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lyrics

I had a love,
that took from me,
Some kind of luck
I seem to never get anymore.
Oh anymore, I'm getting sore

So, Take me down to the river
(I'm on my way)
no don’t let me
(Oh live like this)
dive right in
(and I got other plans)
Cause I won't don’t stay down
Just take me down to the river,
no down to the river to die.

I'm getting thin,
and a little cold,
And I still try to think for myself
and nobody else and it's getting old!

Please, Take me down to the river
(I'm on my way)
no don’t let me
(Oh live like this)
dive right in
(and I got other plans)
Cause I won't don’t stay down
Just take me down to the river,
no down to the river to die.

Tears inside a rain drop from a tinsel man
and until I find my castle they’ll be no more rain

Take me down to the river
no don’t let me keep on living
dive right in and don’t stay down
cause its the ice cold river that
makes you question your soul.


My one true hope, is to leave it spinning
please come home and lay with me.
Oh i’m fine alone but I’m better with you
I’m better with you.
By my side, please come home,
Please come home, come home!
Please come home.

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from It Began With A Bang, track released September 18, 2018

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Michael Scott Bates Snohomish, Washington

Michael Scott Bates is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from central Oregon. A true old soul, song-writing activist and simply, a freight train of southern rock and blues. There is truly no limit this man won't go to guarantee recording and producing the upmost quality of his music. He is the epitome of a music lover. ... more

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