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Climb These Walls

from Tracks Along the Way by MichaelOnFire.com

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a consistent feature throughout Michael On
Fire’s entire body of recorded works is great “lead”
guitar playing; this song is a prime example.
From the same recording session and album as
“Make Me a Drum,” it again features Ced Curtis
and Stevie Ray Davis (that’s Ced’s solo in the
middle of the song and Stevie’s slide solo at the
end.) “Climb These Walls” is a grand emancipation
proclamation, and the lyrics in the last verse
provide clues into Michael’s personal nature and values.

lyrics

It’s the first time in a long time
That the fires cooled in hell
There ain’t no place you can hide from heaven
I saw you on your knees praying to be free
Take these chains off
I no longer need them

Climb these walls and let me go
Climb these walls, let me go

All the ivory in the jewelry
All the ivory in the world
Ain’t nothing you can do for no one
I saw the rockets launched in Southern California
And I saw the rainbows of diffusion

Climb these walls and let me go
Climb these walls, let me go

All the guns, and all the words, and all the laws and all the cops
Can’t make you live against your conscience
I know you as a good man
And I know you as my friend,
There ain’t nothing you can say to hurt me

credits

from Tracks Along the Way, track released May 5, 2017
Michael - lead vocal, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboard-bass,
Ced Curtis - electric guitar
Stevie Ray Davis - electric guitar
Tobias - drum-percussion, background vocal

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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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