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Growing Up Compromise

from Just Sayin' Volume One by The Middle Americans

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Hannah Mosqueda reads her poem about the casualties of growing up. The rock ballad instrumental I used for this reading somehow adds explanation points and over-all gravity to her message.
Erick Hovey

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Bending is a myth
We are always just breaking
Little tears in the fabric of all that we are
Remitting, reforming, stronger but flawed
Strangers to the standard we set when we were whole
The truth is, I don’t get too enthused for anything anymore
Everything is a compromise of the original intent
Weighed against the sleep debt I’ll owe
And the amount of sighing I can get away with, without hating myself
I wonder if this is growing up, everybody’s growing up but I’m jst growing older
I’ve never really known true love, my heart just growing colder
I’ve known obsession and regret; I’ve had a couple friends like you
Now its almost spring again when everything begins to renew
But I have always hated spring for everything we lose
With all this growing up I keep on loosing you
To the day after day after day after days
And all this growing up leaves less time for magic and mythos and adventure
I just want some mystery to remain
I hope you do too

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from Just Sayin' Volume One, released September 10, 2021
Lyrics by Hannah Mosqueda, drums by Jeff Foreman
Recorded by Erick Hovey in The Barn, mastered by Dave Hearn
Vocal: Hannah Mosqueda
Drums: Jeff Foreman
Guitars: Erick Hovey

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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