It's coming! The script is in it's 4th or 5th rewrite and songs and characters have been cut and added, but it is coming!!!
For those of you who don't know:
TIRED AMERICAN DREAM is a pop/rock musical loosely based on some of my personal experiences. It follows a group of 20 somethings that are just graduating from College - with drama degrees! Like I did, they all think that either A) Broadway is coming to their small Indiana town to get them or B) they could take a quick march down to Manhattan, holding up their degrees and get jobs. Yeah... doesn't quite work like that, does it? Anyway, chaos ensues!
The show came about after I put together a band "DC KEY" and we recorded an album. (Please pass it on - available at CD BABY - www.cdbaby.com/cd/dckey ) Anyway, the band played 1 show and I guess that was just too much stress on the members and we fell apart. I, being resourceful, took those songs, added to them and wrote a musical!
The musical is being produced February/March 2010 in the Quad Cities, Iowa at the Harrison Hilltop Theatre. Check them out at www.harrisonhilltop.com. I'll keep you updated here on the journey!
DC
TIRED AMERICAN DREAM
HEY EVERYBODY WON'T YOU SEE WON'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO
WITH THE PIECE OF YOURSELF THAT IS LEFT WHEN YOUR DAY'S THROUGH WITH YOU
AND I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS WORK I'M DOING ANYWAY
PICK UP THE PAPERS AND WE'RE WRAPPING THE PAPERS FOR TODAY
EVERY ONE'S WAITING NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D BE WAITING ON ME STILL
NO I NEVER PROJECTED I'D STILL BE A COG IN THIS WHEEL
WHEN SHE COMES HOME I NEED SOMETHING LEFT TO GIVE
WHEN SHE COMES HOME I GOT NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE
WHEN SHE COMES HOME THERE IS NOTHING LEFT
READING THE PAPER WHILE I'M WATCHING THE T.V. IN MY CHAIR
SHE RECAPS THE DAY AND I'M BEGGING HALF THE DETAIL BE SPARED
CAUSE MY 6:30 ALARM IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM EVERYDAY
EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT THIS ALL IS A BALANCING ACT
BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BALANCE WE'RE JUST GREED-SCREWED AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
NO IT'S FASTER AND HARDER AND WE'RE OPEN EVERY HOLIDAY NOW
WHEN SHE COMES HOME I NEED SOMETHING LEFT TO GIVE
WHEN SHE COMES HOME I GOT NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE
WHEN SHE COMES HOME THERE IS NO ONE HOME
WHEN SHE COMES HOME I GOT NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE
WHEN SHE COMES HOME THERE IS NO ONE HOME
DON'T YOU WISH THAT YOU HAD A LITTLE PIECE OF YOU THAT YOU COULD CALL YOUR OWN?
Just wanted to say HI
ReplyDeleteLife's not what you thought? What? Huh. Agreed. I fully expected to have overtaken Katie Couric by now. What the frick? I'm still leading worship. Whatever.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on that musical. I'm gonna go listen to some of your crap on these websites you've got listed.
Love to see some bigger pics of your babies!