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Goin' Off the Grid

by Bruce Hoppe

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I went back to school late in life. Now I'm paying off my student loans with my social security checks. This song is about that and a lot of other things. Mostly it's a song of redemption. It has a sing along refrain. So join in. But remember...redemption. So you need to sound like a genuine foot washin' gospel choir.

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Goin’ off the Grid

I’ve been student loaned down to the bone
I’ve been video cammed at the checkout stand
I’ve seen conceal carry become the ordinary
And reality, just a program on a TV
Mmmhmm not to worry let me tell you what I did
I just grabbed the plug and gave it a tug now I am goin’ off the grid
Chorus
Oh whoa, uhn huh, Oh whoa yeah yeah

I threw away my smart phone now the N.S.A. can’t find me
My dog he’s a retriever, he picked it up behind me
Surveillance spooks get nervous when citizens can’t be found
So they tailed my pup and tracked down every fire plug in town
Mmmhmm I don’t know a whistle blower from captain kid
It’s all too surreal but it’s no big deal cuz I am goin’ off the grid
Chorus

I found Wall street and K street on Maggie’s farm thrivin’
Now don’t they make a dandy pair like drinkin’ and drivin’
A billion here a billion there, a tale of gothic romance
With voodoo Prophets pedaling their wild card games of chance
Mmmhmm I could be wrong but it looks like home sweet home is on the skid
But the sky’s still free. I hear the windsong’s melody so I am goin off the grid
Chorus


I went to wet my whistle but the fountains all ran dry
And smoke from distant fires caught my throat, stung my eye
Whoever’s guarding nature’s plan it borders the absurd
It’s whose on first, what’s on second, I don’t know’s on third
Mmmhmm the keepers of the planet are fading to a vaudevillian skit
But me I’m still cool, if a tad old school so I am goin off the grid
Chorus
Bridge
Ah ah ha Ah yeah yeah
Ah ah ha ah yeah yeah

There’s a chance for brighter days see the siren’s sultry flash
Know the poet’s intuition, hear the storyteller’s stash
These are the words that fill my head I keep ‘em close at hand
I don’t need a ticket to the dance if I’m bringin’ my own band
MmmHmm But me I’m still bookin’ so I’ll leave you with this final counterbid
See you down the road, passed the last zip code out there goin’ off the grid

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released January 25, 2022
Bruce Hoppe: Guitar and vocals

The Young Ancients

Steve Amedee: Drums, percussions, vocals

John Magnie: Keyboards, accordion, vocals

Cary Morin: Guitar, pedal steel, vocals

Produced by John Magnie
Recorded at Knucklehead Studios, Fort Collins, Colorado
Mixed and mastered by James Tuttle, Airpark, Boulder, Colorado
All songs Bruce Hoppe, Back-to-One Music (BMI)

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Bruce Hoppe Pueblo, Colorado

A combination of punchy and poetic lyrics on contemporary topics backed up by some tasty finger picking guitar licks. A rootsy sound that is a combination of Chicago folk and blues influences of the early years, then fused with the later inspirations from the Austin alt. country sound. When not playing Bruce can be found horseback somewhere in a Colorado pasture. ... more

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