hit record


I don't want a hit record

I don't want to see the
Top of the charts for a couple of weeks
A song that's often heard but never speaks
A tug on the heart and the tapping of feet
Is really not enough for me

I don't want a hit record

I don't want to be
Taken for a ride by a forty-five
Then trampled under foot like a sorry B-side
The flavor of the week may keep most satisfied
But it's really not enough for me

I don't want a hit record

So many lives lost to stadium rock
My mom succumbed to 80s synth pop
New country swallowed my sister alive
I caught my father doing the hand jive

I don't want to find myself
At the bottom of an FM rut
I'd rather spend some time with my deepest cut
A familiar friend with a voice I can trust
Is really everything I need
And that's good enough for me

I don't want a hit record

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hit record©2009 by frank caravella