Where The Priests Are All Millionaires
Another 1 mic, 1 take video for ya!
For the artists reading this who deal with self-doubt (ie all of us), I have to be honest- I wasn’t going to post this video. I didn’t nail the performance and was all up in my head about it. Thankfully, Trey McDermott (my friend and videographer for this project) called me out. “Fuck you man, I really like this take, and take your own fucking advice. Aren’t you the guy posting about learning as you go, ‘you gotta post song four in order to get to song thirty,’ and all that bullshit? Put it out, asshole. PUT IT OUT!”
He’s absolutely right, of course. Fellow over-thinkers, these are EXACTLY the type of people you want on your team. And, again of course, the performance is growing on me. On Monday, April 9, 2018, this is how the song came out, and I dig the time capsule aspect. That’s the whole point of this project, after all - letting go of perfection and just, well, sharing the moment.
I’ve never played “Where the Priests Are All Millionaires” live and, emboldened by this video project, I’ll debut it in Chicago on Friday.
When in doubt, put it out, my friends. Here's a link to the video.
WHERE THE PRIESTS ARE ALL MILLIONAIRES
I’m gonna shout from mountaintops
far way from days counting cop cars and curious stares
where the priests are all millionaires
you won’t show up in tabloid news
no secrets here to air out
just loosen your wedding band
what’s left to understand?
the corner bar needs another mid-life martyr
You’d better make like a stranger
keep us out of danger
don’t stick around for us kids
we’re gonna learn how to make up
learn how to break up
in a life not defined by your sins
Silence is never golden
when out of your lungs is stolen
the air that you need to sing
by the swing of a coward king
you court and extort in tandem
I know we won’t feel abandoned
the now justifies the why
for a blue and unbroken sky
it’s not too late, you can leave and make us stronger
You’d better make like a stranger
keep us out of danger
don’t stick around for us kids
we’re gonna learn how to make up
learn how to break up
in a life not defined by your sins
the distant light in the tunnel’s bright
for us kids
We’ll forgive and outgrow
but nights will get lonely out on your own
we’ll send addresses to write to
agree to not fight you over the phone
you’re a figure of speech in our eloquent freedom
now leave us alone
So I’m gonna shout from mountaintops
tie a bow ‘round where you’re not
as you’re learning to live alone