Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Let That Bird Fly Away

    This is not a song about birds, not even in the Swingin’ Sixties British sense of the word. This is a song about letting go. Getting old is the process of letting go but some things are harder to let go of than others, and sometimes they follow you into your dreams. This is one Read more

  • The last car of the 6 train

    I saw you bouncing up the stairs of the Bleecker Street station, determined to get into the last car of the 6 train, where I was standing. I don’t remember what song was playing but I know my foot was bouncing and my fingers were drumming on the side of the pole. You apologized to Read more

  • I’m Not Afraid (live)

    I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s noticed that these are kind of dark times in some ways. There’s a lot of anger and hate in the air, you can feel it, people are…everybody seems like they’re pissed off. I hear people yelling on the streets, at each other, and it can be discouraging, Read more

  • I Love You So Bad It Hurts (live)

    I got two girls One’s in heaven and one’s below One I love with all my heart And one I do not know Townes Van Sandt I didn’t know it as I was writing this song but it turns out to be about two women, with the verses alternating between thoughts of each of them. Read more

  • The Crown of Creation

    In loyalty to their kind they cannot tolerate our minds In loyalty to our kind we cannot tolerate their obstruction While meditating the other day, as I got to the seventh chakra (“the crown”) this song came into my mind. I hadn’t heard it in years but it seemed like it was written for these Read more

  • Behind the long stare

    When I was young Hands pulled at my skirt. Now children and grandchildren Tug at my hands Seventh Century Japanese rice-planting song Read more