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Beggar By The Weekend

from Light In The Dark by Matt Nakoa

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Music & Lyrics by Matt Nakoa & Jared Salvatore

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Beggar By The Weekend

Well, I been workin' till it hurts
And it ain't worth what it's worth
Hell, my twelve-year-old self and me ain't speakin'
All those years of school
Now I'm an older, broker, fool
Pawnin' off my dreams to keep the ceiling from leakin'

Seems you can slave away for five straight business days
Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend

So you say your love life's a bitch
The slipper never fits
But you keep kissin' frogs and singin' songs of longin'
And every time a prince gets into you
Cupid comes and shoots you in the shoe
And it's really just your pretty dress that's fallen

Well you can stay awake just cryin' your night away
But love is always better when you're dreaming
Yeah, you can slave away for five straight business days
Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend.

Spending every day
Begging for our change
Lord there's gotta be better way

Well, we made it here tonight
Which means that we're alive
So c'mon sing like every word makes all the difference
I heard a word made life exist
And all our lives have led to this
So I say raise your beer and here's to our forgiveness

'Cause you can save and save
Just to cash in on the last day
But maybe here and now's the Eden we've been seekin'
You can stay awake cryin' your night away
But love is always better when you're dreamin'
Yeah, you can slave away for five straight business days
Just to find yourself a beggar by the weekend

Don't you find yourself a beggar by the weekend
Don't you live and die a beggar by the weekend

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from Light In The Dark, released March 17, 2012
Matt Nakoa - vocals, piano, wurlitzer. Ryan Harris Brown - electric guitar. Walter Skorupski - bass. Corey Schreppel - drums & coins. Joe Brogan - trumpet. Nancy Loedy - tenor sax. Sara Honeywell - trombone. Backing Vocals: Emily Hulslander & Haley Dawn Roth.

Recorded by James Zaner @ Bluejay Studios, Neale Eckstein @ Fox Run Studios, Eric Pfiefer @Sugarbox Studios, & Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mixed by Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner @ M-Works Mastering
Produced by Matt Nakoa & Corey Schreppel

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Matt Nakoa New York

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” ... more

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