hope
are those the only four letter words
that will guide us home

and those New York City blues
where millions travel through
they'll give away their blood and tears
just to make a buck or two
so we might as well drink away the night and pass on through

never their intent
they're just writing what they know
but it's always heralding a change
in the dreams we should sow
and that 12 foot page confession
we buy because we're told

I like my whiskey wild
and my Benzedrine on time
it's the jazz that will fill my veins
like bullets typing on a page
but i left those innocent eyes
once i wrote my soul

after 7 long years i was a searching
3 weeks i told

let's call it anywhere
it's for anybody anyhow
and God is up there laughing
at the poets once again

because the radio needs us just like we need them
so we might as well give it all away
and head on west

we'll go, 'til we find home.

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from Hotel Chelsea Song Cycle, Pt. 1, released August 1, 2016

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Joi Olympia Brooklyn, New York

Joi Olympia writes and records all of her own music at her home-studio in Brooklyn. She plays every instrument on the tracks you hear (guitar, bass, violin, tambourine, drums, bongos, washboard, back-up vocals, and sometimes rice in a bowl). Currently, she is writing a cohesive song cycle based on the artist's who lived and worked at the Chelsea Hotel. ... more

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