Name: He Died With His Music (Recovery)
Duration: P00H04M25S
Description: Another of the Recovery songs Paul and I wrote to be performed by the Recovery Repertory Theater in Memphis, TN.

He Died With His Music (Recovery)

by Michael Robinson

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Another of the Recovery songs Paul and I wrote to be performed by the Recovery Repertory Theater in Memphis, TN.

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He Died With His Music
© copyright 1991 Robinson-Selph, Beavercreek Publishing,
MGR Records. All rights reserved.

In a game of survival, he was dead on arrival
He played every trump he could get
Like a worn out old junkie, or some riverfront monkey
His fingers got slow on the frets

Well they nicknamed him Lightnin’, and I swear it was frightnin’
The spell he could cast on his fans
He played thunder rhythm, that he picked up in prison
Where they sent him for killin’ a man

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And he died with his music, yes he died with his music
He died lyin’ drunk on the road
In the overall picture, just a composite mixture
of so many like him, we have known

So it don’t really matter, if your music’s together
If your life just keeps fallin’ apart
It’s time that you listened, paid some attention
Played that guitar from the heart

Or you’ll die with your music, yes you’ll die with your music
You’ll die all alone on that road
In the overall picture, just a composite mixture
Of the men in those sad songs you wrote

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released November 16, 2021
Michael with Slippery Ridge Wranglers and the 14th Street Choir

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Michael Robinson Spokane, Washington

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Singer/songwriter moved from Nashville/Memphis, TN to Washington in 1993 and continues writing and recording, having recorded22 albums since his arrival in the Northwest. Song styles depend on his mood/audience/spiritual condition when the inspiration hits. Loves life and will write and perform 'til his breathing stops. More soon... ... more

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