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The Elemental Michael On Fire

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Healing Waters In the days of the human beings, And 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 and was cold The Ute and the Arapahoe In the mountains long ago Chorus And at dawn when the nighttime spirits rise, Floating to the sun, The shadows of the leaves, Look just like ghosts, Climbing trees Chorus © Michael On Fire 2013
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"LIGHT OF LOVE" With a humble heart and a grateful soul A wondrous mind and a noble goal As pain dissolves and fades away Opinions die more everyday Chorus: I saw the Light shine from above A Light of Mercy A Light of Love When teachers die and spirits fly And legends fade away With a heavy heart but a wiser soul I will send you on your way Chorus: I saw the Light shine from above A light of Mercy A Light of Love Bridge: And the wind blows East, the wind blows West And the rains came down, and you feel you’re blessed And we all prayed not one but three Me for You --You for Me You left me standing all alone With lifeless eyes and a face of stone My uttered words, my rhythmic breath My eyes to God, my Birth from Death Chorus: I saw the Light shine from above A Light of Mercy A Light of Love
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Light your fire, burn your troubles away Light your fire, burn your fears away Light your fire, light your fires today There's a great big sign says come on in I don't really care where you've been Who you are or where you're gonna go to You been out on the street a long long time You won't have to stand in another line Come on in put away your money We were dancing in the morning and after dark In the streets and in the park We were dancing 'cause it felt so good Light your fire burn your blues away Light your fire burn your cares away Light your fire, light your fires today Welcome to the party brother welcome to the party sister Welcome to the party anyone who wants to come Welcome to the party, everybody Light your fire burn your fear away Light your fire burn your failure away Light your fire, light your fires today
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Cool Cool Water Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Cool cool water Hot hot night Sixteen shadows black and white Seven angels bring me light Cool cool water Hot hot night And its been comin’ Hot hot night A breath of Isis wrong or right And the saints come marching With the fight Cool cool water Hot hot night Oh my body sweats tonight As we are making love till mornin’ light Cool cool water Hot hot night Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh A lover’s roaming free tonight The thirty spirits colored light The seven sunshines such a sight Cool cool water Hot hot night Cool cool water Hot hot night.
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"BEFORE THE WIND" Before the Fire, Before the Wind I bowed my head, drank to my friends I tried so hard, I'll try again Before the Fire, Before the Wind Before the Winter, Before the Fall Before the Fences, Before the Wall I pledged my love to you again Before the Fire, Before the Wind Hold Your Glasses High Hold Your Glasses High I Swear My Love Will Never End Before the Fire, Before the Wind Before the Color, Before the Light Before the Storm, Before the Night I love you Now, I loved you Then Before the Fire, Before the Wind Hold Your Glasses High Hold Your Glasses High I Swear My Love Will Never End Before the Fire, Before the Wind Before The Sun, Before the Pain I prayed the Sky would send some Rain It's coming down, I don't know when Before the Fire, Before the Wind
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"HEAD IN THE CLOUDS" Churches all were empty, Preacher all alone Could his prayers reach Heaven through these walls of stone An old Montana cowboy worked the place so long Could he tell his story in a cowboy song Head in the Clouds feet on the ground The Power of Dreams the Color of Sound A pretty Texas bar maid had herself a dream She could see her name in lights on the Silver Screen A Nova Scotia sailor, humbled to his knees Following the trade winds, sailed the Seven Seas Head in the Clouds feet on the ground The Power of Dreams the Color of Sound A broken hearted bride’s maid smiled through the day Gathered with the ladies, she caught the bride’s bouquet Rusted cars in salvage yards, graffitti on the walls Could I get to Easy Street when my fortune calls Head in the Clouds feet on the ground To win and to lose as Life goes on
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Violet Skies 04:49
Violet Skies Whirl like a dervish and howl at the moon Someday looks like pretty soon Speed, strength and stamina, Looks like I’m having a dream Go get Goliath cuz David’s on his way I think something good’s gonna happen today 20 years from Tuesday It looks like I’m having a dream The Sun Was Red In Violet Skies Pray to the one who answers all your prayers Wear what you want but avoid all the stares Call out the cavalry Looks like I’m having a dream Hold back the water with your thumb in a dam Look in the mirror and guess who I am Say something simple It looks like I’m having a dream The sun was red In Violet Skies 10, 20, 30, 40 50 million Words can be deadlier than any gun Can you believe it, It looks like I’m having a dream Open up the closet let the skeletons out Living in the present while the past still shouts Close out my calendar Looks like I’m having a dream
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Earthdrum 07:04
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Hungry Moon 05:19
Hungry Moon Every time I laugh, I feel the light Every time I cry, I blur my sight Every time it’s dark, I feel the night Every time I breathe, I feel alright A ship was sailing through a perfect typhoon A wolf was howling that primal tune And a man was staring at the hungry moon And the will of the spirit is the will of the strong And the will of the right is the fuel of the wrong Manipulation, destiny, manifestation Internal silence, divine expression A ship was sailing through a perfect typhoon And the wolf was howling that primal tune And the man was hiding from the hungry moon.
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KEEPERS OF THE FLAME As our people needed warmth received the gift of fire sophisticate our love mandalas of desire our elders spoke of wisdom our children cried for milk our lonely cried for comfort our royalty for silk We embraced the sacred heart And called the holy Name bowed to the keepers of the flame As our dreamers paint the future as our poets dream in vain as we address injustice as our fields embrace the rain as we keep the fires burning and blow upon the coals and weather every conflict that preys upon our souls We embraced the sacred heart and called the holy Name bowed to the keepers of the flame Travel every highway dance to every blues shake off every set back that turns us into fools as some preserve and some abuse and in the end the users lose and with a flame within our hearts protect the spark that fires start And we embraced the sacred heart and called the holy Name bowed to the keepers of the flame
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Breathing of the Sun The crystal Earth The indigo Moon Five lost days Between May and June The diamond throne The turquoise walls The serpentine bones The amethyst halls And now it's happening It's finally begun Suddenly one night The breathing of the Sun The ancient caves The golden horn Protected by time A spirit unborn As it began So shall it end Nothing to fight for Nothing to defend And now it's happening It's finally begun Suddenly one night The breathing of the Sun The red inspiration The seasons of gold All that you know That you've never been told The purest of children The wonder of light A time of forgiveness The time is so right And now it's happening It's finally begun Suddenly one night The breathing of the Sun
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All my senses numb today Can you take this fog away Clean my body, clear my soul Clear the table, dice will roll. Through the fog and through the night Jungle people do it right Nuclear electricity Give me some simplicity I can no longer see Venus in the daytime I can no longer see Venus in the sunshine Through the clouds, and through the mist Don't be rude, and don't insist Light the fires on the hill Spider on the window sill Human kindness, human hate Choose your poison, seal your fate Eagles scream, and tigers cry People pray, and preachers lie I can no longer see Venus in the daytime I can no longer see Venus in the sunshine Fifty gypsies, thirty clowns Hope you find what can't be found Eye of angel, golden tree I'll be you, and you be me I can no longer see Venus in the daytime I can no longer see Venus in the sunshine Psychic reading, E.T. greetings Best beware of what you're eating Bring some peace into your home Everybody dies alone I can no longer see Venus in the daytime I can no longer see Venus in the sunshine.
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Apache Wind 06:01
Apache Wind Seems we’re living on the edge of a shadow, Seems we’re living in the colder times When the truth becomes a point of view And the law becomes a crime In the crossfire of opinion When all virtue turns to sin Swim against the raging river Fly upon Apache Wind When the holy ones are laughed at When the old ones go to sleep When the buildings start to crumble And the trees begin to weep When the birds are lost in winter, And don’t know where they’ve been, Swim against the raging river Fly upon Apache Wind To reward with fame and fortune When an artist sells his soul When it’s time to bury magic In some long forgotten hole When the eagles become portraits Or sculptures made of tin Swim against the raging river Fly upon Apache Wind
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Warm Winds Blowing Business is a church Money is a god Oil is the army Consumers are the squad Fear is the method Drugs are the tool Politics the game Technology the rule CHORUS There’s a warm wind blowing through the streets of the world A warm blowing through the streets of the world The right side of my heart The left side of my brain Shadows of the flags Poison in the rain Oxycontin criminals With medical degrees Pasteurized and synthesized The queen can’t find her bees Chorus Bridge: Throwing rocks from the buildings Shooting guns in the air Rogue radiation In the food everywhere Looking for a loved one Who’s been swallowed by the earth Praying for a miracle Whatever that’s worth Chorus View the war From my telephone Someone’s always watching And you’re never alone No one believes in the system The system is corrupt Chorus

