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Shadows And Dreams
04:05
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SHADOWS AND DREAMS
By Mychael John Thomas
I don’t wanna be living in the hollow
Of somebody I want to be
I’ve got my own way of giving as I follow
A unique creativity
Maybe some will understand
Any hidden message unplanned
Or whatever it means…It’s shadows and dreams
Every now and then I get an inspiration
A glimpse of the higher plane
It’s just the chance of finding new configurations
And still they always seem the same
But I reach for that great unknown
An expression I can call my own
Some intangible theme…In shadows and dreams
BRIDGE
Surrounded by the love…Of everyone who’s gone before
Astounded is not enough…My thirsty soul needs more
It’s just in sight…But every time I think I get it right
It fades like a dayflower
SOLO
And I still haven’t found it yet
Can’t remember every time I forget
But the stage has been set…
I keep hoping that each new endeavor
Will give me enlightenment
If the moment says it’s now or it’s never
It just might be Heaven sent
Is is gonna be a miracle?
I don’t know but my spirit if full
And the art is Supreme…If shadows and dreams
(I don’t wanna be living in the hollow
Of somebody I want to be)
It’s only shadows and dreams…
(I’ve got my own way of giving as I follow
A unique creativity)
Shadows and dreams…Shadows and dreams…
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Round It Goes
04:09
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ROUND IT GOES
By Mychael John Thomas
Moving in a circle a circle a circle
Moving in a circle again…(repeat)
It feels like I make the same decisions
And every day’s an old routine
Still seeing all the same old divisions
No one wants to change a thing
I wonder where we’re gonna all end up
Am I the only one? Who's...
CHORUS
Moving in a circle a circle a circle
Moving in a circle again…Ah round it goes
(repeat)
I get bored ‘cause my mind stays busy
Always need that something else
I’m on the move now who all’s with me?
Only time is gonna tell
Maybe we can make a difference yet
But I’m not sure I wanna bet
CHORUS CHORUS (Ad libs)
SOLO
We can always blame the politicians
For never moving things along
While the rest of us are out here wishing
This time they don’t get it wrong (again)
Is there hope for the future of man?
If the woman say we can ha ha ha ha
BRIDGE
(I’m still singing that same old song)
(I keep asking how long? How long?)
Moving in a circle a circle a circle
Moving in a circle a-gain…
CHORUS (Ad libs)
SOLO
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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3. |
I Want Love
04:12
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I WANT LOVE
By Mychael John Thomas
I want love for more than a night
I don’t want love that always ends in a fight
I’m on my knees…Need help from above
'Cause I want love
I’m so sick and tired of the lies and deceit
I’m looking for the middle…A place where we can meet yea
I still have hope…I ain’t giving up
I want love…Yea yea
BRIDGE
You tell me that you’re gonna give me everything I want
You promise to deliver me the world…Then you don’t
You think I want your body ‘cause you look so fine
But all I really want is some company…Sometime
SOLO
I got skills…I can make my own way
But I get lonely until I just gotta say
I need somebody with all the right stuff
I want love
BRIDGE 2
Just a tender heart would be more than enough I know
The one who really wants something deeper than to come and go
And if she’s looking fine that’ll be okay
But all she has to do is to love me…Every day
I want love for more than a night
‘Cause it ain’t love if it always ends in a fight
I’m on my knees…Need help from above…I want love…
TAG
Yea I’m on my knees…Please help from above
I want love…Yea yea
I want love…Right now baby…
I want love
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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4. |
The Coast Is Clear
04:44
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THE COAST IS CLEAR
By Mychael John Thomas
Midnight…And look where you are
Right behind the wheel of the getaway car
Waitin’ on your buddies to pull that job
And too late to stop
Look both ways before you make your move
Can’t you see you got nothing’ to prove
CHORUS
The coast is clear but your conscience is not
A big pile of money and what have you got?
A broken down spirit…A bankrupt soul
The coast is clear…Which way do ya go?
A woman…Can she make you whole?
