My official Fedivision 2024 entry !
Made the top 10 (9th place) out of 72 entries \o/
When I started making music as a teen
I tried to picture what my future might be
I didn’t dream of fame and glory
Of making headlines cover stories
Of MTV or smokey pubs
The NME or underground clubs
Of life on tour from coast to coast
Oh goodness gracious heavens fuck no
I dreamed that people would admire my music
And maybe even know my name
And that some secret benefactor
Might be moved enough to pay my way
I pictured a shack on rugged scrublands
Maybe somewhere in the south of France
Room and board no strings attached
Fancy-free no questions asked
Oh you go pluck and pinch and plonk and mix
And who knows someone might just get their kicks
Tears or goosebumps even choke
Listening to what you wrote
This was all before the world wide web
It took a while but I kind of made it
Living the dream I dreamed I would live
In the middle of nowhere on rugged scrublands
Somewhere in the south of France
Working just enough to eat
Mostly free to loaf and read
To sing and diddle my guitar
And share my music wide and far
It wasn’t easy to stand my ground
No secret benefactor to be found
But let me tell you I’m still glad
Because a semi-fantasy ain’t half bad
And I still pluck and pinch and bonk and mix
And who knows someone might just get their kicks
Tears or goosebumps even choke
Listening to what I wrote
All across the fediverse