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Prelude to Easy Coast

by Michael George Riley

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Drew Thomson A great first EP, can't wait for more. Favorite track: Drug Dealer.
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1.
Drug Dealer 04:42
when that town by the sea fell they were just waiting to descend like buzzards on a rotten piece of meat and what they sold you was a lie, but you bought it anyways 'cause when you're starving you'll do anything to eat and they say i grew up wrong, but it was all i ever knew and i swear i gave it everything i had but then you turned eighteen and headed to Toronto with a dream i stood there watching how you never once looked back but even the drug dealers here would tell you times are tough the hard living catches up with you til you say enough's enough and if you fall along the way, well darling promise me that if you're gonna lie to get something then lie to get something you need when the company pulled out, your mother swore she'd find a way that woman's faith was always oh so strong but the hard times surely came, we medicated them away lying on your floor we lost it to some song and your dad said he'd handle it, he'd cut out that evil's root as he sunk into his chair with one more drink and i'm still living here and living with the words you told to me despite it all you know i still care what you think even the drug the dealers here would tell you times are tough the hard living catches up with you til you say enough's enough and if you fall along the way, well darling promise me that if you're gonna lie to get something then lie to get something you need if you're gonna lie to get something then lie to get something you need
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i lie to myself more than anyone i guess i'm just used to the way it sounds and i make up most of my problems and you hate that about me you say that it brings you down you say that i bring you down then you say that i'm not who you used to know when you fell in love back in '84 when i had a band, you still liked disco and when you wanted to dance you just pulled me on the floor you just pulled me on the floor now we're too late too old too many layers came between us i'll go spare you the shame when they ask 'bout you i'll say that you're well and the last i heard you were going by your old name i wanted you then more than anyone guess you don't remember it like i do when i lied for us and hurt someone threw it away just so i could be with you just so i could be with you so where is the girl from the shitty clubs with her hair pulled back, biting her lip when you asked how i knew it was love holding out while i was begging for it yea i was begging for it.. now we're too late too old too many layers came between us i'll go spare you the shame when they ask 'bout you i'll say that you're well and the last i heard you were going by your old name

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These are ideas I was working on in the lead up to, 'Easy Coast.' Some may yet see the light of day..

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released December 4, 2016

All tracks written, produced and recorded by Mike Riley

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