You will still be you even if you’re alone
Still you keep on searchin’ for baby girl
So give it a whirl
Don’t look now but you’re desperate again
You may get lonely but it ain’t no sin
CHORUS
The coast is clear but your conscience is not
A cute little honey…She ain’t gonna stop
A broken down spirit…A bankrupt soul
The coast is clear…Which way do you go?
BRIDGE
You strut on the stage…Everybody screams your name
You’ve got the rage…But inside you need a change
Someone to complete you…It’s such a lie
Be yourself and someday you will fly
SOLO
Shine light…On everyone else
Maybe they won’t see all the scars you have left
Only one love can fill your need
And Heaven can see
You give yourself away but they don’t care
Out on the road…Ain’t gonna find it there
CHORUS
The coast is clear better run while you can
If you’re ever gonna be a real man
Listen to the spirit…And save your soul
The coast is clear…You know how to go
The coast is clear…Just Go...
The coast is clear...Boy you better go...
The coast is clear…Oh no...
SOLO
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Illusion Of Truth
03:32
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ILLUSION OF TRUTH
By Mychael John Thomas
I’ve spent a life time wanting to know
How every choice can affect me so
Good or bad it’s the same in the end
You can’t erase all the places you’ve been no no
It really begs the question: what is the truth?
I’ve heard it’s all relative or absolute
But living keeps you guessing which one it is
Every time you choose if it’s that or this oh yea
CHORUS
Perception is reality…
That’s what they say...That's what they say...
But is that really meant to be?
There’s more than one way...More than one way...
See your own illusion as circumstance
It’s more than just your fate or a random chance
BRIDGE
You can’t pin it down…Opinions all around
Keep you in confusion all right
When everyone believes they’re the ones who can see
The differences in darkness and light
SOLO
Do you trust the wisdom of your own mind?
Or don’t you need a center you can always find?
Freedom comes to everyone but always a price
Ain’t gonna hurt to think it over twice no no
CHORUS
It's the illusion of truth...Looking back at you...
SOLO
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Stare Down
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STARE DOWN
By Mychael John Thomas
Sometimes when I look in your eyes
You give me a glare like I’m not even there
Please tell me what you’re looking for
‘Cause I ain’t sure it’s me…No
Do you think that I can read your mind?
Maybe I’m close but it comes and goes
Why don’t you take a look inside
And see the real me...Yea
CHORUS
C’mon baby tell me what’s your game
You keep me all confused
Any moment you could suddenly change
It leaves me the blues
Every time I think you’re coming around
You tilt that head and I know…
We gonna do the stare down...Stare down
I remember on the night we met
It felt like the home I had never known
Before long you were making me
A stranger to myself
Now I feel like I’m holding you back
It’s getting old…You’re heart is cold
Are you trying just to drag it out
Until there’s nothing left?...No
CHORUS
BRIDGE
How long before it’s the end?…I’ve seen it all before
Some broken hearts will never mend…
Soon we’ll close the door
SOLO
CHORUS
I used to think that I knew you well
But I don’t know you at all...uh uh
Where it’s headed I can never tell
Like talking to a wall
I keep listening but there ain’t no sound
I've got no reason to hope
We only do the stare down...Stare down
You know we only do the stare down...Stare down...
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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7. |
Maybe Just For One
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MAYBE JUST FOR ONE
By Mychael John Thomas
I used to think I could save the world
If I wanted it bad enough
I thought if my song was ever heard
They’d wanna feel peace and love
I’m singing songs for the hurting
Just can't give it up
CHORUS
Maybe just for one…Maybe just for one
Maybe just for one to know
I guess I coulda been a politician
Saying what the people want
Still think there’s a ghost in the machine
Stalking somebody to haunt
Singing to whoever is listening
Could be all for naught
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Break it down…Maybe they’ll come around
Speak the truth…Walking in different shoes
Give it time…Maybe they’ll read between the lines
Never turn away…You can’t grow a tree in a day
SOLO
BRIDGE
Break it down…Maybe in time they’ll come around
Speak the truth…Walking in somebody else's shoes
Give it time…Planting a seed between the vines
Never turn away…You can’t grow a tree in a day
Want my life to make a difference
Ain’t really nothing new
‘Cause people need water along the journey
Doin' what I can do
If I can lead somebody to the river
What have I got to lose?
