Happy New Year, you beautiful Weirdos !

Happy New Year !

Some New Music for the New Year

[Intro]
[low vocal register, half-spoken]
Well I polished up my hopes
Kicked my fears off the couch
Got my lucky socks on backward
Time to start this year loud

[Verse 1]
Last year I tried a juice cleanse
Made it almost half a hour
Joined a gym, waved at the treadmill
From the snack bar like a coward
Banjo ringing like it knows
Every promise that I blew
[harmonica chuckle]
Out with the old
Please take that mess with you

[Chorus]
Happy New Year, you beautiful weirdos
Raise your coffee, your tea, your cheap champagne
Healthy, happy, more-than-pocket-change heroes
Prosperous on purpose, dancing in the rain
Out with the old, in with the new
I’m sending this baritone blessing to you

[Verse 2]
Fiddle saws my bad decisions
Accordion sighs “mon dieu”
I’m deleting all my doom-scrolls
And my ex’s Netflix too (oops)
Gonna floss my teeth on weekdays
Call my mama when I should
Out with the grudge
In with the greater good

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[call-and-response, crowd shouts in caps]
Who wants joy? — I DO
Who wants sleep? — ME TOO
Who wants love that fits like sweatpants?
— YES PLEASE, AND SNACKS TOO
We’ll gain wisdom, not more clutter
Let the past year hit the road
Harmonica laughs, fiddle flutters
As we drop that heavy load [crescendo]

[Chorus]

Cover image for New Year Resolutions - Cowritten by me @offgridlife and Suno Nakamoto