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Each track on this themed-collection has the name of one of the primal elements, i.e. water, air, earth, fire, light, etc. in its title
The songs included on The Elemental Michael On Fire are: The Wind Still Blows, Healing Waters, Light of Love, Light Your Fires, Cool Cool Water, Before the Wind, Head in the Clouds, Hungry Moon, Violet Skies, There’s Only Light, Earthdrum, Keepers of the Flame, Breathing of the Sun, Venus in the Daytime, Commanche Moon, Apache Wind and Warm Wind Blowing. (Healing Waters and The Wind Still Blows are brand new recordings, which will be heard on the new record, Healing Waters; the rest are from previously released albums).

In speaking about the presence of the elements in his songs, Michael said, “Society changes with each generation. Each technological development and every ad campaign brings with it new fads and fashions.
When I was very young I saw the power of fad and fashion; how everyone wanted to dress like or mimic whoever was popular at the time.
I was always drawn to the elements; to the trees and the sky and the rivers; to things that are older than society, and that don’t change with each passing fancy. So naturally, in my music there are a lot of references to the elements and to the native wisdom – because it’s so attractive to me.
As a songwriter, I became aware of the power of using elements as characters in songs. Songs like “Apache Wind” or “Commanche Moon” -- I can sing those when I’m 100 years old. So for me to tune in to the elements gives me something that is beyond fad and fashion, and that makes me feel that I’m doing some sort of honor and respect to the power of the elements and the native wisdom.
When you see someone standing there looking into The Grand Canyon, or looking out at the Northern Lights, it’s beyond opinion.
The Wind Still Blows, the river still flows, the trees still grow and the mountain still rises; that’s undeniable. I feel that, I breathe that power, and I try to honor that through my songs.”

You can listen to, and download The Elemental Michael On Fire, here: michaelonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-elemental-michael-on-fire

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released April 23, 2014

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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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