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1. |
Reckonin' With My Roots
03:16
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Reckonin' With My Roots
By Mychael John Thomas
Well I grew up back stage at the Grand Ole Opry
And daddy played music but he’d rather catch croppy
I was so confused...Now what’s a young boy to do?
So I’m an grown man now just reckonin’ with my roots
I’d sing along with the king and I’d jam to The Beatles
But daddy hated rock…said there’s too much screamin’
So I sang the blues but tried to make him happy too
An’ I’m an grown man now just reckonin’ with my roots
BRIDGE
Well I have to admit that we had a lotta fun
With an old fishin’ rod and a fiddle and a gun
A dance and a beer on a Saturday night
I guess my daddy wins ‘cause I’m givin’ up the fight
And goin’ country…kinda
SOLO
BRIDGE
Well I played “Faded Love” when my daddy passed on
I was payin’ my respects with his favorite song
And maybe I ain't no big country star
But daddy I salute you wherever you are
Now times have changed with smart phones and computers
But one thing remains and that's good country music
I’m not confused...I know just what I gotta do
I’ll be a country boy now ‘cause I’m reckonin’ with my roots
I’m just a country boy now...reckonin’ with my roots
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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Got Country All Over Me
03:59
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GOT COUNTRY ALL OVER ME
By Angie Wilson, Steve Lupkin, Jeremy Parrish
& Mychael John Thomas
Well I was born in the South I get a real smart mouth
Every time I have a few brew
An’ I gotta hot country girl who can rock my world
She don’t even try to tell me what to do
I’ll even let her drive my truck ‘cause she always brings me luck
When I’m hangin’ with my boys shootin’ pool
And I’ll dress her up in class when my wallet’s fat
An’ give her good love to get her in the mo - oo - od…yeah
CHORUS
I got country all over me
Just a fun lovin’ redneck can’t you see?
So just let me be who I wanna be
‘Cause I got country all over me…I got country all over me
Well now sometimes I raise hell but I know how to chill
My lady says that time is well spent
And I’ll never be P.C. ‘cause it just ain’t me
But I know how to be a Southern Gent
I love my holy old jeans and a new set of strings
And bangin’ on my guitar all night
‘Cause I know it can’t be wrong when I sing a song
That’s gonna makes everybody feel alri - i - ight…Yeah
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I got some boots…I got a hat
A big country smile you can’t argue with that
Won’t sing the blues…When life is hard
I got the sweet love of Jesus in my heart
SOLO (Chorus)
CHORUS
I got country all over me
Just a fun lovin’ redneck can’t you see?
So pass me the biscuits if you please
‘Cause I got country all over me…I got country all over me
TAG CHORUS
I got country…(All over me)
I got country…(All over me)
I’m just an old dog…Ain’t got no flees
But I got country all over me
I got country all over me
I got country all over me
I got country all o-o-ver me
©2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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3. |
Love At First Dance
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Love At First Dance
By Mychael John Thomas
I was sittin’ at a bar in town on a Friday night
And feelin’ mighty lonely
I was drinkin’ my heart out when she caught my eye
I just wanted her to know me
I was shy…I circled the table four times
Till I got the nerve
To finally ask if she’d do me the honor
And I don’t recall exact words but
CHORUS
It was love at first dance...An instant romance
As we shuffled our feet it was plain to me
This wasn't by chance
Two hearts became one...To the beat of that song
Maybe I wasn’t sure from her first glance
But it was love at first dance
Now I was reelin’ from a broken heart and I wasn’t sure
If anyone could fix it
But I never quit hoping real love was out there
And I didn’t wanna miss it
When we touched my soul started moving to
A brand new melody
So I don’t question...I take it on faith
That we were just meant to be ‘cause
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Now I can't imagine a life without her
And how did I survive before?
