I CHOSE MUSIC, HE CHOSE FAME

I CHOSE MUSIC HE CHOSE FAME HE WANTED THEM

TO KNOW HIS NAME

I CHOSE WISELY IN THE END HE WAS A PHASE NOT MY FRIEND

I THOUGHT LOVE COULD SAVE IT ALL BUT HIS DESIRE FOR THAT LIFE I COULD NOT FIGHT IT ANYMORE

SO THERE WOULD BE NO ME AS WIFE

HIS DREAM SO GRAND I HAD NO CHOICE IF I STAYED WITH HIM I’D LOSE MY VOICE

FAME IS NOT WHAT I DESIRED JUST HIM AND ME BY OPEN FIRE LAUGHING, BEING THAT HAS NO AIM NOT FOR USE OR SALE OR GAIN

NOT FOR USE IN COMEDY OR STEERED OR SCRIBED FOR TV

YOU SEE

HIS POCKET BOOK KEPT ACCOUNT OF FUNNY THINGS OCCURING

HIS LIFE BECOMING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE MONEY HE’D BE EARNING.

HE WAS RUDE ONE DAY TO A WAITRESS IN A CAFE I WAS A WAITRESS TOO

WHEN I PULLED HIM UP HE SAID WHATS THE DEAL? SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME OR YOU

COULD I BE WITH SOMEONE SO HIGH THAT HE COULD NOT STOOP SO LOW

TO GIVE RESPECT TO ANOTHER HUMAN?

THE ANSWER, FRIENDS,

IS

NO.

I CHOSE MUSIC HE CHOSE FAME HE WANTED THEM

TO KNOW HIS NAME

FOUR YEARS WE SEPARATED AND THEN GOT BACK TOGETHER

IT FELT SO NATURAL IT FELT SO GOOD LIKE IT COULD BE FOREVER

HIS PLANS HE SAID WERE ALL FOR ME HIS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER

AGAIN HE MISSED MY ENTIRE POINT TO ME,

FAME DOES NOT MATTER

AND WHEN I GOT TO SPACE TO BREATHE AND MEDITATE ON MY DECISION

A FEELING SWEPT OVER ME A THOUGHT OF SUCH PRECISION

DO NOT DO THIS

DO NOT GO

THAT LIFE TEARS PEOPLE UP

HOLD FAST YOURSELF AND KNOW YOU'RE WORTH MORE THAN MANS GOLD DUST

I REALISED I WAS A PASSENGER HIS PLANS WERE ONLY HIS

“I’LL MAKE YOU FAMOUS”

HE SAID TO ME

AGAIN

MY POINT

HE MISSED

I DO NOT WANT YOUR GOLD OR FAME I WANT A SIMPLE LIFE

HIS PARTING WORDS "THATS SHOWBUSINESS BABE" SO CRUEL BUT NO SURPRISE

I CHOSE MUSIC HE CHOSE FAME HE'S RICH IN GOLD I'M NOT THE SAME

FOR MINE IS A DIFFERENT ALCHEMY THE GOLD I SEEK NOT EARTHLY

GOLD OF THE MONETARY KIND LEADS CORRUPTION OF THE HEART AND MIND

LEADS MEN TO DO DIABOLICAL THINGS IN THE NAME OF QUEENS AND KINGS

AND NOW I SEE IT CLEARLY WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH CAPITALIST PHILOSOPHY

YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME LIKE YOU SHOULD

BRAINWASHED BY HOLLYWOOD

IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT I HAD NO CHOICE

IF I STAYED WITH YOU I’D LOSE MY VOICE

I CHOSE MUSIC HE CHOSE FAME HE WANTED THEM

TO KNOW HIS NAME.