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lyrics

are you no body
well im no body too
its all a part of being born
into this fucked up zoo
as our globalized society
is growing day by day
and the cult of domesticity
has not gone away
when your born into the margins
youre born into a cage
your born into a melancholy
and in a rage
and some escape through paper
and some through rock and roll
and some escape through razors
from fates they cant control

and I sing for life
I sing for my peace of mind

ive smoked a thousand cigarettes
and drank a thousand beers
and I learned my life lessons
through at least one thousand tears
and I have lived in poverty and I have lived in pain
and I have lived in sanity and I have lived insane
ive also lived in harnony and I have been in love
and I have had joy despite lifes pushes and shoves
and I try and live a lifestyle of simplicity and grace
and I try to shy away from this cultural rat race

and I sing for life
and I sing my pieces of mind

I have been a housie I have been a vagabound
cause I rather have time than money that abounds
but im no stranger to privilege and inequality
and reality is relative to what we come to see
so I study oppression and I study history
cause knowledge is liberation
from mental slavery
and life is made of cycles both detrimental and benign
the trick is knowing when to hold up that stop sign

so I sing for life
I sing my signs

oh ive always dissented on a might many things
I never wanted a savior, marriage or rings
and I spent much of my life as a refugee
from this thing called the american dream
cause I dont my life to be a performance or a show
thats preconstructed and construed from the go
so I dont do covers im no tribute to a band
and I write my own lyrics and I write to understand

and I sing for life
I sing to realize

cause the truth is that im somebody
and youre somebody too
but in this culture of anonymity
its hard to know whats true
cause responsibility is sordidly diffused
in the schemes of our hierarchies
of which power is abused
and commercial illusions they permiate our minds
perpetuating confusions to leave our unconscious malaligned
from the reality of ourselves and the reality of our lives
and other greater truths which money cant buy

but I sing for life
I sing for my own mind

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from anthology (2009​-​2014) vol. 2, released July 23, 2015

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Minor Cat Cottage Grove, Oregon

Currently based in Cottage Grove, Oregon Minor Cat is a DIY music project by compulsive songwriter and experimental enthusiast Mary Love.

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