The first complete song I wrote when I (re)discovered songwriting. It is about a time when I desperately wanted to write songs but I had other, bigger obligations to attend to :')

Lyrics:
Clothes to wash
Hair to braid
Groceries to buy
Bills to pay
Emails to read
People to write
The maintenance, maintenance,
Maintenance of life

Chased endlessly
By to-do lists
Game’s not over 
When I hit submit
When can I stop running to 
Catch my breath?
I love living but I’m 
Not scared of death

Crawl in a hole, curl up in a ball, cease to exist
No obligations, no expectations, gone with existence

The day I no longer have anything to do
The day I die is the day I look forward to

Nothing works
Everything drags
Never good enough
Never time enough
Chore to chore
I bounce – why me?
Crave carefreedom
Let me be

Crawl in a hole, curl up in a ball, cease to exist
No obligations, no expectations, gone with existence

Everything has a time and place
I feel now is the time for music

Chords:
Verse: Fm Cm D° Cm
Pre-chorus: Dm7♭5 Gm Cm 
Chorus: B♭ E♭ Gm D° E♭

Maintenance of Life (demo)

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1 pound fresh, skinless snapper, bass, halibut, or other ocean fish fillets, cut into 1/2-inch dice

1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice

1 medium white onion, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

2 medium-large tomatoes (about 1 pound), chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

Fresh hot green chiles (2 to 3 serranos or 1 to 2 jalapeños), stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped

1/3 cup chopped cilantro, plus a few leaves for garnish

1/3 cup chopped pitted green olives (manzanillos for a typical Mexican flavor)

1 to 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (optional)

Kosher salt

3 tablespoons fresh orange juice or 1/2 teaspoon sugar

1 large or 2 small ripe avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced

Tostadas, tortilla chips, or saltine crackers, for serving

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