On the Road

by Joi Olympia

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Tired and beaten down
Or alive and full bliss
The beat is truly just a matter of perspective
Got up and dressed up
And went out and got laid
Then died and got buried
In a coffin in a grave

Do we have to hit the road
Searching for some hope
Are those the only 4 letter words that'll guide us home

Those New York City blues
Where millions travel through
Give away their blood and tears just to make a buck or two

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 can fill me veins
Like bullets typing on the page
But I left those innocent eyes once I wrote my soul
Those 7 years That I was a searchin' in 3 weeks I told

Let's call it anywhere
It's for anybody anyhow

God is up there laughing
At the poets once again
Because the radio needs us just like we need them
So we might give it all away and head on west
Well go
Til we find home

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released November 10, 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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