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Like a River
03:59
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Like a river that runs to the sea
Like the way you look at me
It don’t change nothing from day to day
The sun comes up and it goes away
Takes the hard times to balance the good
Takes the sun to balance the moon
Takes a careful step lest you fall
Trying to balance the weight of it all
China was the miners’ friend
Fed them biscuits when they came in
Helped them dig on through to the sky
Never asked the reason why
One thing she never knew was their part
In the success of the crew
Mining the moon is like a slow dream
You’ve got to take it all scene for scene
Ruby caves and golden veins
Keep them leaning against the strain
Some go out the garbage chute
Some go out with sizeable gains
Them that ain’t seeing rainbows
Are doing good to keep their shadows on
Living in this two faced night
Small steps on a road so long
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Abilene
03:54
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Stars pull the sky across Texas
Wind blows through my life
Your hold on my heart
After all of this time
Echoes into the night
The moon is parked above Abilene
Silent and serene
The moon is parked above Abilene
No more alone than me
Road holds onto the landscape
Headlights hold onto the road
At a hundred and five
I’m still haunted by
The candlelight and the rose
The moon is parked
Above Abilene
Single and serene
Some days I sail
On the river of life,
Some days on death’s black ice.
But I’m doing fine
Just holding that line
As I mail you this letter tonight
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Rich Folks Yard
03:04
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Desire
03:51
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Ladies in Waiting
03:32
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Make it Plain
03:17
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Riddle Tune
06:10
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Portugal to Spain
04:07
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Michael Shay Austin, Texas
Blending the nuance of a classically-trained musician, the twang of a born-and-bred Texan, and a genre-bouncing career spent
collaborating with musicians from around the world, Michael Shay's vision exists comfortably outside any "Americana" box while still evoking his earliest influences: Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Dylan, and the Dead.
Cellist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, vocalist
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Michael Shay recommends:
TO LOVE TO LEAVE TO LIVE
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Rachel writes incredibly rich and ornate songs, and this album is recorded beautifully.
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Because Become
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