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Mary Gauthier's 2002  alt-country Christmas song set in a town called Paradise. The lyrics form a typical country music first-person narrative, realistic and gritty about the subject - in this case Christmas  (so not a chirpy pop song to overspend in the supermarket by). The alternative aspect is  that the narrator is giving a homeless person’s perspective of the season ; and that the gritty realism about the material poverty is actually the means by which the festive cheer and love shine through.

Davy stole a Christmas Tree
From K-Mart last night
Red ribbons and silver bells
Angels dressed in white
He tied it to the bridge rail
Where passing cars could see
Did a little dance up there
Looked down and smiled at me

My bed is a lawn chair
Cushions keep it soft
I sleep in the open air
Under the Southern Cross
Next to the golf course
By the Hyatt Hotel
Davy he's a friend of mine
And we get along pretty well

Christmas in paradise
Under the Cow Key Bridge
Where the warm breeze blows so nice
And the landlord forgives

Snowbirds on the golf course
Wear Bermuda shorts and polo shirts
Some play pretty good
Some play so bad it hurts
We pick up their golf balls
That fly over the fence
We shine them up a little bit
Sell them back for fifty cents

Christmas in paradise
Under the Cow Key Bridge
Where the warm breeze blows so nice
And the landlord forgives

I won't lie we just get by
But we'll be eating good tonight
Christmas dinner's at five o'clock
Over at the Church of Light
They don't care who you are
They don't ask what you done
Come on down and bring a friend
There's plenty for everyone

Christmas in paradise
Under the Cow Key Bridge
Where the warm breeze blows so nice
And the landlord forgives

The radio plays Christmas songs
While we get high
And Davy shouts "Merry Christmas, y'all"
To the cars passing by
Davy shouts "Merry Christmas, y'all"
To the cars passing by

Christmas in Paradise

L.O.V.E

Blue Moon

'Try Try' by Moise
Written and Performed by Moise
Produced by Psymun, WIll Levison, and Moise

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Try Try

god says joke's on you

When does the suffering end?

all stars fall (prod. ginario)

a folk song

❦

written, produced & mixed by Quiet Luke
additional production by Zach Fogarty
mastered by Gabriel Schuman

Void Exit Blues

New demo with production from @neet aka @mosubeats
Recorded & mixed by me
The cover art is a picture I took when I went to the National Arboretum in D.C.

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Production Credit: mosu beats
Track Name: “Early Grey”  
Music By: mosu beats

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Offering (Prod. mosu) [demo]

6 feet

buggin out (DEMO)

Mother believe me when I say that I’m not sleeping in the day time
My head hurts and I swear that I’m trying
Mother believe me when I say that I’m not sleeping through my Prime 
I’d I don’t wake When the sun comes up or wake when you call me know
I’m fine 

Yellow doesn’t fit as Great as you’d think 
My heart isn’t heavy no it sinks 

Mother believe me when I say that I’ve been losing my mind
If I don’t wake when you bark & buss or wake when you call me no I’m fine 

Yellow doesn’t fit as Great as you’d think 
My heart isn’t heavy no it sinks 

All I’ve ever wanted was to fly across the sea
But you’d never let me free

When does the suffering end?

SHAMIQUA

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