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11th Hour
Crazy Sam, Wild Bill Hurricane
Buffalo Dakota, Baltimore Jane
Big Joe Gaucho, Lucky Louie Fingers
Cherry Nose, Lips, and street-corner singers
Lazy Bill Jr., Crafty, Me and You,
Giant Alouicious, Maniac and Fool,
Isabel fashion going through a sex change,
Evil eye Jezebel, shadow on a red range
Chorus:
Yesterday is here tomorrow,
hold on to your life
in the 11th Hour
of the 97th Night
Cocaine Mickey, Leo Valdez Kelly,
Benny the Fence, Cabawon, Spoonjelly,
Little Joe Cherokee, Frenchy, Shorty Hook,
Swalindini, Irish Jimmy, Theodore the Crook,
Chorus:
Wishart, Spoolie, Peneluna, Juan Don,
Bangu, Dr. Hatch, Unibuni, Big John,
Kayo, Hammer, Goodie, Frank the Blade,
Playing ringolevio, and I'm the Ace of Spades
Guino, Bullet, Zandu, Jango
Marilyn the Bitch, and Little Tony Tango,
Crazy Legs, Guts, Wild Rod the Zipper
Blind Potato Pete the storytelling skipper
Chorus:
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100 Years From Now
Chorus:
100 Years from now
they're gonna look back and say
How did they ever survive?
How did they ever survive?
Look what they've done to the ocean,
look what they've done to the bay,
look what they've done to the planet
how could they cause such decay?
Chorus:
look what they've done to the farmers,
look what they've done to the trees,
look what they've done to the food
how could they kill all the bees?
chorus:
bridge:
could this possibly be?
I think they all will agree
this was the dumbest generation in history
chorus:
bridge:
chorus:
look what they've done to the elephants
look what they've done to the schools,
look what they've done to the politics,
a generation of fools
chorus - out
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The Wind Still Blows
Stay alive, wear yourself down,
standing at the altar in a wedding gown
Your best friend's hanging from the branch of a tree
I'm glad it ain't you and I'm glad it ain't
Smoke from lands from far away
burned my nostrils yesterday
blood from comrades long since dead
seemed to fill my aching head
That's the way it goes,
and the wind still blows
Join the circus or the rodeo
Get famous and make some dough
the place is too small and we're running out of room
here comes the baby, there goes the boom
Good time Charlie, Happy Jack
all she wants is her lover back
Feed him meat and teach him to growl,
When the moon gets full you can hear him howl
That's the way it goes
and the wind still blows
Crossing t's and dotting i's
when the Spirit speaks you don't ask why
he lost his fast ball, he's hanging up his guns
he just went blind from staring at the sun,
some men follow, some men lead,
all men die and all men bleed,
when you talk you use the word "we,"
but the plain cold truth is hard to see
That's the way it goes,
and the wind still blows
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Get Out of the Way
Did everything right – always yes
Denied the pleasure of my own success
Jealous of the ocean
Envying the birds
Borrowing a laugh
Careful of my words
Chorus:
That voice inside tells me every day
Get out – get out – get out of the way
I visualized it
Jumping to my fate
Never meant to struggle
Never meant to wait
To me it seems simple
I may be wrong
The last to leave has stayed too long
Chorus:
Bridge:
The water is murky
The skies are grey
Let the sharks have the water today
When destiny
Steps into the game
Decision doesn’t matter
The outcome is the same
How some people do it
I haven’t a clue
When playing stupid
Is the smarest thing to do
Chorus:
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The Lost Sea
Chorus:
In the Cherokee caves,
at the Lost Sea,
Deep in the hills
of eastern Tennessee
You'd know what I mean,
If you've seen what I seen,
If you've been where I've been,
If you lived in my skin
There ain't no colors,
If there ain't no light,
Underground fish,
a wondrous sight
Chorus:
Bridge:
The fire still burns,
after 10,000 years,
you can still smell the smoke,
of the tribes that were here.
