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What’s the story behind this song? Well, for starters I wrote it a lifetime ago when I was 33 years old and might have been a bit full of myself. If I could live forever, I would choose to be 33. I remember it to be a time of supreme confidence, a time where I could give two shits about what people thought about me! Anyway, I was at an awards show where my band, The Blubinos, won Best Blues Band. The fact that we were a rock band, not withstanding, it was nice to be honored. I have mixed feelings about award shows and out of that ambivalence came this song about artists and being judged. I mean, who are these judges and what the hell do they know about anything? Screw American Idol and every show like it! You want to make music? Go get yourself a guitar and don’t let me or anybody else tell you that you haven’t got what it takes.

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Motivation

This party’s boring
Why do I linger
There’s more excitement in my
Little finger
If I’m the punch line to the joke
Of everything I do
What keeps me in the ring
What keeps me true

One thousand times I’ve cried
What is my motivation

This party’s boring
Why do I linger
There’s more commitment in my
Little finger
Every single day I must endure the same refrain
Here comes somebody now dying to explain

Don’t need someone to tell me
What is my motivation
What is my motivation
One Thousand times I’ve cried
What is my motivation
What is my motivation

This party’s boring
I cannot mingle
Cannot open up my mouth without
Being evil
If I’m the punch line to the joke
Of everything I say
What keeps me in the ring
Why not walk away

One thousand times I’ve cried
What is my motivation
What is my motivation
Don’t need someone to tell me
What is my motivation
What is my motivation
What is my motivation
What is my motivation

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from Dangling From A Rope, released February 1, 2014
Written by Monti Amundson

Monti Amundson, all guitars and vocals
Johnny wilmont, bass
Cory Burden, drums

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