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Shades of Yesterday #6

by Michael - Foot On The Door

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79c Tension Line 03:40
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Feb 2017 79c in the dollar Is all she had...for me.  When not looking it's hard to see.  That's the way.  I'm not 18 I'm not 57, but somewhere in between.  But it's not ok.  5$, 500, 5 million.   5$, 500, once more.  I'll go ask my nurse, my teacher, cashier for sagent advice.  "It's not you my dear" But that's it right there.  It's not what I'm asking: it's what you're forgetting.  I'm game you see;  what you told me to be.  5$, 500, 5 million.  5$, 500, once more.  Who's to complain! Let's not measure! End the vision!   A culture's plea. Anecdotal decree!  I’ll sign you a way. William G Gruff had surveyed A good nudge may enlighten you Lest your gripping to anchors drown you too.   5$, 500, 5 million.   5$, 500, once more.  79c 79c 79c in the dollar Is all she had for me.  When not looking it's hard to see. 
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Counter Change 02:59
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2000 This life is now take the change and pass it across like there’s going to be another well another you greet but they sense the fortune that hangs from the wall you can’t see there’s nowhere but here and no time but now what’s in front of you 'listen' they say >> make it what you can >> treat this moment as your final turn >> take your misgivings & shoulder them away Monotony bangs but it brings the daydream and it’s not so bad door inward swings rub off your persuasions and surprise them both the fraction that spark give them a thought - take the change pass it across like there will be no new day >> make it what you can >> treat this moment as your final turn >> take your forgivings & shoulder them this way This life is now give them something to hold and to crown This life is now
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A Flower A New Approach 02:45
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1997 Leave gold in a life a flower for every leaf instead of chastise, a material life dig yourself in it’s someone to win Wonderland - so destined to be a part small of everything Bring a bit of life to me apical meristem Say, leave a twig in every life a flower in every leaf instead of chastise, the demon of life dig yourself in seeing somebody win ~~ break ~~ Leave gold in a life a flower for every leaf instead of chastise a material life dig yourself in it’s someone to win.
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Song for the Night 02:25
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1998 A song for the night business, I’m blank but not mindless. A vicious sky with glaring clouds. All hues of blue and grey. All blues of polar heavens and fisherman’s days. A song for your night business, Greyed by a smoke stained breeze. A placid sky we can’t complain. All hues of blue and grey. All blues of polar heavens and fisherman’s days. All blues of polar heavens and fisherman’s days.
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Coffee Banjo 00:44
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2017 INSTRUMENTAL
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Something Like That 02:50
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Jan 2017 [wait time] You know it’s something like that. You know we don’t get to choose. We flew a flag and a fist amongst the serial news Another feather in the hat. Another dose of the blues. Stumblin', stumblin', again. ----- Better keep an eye out: For something like that. Before the tyre goes flat. Should start absorbing the views. Before the tyre goes flat - you’d think we’d paid all our dues. Another feather in the hat. Another dose of the blues. Stumblin', stumblin', again. We’re beating somebody’s mat. We’re betting red and then blue. We’re getting wayward, on… Something… Something… …but not everything. We'll give a tip of the hat We'll grab a bunch of reviews It's kind of hard and its late in this cluster of brews You know it's something like that Now I'm not one to amuse But let us tighten... and tighten... and tighten the screws ----- Better keep an eye out: For something like that. We had a dog and a cat But let's go visit some zoos Maybe it's time to renew. Something… Something… You know it’s something like this: We'll get the whole damn tattoo.
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More Than 1000 Miles 03:23
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2001 You only want me ‘cuz I’m new. You only picked me from the pile because I glisten - ain’t that true. I (you) walked into that room. --- And she said “Are you gonna take me?” --- He said “You’re just what I’ve been looking for.” The hands they felt like they belonged. They ran a course along her contours with a gentleness so strong. He knew this was the one. --- “Are you gonna take me?” she said. --- “I’ve been looking for you for so long” The scent it caught him by surprise. He thought he’d never make the choice so smartly - it was in his eyes. Time and fortune will decide. He sees his heart and money fly. He shares the eve--nings with her ...and now I can only breathe a silent sigh. A life to travel by and by. --- “Where’re you gonna take me?” he said --- Her here and now had come so... --- “Where’re you gonna take me?” she said --- His here and now had come so... --- “I'll take you where you take me” they said --- Their here and now had come so soon. Now a thousand miles won't break their hearts. But a thousand more might be the catalyst to make them never want to be apart. A step's the way to start.
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Obvious III 02:48
