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Mr. Sad

I don't want this damn job anymore.
I get so very tired of it all.
It always seems that I arrive dimming hopes,
then always leave some bloodied soul against the ropes.

I wish I had something to make you happy...
all the news I bring is bad.

Sincerity becomes a joke now and then
when honest words do not produce what you intend,
but cast a pall over the best and brightest times...
poison the ground with bitter seeds and twisted rhymes.

Maybe it's a good thing that no one's really listening,
and those few gathered sing "he's mad"!

Make me a deal, make me unreal, make me disappear,
and I won't drag you down with my words anymore.

To wage a war against yourself is to lose.
Identity is not something you can choose.
My arrival brings but grief, angst, and pain...
and in my wake, after the flood, come the rain.

And I do celebrate my lack of credibility
and all failed prophecies I've had.

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from Rise Above or Fall Below, released October 5, 2004

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John Ludi Madison, Wisconsin

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter with a wide array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the minds of the "suits". Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and will "fight the power" til he dies. ... more

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