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Wasted on the Young

from RAINY DAY RECORD (EP) by mushkat

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In the words of George Bernard Shaw, "Youth... is wasted on the young."

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The patrons sang Stan Rogers songs long into the evening at the top of their lungs.
The diehards kept going 'til only The Mary Ellen Carter had yet to be sung.
Then "Rise again," cried the bartender, and "Rise again," replied the girl at the end of the bar,
and the band started playing everyone's favourite song.
A group of twenty somethings got up on their table, hollering along,
and the bartender turned to me:
"Youth, my friend," she said, "is wasted on the young."
"Speak for yourself," I said. "Back in my twenties, you couldn't hold this man down:
After two years in Asia, then Northern Saskatchewan, then back to Asia again,
I had to keep climbing to the top of the world, and I walked the Bolivian plain;
and, you know, if I had a chance to relive my life I would do it exactly the same way again."
"Well," she said, "you're the exception, which only serves to prove the rule:
Youth, my friend, is wasted on the young."

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from RAINY DAY RECORD (EP), released March 24, 2022

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mushkat Halifax, Nova Scotia

Mushkat is William (Bill) Travis from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He sings his indie folk songs in a voice that's been compared to Paul Simon and Ben Lee, often with the support of Chris Brown (drums), Mark Merrimen (bass), and sometimes Theo MacIntosh (guitar, piano). He has shared stages with Erin Costelo, Al Tuck, Christina Martin, Bend The River, The Mahones, and many more. ... more

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