I got my healing in the very first step
We took on that old dance floor
SOLO
CHORUS
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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4. |
Walls
03:51
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WALLS
By Mychael John Thomas
Walls…Keep me away from the truth
I’m trying to get into you
But you keep on building…
Walls…Forbidding your heart from my love
But nothing can make me give up
From trying to break down your walls
BRIDGE
‘Cause I know you want me
But maybe you’re just afraid of
Being hurt again…So baby I’ll let you
Take your sweet
Time…Is all that I need to break down
Those secretive walls that surround
The feelings you have for me
SOLO
Walls…Keep me away from the truth
I’m trying to get into you
But you keep on building…Walls
© 2018 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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5. |
It's Gonna Take Forever
02:55
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It's Gonna Take Forever
By Jeremy Parrish & Mychael John Thomas
It only took us twenty years for me to think
That you would spend a lifetime
Being here in love with me
But it only took you a minute or so
To tell me we were through
And it's gonna take forever to get over you
It'll take at least a week to adjust to the time change
But I don't think I'm savin' any daylight anyway
And it'll take a month to get halfway down
My list of things to do
But it's gonna take forever to get over you
It's gonna be eternity till I believe you're gone
And I'll always keep that ray of hope
That someday you'll come home
In the wink of an eye I realized
You left me with these blues
But it's gonna take forever to get over you
It takes about a half an hour to wash my car
But it only takes a second to wonder where you are
And I could spend a whole day askin' myself
If love was ever true
But it's gonna take forever to get over you
Yea I could spend a lifetime askin' myself
If love was ever true
But it's gonna take forever to get over you
It's gonna take forever to get over you
(c) 2006 Mychael John Thomas
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6. |
If I Was Young
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If I Was Young
By Mychael John Thomas
CHORUS
If I was young...I’d take you home
Treat you nice…make you my own
I’d tell myself I’ve found the one
That’s what I’d do if I was young
Now baby I know you're thinkin' you want this guitar man
Maybe ‘cause you been drinkin’ and hangin' with the band
But all the lights and glimmer will only last a day
And the firey one night stand just fades away
CHORUS
I used to hitch my wagon to the nearest shooting star
I followed my dreams and passions thru every smoky bar
And I just kept believin’ but the big break never came
Till life has led me here to you to say
CHORUS
If I was young...I’d take you home
Treat you nice…make you my own
I’d lie to you and say aww baby you’re the one
That’s what I’d do if I was young
That’s what I’d do…If I was young…
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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Every Time She Comes Around
By Mychael John Thomas
She said I’m lonely...I need you bad
I’ve been sittin’ alone in our broken home
Thinkin’ ‘bout what we had
So I picked up the phone and I called you up
To tell you how much I miss your love
And see if I’m still the one you’re dreamin’ of
CHORUS
Every time she comes around cryin’ I know she’s lyin’
When she bats those eyes and tells those lies
I know I'm bein' fooled again
But our hearts will meet and the love is sweet
Till she gets what she wants
When she comes around cryin’ I know she's lyin’
And soon she’ll be long gone
I’m just a gambler...And I can’t quit
It’s a roll of the dice but she looks so nice
I can’t let go of it
And she’s probably gonna leave me one more time
‘Cause the woman just can’t make up her mind
But I’ll still take a chance and one more ride
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Well she knows that I still want her
Makin’ me an easy touch
But I’ve never wanted anything so much
SOLO
CHORUS
TAG
When she comes around cryin’ I know she's lyin’
And soon she'll be long gone…She’s gone
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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8. |
Freewheelin'
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Freewheelin’
By Mychael John Thomas
I got nothin’ on my get ‘er done list
Sittin’ home watchin’ re-runs again
And that ain’t too cool…But it’s all I got to do
Work is slow ‘cause the times are tough
I’ve been bogged down with too much stuff
And it’s getting’ old...Now it’s time I let it go
So I jump in my car put the ragtop down
And follow that open road
CHORUS
I’m freewheelin’
I wanna breathe deep in the country air
Freewheelin’
I wanna feel the wind rushin’ through my hair
Tomorrow my problems will still be here
Today I’m tired of dealin’…So I’m freewheelin’
I used to worry some every day
I guess I thought it’s the American way
But it just ain’t right...And now I think I see the light
It’s the middle of a storm I find
I need to blow the cobwebs from my mind
And before too long...My life don’t seem too wrong
So I head my ride into the setting sun
Hit the gas and I’m gone gone gone
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Don’t worry don’t think don’t cry
Don’t waste time wonderin’ why
Just shove ‘er down into overdrive and fly
