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Straw Man

from ϕ by Mike Vitale

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STRAW MAN
words and music by Michael Patrick Vitale

This here scarecrow became your straw man
You dress me up and put me working in the fields
Old crows hanging 'round straw man
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield

I was just a hollow set of clothes
Laying useless across the floor
Someone else had worked hard in me for years
Now I lay there dirty from a day of chores

This here scarecrow became your straw man
You dress me up and put me working in the fields
Old crows hanging 'round straw man
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield

There was a time I felt brand new
Worn proudly on body lay
Now these torn and worn threads seem like old shoe
Good for nothing but to scare the birds away

This here scarecrow became your straw man
You dress me up and put me working in the fields
Old crows hanging 'round straw man
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield

I ain't got a word in wise to say
Farmer's got me tied and beat
Onlookers see me hanging right there
Whispering gossip 'bout me from the street

They say "Don't gotta leg to stand on
Ain't got no foot in the door
That boy's quite the strange phenomenon
For all the crows to ignore"

This here scarecrow became your straw man
You dress me up and put me working in the fields
Old crows hanging 'round straw man
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield

This here scarecrow became your straw man
You dress me up and put me working in the fields
Old crows hanging 'round straw man
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield
Eating them seeds before they ever bare yield

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from ϕ, track released September 21, 2021
El Guitar, Rhodes Piano, Organ, Vocals, Samples - Mike Vitale
Bass - Phil Galetzine
Drums - Frank Reina
El Guitar - Tom Bremer
Organ - Scott Dibble

Recording Engineers: Mike Vitale, Frank Reina, Scott Dibble
Produced by Mike Vitale
Mixed by Ryan Lipman
Mastered by Mark Alan Miller

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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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