21st Century Poet

from Backpacker Blues (LP) by Bee Appleseed

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lyrics

21st Century Poet
Your pretensions speak louder than the thoughts in your head
Though the craft of word arrangement as you’ve learned of is dead
You’re a shrinking necessity, yet you don’t seem to show it
For you’re a 21st century poet

And these intellectual undertakings you so boastfully claim
Are merely jesters to an old kingdom that you’d wished to have reigned
But rather than irrelevance, it’s your condition you notice
For you’re a 21st century poet
Yeah, you’re a 21st century poet

And you complain of your empty wallet from behind a fine cigarette
For only these you can afford for they help you to forget
All the ones you loved so deeply who didn’t even know it
For you’re a 21st century poet

And you’ve skimmed just enough to say you’re well read
And become every character or at least in your head
Now your muse is your arrogance and you’re hopeless to control it
For you’re a 21st century poet
Yeah, you’re a 21st century poet

You’re a 21st century poet
You’re a 21st century poet
And your endurance into extinction is your only will to live
For you’re a 21st century poet
Yeah you’re just a 21st century poet

credits

from Backpacker Blues (LP), released July 20, 2018
written sometime in 2013
words and music by Bee
recorded by Bee at Hillstreet in Lindesberg, Sweden and by River Nason at The Guest House in Olympia, Washington
Musicians:
Bee - guitar/vocals/harmonica
River Nason - bass, keys
Daniel McIntire - drums
Mixed by River Nason
Mastered by Andrew Endres at AEIOU Studios

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Bee Appleseed Los Angeles, California

Bee Appleseed is a prolific songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, singer, comedian, and seasoned vagabond from Canby, Oregon, living in Los Angeles, California.