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In the Middle of You
02:54
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IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
coffee can be nice and whisky would suffice to get a young man riled
but it's the chemicals rolling around inside your brain that are driving me wild
i'm the boy waiting outside your door
and you're the girl in my head
and life was such a riddle
when I wasn't in the middle of you
so i put a bit of back behind the thought of your dimples when you smile
and if that notion every runs its course my dear, I'll follow your curves for a while
i'm the boy waiting outside your door
and you're the girl in my head
and life was such a riddle
when I wasn't in the middle of you
in the middle of you
muses sing a melody of green begetting bloom
amongst its roots a yield of fruit
beneath your harvest moon
a taste to entice alone would not suffice the hunger for your love
so I search for face of light shining true and bright from your altar up above
you're inspiration at my door
and i'm the man at your feet
and love was such a riddle
when I wasn't in the middle of you
and love was such a riddle
when I wasn't in the middle of you
and love was such a riddle
when I wasn't in the middle of you
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Latchkey Kid
04:12
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LATCHKEY KID
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
coloring books when I was nine
anything that I could do to pass the time
finished up my homework after I got home from school
built a blanket fort in my living room
set the oven to four hundred degrees myself
perched up on a counter top to reach a kitchen shelf
it's dinner time and my parents are nowhere to be seen
so corn dogs and fish sticks are my routine
i'm a Latchkey Kid
and nobody cares about the trouble that I'm getting in
waiting by the phone for my parents to call
staring at our family portrait hanging on the wall
my daddy says no T.V. if I stay up too late
too bad he aint here to regulate
i'm a Latchkey Kid
and nobody cares about the trouble that I'm getting in
i'm a Latchkey Kid
and nobody cares about the trouble that I'm getting in
sometimes my father would come home late
and my mother would be drunk by then
smell perfume, and then throw a dinner plate
nobody to read me a story
or tuck me into bed
so I dream of love
i dream of love
and then I start my day again
i'm a Latchkey Kid
and nobody cares about the trouble that I'm getting in
i'm a Latchkey Kid
and nobody cares about the trouble that I'm getting in
NOTE TO READER:
Latchkey Kid uses a traditional West African leadership song called Kye Kye Kule. The lyrics for this song are found below:
Leader: Kye Kye Kule (chay chay koo-lay)
Chorus: Kye Kye Kule
Leader: Kye Kye Kofinsa (chay chay koh-feen sah)
Chorus: Kye Kye Kofisa
Leader: Kofisa Langa (Koh-fee sah lahn-gah)
Chorus: Kofisa Langa
Leader: Kaka Shilanga (Kah-kah shee lahn-gah)
Chrous: Kaka Shilanga
Leader: Kum Aden Nde (koom ah-dehn day)
Chorus: Kum Aden Nde
Leader: Kum Aden Nde (koom ah-dehn day)
Chorus: Kum Aden Nde, HEY!
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Recess
03:02
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RECESS
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
you remind me of recess
recess when I was eight
playing on the school yard
with a little girl named kate
i raced her on the monkey bars
and then she chased me to the gate
i tagged her at the log cabin
a point which we'd debate
cuantos anos tiene la nina
no actuas tu edad
crece
matura
nunca lo hacemos x2
and then she told me I had cooties
as she kissed me on the cheek
and then ran amongst the other girls
before i had a chance to speak
familiarity's a revolving door
and round and round I spin
but I'd gladly trade the exit for you girl
if you'd only let me in
crece
matura
nunca lo hacemos x4
you remind me of eighth grade
riding on a grey hound bus
taking some trip to an amusement park
all one thousand of us
she boarded the coach with quite a fuss and then plopped down next to me
initiated the strangest conversation that had ever yet happened between two teens
and then she told me I was stupid
and punched me in the junk
and then sat amongst the other girls that populate the bus
familiarity's a revolving door
and round and round I spin
but I'd gladly trade the exit for you girl
if you'd only let me in
crece
matura
nunca lo hacemos x4
a cup of whatever together girl
or maybe just the time of day
whatever I can get is good
and good is what you have to say
crushes are a revolving door
and round and round I spin
I guess I can see my way out girl
but I'm wishing you'd invite me
crece
matura
nunca lo hacemos x4
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Fool For You
04:42
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FOOL FOR YOU
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
the touch of your skin against mine
was flawless and supine
as I read your story in braille
my resolve was as frail
as that tall tale that lingered from my tongue
now I'm all twisted up
like a towel that's been wrung
maybe it's the conversation we had in bed
maybe i just want to see your eyes roll back in your head
maybe you're a drag from a stranger's cigarette
but once i've got you on my lips
you're hard to forget
and now that you've got me where you want
you're moving from hot to cool
and now that you've got me where you want
woman, i'm a fool for you
feeling your chest heave
as you're lying there asleep
now I'm bating every breath
so that the moment isn't cheap
are you resolved to entail
a large sail to guide me away
on some nautical course
that perhaps I'd rather stay
maybe you're just playing hard to get
or perhaps you just want me to forget
maybe I'm a marionette on strings
trying to measure your depth beyond anatomy
and now that you've got me where you want
you're moving from hot to cool
and now that you've got me where you want
woman, i'm a fool for you
and now that you've got me where you want
you're moving from hot to cool
and now that you've got me where you want
woman, i'm a fool for you
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WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
the tapping of my fingers on the steering wheel say
S.O.S. in trouble, I have compromised our day
and now this awkward silence seems to punctuate my doubt
the words have left my lips and now my foot is in my mouth
it's obvious you're looking for an exit plan to leave
but the weight of my mistake makes it hard for me to speak
broken white lines keep your fingers from the door
and at sixty miles an hour with the pedal to the floor
we're been down this road before
a second short of love before you show yourself the door
now, I'm of the mind
we can ruin anything good, just give it time
we're been down this road before
a second short of love before you show yourself the door
now, I'm of the mind
you can ruin anything good, just give it time
the tapping of my fingers on the steering wheel say
S.O.S. in trouble, I have compromised our day
and now this awkward silence seems to punctuate my doubt
the words have left my lips and now my foot is in my mouth
it's obvious you're looking for an exit plan to leave
but the weight of my mistake makes it hard for me to speak
broken white lines keep your fingers from the door
and at sixty miles an hour with the pedal to the floor
we're been down this road before
a second short of love before you show yourself the door
now, I'm of the mind
we can ruin anything good, just give it time
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6. |
The Siren
03:16
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THE SIREN
Music and Lyrics by Mike Vitale
i was lured in by her voice
before i capsized near a rocky coastline
flotsam from the shipwreck carried me in
and I was lulled to rest amongst the sand and moonshine
awoken by the tide
the sunlight nudges from a cloudless sky
my salty skin drying on the ocean breeze
I ordered my tattered body to rise
the siren
her song is irresistibly sweet
seductive
her melody makes me feel complete
lolling in her meadow
starred with flowers where the corpses cleave
rags of skin shriveling on their bones
they starved to death because they refused to leave
the siren
her song is irresistibly sweet
seductive
so i curl up and listen at her feet
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Mike Vitale Los Angeles, California
Mike Vitale is a singer-songwriter and producer based out of Los Angeles, CA. When not preoccupied with other stuff, he enjoys short walks on long beaches with his two border collies, Border and Collie. He is certain that this sentence is useless, but also doesn't believe in absolutes. The dogs may or may not be fictional. All the other stuff is probably true. ... more
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