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Sometimes I feel like I’m being stored,
like my dad’s Telecaster
in the closet of my boyhood room
where I still live.
I’ve got so much to give,
but it’s being stored.
And I played that guitar,
and one day my dad
took the neck off of it
and put it on my guitar.
I was honored in a way,
and I used it whenever
I gigged. It was a decent rig,
and still I hoped for more.

I actually prayed for fame and fortune.
Now I’m embarrassed that I did.
I didn’t know know how to live,
because the secret to living was being hid.
I was just a kid.
But the more I think about my mistakes,
the more they have a chance to dissipate,
and now, blooming late,
I made a pledge to grow up, and I’m glad I did.

But sometimes I still feel
the fire and I want it to be real.
Sometimes I want to drive to Atlanta
and sign a record deal.
But I would miss everyone I know,
earn my wages brewing joe,
next to a million in a row.

And I remember my sister at the Jersey shore,
how the angst that we felt was not uncalled for,
cause it was all about being mod.

And I remember what I learned on that house show tour,
how it didn’t matter how many we played for,
but it was all about the moment and God.

And I acknowledge all of it is being stored.
I have privileged access to it.
I will remember forever more,
but those who meet me are still new to it.
And I may have lived through it,
but I don’t live through it.

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from Bee In A Bubble, released November 19, 2016

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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