Biggest Star on the Coffee Shop Circuit

by DJ Mindermast

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This is a new recording of a song I originally did back in college. I was planning to perform at an open mic at the campus coffee shop, and wanted a new song for the occasion. So I wrote something in honor of all the tortured artists who play acoustic guitars in coffee shops and take themselves far too seriously..

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The lights go up on stage while you sit and sip on your chai tea
Out of my guitar you hear a passionate melody
Some folks applaud but you've probably never even heard of me
While on the table next to you is a stack of my CDs

As you listen, you think my lyrics are so deep
But will you still remember them by the time you're asleep?
You think I sound just like the guy who was up here last week
But there's something separating me from the rest of the coffee shop music heap

And I am the biggest star (3x) playing the coffee shops

When I sing against the war I make new fans out in Berkeley
I drop names like Andy Warhol and the Brooklyn hipsters all love me
I sing songs about love, about peace and justice and being free
None of it means shit but it's all still good 'cause I got a philosophy degree

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And everywhere I play there's someone getting into what I say
Somewhere in this mass of bored kids who just came for a latté
Someone out there thinks the background music sounds kind of okay
Someone loves me everywhere, yeah, someone loves me (2x)
Someone loves me, please buy my CD

Playing for you on my college campus tour
Singing the song I wrote about a girl I knew before
She meant everything to me and she meant so much more
Until I found out that she was just using me, that fucking whore

But now I'm the biggest star
Strumming on my guitar
Yeah I am the biggest star
And everybody loves me when I playing down here in the coffee shop

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released November 9, 2013

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DJ Mindermast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Raised on tabletop RPGs and classic Britcoms, now possessing a graduate degree in clinical psychology and a bunch of cheap music software. What could possibly go wrong?
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