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Follow Your Dreams, Kid

from Oh Ho by Joey Hines

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I'm gonna make the next Sgt. Pepper's
It's gonna be just like that album, except better
'Cause living in the twenty-first century
There are so many tools presented to me
I'm becoming who I was meant to be
A musical prophet and trendsetter
And there's nothing arrogant about that

Follow your dreams, kid
Even when you don't have time to hang out with your friends and everybody thinks you're a huge conceited asshole
Follow your dreams, kid
Even when those dreams are completely selfish and other people are doing cool things like teaching or volunteering at hospitals
Yeah, especially then

I refuse to believe I am dead
Although that's what the teenage Joey would have said
'Cause you see when I was young, I used to believe
A person died the same day as their dreams
If that little punk could see me
Could he begin to understand
That I still feel his pain in my head

Follow your dreams, kid
Even when setting yourself up for success is a total chore and you feel alone and you're not sure if you still want it sometimes
Follow your dreams, kid
Even when they lead you down a dark fucked up path that isn't at all what you expected to find
Yeah, son, stick to your guns

I still have ideas that claw up and scratch me
In the part of my brain where it hurts the worst
There's this strange writing on the walls
Except it's not really writing, it's more like graffiti
And there's a tombstone with my name upon it
And everyone's crying, but not more than me
And I guess it's all open to interpretation
Yeah, for the most part I guess that's true
But I can't seem to see anything else

Follow your dreams, kid
Don't take any bullshit or discouragement or excellent advice that other people might try to give to you
Follow your dreams, kid
Do what you really want to do and not what your past self wanted to do or what other people are making you feel like you should want to do
Yeah, there's nothing to it

I was gonna be my generation's Dylan
I was gonna hustle and write a bunch of songs while you were just chillin'
But then I met her and something strange happened
I started spending all my time laughing
She made me so fat and happy
And killed all my ambition
And now I'm never leaving this position
Because I never want a thing to change

Follow your dreams, kid
Someday you're gonna meet someone who loves you so much for just who you really are deep down inside
Follow your dreams, kid
All the fairy tales they ever told you are true and kindness and humility are gonna make you as rich as anybody alive
And yeah, you can quote me on that

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from Oh Ho, released June 25, 2016

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Joey Hines Las Vegas, Nevada

Joey Hines is a Las Vegas-based singer-songwriter. Inspired by classic alternative & indie artists, as well as the unconventional perspectives of outsider musicians, Hines blends a knack for memorable melodies with an imaginative & heartfelt lyrical style. Listeners might be reminded of the unfiltered emotion of Daniel Johnston & the eloquent rhymes of The Magnetic Fields. ... more

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