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1999 Well, the time has come. The man, he sits... as he watches them go... >> Go today and find me a camera >> Find me some person coloured snap memories. So, I sit and watch the rain fall. The rain falls in. And it’s a pleasantry ...what a vision it’s a sin. It’s a small sin - it’s a small sin for me. >> Go today and follow it towards me. >> Follow a/this shallow breezed decree. Clouds tumble in and out of my meadow. What has given them the wind. Let’s begin, but whose is this shadow, but a flick of channel brings... >> Brings a day where I don’t really matter. >> Gather puzzle pieces, light on, begin... >> Begin, a day where it doesn’t really matter. >> Doesn’t really matter again.
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The Wired One 02:53
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1994 Oh, no no no! Don't fall away... now. Words, wisdom, collectively sold a piece for a slice And however many there was to tell I fell by a river so old >> Take up my measure, sponge up my spine >> See fellows see dime And just overbear me with 'hellos' again I felt by a river so old Come to a calling then come to a bin I’m trying to doubt you again. >> So don’t fall away >> Don’t fall away now Ashes they hurt me - doubling back come and escape me and besides the somethings I found and smelt I had fell by a river decidedly small. >> Take up my measure, sponge up my spine >> see fellows see dime. >> Come to a calling then come to a bin >> I’m trying to doubt you again.
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Post Death Comfort 02:06
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1992/1993 Twelve days passed, twelve men died when the sugar wagon rolled by. Living on and passing by the tired mothers tried Heated high minds, spilt on the plot, the sugar wagons collide. The winners are the losers in the order of the day. What you are asks ‘You are?’ in the sugar wagons path Crush or carry signifies a graft. Auld Nick sat observing as the sugar wagon broke it’s spine. Thinking of the unity.
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Enola Gay (Escape) 05:07
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2002 Enola Gay flying through my dream She’d found a chain mail letter - I was feeling no better. That’s how it was, that day. Enola Gay flying up above the screen She’d found a needle threader She’d never see him be... B-29. It filled the sky it filled the day beyond. —In a little woman’s… letter. —Enola Gay you were thought… obscene —It filled the sky! It filled the sky! —It filled the day... beyond. Enola Gay flying through my dream again. The Little Boy; he never felt better That’s how it was… That escape.
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A Mirror's a Mortar 03:10
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1999 They say a mirror’s a mortar we say hell... take it and play! Sweep, sweep away the fog... and mist warlock make me a different day, we stay for many their time’s been laid Around, around, around to a better play Not afraid of a smile or a laugh Nothing more than a visit - wild and exquisite Nothing more than a visit - wild and exquisite! Earn, and pay, avoid... the wash away Wander, then straighten and wander to end In waves soul searching joined by journeymen, women and clay Passed by the days what is found in a daze Easeled we aim, but some secondary we stay Pulled by a link; we chain it again and again... Pulled by a link we chain it. Again and again and again and again... They say a mirror’s a mortar we say hell... take it and play! fading the mist is the breeze in our way creating the dawn on a different day...
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Hazchem: The Short Fall 03:56
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2001 Lovers, I think you missed that waterfall. Beautiful and oh-so tall. You’d fall in love again... Wonderful, the scenery you left behind. You turned your back or changed your mind. While I found that there was more... Trouble, the road ahead around the bend A telling bell, the twisted end. You would have missed it all... Uncovered, the reasons why you came so far. To fall just short - it caused alarm. For I’ve seen it all before... Lovers, love’s a fix but it won’t mend. The things you pass up to life’s end. You’d have missed it all again... Lovers, I think you missed that waterfall; You’d fall in love again.
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A Single Entity 05:18
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1997/98 Sunset tree won’t you cover me you reach so far above us The leaves fall so delicately your hand is like no other Won’t you cover me sunset tree a canopy of lover Won’t you cover me the dawn you’ll never see A token of your own and look at what you’ve grown I listen; understand as seedling of your hand A finger cuddle strong I know I can’t be wrong Sunset tree... cover me hold my hand... I’ll understand proud of me... I know you’ll see here I stand... it’s you I see ...your hand is like no other... ...a canopy of lover...

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Letting the songs stand more for themselves, in the occasionally varied key and mood, the goal was to use four or fewer tracks and to have most tracks be a single take without error editing. This making the album a more raw and usual experience of what it sounds like from the writer's side of the knowledge and feel of these songs: the daily sketches that surround any 'final recording'.

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released May 1, 2017

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Michael - Foot On The Door Casuarina, Australia

Under the nom de plume Foot on the Door, Michael is releasing his music for broadcast and consideration. Self taught through immersion and curiosity, Michael plays guitar, mandolin, banjo, and ukulele. He is a rare performer who prefers writing music. It is the moments experiencing creative flow that satiate his artistic side. Those moments become songs themed in observation and duality. ... more

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