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You Need Truth
05:38
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You Need Truth
© 2012 by Michael Houlberg
You need truth
To keep me on your side
You need truth
To keep me on your side
Just think of trust when you must decide
Just think of trust when you must decide
You need strength
To hold on to your dreams
You need strength
To hold on to your dreams
A weakness is much stronger than it seems
A weakness is much stronger than it seems
You need love
To fill the empty space
You need love
To fill the empty space
Look up and feel the sunshine on your face
Look up and feel the sunshine on your face
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Three AM
04:59
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Three AM
© 2012 by Michael Houlberg
You know it's three AM and I just don't feel like going home
You know it's three AM and I just don't feel like going home
'Cause there's no warm embrace, there's no message waiting on my phone.
Can't stand those empty rooms and the darkness anymore
Can't stand those empty rooms and the darkness anymore
So I'll keep playin' my blues 'till my fingers get too stiff and sore.
I watch the raindrops grow 'till they roll on down the window pane
I watch the raindrops grow 'till they roll on down the window pane
The way my life's been goin' well I feel just like a drop of rain.
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With a Gun
04:37
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With a Gun
© Copyright 2013 by Michael Houlberg
There's too many tears
There's too many tears
Cried by immediate family members
Who lost somebody dear
Heartbreak and confusion
Trying to make some sense of what was done
But they never find an answer
Just some kind of crazy with a gun
The wounds never heal
The wounds never heal
The family stares at the empty chair
When they sit down to a meal
And each one is connected
To a parent, brother, sister, daughter or son
And every year there's thousands more
Taken down by someone with a gun.
There's too many fools
There's too many fools
Trying to arm everybody
In our shopping malls and schools
Like a 21st century wild west world
Where no one waits for Wyatt Earp to come
With self appointed vigilantes
Just looking for trouble with a gun.
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Unemployed
06:04
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Unemployed
© Copyright 2012 by Michael Houlberg
Well I need a job and I'm willing to start today
Well I need a job and I'm willing to start today
But when you're unemployed, 13 months, you feel your options fade away
You can try me out, let me show what I can do
You can try me out, let me show what I can do
But when you're unemployed, 14 months, they think there's something wrong with you
Can't get an interview from any job I applied
I'm either just too old or overqualified
Now I'm caught in a trap I could not avoid
I've become a part of the chronic unemployed
I'll do anything just to keep my family fed
I'll do anything just to keep my family fed
But when you're unemployed, 15 months, it's hard to even get out of bed
Can't get an interview from any job I applied
I'm either just too old or overqualified
Now I'm caught in a trap I could not avoid
I've become a part of the chronic unemployed
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Holfar Blue Tualatin, Oregon
Holfar Blue plays original songs blending elements of vintage and modern blues, jazz, R&B, Motown soul, and rock, and artful covers of classic blues and rock rarities. The blues is the tap root for rock music and rock has grown up and fed back onto the blues. Holfar Blue pays homage to the blues, and explores the spaces where blues, jazz, and rock collide. ... more
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