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Leather and Rain
03:20
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Today is a sad day
But we'll turn our thoughts towards tomorrow
This too shall pass, this too shall pass
This bittersweet song that never lasts
We'll saddle up and ride
With this feeling inside
And let the wind push back our sorrow
Today is a sad day-
but we'll turn our hearts towards tomorrow
Leather and rain and the mist from the sea
Ain't no hurricane can keep you from me
The smell of leather and rain -
we’re so lucky just to breathe
We'll start again from here -
we'll start it all again
Saddle up, saddle up
Though the ride is rough
We'll still blaze a trail to follow
Saddle up, saddle up
Though you’re feeling tired
We’ll find our stride in these hallows
Today is a sad day
But we'll turn our thoughts towards tomorrow
This too shall pass, this too shall pass
This perfect golden moment that can never last
We'll saddle up and ride
With this feeling inside
And let the wind push back our sorrow
Today is a sad day-
but we'll turn our hearts towards tomorrow
Leather and rain and the mist from the sea
Ain't no hurricane can keep you from me
The smell of leather and rain -
we’re so lucky just to breathe
Ain't no hurricane can take you from me
Saddle up, saddle up
Though the ride is rough
We'll still blaze a trail to follow
Saddle up, saddle up
I know you’re feeling tired
We’ll turn our hearts towards tomorrow
Saddle up, saddle up
we'll start it all again
Saddle up, saddle up
we'll start it all again
Leather and rain and the mist from the sea
Ain't no hurricane can take you from me
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2. |
Time Travel
04:15
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And sometimes I time travel
Through the canyons of my memory
Where hope and despair intertwine
And love is a long and twisted vine
And when I arrive back home alive
sitting in my living room
I realize
This is a good life
These are the good times
This is the life I've always wanted to live
If you’d have told me when I was younger
This is gonna be your life too
This is the love that's waiting for you
I would've lift my head up high
This is a good life
These are the good times
This is the life I've always wanted to live
Now I still time travel
Sometimes I bring my wife
She says -honey let's not tell our sad stories tonight
Let's walk in the darkness and look for the light
Let's walk in the darkness and look for the light
This is a good life
These are the good times
This is the life I've always wanted to live
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3. |
Be Your Better Man
04:34
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I was waking from a dream
I was riding in your slipstream
Down those mountain trails
You in your wedding dress
and your bridal veil
You said catch me if you can
I’m slipping away
Can you be a better man
Than you are today
I was stumbling
I called your name
Now here in the daylight
Things all look the same
Except I can see for the first time
Your broken heart
And I vow
That’s the last time
We’re gonna drift apart
I wanna be your better man
I’ll never leave you lonely again
I’m gonna be your better man
The one to have and hold you once again
I was running away from love
Me and heartache - we had enough
You were standing there
With the sunlight streaming through your hair
And I see that you’ve been crying
You turn your head away
And I know that I’ve been lying to myself
I wanna be your better man
I’ll never leave you lonely again
I’m gonna be your better man
The one to have and hold you once again
And I’m falling for you
Under this bright October sky
It always been you and I - you and I
I’m falling for you
Under the brilliant blue moon
In the cool night air
Winter’s coming soon
I wanna be your better man
I’ll never leave you lonely again
I’m gonna be your better man
And time time time is slipping through our hands
I wanna be your better man
I’ll never leave you lonely again
I’m gonna be your better man
Say yes I can yes I can yes I can
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4. |
Junkyard Hot Rod
03:47
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Emptied out the pocket
Of your old summer dress
Found that silver locket
Just waiting there I guess
We thought that you had lost it
Before I lost you
It kept swaying to the music
In our souped up Ford
Hanging from the rear view
There’s a broken down car in the yard
Where the flowers bloom
They’re all staring out the window
Like they’re somehow looking for you
These are the things we leave behind
A junkyard hot rod frozen in time
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart and a trunk full of blues
Thinking about that summer
Our love was shiny and new
You’d always be the drummer
Banging on the dash to all the summer tunes
We never made it to the winter
We’d burn through the night like an August firefly
Shimmering in the darkness
Gone our separate ways before first light
There’s a broken down car in the yard
Now it’s a place where the flowers grow
They’re all staring out the window
Where you are now no one knows
These are the things we leave behind
A junkyard hot rod frozen in time
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart and a trunk full of blues
These are the things we leave behind
I was yours and you were mine
These are the things that stay with you
A broken heart looking through the rear view
Emptied out the pocket
Of your old summer dress
Found that silver locket -
Just waiting there I guess
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5. |
Runaway Bride
03:41
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When she was just a girl
She ran around the house
With her mama’s wedding veil on
She was all fired up
jumping couch to couch
Kiss the bride kiss the bride
Carry on carry on
Now 20 years later
She thinks there’s nothing greater
A big ole wedding
spare no expense
She grew up fine-
she’s a sweet hot potato
You’re a smooth operator
But she’s still on the fence
She said yes
But she’s still deciding
What happens next
ain’t riding on you
She’s a run run
Run run run run runaway bride
She said yes
But she’s still deciding
It was sometime in between
Love took on a different meaning
She was trying on her wedding dress
She let it fall down to the floor
As she headed for the door
She wanted something more
Her head was in a mess
She wanna ride the wild horses in the Aussie outback
Tour the South Pacific in a drop top Cadillac
She wanna have somebody super strong to have and to hold
But she wanna dance the alpha dance
Before she gets old
She said yes
But she’s still deciding
What happens next
ain’t riding on you
She’s a run run
Run run run run runaway bride
She said yes
But she ain’t the marrying kind
She’s a run run
