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The Machine (BMI) New Mix 032815
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My song The Machine, based on the "studio big production" version's tracks, but completely remixed with new lead by Robert Darlington.
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
Alternative • Alternative General
Charts
#2,563 today Peak #153
#1,065 in subgenre Peak #50
Author
Michael J. Redding
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Michael J. Redding (BMI)
Uploaded
March 29, 2015
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MP3 14.3 MB • 320 kbps • 6:14
Lyrics
THE MACHINE VERSE Today I read the news Oh man it was nothing but food for the blues Nothing left to lose but pain and too much memory It’s all shock and awe Pretty much the damnedest things you ever saw All the way from Gaza to Ferguson to Ukraine But back here in the dream It ain’t so bad we watch it on TV But closing in the distance is the hum of the machine VERSE: They'll say you're chosen ones But you're just pawns kept comfortably numb Even in your slumber there's the hum of the machine So we mill around the books Log our complaints and document our looks It ain't the way, but it's ok With the machine Meanwhile, back at our jobs We push the buttons and turn the knobs Look for a chance to through a wrench Into the cogs CHORUS: Through the fog and through the night I feel the heat, I see the light I see it in your eyes and the fires in the streets Who'd 'a thought it'd come to this At razor wire we raise our fists In poison mists, we still resist The machine VERSE: The machine has an iron will Digs a hole that nothing can fill But it makes a killing just Burying more There’s one in every crowd Takes a name and writes it in the clouds Don’t think out loud, I tell you now This is war They'll come a time history knows First shall be last and the last shall be first Chapter and verse - end of the curse Of the machine CHORUS: Through the fog and through the night I feel the heat, I see the light I see it in your eyes and the fires in the streets Who'd 'a thought it'd come to this At razor wire we raise our fists Before we can kiss, we must resist The Machine Who'd 'a thought it'd come to pass The kings are dead and we raise our glass Before we kiss, we must resist The machine
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