SOLO
‘Cause the race is on for a drivin’ fool
I’m gonna outrun these blues
CHORUS
CHORUS
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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9. |
Don't Feel Like Foolin'
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Don't Feel Like Foolin'
By Mychael John Thomas
CHORUS
I don't feel like foolin’ ‘round no more
I need some lovin’ or I’m out the door
My hurt heart is gettin’ more than sore
I don't feel like foolin’ ‘round no more
I can feel those raw emotions way down inside my soul
I want to see that passion the way you used to show
But you won’t take me serious…You’re jokin’ all the time
So if you won’t be here for us the last laugh will be mine
CHORUS
You used to love so sweetly...like honey on my lips
You said you’d always need me with velvet fingertips
But lately there’s a distant look behind those pretty eyes
It may be time your tree got shook to make you realize
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Well I’m tired of goin’ beggin’
And goin’ on without
The love you’ve been professin’
Would never let me down
SOLO
CHORUS
CHORUS 2
So stop actin’ like my love’s a chore
And take me dancing’ on a sawdust floor
Bring me home and settle up the score
Till I don't feel like foolin’ ‘round no more
Yeah bring me home and settle up the score
Till we don’t feel like foolin‘…‘round no more
© 2008/2018 Mychael John Thomas
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10. |
Another Lonely Road Song
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Another Lonely Road Song
By Mychael John Thomas
Another boring afternoon in a motel room
The boys in the band are gettin’ ready to play some tunes
It’s been too hard tryin’ to keep my mind
On this lonely road without you
The nights are long and the lights ain’t as bright
as they used to be
And I love my fans but still I get the blues
Seems like everybody’s satisfied but me
And that can’t be done without you
CHORUS
So let me write you another lonely road song
I can hold you in my dreams again tonight
And pray that I can make it safely home to you
One more time...one more time
It hurts so bad to keep coming back to this motel room
And sleep in this big ol’ bed that's made for two
Makes me wonder what I do it for
‘Cause it don't mean nothin’ without you
CHORUS
So let me write you another lonely road song
I can hold you in my dreams again tonight
And pray that I can make it safely home to you
One more time...Mmmm...one more time
Let me sing that lonely road song
One more time
© 2018 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Southern World
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Southern World
By Mychael John Thomas
There’s a young girl
With her boyfriend walkin’ by the water tonight
He’s gonna kiss her
‘Neath an old weepin’ willow in the full moonlight
There’s a bullfrog singin’ his love song out on a lily pad
And vows are made to the serenade of a cricket band
CHORUS
It’s a piece of Heaven
When you’re livin’in the southern world
Where true love happens
Even old folks actin’ like boys and girls
With a south wind blowin’
The air makes music like you never heard
Here in the southern world
When Sunday mornin’ comes
There’s a church bell callin’ all the saints to pray
And when the preachin’s done
There’ll be dinner on the ground...Then the children play
There’s a big race out at the speedway…Somebody’s gotta win
But the pit crews and even the ones who lose
All wind up shakin’ hands
CHORUS
It’s a piece of Heaven
When you’re livin’ in the southern world
Where true love happens
Even old folks actin’ like boys and girls
And most people live like they really believe
In the Holy Word…Here in the southern world
BRIDGE
Where we still have a sense of honor...
And we treat everybody right
‘Cause God’s love has no color
When you’re walkin’ in the light
SOLO
There’s a deep pride burnin’ down inside
The heart of a southern man
And his woman knows how to make the love grow
Because she understands
CHORUS
It’s a piece of Heaven
When you’re livin’in the southern world
Where true love happens
Even old folks actin’ like boys and girls
And a gentleman still wants to shower his lady
with diamonds and pearls
Here in the southern world
Here in the southern world
© 2009/2018 Mychael John Thomas
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12. |
Miracles
02:37
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Miracles
By Mychael John Thomas
You look into my eyes reminding me
Of when I was a body
I thought nothing was impossible
And your smile’s inviting me into a heart
In desperate need of joy
We could be unstoppable
CHORUS
If you believe miracles still happen
That someone watches out for us above
Well I believe a miracle will happen
If I can have your love
Now who knows why people hurt us
Or the Lord allows the pain into our lives
But He says nothing is unfixable
‘Cause my sadness went away
The moment I met you and realized
There’s a dream that’s livable
CHORUS
If you believe miracles still happen
That someone watches out for us above
Well I believe a miracle will happen
If I can have your love…Your love
SOLO
CHORUS
Do you believe miracles still happen?
And someone watches out for us above
Well I believe a miracle has happened
‘Cause we just fell in love
I believe in miracles...
© 2009/2018 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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