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This song is semi-autobiographical. Who hasn’t been jobless and depressed? Modern thought says that to overcome depression, you must self-explore and self-care. However, I’ve learned that the other half of the equation is action: to really beat the blues you must leave the house and do awesome things. -Jeremy

lyrics

The new boss didn’t like my attitude.
I could have been nicer but she was an old prude.
She wrote me up and fired me to win our little feud,
And I sucked down pogey for the last half-year.
I feel like nothing from doing nothing.
I’m handing out random resumes to start a new career ‘cause

Chorus:
I can’t do nothing while I’m way down here.
I can’t do nothing while I’m way down here.
I’ll climb above the pain and the shame and the fear
‘Cause I can’t do nothing while I’m way down here.

I gained thirty pounds since I lost my job.
Eating is too easy as an unemployed slob.
I grew out all my hair and I grew into a blob.
My apartment grew a stinky atmosphere.
I feel like nothing from doing nothing.
Today I’m hitting the track and then I’m trimming my hair and beard ‘cause

Chorus

I started doing anything to numb the pain.
Booze and weed and video games became my bane.
I’m stupid and forgetful and I’m verging on insane
In a cloud of fantasy and dope and beer.
I feel like nothing from doing nothing.
I’m pouring out all the alcohol to get my spirit clear ‘cause

Chorus

In the midst of the pain I lost my date.
She packed it up and left me to my blame and hate.
No-one wants a parasite that’s drunk and overweight.
It was one last kicker to my beat-up rear.
I feel like nothing from doing nothing.
But no-one’s coming to save me so I’m clearing my head and shedding the pounds and getting a job and winning a girl and finding my new frontier! ‘Cause…

Chorus x2

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from Looking Out for Better Weather, released September 30, 2020
Way Down Here, by Jeremy A. Cook, and Brené Brown’s Hornpipe, by Jeremy A. Cook.

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Saskatchewan's one-of-a-kind Prairie Celtic band, the Residuals, has been playing acoustic folk music for over ten years. Drawing on Irish, Scottish, and Maritime music, they are at the forefront of a living Prairie Celtic tradition.

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