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1970
(The Legend Of FELT)
By Mychael John Thomas
We started jamming in daddy’s garage
Played so loud that the cops came by
They didn’t shut us down ‘cause we sounded so good
Just hung around and we jammed all night
Lynn McCrosky was working real late
The cool sound made him wanna take a break
He came to check out the FELT boys band
We were laying it down just right
He said fellas I think you’re gonna be stars
You gotta make a demo if you wanna go far
I remember it all like yesterday
It helped make us who we are
CHORUS
So let’s play it again like 1970
Starry eyed rockers with a teenage dream
Thought we held the world by the tail
And we could do anything
Let’s start a fire like 1970
Sky was the limit in the music scene
And even after all these years
We know what it means to be free…like 1970
It was better than the summer of love
Thought we were gonna change the world
Everybody was ready for something
The only way we could go was up
Bob Tubert loved the demo tape
We thought everything was going great
They made a record of the FELT boys band
But that was the only one
Mykey got busted and he did some time
And when I got out I didn’t have no rhymes
One different choice could’ve changed it all
We just couldn’t read the signs
CHORUS
BRIDGE
When love was free
And war was bad
But I cherish every memory
Of the times we had…
CHORUS
©2012 Mychael John Thomas
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Take You Down
05:05
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TAKE YOU DOWN
By Mychael John Thomas
Tell me what makes you think
You’re so much better than me
Head in the clouds but you’re
Flying so high you can’t see
I’m going to…take you down
I’ve got a feeling that
Everyone knows how you are
You think you’re cool but a smile
Only gets you so far
I’m going to…take you down
BRIDGE
You never cared for me…you just played around
But I’m gonna get you now…I’m gonna take you down
How does it feel to have
Never been down in your life?
I’ll take you down with me
So you can see what it’s like
I’m going to…take you down
©2011 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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Innocence
02:43
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Innocence
By Mychael John Thomas
Thinking of all the things I’ve done
Makes me so ashamed of my life
Seeing you in this state of mind
Makes me wanna lay down and die
CHORUS
Something pure is lost
What can take me back to innocence?
As a child inhibitions were feelings
That I didn’t know
Now I’m grown and the darkness
Keeps following wherever I go
CHORUS
Help me find a way
Lord please take me back to innocence…
Innocence
SOLO
This would be such a perfect world
If we all had never known sin
But we know that corruption and evil
Are what made this begin
CHORUS
But I still have hope
That I may return to innocence…innocence…
Innocence…innocence
©2012 Mychael John Thomas
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Occupy Yourself
04:24
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OCCUPY YOURSELF
By Mychael John Thomas
This ain’t the sixties…it ain’t no Woodstock
Just bitchin’ so you get it on the news
It looks to me like just another angry mob
Sooner or later everybody’s gotta choose
CHORUS
‘Cause when it’s done only one thing left
You only got the power to occupy yourself
I’ve seen it all since I was just a young buck
People screamin’ ‘bout money ‘bout war
But politics still the same and it really sucks
Do you know what you’re fighting for?
CHORUS
BRIDGE
You get angry ‘cause you’ve got no control
See it like it is find peace for you soul
Just live your life that’s all you can do
‘Cause ain’t nothin’ gonna change but you
You got complaints…but do you have an answer?
If you tear it down can you build somthin’ back?
You better think about what you’re really after
Before you go off leading the attack
CHORUS
TAG
When you find only time gonna tell
You only got the power to occupy yourself
©2011 Mychael John Thomas
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2000 Blues
03:52
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TWO THOUSAND BLUES
By Stan Lee & Mychael John Thomas
CHORUS
You got to take a good look
At everything goin’ down
You got to take a good look
At everything goin’ down
There’s more than two thousand blues
Just one oughta bring you ‘round
We got people losin’ homes
A war on wall street
The troops are comin’ home
Politician’s drag they feet
The rich still getting’ richer
The poor still getting’ by
Seem like nothin’ ever change
Cain’t nobody tell me why
CHORUS
You got to take a good look
At everything goin’ down
There’s more than two thousand blues
Just one oughta bring you ‘round
SOLO
When I was just a young man
I was free to come and go
I didn’t have no worries
But now I’m gettin’ old
What happened to my country
America gone wild
They stealin’ and lyin’ and cheatin’
Even kill they unborn child
CHORUS
You got to take a good look
At everything goin’ down
There’s more than two thousand blues
Just one oughta bring you ‘round
©2011 Mychael John Thomas
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Another Lesson Learned
03:46
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ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED
By Mychael John Thomas
Used to be I’d crawl outta bed I’d have a
Cup of coffee and my first cigarette then I’d
Pour a drink so I space out my head I didn’t
Realize I was walkin’ ‘round dead
CHORUS
I needed help so I looked to the sky
I traded in my darkness for light
Now every day is a brand new chance
To take a different turn…
Another lesson learned
You see ya gotta find the truth for yourself if it
Means giving up everyone else ‘cause it’s
No peace when you’re living in hell tryin’ to
Drink water from an old dusty well
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Don’t be a fool thinkin’ you got it all
You hear the voice and you answer the call
A star ain’t nothin’ but a ball of flamin’ gases
It’s a hidden revelation for the masses
SOLO
Comes down to your life or your death maybe you’ll
Change your mind in your dyin’ breath just a
Point of view you can do what you want hopin’
Maybe you’ll listen but maybe you won’t
CHORUS
BRIDGE
©2011 Mychael John Thomas
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Sounds Of Brotherhood
05:30
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SOUNDS OF BROTHERHOOD
By Mychael John Thomas
I didn’t know you were coming
You just showed up one night
And added your part to my songs
I thought were already all just right…
But it changed my life forever
As only friendship can
The music was our bond
Hey it was the 60s man
CHORUS
It was the sounds of brotherhood
We played it loud! It Felt so good
And we’d all bring you back today
If we only could…to hear you play
Your sounds of brotherhood
They labeled us a “hippy band”
But still we carried on
And when our friends went to Vietnam
We honored them in song
We sang about our freedom
And held our freak flags high
‘Cause peace and love were in our hearts
And that will never die
CHORUS SOLO
And we said…One for all and all for one
The night ain’t over till the band gets done
One for all and all for one
We don’t stop playin’ till we’ve had our fun
CHORUS
Yea we were brothers
We miss you Allen : )
©2011 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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Cuz We Felt Like It
03:32
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Instrumental
By Stan Lee, Michael Neel, Tommy Gilstrap, & Mychael John Thomas
(c)2011 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Endangered Species
04:12
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
By Mychael John Thomas
I am just a poet of musical impressionism
The most endangered species is the human organism
As a boy in school they made us study communism
Told us it was evil we should practice capitalism
Then somewhere along the way
we went to war with Islam
Kinda like we came and drove our bothers
from their wigwams
I am just a poet of musical impressionism
The most endangered species is the human organism
CHORUS
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity?
