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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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from Like a River: The Songs of Jim Harris, released October 23, 2017

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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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