Biography:
The Homeless Gospel Choir, also known as Derek Zanetti, is a folk-punk musician from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His act consists of his voice, his emotions, and his acoustic guitar. He's signed to A-F Records and has released five albums to date. His debut album, "Some People Never Go Anywhere," was released in 2010, "You Work So Hard to Be Like Everyone Else," in 2011, Luxury Problems, his third was released in 2012; and his fourth album, I Used To Be So Young, which was released in 2014, contains his hit song, "Untitled".
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They said to give up and you grow up
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That my songs make them wanna throw up
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That I'm not original
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They said my guitar would sound better
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At the bottom of the Ohio river
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That I should get a job
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At the Route 1 KMart
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My old friends that don't call me anymore
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To hang out or catch up or go drink beer
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Thank God that I am not the same
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This time next year
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When you have seasonal depression
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In Western Pennsylvania
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Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck here
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