CHORUS
Maybe just for one…Maybe just for one
Maybe just for one to know
CHORUS
Maybe just for one…Maybe just for one
Maybe just for one...Who knows?...
Who knows?...Who knows?
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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8. |
Clear As A Bell
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CLEAR AS A BELL
By Mychael John Thomas
It’s a big bang boggle…A flash in the pan
The lightning in a bottle…It can slip through your hands
A brain block baby when you can’t get it right
But I’m hoping you will save me tonight
CHORUS
Can you be my guardian angel?…Only time will tell
Listen from a different angle…It’s clear as a bell
All at once seeing double…Fuzzy sometimes
It’s a world full of trouble…And there’s plenty to find
A blank page baby…But so Rock n Roll
Are you answer to all of my hopes?
CHORUS
Can you be my guardian angel?…Only time will tell
The song is singing us a fable…It’s clear as a bell
BRIDGE
Got the revelation…Got it straight from the Man
Try to beat the future…I don’t think that you can
There’s a reservation in the Book of Life
Love is there so we get it right
SOLO
A new opportunity presenting itself
Put that broken heart on the shelf
CHORUS
Will you be my guardian angel?…You can break the spell
Tell me like I’m not a stranger…Speak clear as a bell
CHORUS
Will you be my guardian angel?…Only you can break the spell
Speak to me like I’m not a stranger…Clear as a bell...
Clear as a bell...
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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PAUL MCCARTNEY
(Used To Know My Name)
By Mychael John Thomas
It was nineteen seventy eight
I was sittin’ in the top of the Tree
Everything was looking great
Had a Buddy who was V I P
I was doing Hard Work and that’s when he said
There you go boy…Don’t let it got to your head
I called a friend who’s big in the game…
And Paul McCartney knows your name...Yeah
He said Paul McCartney knows your name...
He knows a guy in New York city
And he can make your dreams come true
It gets down to the real nitty gritty
And what’re you prepared to do
So I sang my heart out…They said you’re gonna be
A real big star but it don’t happen for free
I knew my life would never be the same
They said Paul McCartney knows your name…Yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name...Yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name...
BRIDGE
Then one night I had a Neon Dream
CW said Man this changes everything
Word got around and it happened so fast
How was I to know…It was never gonna last
SOLO
Well the show sold out in every town
But not many got to see
‘Cause not one ticket left to be found
It was all just a fantasy
Then my time ran out and that’s when I went
Back to the street…Anything to pay my rent
The party was gone just as quick as it came
But Paul McCartney knew my name…Yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name
Paul McCartney used to know my name…Yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name
Paul McCartney used to know my name…Yeah
‘ey Paul…Waddya say?
Thank you for helpin’ ol’ Mychael J
I’m sure you don’t remember but I sure do
So I’m sending out this song for you…Paul McCartney...
Paul McCartney...Paul McCartney...Paul McCartney...
Used to know my name
Paul McCartney used to know my name…Yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name…Aw yeah
Paul McCartney used to know my name…I said
Paul McCartney used to know my name…
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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10. |
Daybreak
03:37
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DAYBREAK
By Mychael John Thomas
Daybreak…Find another reason to make
One more bold commitment to love
I can’t give up what is good along the way…
New life…Every time I open my eyes
I can see a reason to be here
When You are near I’ll be looking for a sign…
And I know I can’t know everything
For the seeking of Your truth I will sing
In the early morning light…
Somehow You can cause the right
To come shining through
To give me what I need…
Daybreak…Realize sometime hearts will ache
So I pray for You to be close
As on we go in the peace of Your embrace…
Daybreak…
© 2021 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Mychael John Thomas Alabama
Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.
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