Name: Compromised
Duration: P00H04M39S
Description: Hobbies are expensive.

Compromised

from Value Set! by Andrew Schneider

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Hobbies are expensive.

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Tom learned the rules
Principled commerce from our best schools
To spend his days
Teaching compliance to MBAs
No one takes notes
Who writes down jokes?
At least they pay his full quote

Tell me your compromise
Something to romanticize

Tom joined a band, bought new guitars
Played Bowie covers to empty bars
A vintage amp, another grand
His credit card drawn by sleight of hand
Fantasy met
Spark glows a speck
Then back to work off the debt

Were we so compromised
By what we romanticized?

When did you compromise?
When did you compromise?
When did you dress up your passions in sequin gowns-
Raise walls around them, pour resin down?
When did you compromise?

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from Value Set!, released June 30, 2023
S/A/T/B Saxophone - Tim Sanders & Simon Clarke

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Andrew Schneider Chicago, Illinois

Andrew Schneider is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Chicago, writing and producing Art Rock, Jazz, Indie/Alternative, Psychedelia, Post Punk, and more. Andrew is inspired by XTC, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson, David Bowie, and any other artist who refuses to commit to a single sound or style. ... more

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