Chorus:
The poor rebel soldiers,
lay down and bleed,
The runaway slaves
fight to be free,
and the Yankee boys
don't know what they hear
The echoes of hell,
The demons of fear
© 2014 Michael On Fire
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Be Gentle With This Body
Be Gentle with this body,
Sometimes I need to heal
I've run the race, I gave it all
Be gentle with this body
be gentle with this body,
i took it to the limit and beyond,
i've fought the fight,
I've won, I've lost
be Gentle with this body
the secret stretch,
the Golden Breath,
the healthy heart,
the cool, cool water (twice)
Be gentle with this body
heal me with awareness
dance the dance i dance
Be gentle with this body
free from stress
to know, not guess
immortal love
immortal yearnings
be gentle with this body
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Done This Dance Before
Whatcha gonna do when the sun goes down, and you’re all alone,
and you need a friend?
Whatcha gonna do when your lover goes away?
And whatcha gonna do with your angel eyes,and your healing touch,
and your lilac breath?
Whatcha gonna do with your thoughts of paradise?
Don’t bend my virtue
Don’t whisper in my ear,
Don’t take me down with you
I’ve done this dance before
Whatcha gonna do when the lights go out, and the fire burns
and the cold winds blow?
Whatcha gonna do when you need someone to hold?
And whatcha gonna do if you work too hard, and you need more dough, and you’re burning out?
Whatcha gonna do if you ain’t got time to play?
Whatcha gonna do with your purple pride, and your deep concerns,
and your high ideals?
Whatcha gonna do with your ever-changing mood?
I remember when your hair was long, and your mind was strong,
and your heart was clear,
And I remember when you actually used to laugh.
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Man of Free Will
Its a desperate world with a desperate point of view
You’re in control or you’re hangin with the fools
You can’t control their minds and you surely can’t control their tongues
Someone lights a smoke and it feels just like he lit my lungs
I’m a man of free will. Free will, free will, free will
Barefoot, beachin someone tries to hold your net
You cant make love cuz you dont know what you’ll get
Someone wants your money, a cover charge for paradise
One persons truth is another persons pack of lies
I’m a man of free will. Free will, free will, free will
Pontiac, Mustang. Cadillac and Chevrolet
I’ve got to drive a car thats built here in the USA
Do you remember the dream?
Do you remember when you use to dream?
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Garden of Paradise
I get instructions from the future,
I've known it all my life,
there is no mystery to the message,
It's highly ethical and highly moral
I rely on my high-tech friends
to keep me connected to the world,
and they rely upon me
to simply keep them connected
Chorus:
There is no place that memories can't follow
there is no place that memories can't hide
i'm living in the Garden,
The Garden of Paradise
It's a superficial spectacle
Shame on the gods who take all the credit
Whatever happened to greatness,
Not quick success
Chorus:
And the truly crazy ones
believe they know what everyone else is thinking,
and the first rule of faith
is that you have to believe
Chorus
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Whatever Happened America
Whatever happened to the big front porch
Whatever happened to the corner store
Whatever happened to the acorn tree
Whatever happened to the neighborhood
Whatever happened to the tower. Whatever happened to the drive-in
Whatever happened to the PTA. Whatever happened to Saturday
Whatever happened To America
Whatever happened, America
Whatever happened to the radio. Whatever happened to the farmers
Whatever happened to the family meal.