Run run run run runaway bride
She said yes
But she’s still deciding
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6. |
She Got The Best of You
04:26
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She got the best of you
She never got the best of me
I was always running downtown
Have myself a drink or three
She was always missing me
And I was always thinking of her
Thinking I got time - for one more
She'd take her time and meet me at the door
She got the best of you
And now you got the best of her
And I - I’m just a messenger
She got the best of you
And now you got the rest of her
You get to see her shine
I hope you do your best for her
And I got time- to walk through it all
And I got time - to take her picture off the wall
And I got time -to picture her with you
And I got time - I got some work to do
She got the best of you
She never got the best of me
I was always late to the party
Coming home from another one
Searching for my lost car keys
Sleeping through the morning sun
She got the best of you
And now you got the best of her
And I - I’m just a messenger
She got the best of you
And now you got the rest of her
You get to see her shine
I hope you do your best for her
And I got time- to walk through it all
And I got time - to take her picture off the wall
And I got time -to picture her with you
And I got time - I got some work to do
She got the best of you
She never got the best of me
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7. |
In These Troubled Times
04:25
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In these troubled times
I wake up with the sunrise
I thank God for another day
And I wish you could see
how I see you through my eyes
And I thank God for you
I thank God for you
In these fallen hours
I can see over a lifetime
Even though every day is like every other day
And I can see now you were always my lifeline
I was reaching for you
I’m reaching for you
This town is gonna rise up again
And I know you’ll rise up with me my friend
This world’s been so good to me and you
We’ll take our broken hearts
We’ll start something new
In these troubled times
In these troubled times
There’s a haze in the daylight
Even though the sky is perfectly blue
We’re still searching for the thing
that’ll make it seem alright
Someone to love
And something to do
This town is gonna rise up again
And I know you’ll rise up with me my friend
This world’s been so good to me and you
We’ll take our broken hearts
We’ll start something new
In these troubled times
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I got your picture in my pocket
Ever since I left New Orleans
The ghost of a smile cross your face
still don’t know what it means
Had to call the bartender
just to find out your last name
Took three days to catch him
He only worked in the Quarter on Saturdays
This picture of you
in the picture with me
With my busted arm
Lonely bird , broken wing
Your sweet southern charm
We’re both pouring drinks
The jukebox is on and I’m hearing everything
Everything for the first time
From the first time you walked by
Everything for the first time
Love is coming on, coming on strong
Everything for the first time
From the first light of a brand new sky
Everything for the first time
I got your picture in my pocket
Ever since I left New Orleans
I got a smile and I can’t stop it
People seem worried for me
This picture of you
Right next to me
With my busted arm
Lonely bird, broken wing
Your sweet southern charm
We’re both pouring drinks
The jukebox is on and I’m hearing everything
Everything for the first time
From the first time you were mine
Everything for the first time
Love is coming on, coming on strong
Everything for the first time
Like the blue light of a morning sky
Everything for the first time
I got your picture in my pocket
Ever since I left New Orleans
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9. |
How Do You Know
04:21
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I’ve been loving you through thick and thin
Anyone can see the mess we’re in
Our love is like the tides
It ebbs and flows
Like a giant wave of sadness
It comes and goes
When there’s one more leaf left on that tree
And I painted it there so you’d still believe
And that dark winter wind is starting to blow
That’s how you know
It’s time to go
How do you know when it’s time to go?
What makes the river run from itself
What makes God’s green earth grow
How do you know it’s time to go?
A heart don’t break all at once
Sometimes it breaks nice and slow
How do you know
it’s time to go?
Behind that railroad sign
shadows getting long
drifting ’cross the line
Between right and wrong
The heavy air all around you
it feels like snow
That’s how you know
It’s time to go
How do you know when it’s time to go?
What makes the river run from itself
And crash down to the water below
How do you know it’s time to go?
A heart don’t break all at once
Sometimes it breaks nice and slow
How do you know when
it’s time to go?
I’ve been loving you through thick and thin
Anyone can see the mess we’re in
How do you know
How do you know
How do you know
it’s time to go?
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10. |
Seize The Day
04:09
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She's so outspoken
Her filter's broken
When it comes to love
She just push and shove
She ain't wishin’ and hoping
She's just trying to hide that her heart is broken
Deep inside
She feels she lost her pride
To a broken heart
Back to the start again
Wishing and hoping
She's trying to hide that her heart is broken
And I say -I say who among us is safe
There’s no way to love that leaves you out of harms way
Seize the day seize the day
Cause one fine day- all of this will fade away
She's so outspoken
But her spirit's broken
When it comes to love
She's had enough
But she's still got one eye open
While she's trying to hide that her heart's still broken
And I say -I say who among us is safe
There’s no way to love that leaves you out of harms way
Seize the day seize the day
Cause one fine day- all of this will fade away
And I say -I say love is only for the brave
Maybe only love will keep you out of harms way
Seize the day sieze the day
Cause one fine day- all of this will fade away
She's so outspoken
Her filter's broken
When it comes to love
She's had enough
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Mike Mills Huntington, New York
Mike Mills is a singer songwriter and guitar player based in Huntington NY.
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Leather and Rain is a collection of songs of love and loss, hope and redemption; stories of runaway brides, hurricanes and a junkyard hot rod, each told with heartfelt, compelling vocals and the sound of guitars and drums steeped in American roots.
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