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American Dream or Mediocre Man

from American Dream or Mediocre Man by Ben Hughes

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life's a gift, but work's a curse
even worse you've got me considering
faking insanity just to get out
lock me up in those padded rooms,
and save me.

'cause I've got this little brother
who has just graduated high school
last night we drank until the morning
and he confessed to me that he'd been fooled.

by teachers, preachers, parents and friends.
he said they told me that I could be what I wanted to be
now, look at me.

I've got no base, don't believe in anything
I'm mediocre man in the midst of lots of sin
but I'd rather it be this way
at least I'm not wasting my time
trying to fake.

but I've got this older sister
who's about to have a baby
I think she's worried that her son
is going to fall victim to the American Dream

thanks to preachers, teachers, parents and friends
that are going to tell him that he can be anything
but take a look around and tell me
who wanted to type for all their life?
who wanted to sweep 9-5?

I don't even have a dream
that's what Michael said to me
I don't even have a dream
I can still hear it in my ear.

I don't even have a dream anymore.

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from American Dream or Mediocre Man, released March 10, 2015

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"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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