Whatever happened to cowboys
Whatever happened to the air we breathe
Whatever happened to the river
Whatever happened to the old cafe
Whatever happened to the church bells
Whatever happened to America
Whatever happened America
Whatever happened to the five and dime
Whatever happened to the playground
Whatever happened to the unlocked door
Whatever happened to Halloween
Whatever happened to the heros. Whatever happened to the teacher
Whatever happened to the politics. And my God whatever happened to the preacher
Whatever happened America
Whatever happened America
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I Don't Love You Anymore
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I may have let you down
I didn’t want to
I didn’t take you for a ride
I gave my soul to you
You didn’t want it
You said I left you, but
I tried to love you
But I don’t love you anymore
I one time had a dream
You tried to wake me
I kept believing what you said
You tried to touch my soul
You weren’t that simple
I made mistakes, but still
I tried to love you
But I don’t love you anymore
Bridge:
Did you think that I would fade away
Did you think that you’d never have to pay
Cause when you do those things you do
These things will come right back on you
When I was dying
You sent me get well cards
And I remember when love died
You thought I didn’t care
That’s not the story
I had to leave you cause I’ll always love you
But I don’t love you anymore
I’ll always love you
But I don’t love you anymore
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Healing Waters
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Healing Waters
In the days of the human beings
In the battle of the thunder moon,
when the sky was dark with war,
and the air was on fire
the dancers shook the earth,
the ancestors dwelled in the arrows and the spears,
the brave ones fought the souls
of those who died
Chorus:
The Healing Waters of the Great Spirit
Heal the pain,
Peace and honor
The Healing Waters
The fighting stopped when the blizzards came
the rivers froze and the wind was cold,
the Ute and the Arapaho,
in the mountains long ago
Chorus:
and at dawn when the night time spirits rise,
floating to the sun
the shadows of the leaves
look like ghosts climbing trees
Chorus:
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Checking Out With You
Got some time, got some money. Got theose weekend blues
Cadillac fully of juice. Shine those two-toned shoes
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
Senorita dance flamenco sipping on the wine
Dancing with one hundred people. Dancing in a line
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
See my breath, feel my heat, in the frozen fog
Alley cat raise her tail for her junkvyard dog
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh
Checking out with you
Got some time, got some money. Got those weekend blues
Cadillac full of juice. Shine those two-toned shoes
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I Didn’t Sell My Soul
From my poetic mystic perch
Somewhere so high above the Earth
Born into a precious moment
Sun exploded at my birth
Witch came by and said some prayers
Took away the evil eye
Oil in the water
Chorus
What about the prayer that God don’t answer
What about the kids that Santa Clause forgot
It’s up to me
It’s up to you
On the right side of wrong
On the soft side of strong
Every day I hang up my guns
I will fight no more
I didn’t trade my brother
For fortune and fame
Didn’t sell my soul
Didn’t trade my dream
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Please Don’t Leave
Chorus:
Please don’t leave before midnight
Please don’t leave before morning
Please don’t leave me before next year
Please don’t leave me forever
Close your eyes and hold on tight
I’m gonna take you through the universe tonight
Spread your wings and come with me
Deep blue star shine, rainbow tree
Chorus:
Feel your heartbeat, feel your skin
Cause you love me, you know where I’ve been
Live forever, never die
Cause you love me, you know why
Chorus:
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Things Will Be Alright
Somewhere out in western Kansas, or eastern Colorado
Snow was falling, I couldn’t see the signs
The tumbleweed like locusts rolling down the highway
I’ve never seen such a sight
Somewhere in the distance, I heard a whistle blowing
A song to break the silence of the night
And I wonder where that train is going
Wonder where that train is going
That whistle seems to say that it’s alright
Somewhere down in Alabama, headed to the Gulf
The alligator heat warmed up my mind
Those strong tornado winds blowing like a demon
I swear I felt the chill go up my spine
Somewhere in the distance, I heard that river flowing
A song of love, filling me with light
And I wonder where that river’s flowing
Wonder where that river’s flowing
But that river seems to know that it’s alright
Somewhere on the Hudson River, I was heading south
Staring out the window in a dream
Traveling into New York City, following my fortune
Floating like a leaf upon a stream
Somewhere in the distance, I heard those voices singing
Like an angel choir in the night
And I wonder where my life is going
Wonder where my life is going
Something tells me things will be alright
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Healing Waters
06:46
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MichaelOnFire.com
From his beginnings as a songwriter working out of Detroit’s famed United Sound Studios, to his recordings with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, to the progressive jazz of Prismatic, to the years in L.A. and Nashville, making records with Stephen Stills, and Joe Vitale, to the nonstop touring, Michael On Fire has been relentless in his commitment to creative expression and musical performance. ... more
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