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The Hitchhiker

from Forget The Dark by Jason Matkin

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    The Forget The Dark CD Eco-Wallet package, Personally Signed by Jason, includeing the CD plus a twelve page full-color booklet with all song lyrics from the eleven tracks on Jason's debut album. Lyrics are artfully interspersed with photos from the Matkin vault from Alaska to Australia.

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lyrics

Through the streets of San Diego, walked a man with a backpack full of things that he held close to him, his blanket and his toothbrush * Everywhere he passed he had a smile upon his face and he took the time to talk to me * I won’t forget what he said * He said, life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did * He told me of his travels, hitched from Albany to Tucson Where the heat was far too much and forced him out towards the ocean * Where he spent his days and nights in a tent the cliffs below him, as the redwoods towered over, dropping needles on his forehead * As he wrote, life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it, we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did * So many people go through their whole lives And at the end they wish they’d done it right * Everyone can sing their own song * Be who you are * As we talked along the streets I asked him how he got his food * As he replied, he worked some side jobs at the shelter near the bayside * He said he was growing tired of the city life around him * Just like that he said good bye * And started off towards the East * And I know life is short and I don’t want to waste it * Money kills the society that made it * Life is short and if we don’t embrace it we’ll live our lives just wishing that we did

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from Forget The Dark, released December 1, 2015
All MUSIC & LYRICS written by Jason Matkin (ASCAP)

Vocals & Guitar performed by Jason Matkin

SESSION MUSICIANS:
Michael G. Ronstadt - Cello
Brian Fitzgerald -Violin
David Whitman - Drums
Jason Weiss - Banjo

RECORDING ENGINEERS: Mathew Murphy, Sebastian Rizo
MIXING: Mathew Murphy

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Jason Matkin Encinitas, California

Jason Matkin is a singer/songwriter located in Encinitas, California. He writes and performs music with a mellow yet dramatic and dynamic sound, sharing his inspiring and thoughtful lyrics. Jason's singing voice is deeply soulful, resonant, but soothing and he intends to reward listeners with insight and enjoyment as he expresses his heartfelt feelings through his music. ... more

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