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Newest original - a new mix as of January 10, 2010. An autobiography.
indie songwriter acoustic folk blues ballad country lyrics unique fingerstyle jazzy crossroads hank49 michael redding original words music lyri rock electric mandolin ha
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Hank49 - Original words and music in a variety of styles including Americana, Country, Folk, Blues, Indie, and Rock. Facebook mirror: http://www.faceboo
I am a musician and songwriter (primarily guitar and mandolin, but with amateur forays into banjo, fiddle, concertina, percussion and keyboard), jammer and jam host, recording engineer, producer, studio mole and occasional performer. When I perform solo, I'm hank49. When friends accompany me, we're hank49 and Loose Canon. Loose Canon is an ever shifting assembly of fellow musicians including Tom Edwards, Mitch Prevatte, Brian Chaney, Kevin Chaney, Lena and Jason Redding, Bronson Shanahan, Robert Darlington, Dave Eske, Johnny Decker, John O'hara, John Seay and more.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #56
Peak in subgenre #10
Author
Michael J. Redding (aka hank49)
Rights
2009 Michael J. Redding (aka hank49)
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January 10, 2010
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MP3 10.3 MB • 320 kbps • 4:30
Story behind the song
A man like me.
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MAN LIKE ME VERSE 1: I was eight years old, listening to the radio When I first felt my feet slide on the floor Just a country song But it wasna€™t all that long Both those feet slid right on out the door VERSE 2: Sometimes I wonder why But you know that mama tried To keep me on the narrow and the straight But I could see the stars And I could hear guitars So I popped the locks and busted out the gate CHORUS 1: Mama could you love a child Whoa€™d tear his hand from one so mild And run away forsaking all your pleas A boy that maybe you cana€™t trust A kid who might be dangerous Momma, could you love a child like me? VERSE 3: Further down the line when I met a girl so fine I felt my feet lift right up off the ground Together through the years The laughter and the fears But still somehow I wonder where Ia€™m bound CHORUS 2: Babe, how do you love a guy Who always makes you wonder why Someone who wants your love to set him free Someone who would blind himself So he cana€™t see he needs your help Babe, how do you love a man like me? BRIDGE: All these years I been keeping time While the wheels roll and the whistle whines Sitting here with a guitar on my knee I aina€™t the president or a CEO But Ia€™m pulling strings in the way I know Ita€™s OK as long as you stay with me VERSE 4: Therea€™s a spot up on the hill That overlooks the fields You see where youa€™ve been and where youa€™re gonna go They say that after all, everything that flies will fall Therea€™s just one thing that I have yet to know CHORUS 3: Father, can you love your sons Now that you know what they have done For bags of gold and a life of ease Yeah, can you love the ones Who turn away from thee Jesus, can you love a man like me? Momma, can you love this child Baby, can you love this guy Can you love a man like me?
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