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New Year
03:15
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It’s a new year
Dust off your auld lang syne
A clear path, sights set high
On the road ahead
What changes will I make
What things might come my way
Could I help make the world a better place
I’ll take more time to sit and wonder
Save some time to spend with others
Question my beliefs and why I’m here
Open the door
Step right on through
There’s a world outside waiting for you
There’s the green, green grass
The silent white snow
And varying degrees of sun wherever you might go
This new year started off so right
And it’s been a long, long time
But I’m holdin on for dear life
Dip my feet in the water
Feel the wind on my face
Wear my sunscreen like Bad Luhrmann suggested
I’ll take more time to sit and wonder
Save some time to spend with others
Question my beliefs and why I’m here
New Year, New Year, new Year
Oooo Ooooo
New Year, New year!
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Blue Jean Bride
02:56
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Married a farmer, he lives by the lake
He has horses, he used to be a rider, he’s chill and he’s a good sense of humour
It’s a good thing too ‘cause Grandma, she’s wild
She’s the boss, like a horse there’s no hope in ever taming
But she responds to your love
Now we’re all here, celebrating country style
With our blue jeans and western shirts and so many smiles
Well…you’re never to old to dance Blue Jean Bride
Blue Jean Bride
Blue Jean Bride
Born in the county, a strong independent lady
She gives care, travels around, makes friends and still
I hear she makes a mean stew
A few things I know you have in common are that you both love red vans
You both love each other too best friends getting married gonna make lots of plans
You’re both massive jokers and both living some damn full lives
One day you’ll have to tell me about over one of Grandma’s raspberry pies
Now we’re all here, celebrating country style
With our blue jeans and western shirts and so many smiles
Well…you’re never to old to dance Blue Jean Bride
Blue Jean Bride
Blue Jean Bride
Blue Jean Bride
Oh oh oh
We’re gonna dance all night
You’re gonna live a damn, damn full life
Blue Jean, blue jean, blue jean, blue jean bride.
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Sure I’m smiling all the time.
I’ve got a hopeful outlook on life.
Hell I’m probably smiling now.
The good times are good and the bad times are bad.
But I’m learning what I can and making the most out of every single thing.
The road may be long.
But I’m rollin on my way.
Though it dark times, dark times, dark times for the optimist.
Lies and promises all the time,
bullshit wars and endless waste of life at war and at home.
Got food to feed and medicine to heal.
But it’s kept for those with greed, greed enough to kill.
Or the fortunate few.
The road may be long.
But I’m rollin on my way.
Though it dark times, dark times, dark times for the optimist.
You don’t have the best intentions for all, just short sighted goals.
You don’t represent me, and you must resent this country for burning it to the ground.
You won’t need to look far ‘cause most of us are standing,
standing and marching and screaming “WHAT THE HELL?!”
The road may be long.
But I’m rollin on my way.
Though it dark times, dark times, dark times for the optimist.
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Fashion
03:10
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We’re always here in some fashion,
but the only fashion you’re in is what you came in.
People can’t help but remember this awesome thing that we have made,
in the month of my birth, the month of November.
It’s like I always said “one day we’ll feel like kings,”
how could that be a bad thing?
Let the cops dust for our prints, I’ll be the first to say,
“it was my hands that helped to make this art.”
Help make this art! Come play a part!
We’re always here in some fashion, but the only fashion you’re in is what you came in.
So stand up, dance, swing and sway along with me!
Help make this art! Come play a part!
So stand up, dance, swing and sway along with me!
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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House That Never Sleeps
02:48
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Welcome to the house that never sleeps walk through the front door
It’s so homey a little messy but what more could you ask for?
There the friendly faces, the cats are hairless, except for wise old owl
It’s a house of dreamers with art endeavours lost along the way…
It’s never too late…
Reservations, distractions aside, lets get some sleep and give it a second try!
We all have rooms but sometimes there’s a guy out on the sofa
The walls are paper thin we hear every conversation
The garden’s not filled up with plants, just junk and things that maim you
And everyday I’m super thankful that we have two bathrooms
If I could only get some sleep
Just a single little wink
If I could only get some sleep
It’d be the perfect place for me..
