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Fever
04:06
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Sally knows, she leads my silence
Sally sways, a raging fire
There she goes
Walks on into the night
Ebbs and flows, my ship steers rightly
A treasure trove, so out of sightly
There she blows, There she blows
There she blows!
Gettin over you (reel around the fountain)
Getting older too (how soon is now)
Fever's cold, cold, cold
Got the mid-winter blues
Feelin whiter (girlfriend in a coma)
Feeling brighter (bigmouth strikes again)
Fever's cold cold cold
Got the mid-winter blues
Yeah but I'll go
meet you tonight in the city doll
I'll know when you come around
and we can make it right
When she knows it's time to face me
Please don't go, or I'll go crazy
Off she goes
Off she goes
Off she goes
Feelin whiter (reel around the fountain)
Feeling brighter (how soon is now?)
Fever's cold cold cold
Got the mid-winter blues
Gettin over you (william it was nothing)
Getting older too (strangeways here we come)
Fever's cold, cold, cold
got the mid-winter blues
Written and composed by Michael Hayes ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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2. |
She Don't Worry
03:00
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Words flowing from this pen
So here we go again
Time tribulation tales
True love fail
I got my hooks in you
What are we gonna do?
I know you feel it too
This is through
She don't worry anymore
the sign is on your door
and she knows
when your sun and when your moon
they will collide
Worries worries all the time
Hunted on the line and she goes
"weather's fine, just take your time
and let your groove go"
She stole a line from a movie
She stole those lines all her life
She's all lookin' pretty
That girl once was my wife
She don't worry anymore
the sign is on your door
and she left
with your sun, and with your moon
and she waved goodbye
Worried worried all the time
wearin out your daddy's clothes
weather's fine, take your time
and let your love flow
Written and composed by Michael Hayes and Andrew Santospago, ©2023, Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI and Sacred Twine Publishing/ASCAP. All rights reserved.
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3. |
Travel King
04:10
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Travel king you left your jokes downstairs
in the dirty file with last year's taxes
No, you can't pay for them til dawn
So far gone in a wretched well
That suits your style, and seals my jail cell
Take another look
you wrote the book
The friends I once considered soldiers
Look at me with one eye slanted
Now we know it's true
This city doesn't want you
And we don't really care, No!
This is what you wanted
So leave it if you dare
Just go!
Pack your bags, take the next train out
It's time....
We lost you.
Just a ghost above my fireplace
resting in an urn
And now it's my turn
Another day, another night
without your light
So pick up all your broken soldiers
and see if you can mend some fences
Now they know it's true
the city doesn't want you
the city doesn't care no more
Pack your bags, take the next train out
it's time to go
You lost me
Was it fiction, was it propaganda televised?
My plans have been revised.
Written and composed by Michael Hayes. ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI.
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everybody wants to say goodbye
watch em while they wail their heads and cry
everybody wants to say hello
the say they love you
but your life's been so so-so
it's been a long cool journey
blind tooth fairy
piggy bank pristine
bleeding the porch light dirty
on the prairie
you were 17
you, i'll miss you
take us back for a sunrise
stop by for a quick line
with the girls who can make time
and the boys who are blue
it's been a long while
since I've seen you smile
would you take this time to be true?
it's been a long cool journey
mine since 30
piggy bank pristine
bleeding the porch lights dirty
on the prairie
you were 17
you - I'll miss you
everybody wants to say goodbye
everybody wants to say goodbye
everybody wants to say goodbye
everybody wants to say goodbye
I'll miss you
Written and composed by Michael Hayes. ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI.
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On your way back, sitting your car
watching myself in the rear view
the seats are black
top's down free
cold inside
must be 99 out
I'm back to the place you're never gonna leave
I'm back, and it's a summer day
It won't take long
just ride in back
and play my tracks
on this summer beltway day
On your way out you've been slamming doors
and changing prescription medication
I'm alright just relax
Find yourself some meditation
I'm back to the place you're never gonna leave
I'm back and it's a summer day
You're love is gone
And your lies won't last
Cuz we're fading fast
We'll all be leaving here on the fly
and you'll be taking that pill
But it's just enough to get by
Is it enough to get by
On your way out?
On your way down...
On your way back
Yeah, summer day
Yeah summer day
Yeah summer day
Yeah summer day
Written and composed by Michael Hayes. ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI.
