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Too Old to be Too Young to Die
There’s nothing wrong with getting old. The alternative, obviously, is dying before you get old, which sounds great in a rock’n’roll song but kind of sucks for the people gathered around your casket. I’m too old now to be too young to die and there’s something to be said for reaching that milestone (even if… Read more
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Everybody Lies – Mike’s Musical Monday
When you lose something you’re supposed to go back to the last place you remember seeing it. It’s been a couple of months since I’ve written a song so I went back to Reichenbach Hall where I spent a few lunch hours last year sitting at the bar, writing lyrics. I found this one waiting… Read more
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The New Normal
The shadows of the trees are getting longer now, and meaner.Pretty soon they’ll kill us all and dance on our graves. The piano sat for a long time in silence waiting for someone to speak its language and when you did,When you touched its face as softly as the air,It only spat at you. The… Read more
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Paris Sketchbook
This dude is St. Germain, a bishop of Paris, who was known for his love of the poor. His monks were so afraid that he’d give everything away that they rebelled against him. He died in 576. For the next 900 years his relics were carried in procession through the streets of Paris. This is… Read more
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Eiffel Tower
I wrote this song a couple decades ago and recorded it a few years ago with Late Model Humans. A recent trip to Paris has brought it back to the forefront of my memory. It’s been so long since I held you in my armsIt’s been so long since you held me in your heartAnd… Read more
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Scurrying: FHOP (Fictional Humans of Paris) #1
Paris was fascinating, profound and enlightening, everything you’d expect from the City of Lights, but it was not relaxing, and relaxation was the thing Martine needed most of all. She was overworked, like most of her contemporaries, and underappreciated, like most females. She held the world at arm’s length for fear of it overwhelming her… Read more
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