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The Steady & The Stuck
04:35
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Lying still is too tall an order for me
Bought & paid for each shiver I felt them all
Wondering wayward for fear and danger
For the steady and the stuck
Be led by fingers that are left still pointing after the cut
Stop with the commotion
You’ve got to keep on keeping on
Something’s keeping my attention
This electricity
This is where I want to be
Lying tongues cut with teeth to tear the chord
Still I bought & paid for each shiver I felt them all
Like the rabbit in the headlights
Like the bee stuck in the jar
Saying this doesn’t feel right
But this is who we are
Stop with the commotion
You’ve got to keep on keeping on
Something’s keeping my attention
This electricity
This is where I want to be
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2. |
Dust & Bone
03:35
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Dust & bone who knows who knows
Lines of crows that watch and wait
I see the red like snow that falls on black
We don't look back like we should
You gave me trinkets of gold for the golden era
Gave me diamonds and pearls to make it crystal clearer
I said you son of a gun you're not the only one
You're not the one that gave me the keys to the kingdom
Merry me
I waited such a long long time
In sweet disease spread across my love line
Teach me I know everything to know
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3. |
Revolving Doors
04:31
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This has got me spinning round
Like a revolving door
This is live love and learn
Make yourself
I don’t know
Where I’ve been
But all I am Is all I have
And all I am
Is meant to be
Forever searching
Oh you know I love you and I always have
This has got me spinning round
Like a revolving door
This is live love and learn
Make yourself
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4. |
Half My Love
03:54
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Half following
Half hope springs
Summer loves her talking
Winters taking hold
Folding down a hard earned living
Taught and never learned
Choking on fresh air
Is like playing with fire
This game of truth or dare
I can give half my love
So maybe I got bored and soldered
While getting older I’ve outgrown my skin
I see a house with the painted windows
And a light that shines on those within
Choking on fresh air
Is like playing with fire
This game of truth or dare
I can give half my love
& its caustic in the blood
When your losing touch
It’s that smokers cough
That you miss so much
Choking on fresh air
Is like playing with fire
This game of truth or dare
I can give half my love
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5. |
Pulling The Strings
04:00
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Be plentiful
Replenish
Because like every apple picked from the orchid
Has got to be chosen at the right time
Put greenery heavy on the pavement
Before we all become machine run
Take aim
Or take pity
Because sitting on the dark side of the road babe
Isn’t an option
Though me & the moon have an agreement
That we both won’t turn our backs on each other I sit every night
Avoiding the sleeping
But now I can be the one pulling the strings in this life
& I’m gonna aim my words at others happy and true
Take shelter from all of the live wires
Isn’t it such a beautiful life we choose
Give me some shelter help me draw the line
Cos under the pressure we get tongue-tied
Operator please gotta say there’s hope or cut the line
This time
But now I can be the one pulling the strings in this life
& I’m gonna aim my words at others happy and true
Take shelter from all of the live wires
Isn’t it such a beautiful life we choose
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6. |
Only Human
03:35
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o have an earthly wind down
Faith in the ride
Trinkets fill a Kingdom
But not the whole
My sister writes her thoughts down
My brother flips the coin
Me I’m undecided
Until the road runs out of map
Pretty soon this flame runs out of gas
Baby your cinnamon
tell me won’t you give me a reason
to be stuck in our ways
Honey I’m saying
I’m hanging on the edge of addiction
Still on the line
We’re only human
Its coming its coming
If You want the attention get dogs to follow you around
Its coming its coming
When everything’s full circle
We’re children and we’re still learning
To share our sand
Baby your cinnamon
tell me won’t you give me a reason
to be stuck in our ways
Honey I’m saying
I’m hanging on the edge of addiction
Still on the line
I won’t climb these mountains for anyone or anything
We’re only human
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7. |
The River
04:16
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All our fears are taking over us
When its time to live out the shade
Want to wear this on my chest
Keep it on my skin
There's a beautiful cost to living
Want to live in the moment until that moment is gone
Allow me to break this down while we're still teething now
For all my sins
I regret not one thing
The River washes me clean
& it sets me free
Go an get it done
It's just fingers to the bone stuff
Theres too many moments of wasted sound around here
Gotta drink your whiskeys to there bitter end
Imagine them as a dark winged beauty
& then downing them will become ok.
For all my sins
I regret not one thing
The River washes me clean
& it sets me free
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Slowly
03:35
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See the box & fill it with desire
All of the foolish things we have written in words
See the flame Burning through the fire
Under the bridges we built for the shelter
But Lover
Are you coming up slowly?
Because I can’t stand
Cos I’m coming in too deep
Childish the thoughts of all of those English summers
The push & pull of a real Page turner
Barely the two the both of us should be
This is you and me before & after
See I was born here
It’s where I stand to start
Not a boy
Barely a man
Pockets are turned out
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Come shake your hips
& Let me Love you
Cos now we have everything that we ever needed
& You can’t have to much of a good thing
I’ve always known
That money is no object to me
So always I’ve grown with the twists and the turns
That this life throws at me
***
But to deny all of what I’m feeling
Is to climb without ever reaching
Anywhere Anytime soon
The want to fly
Well its overwhelming
But I’ve the desire to pattern you under my skin
Under my skin
***
She said; step in the light
Come let me look at you
No I didn’t mean to add to those worry lines
She said; Honey I choose you
She told me; Groove it baby groove
You look wilder when you Sin
You can say the words over & over
We never win do we
****
But to deny all of what I’m feeling
Is to climb without ever reaching
Anywhere Anytime soon
The want to fly
Well its overwhelming
But I’ve the desire to pattern you under my skin
So shake your hips & bring me the Thunder
Cos life’s a gift so pour me another
& Bring me your love
Darling Bring me your love
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10. |
Some Kind
04:42
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Come closer honey let me hear your name
It's been so long in the woods I don't know if i'm coming or going
When the wind in the trees comes whistling
I hold on to the things that keep us running around
Oh some kind of love is coming
I can taste the sweeter life
There's no need to feel un-balanced and fragile
Just remind me when I'm under it all
The young get married & the old get paid
A Head in the clouds worth two heads arguing
Sit on the bridges till the break of light
Hold on to the things that keep you satisfied
Oh some kind of love is coming
I can taste the sweeter life
Theres no need to feel un-balanced & fragile
Red is white under the surface
What's a god that don't wear kindness
You don't need to feel un-balanced & fragile
Just remind me when I'm under it all
The bigger the list
The shorter the time
For getting it right
Most of my days
& some of my nights
They're bigger than I
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Michael Baker England, UK
March 2020, Arts Council UK funded Michael Baker releases 'Salt', A towering accomplishment that will win hearts with its
adept handling of love, loss and hope. Among the key tracks that show Baker’s road to recovery.
Album 3 produced In Lockdown and
Album 4 is being produced already with Tom The Lion, Alberta Cross producer Luke Potashnick previous owners include Van Morrsion due out 2021.
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