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6. |
Old Route Nine
04:31
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I've gone away, sold my guitars and moved for you
Took a job in the city
Walked past the bars
and gave my soul to you
I tried for you girl
I died for you girl
Happy little boy with his wind up toy
Busy as you want him to be
I could be who you want me to be if you cared
I tried for you girl
I died for you girl
Take me back to Boston
Somewhere down Old Route 9
Fake it when you tell me you love me
I don't really want the truth
I cried for you girl
I died for you girl
oh yeah, I've gone away
Written and composed by M.A. Hayes, ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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7. |
Subterranean Hearts
03:07
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The ageless hipster reads his sonic journal
About the indie record release - hope springs eternal
There's a girl lookin retro
While she fans herself with the Metro
Headline: Can't Buy Me Love
Here's a story:
handsome boy meets girl (way back when)
rests his arms across her shoulders
entrusting his commitment
to a lifetime of equipment
We're uncertain of the right words
Hearts stony as a quarry
Can't do nothing with your sympathy
But thanks for being sorry
In leuix of flowers my dear
I wrote some words down
About those formative years
Hiding in the background
Do you remember me now?
We're uncertain of the right words
to consecrate the story
Can't do nothing with your sympathy
but thanks for being sorry
We're uncertain
Hearts of stone
Can't do nothing...
Ah subterranean hearts
where the tender parts
come with a fare
thanks for being sorry
Written and composed by Andrew Santospago and Michael Hayes ©2023, Sacred Twine Publishing/ASCAP and Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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8. |
Wasteland
04:19
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I'm a survivor of a Wasteland caught within
Too scared to fight so I slump my shoulders and just give in
Blind to the whims of your frequency babe
Blind to the hymns my family sang
Blind to temptation..
High on the smoke from a corporate bulletin
So lost am I that I cannot cope without the gin
And time will show it on the feet of my crow
Time will tell it to my children I know
and I must face it
Tonight you're asleep in my bed
and I'm out of my head again
Deny we're already there
so wipe off your tears
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
we just might make it
Admire all the houses on the shores of Lake Michigan
The rich compile this radius north from Evanston
They fly on their private jets with disdain
Lied when they lost their money again
Cried to their children...
tonight you're asleep in my head
And I can't get out of my bed again
Deny that we're already dead
So wipe of your tear tomorrow
tomorrow tomorrow
we just might make it
I'm just a hero from a fable of yesteryear
So lost am I that I do not notice my lonely fans
And time will show it on my feeble frame
Time will tell you that I lost this game
but I can take it
and tomorrow, we just might make it
Written and composed by Michael Hayes ©2023, Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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9. |
Lo and Behold
03:18
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Well it's a habit
of doing what you're told to do
First Communion and all the shame they gave to you
you got no right to complain
you were lucky more than bright
low and behold, low and behold
you saw those city lights
well they told you
you could want for nothing more
then you lost faith
You left the church in 84
you took a ride to that strange place
lost in a bustling town
low and behold, low and behold
ya found your way around
picture the world in a moment fleeting from yesterday
dig out the faded photographs
are you laughing? are you crying?
sentimental? you're just dyin…
while you're feeling bad
well baby try to let it go
can't conceal it
that pain has got you on the floor
when therapy won't suit you
the radio will bring you through
low and behold
i'll find my way to you
low and behold
low and behold
we still got more to do
Written and composed by Andrew Santospago/ASCAP and Michael Hayes/BMI. ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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10. |
Ups and Downs
03:22
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All ups and downs ups and downs
run from the thieves hide from the clowns
girls bright-eyed blue
this once was you
all ups and downs, ups and downs
all ups and downs ups and downs
hide from your dreams and run from your towns
girl bright-eyed blue this was for you
all ups and downs ups and downs
i get home in a worry
six feet under ground
watch me drink a whiskey bottle
I turn into a rodeo clown
all ups and downs ups and downs
run from the thieves and hide from the clowns
girl bright eyed blue this was for you
all ups and downs ups and downs
Composed by Michael Hayes; Lyrics by Michael Hayes and Paul Gray ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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11. |
Watertown’s Dry
02:55
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Watertown's Dry - I can feel it in my shoulders
Yeah the wind blew us in
Two brothers filled with sin
Waiting there to die
Carver Road - another load for us to carry
The early morning lies
The cigarettes and flies
and Watertown's Dry
Bus 72, I pull down your string
right around School Street
And I will try to be discreet
on the early morning bicycle rides
Watertown's Dry
I showed it to my cousin
And my southern friend
he'll be there til the end
and Watertown's Dry
Bus 72, I pull down your string
right around School Street
And I will try to be discreet
on those back morning bicycle rides
Let us not forget
the streets that made us wet
the things that made you cry
I miss you - so long
and now I'll say goodnight
... Watertown's Dry
Composed by Michael Hayes; Lyrics by Michael Hayes and Paul Gray ©2023 Vinyl Skyway Music Publishing/BMI. All rights reserved.
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The Vinyl Skyway have independently released numerous critically acclaimed records and singles worldwide since their formation in 2003. The music is described as "shimmery pop Americana with killer dashes of CSN harmonies." The band's sophomore classic "From Telegraph Hill" invites comparisons to the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Big Star and Fleetwood Mac. Listen to Long Cool Journey, now available! ... more
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