It’s never too late
Reservations, distractions aside, lets get some sleep and give it a second try!
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Little Owen
03:45
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It’s the rarest of afternoons
Skies are a clear and the brightest blue
I’m meant to spend the day with you
At our home here in London
Little Owen
Since the day you came into this world
I promised to keep you safe and teach you truth
All my days until I lost you
I’m screaming out
My mind is failing now
I don’t know what to do
LIttle Owen, where did you go?
I dial the phone
Officer says "try to stay calm"
What’s his name and where the last place that you saw him
People come out
Runnin all over
Trying to help
But there’s no help for this
Old heart of mine
I’m screaming out
My mind is failing now
I don’t know what to do
LIttle Owen, where did you go?
He goes down
Hit the ground so hard
Little Owen comes out
Sayin Daddy, “what’s going on now?”
I was just hiding
I was just kidding around
There were no supernatural forces
Societal interventions
All was done that could have been done
They buried Owen’s dad that spring
And Owen never forgot him
He never forgot him
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Defeat The Fears
04:30
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I found peace in the strangest place.
Almost missed it in my haste.
Was a strangers face, with together I pieced;
my life long needs, with my suitcase.
It showed me things, I’d not know.
Perhaps not ever, on my own.
So please don’t fear them,
and please don’t fear me,
we all hold the secret, that you can’t see.
I tried so hard to find myself.
The truth is that I’m everyone else,
and I need them, and they need me,
to survive this thing we call life.
So before you judge, before we fight.
Remember this; there could be part of you, within me.
So please don’t fear them,
and please don’t fear me,
we all hold the secret, that you can’t see.
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Meet Me On The Corner
02:27
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Hey mister dream seller
Where have you been.
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song,
Can you spare one dream for me?
You wont have met me,
And you'll soon forget.
So don't mind me tugging at your sleeve.
I'm asking you,
If I can fix a rendezvous,
For your dreams are all I believe.
Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share.
Lay down your bundles,
Of rags and reminders,
And spread your wears on the ground.
Well I've got time,
If you're dealing mine,
I'm just hanging around.
Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share.
Hey mister dream seller,
Where have you been.
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song,
Can you spare one dream for me?
Written By: Rod Clements
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There's This Girl
03:28
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Oh it rained just the other day.
I don’t remember with which wind I came.
But I have a friend.
Someone who’s close to me.
I’ve grown another branch and put them in my family tree.
For now the streets are home.
And in ways I’m freer than I’ve known.
Life is just a map we’re drawing as we go.
The songs I write are honest.
The life I’ve built a modest frame.
But lately I’ve been dreaming and feeling things I can’t explain.
There’s this girl I see every single day.
Never know what to say, don’t even know her name.
There’s this girl I see, could she notice me?
What would she say?
Could she know my face?
I’ll pull together what I need for a chance to meet.
Could she ever really know me.
I’ll pull together what I need for a chance to meet.
Could she ever really know me.
There’s this girl I see every single day.
Never know what to say, don’t even know her name.
There’s this girl I see, could she notice me?
What would she say?
Could she know my face?
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Particles
03:56
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I wake up it’s early afternoon and all the little particles dancing around the room.
The hand of someone most beautiful is lying on my chest, feeling my heart beating.
I am at rest.
All lit up like a stadium, a stadium at night.
The light pouring through, illuminating me and you
Thinking back to a time that, that I miss so damn bad.
Wish I could get it all back, but I’ll have to wait…
And I go to the hospital and play for the people.
There are smiles all around, there’s music in the air.
Between the little particles that dance into the night where I feel right.
Playing with the band to a wonderful few in a low lit room.
The light pouring through, illuminating all of you
Thinking back to a time that, that I miss so damn bad.
Wish I could get it all back, but I’ll have to wait…
Music and lyrics written by: Markus Michelucci
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Markus Michelucci & Sound Refuge London, UK
Markus Michelucci’s Sound Refuge is a musical project set apart by vivid story lines, honest songwriting and remarkable performances from everyone involved. The musical style is hypnotically bardic and ballad-like whilst still capturing the Canadian folk spirit. ... more
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