Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • So Sad

    This one goes back a few years, and then a few years more, and a few more years on top of that. I like to think I’ve improved as a songwriter but I like these more than most of my old lyrics. This comes from the first session we did in a real recording studio.… Read more

  • Both Sides Now

    “Don’t find fault with the man that limps Or stumbles along the road Unless you wear the moccasins he wears Or stumbled beneath the same load”  Mary T. Lathrap It is beneficial, especially in polarized times like these, to look at things from more than one perspective. One perspective that lies outside my experience is… Read more

  • Mansplaining

    The future is female No shit In case you haven’t been paying attention So is the past Let me ‘splain…I was accused of mansplaining for the first time the other day. I didn’t think that’s what I was doing but I know racists who don’t think they’re racist, so… When I was coming of age… Read more

  • The Road of Excess

    Mylatest piece for ARTPublika Magazine is an essay on the relationship betweenartists and drugs. They go together like a horse and carriage. Read more

  • Alabama

    AlabamaThe devil fools with the best laid planSwing low AlabamaYou got the spare changeYou got to feel strangeAnd now the momentis all that it meant Alabama, you got the weight on your shoulders that’s breaking your backYour Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track Alabama Banjos playing through… Read more

  • Baby

    I’ve been thinking a lot about babies lately. Next month a dear friend is going to become a mommy and last month my baby, who hasn’t been a baby for long years, packed up his boyhood room and moved out into the wider world. Baby New Year is right around the corner, and the birth… Read more