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Hand of the Sculptor
04:20
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there's only a ghost left of main street
and a mean old sky pressing down
for five long days every single week
I'm getting eaten alive by this town
and the doorways' a mouth of a monster
made of bricks piled up to the sky
with windows like eyes that are haunted
the factory wants you for life
but my body refuses the burden
and my spirit rebels to the bone
it ain't been in vain, all of this hurtin'
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone
so do with me what you're gonna do with me..
the crashing and burning is over
but the dust ain't quite settled down
there might be a few things I could have told her
and it all would be different now
but I sell off anything of any value
and I settle some emotional debt
I don't let on to where I might be going
don't know how far it is I might get
and my body refuses the burden
and my spirit rebels to the bone
it ain't been in vain, all of this hurting
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone
so do with me what you're gonna do with me..
now I'm back up against the ropes again
and I might have to swing my way out
but it ain't no big thing, cause life's gonna hurt you
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone
so do with me what you're gonna do with me..
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2. |
Only Human
03:51
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you better be careful when you talk like that
you just might get exactly what you're looking for
I ain't gonna hang around to watch you crash
or watch you wind up all in pieces on the floor
If I could change your mind
turn back time
save it all from ruin
If I could walk through walls
break your fall
that's what I'd be doing
But I'm only human
God knows I've made mistakes I'm sorry for
I've left some wounds that even time might not heal
I'd cut a few frames if I could change the past
I'm still looking for a time machine to steal
If I could change your mind
turn back time
save it all from ruin
If I could walk through walls
break your fall
that's what I'd be doing
But I'm only human
Did you think I was invincible?
you say that you need me
but look how you treat me
maybe it's best that you just go ahead and leave me be
If I could change your mind
turn back time
save our love from ruin
If I could walk through walls
break your fall
that's what I'd be doing
But I'm only human
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Hell in the Hallway
03:46
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maybe I'm just crazy, acting like a fool
making such a mess of everything that I do
always robbing Peter cause I'm too far in to Paul
I hustle and I hustle with my back against the wall
there's got to be a silver lining
some kind of better way
they say that somethings better than nothing
but there's a couple things that I can't figure out
how come you can't keep a hound dog from running
when he's got food and water right there at the house
it's been heartbreaking, sad, and confusing
I run myself ragged goin' round and around
they say when one door closes, another one opens
but it's hell in the hallway for now
something's got to give, I think it might be time to change
and the way I got it figured out, I don't know a thing
half the time I'm lying, half the time I just can't tell
who's that standing in the mirror when I'm looking at myself
but it don't matter what I think
it's only what I do
they say that somethings better than nothing
but there's a couple things that I can't figure out
how come you can't keep a hound dog from running
when he's got food and water right there at the house
it's been heartbreaking, sad, and confusing
I run myself ragged goin' round and around
they say when one door closes, another one opens
but it's hell in the hallway..
when all the kids are acting
like they wanna be your friend
but they talk about you
when you turn your back around to them
they're telling secrets in the stairwells
and rumors in the halls
and the things they say about you
just ain't true at all
they say that somethings better than nothing
but there's a couple things that I can't figure out
how come you can't keep a hound dog from running
when he's got food and water right there at the house
it's been heartbreaking, sad, and confusing
I run myself ragged goin' round and around
they say when one door closes, another one opens
but it's hell in the hallway for now
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Six Ways from Sunday
04:20
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Six different ways from Sunday
it's been seven different kinds of hell
I've been in eight different states in the last nine days
maybe Tennessee will suit me well
I'm still on paper up in Essex County
they threw the book at me when I was there
now I curse that mean old river
ain't never going back across the Delaware
I know a pretty girl down in Georgia
so I'm going down south and feeling free
gonna drive right through the night and catch the morning
cause I finally figured out where it is that I need to be
I need to be somewhere in a good song
running my fingers up and down the strings
somewhere out there singing from my heart strong
I need to be true to myself and true to the melody
just the other day it occurred to me
I might be missing her more than I thought
half the reasons she was giving, the way that I was living
should have known that I was gonna get caught
I made one bad decision on a two timing lover
I was three sheets gone to the wind
now I'm forever in a fix about a five dollar bill
got me six ways screwed up again
might run off to California
hell, I might wind up on the silver screen
man I'm just ramblin' I don't mean to bore ya
but I finally figured out where it is that I need to be
I need to be somewhere in a good song
running my fingers up and down the strings
somewhere out there singing from my heart strong
I need to be true to myself and true to the melody
maybe there might could be a slim chance
it all works out and I get away clean
ain't even gonna stick around for the last dance
cause I finally figured out where it is that I need to be
I need to be somewhere in a good song
running my fingers up and down the strings
somewhere out there singing from my heart strong
I need to be true to myself and true to the melody
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Understand
04:31
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There's a place I know
I used to go when I was young
where the road winds down beside a silver stream
where I dreamed a dream, and felt so free
in that place I know, I used to go when I was young
I drove back to that memory just yesterday
passed the empty lot where we'd go after school and play
I heard St. Ann's bell ring, thought about the songs we used to sing
when I drove back to that memory, just yesterday
I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my Father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand
somewhere out there on the back roads
as these old memories flood my mind
half was scared, half way excited,
cause I don't know what I might find
is this the dream I dreamed?