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity?
It’s the day of the entrepreneur got moguls in garages
With the right accountant
corporate taxes you’ll be dodging
Work the internet and soon the buyers start responding
Make ‘em feel the need so you get psychological bonding
Pay the politicians get a break when they’re campaigning
When they get in office then
you start with your complaining
No one got the answer but the God who lives in Heaven
The most endangered species is the Human organism
CHORUS
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity?
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity?
BREAK DOWN/SOLO
Everybody say “Gimme some!” Greed becomes the master
And the more we beat that drum we’re headed for disaster
Every time a kid go to school with a gun
he thinks he’s got the answer
Just until he shoots someone and meets his ever after
It ain’t happily…just the price you pay to be the dancer
To the Devil’s tune he plays for one more take a chancer
I am just a poet of musical impressionism
The most endangered species is the human organism
CHORUS
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity?
The whole world teeters on the brink of insanity
Send up a prayer…is there hope for humanity? (repeat)
©2012 Mychael John Thomas
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Peace: A Journey
08:34
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PEACE…A JOURNEY
By Tommy Gilstrap, Stan Lee, Michael Neel,
And Mychael John Thomas
I.
There’s a safe place in your heart
Where you can hide when your world is torn apart
And when you’re asking if wars will ever cease?
Look inside…find your peace
There is only love and hate
And until the day you die it’s not too late
To make the choice your anger to release
Look inside…find your peace
BRIDGE
There are no simple answers
To the questions in your mind
You can only cling to any truth you find
For this life is just a journey
And an opportunity
To pursue the higher calling…to be free
(Instrumental Bridge)
II.
Freedom fighters run wild in the street
Another bloody day
A brand new regime but the same old song
Hit fast and run away
God and Allah facing off!
Forty virgins drool!
It’s the fight of the new millennium
And we all play the fool!
I know the way!...No follow me!
These voices in our ears
Scream for submission and play on our fears
Shout out to the top of your lungs!!!
Nobody hears…
(Instrumental Bridge)
III.
Pick your candidate-left or right
Weapons up and get in the fight
Get your rifle! Get your pen!
Lights! Camera! Action wins!
We’ll all be rich when the oil gets cheap!
Platform, stump, it all gets deep
The voice of reason won’t be heard
Drowned in all these eloquent words
CHORUS
God is love! God is war!
It’s just Heaven we’re fighting for!
God is love! God is war!
It’s just Heaven we’re fighting for!
IV.
BRIDGE
There are no simple answers
To the questions in your mind
You can only cling to any truth you find
For this life is just a journey
And an opportunity
To receive the higher calling and be free
CHORUS
There’s a blessing or a curse
And the failure to decide is all the worse
But the grasp is well within the reach
Look inside (There's a safe place in your heart...
When the world gets torn apart)
Look inside (When you're asking if the wars will cease)
Find your peace
©2012 Mychael John Thomas BMI
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Sorry Song
04:02
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SORRY SONG
By Mychael John Thomas
I was angry as a young man
Trying hard to handle feelings
That I couldn’t understand
So I lashed out!…at everyone around me
Now maybe God has made an opportunity (To say)
CHORUS
I am sorry…that I hurt you
For all my careless words and thoughtless actions
And the truth is I have no good excuses
But maybe you can find it in your heart
To forgive me…I am sorry
I was lonely…and I was searching
While surrounded by so many
Loving people in my life
But it sacred me so I built a wall around me
Until I found true love then I could finally see
CHORUS
Now I am sorry…that I hurt you
For all my careless words and thoughtless actions
And the truth is I have no good excuses
But maybe you can find it in your heart
To forgive me…I am sorry
SOLO
And the truth is I really had to do this
Even if you never find it in your heart
To forgive me…
CHORUS
I am sorry…that I hurt you
For all my careless words and thoughtless actions
But the truth is…I only have excuses here
So I’m hoping you will find it in your heart
To forgive me…I am sorry…I am sorry
©2012 Mychael John Thomas
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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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