of how it all might be
somewhere on the backroads
as these memories flood my mind
I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand
there's no need for me to regret
the things I didn't know
there's no need to go on
holding on to such a heavy load
I think it's time for letting go
I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand
so help me understand
so I can understand
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6. |
Wander Blue
03:58
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I've been fooled by my own thoughts of things
thought that I knew damn near everything
turns out I was wrong about it all
so I set sail to wander blue
find out some things I wish I knew
it's been funny, sad, and sometimes tragic too
Imagine your life as an epic of sound
let loose by you, hell bent and God bound
strike up the band and call out a tune
let the melody sing- pure, simple, and true
I got no destination, just wander blue
it could be that I'll never know
just which way the road would go
I could wind up lost, and think I'm really found
and when I thought I really found the way
the truth came up as if to say-
the high road ain't for faint hearted clowns
Imagine your life as an epic of sound
let loose by you, hell bent and God bound
strike up the band and call out a tune
let the melody sing- pure, simple, and true
I got no destination, just wander blue
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Less Than Paper Thin
04:10
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The way you said the words
and the sound of your voice
oh my God, it hurts
but I don't have a choice
survey the scene
are there any casualties?
check my vital signs
I'm anything but fine
my body's gone in shock
and I'm paralyzed with fear
but I keep holding on, just holding on
I don't wanna disappear
and it's less than paper thin
the veil between there and here
you used to leave your blue jeans
in a corner on the floor
you told me all your secret dreams
you don't talk like that anymore
Maskcara on a towel
hanging on a hook
you didn't have to say a word
it was just the way you looked
my body's gone in shock
and I feel the end is near
but I keep holding on, just holding on
I don't want you to disappear
and it's less than paper thin
the veil between there and here
the great unknown before
I've got nothing left to fear
no more holding on, no more holding on
no more holding on my dear
and it's less than paper thin
the veil between there and here
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The Inn Between
01:50
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You Make Me Feel
04:41
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It must have been a dream that I had
and you were lying right there sleeping
now I'm waking up to want what I have
and knowing that my hearts still beating
you make me feel, like it's good to be
you make me feel like it's good to be alive
it's all I know
won't let nothing come between us
wherever we go
we'll let the road rise up to meet us
cause you make me feel
you make me feel
I think we better stop for the night
feeling like a broken shoe string
and nothings gonna make this alright
short of some awakening
you make me see
see the brighter side of things
I hear your voice
I hear you calling out to me
it's all I know
won't let nothing come between us
wherever we go
we'll let the road rise up to meet us
cause you make me feel
you make me feel
it's all I know
won't let nothing come between us
wherever we go
we'll let the road rise up to meet us
cause you make me see
see the brighter side of this world
and I hear your voice
I hear you calling out to me girl
you make me feel
I'm not my body, I'm a spirit
and I know it's real
I'll say it plain so you can hear it
you make me feel
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10. |
Tail Lights
03:35
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Won't you tell me now
just spit it on out
you got to give it to me line by line
go ahead and lay it out
doubt by doubt
find out what's been on your mind
cause something always seems just a little bit funny
and you keep me guessing all the time
you got to go ahead and lay it out
doubt by doubt
find out what's been on your mind
tell me I'm low down
low down, no good, no count, so and so
tell me I'm too late
too late, long gone Daddy, no next date
maybe I'm way on down the line
and maybe you ain't even crossed my mind
maybe I'm way on down the line
ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
right about the time
you start to drinkin' that wine
get to acting like a doggone fool
you give me what for
slamming every door
going stomping around the house in your boots
something always seems
just a little bit funny
and you keep me guessing all the time
you got to go ahead and lay it out
doubt by doubt
find out what's been on your mind
tell me I'm low down
low down, no good, no count, so and so
tell me I'm too late
too late, long gone Daddy, no next date
maybe I'm way on down the line
and maybe you ain't even crossed my mind
maybe I'm way on down the line
ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
I ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
I ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
yeah, I'm long gone chasing a white line
I ain't got no trouble on my mind
I ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
out there lost somewhere in the midnight
tell me I'm low down
low down, no good, no count, so and so
tell me I'm too late
too late, long gone Daddy, no next date
maybe I'm way on down the line
and maybe you ain't even crossed my mind
maybe I'm way on down the line
ain't nothin' but a pair of tail lights
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Mike Miz Nashville, Tennessee
Michael Mizwinski better known simply as Mike Miz is an Americana / Roots Rock artist from Northeast Pennsylvania known for masterful guitar playing, well-crafted songwriting, and powerful and energetic live performances. Mike has been privileged to play out since the age of 15. He has opened for acts like Jason Isbell, Lukas Nelson, Wallflowers, Blues Traveler, Derek Trucks, America, Chris Isaak ... more
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