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The Great Away

by The Good Hand

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1.
Gas Money 05:01
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That Part Is True 03:26
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That Part is True words and music by MPFS I loved you more than I ever loved a woman But I didn’t love you well I was thinking too much I was so dumb I couldn’t tie my laces When you were looking at me I couldn’t park the car That part is true and this other part is also true: I loved you more than I ever loved a woman Man, I got friends, I call ‘em on the phone I act all casual, they say “what’s going on Mikey?” I say you know my heart because it’s where you reside You know my arms, you can crash there any time Yeah, that part is true and this other part is also true I love you more than I ever loved a woman I drink all the time, it’s because I am thirsty But I could tell you ‘bout my brother, how he became my hero I could tell you ‘bout my mother, she works overtime Yeah, that part is true and this other part is also true I loved you more than I ever loved a woman Yeah that part is true and this other part is also true You know my heart because it’s where you reside You know my arms, you can crash there anytime
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Boy From The Dirty Room 03:12
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The boy from the dirty room words & music by MPFS Boy, I see you coming Don’t know what it’s for When I left you in that dirty room I told you not to come around no more Told you not to come around Girl, just take a look at me Look at my new clothes The boy you left in the dirty room Is gone as only I know That’s what I’m here to tell you I see you have combed your hair And you now wear clean clothes But you are the boy from the dirty room The clothes are just for show, boy You’re putting on a show Girl, I have cleaned that room As I now wear clean clothes I swear it all across my life I’ve cleaned my heart and soul I swear I’ve gotten clean You are the boy from the dirty room I recognize your hands Your heart and soul means nothing to me If you’re trying to make amends You better make other plans I’m sick of boys in dirty rooms Sick of my broken heart I need to hands to care for me Not tear me all apart You tore me all apart Yes, I am the boy from the dirty room You have felt my hands But they have got a purpose now It is your heart to hold It is your dreams to guard You’ve come too late Too late Too late
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Toothache Blues 02:05
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Toothache Blues (Michael’s song) words & music by MPFS I loved a girl but her belly was yellow I took her hand and she told me to mellow She said, “Michael, yr such a silly, silly fellow.” I’ll tell you something that ain’t in the news It’s in my mouth, It’s called the toothache blues I had a friendship but it went bust He said, “Michael, sometimes we must Do what’s best & just for one of us” I’ll tell you something that ain’t in the news It’s in my mouth, it’s called the toothache blues I went to the dentist and he said, “Son, It’s either the drill or it’s the gun, oh Michael, How you wanna get this little thing done?” I said, “Dentist, give me the drill & the gun The drill’s for me, the gun’s for everyone else. I got the toothache blues.
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Simple Sip of Beer 03:21
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Simple Sip of Beer words & music by MPFS A simple sip of beer took me back to the first beer I ever sipped bitter and strange all by myself, a bubbly secret not to share Wild field of wheat soppy with the rain that fell on me last night the path across the hill is cleaved like by a knife, the stalks still soak through my jeans Wonderful and bright some mornings are more beautiful than any love I've ever known The sun comes round the bend, a reliable friend, and surprises me with light Slip of the wrist, I cut myself while shaving, getting older don't bother me Little more grey in my beard, more confidence in my weird, sure some wounds don't heal, but most of them do Delicate and charming your love is like a heron standing on one leg When it unfolds itself, it unwraps something else, when it takes to flight its wings will shake the sky That simple sip of beer took me far and near and back here to where I am A little bit tipsy, a shade too misty, the portrait of an unfinished man
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Pisces 05:18
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Gas Money - Part 2 02:57
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Kickin' Mule 03:30
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Saint James Infirmary 04:52
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Magic and Loss 03:28
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Magic and Loss Words and Music by Michael Patrick F. Smith Magic and Loss Magic and Loss We gave all the magic Held onto the loss Magic! The Magic we had it fell from our sleeves And out of our hats it was hard to believe Believe it to see it and watch how it changed The obscure of us into the famed We gave it away! We gave it away We gave it like flowers Gave it to children We gave it for hours Two, three, four! I gave it to you You gave it to me We gave it to each other And leapt in the sea And we went swimming in it! Magic and Loss Magic and Loss We gave all the magic Held onto the loss Loss! The loss we knew we held it so tight Like a flame our hands cupped on a dark, drafty night We made it precious, we made it vain It spilled on the floor and we coveted the stain We didn’t give it away! We didn’t give it away, we wouldn’t give it flowers We couldn’t tell the children, we kept it for hours Three, two one! You didn’t give it to me so I kept it from you We stood on the sand and stared at the blue We were just looking at it! (like we were watching TV or something)! Magic and Loss Magic and Loss We gave all the magic Held onto the loss

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released February 17, 2020

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The Good Hand Lexington, Kentucky

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a writer and musician. His book THE GOOD HAND: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation, is currently available on Viking Press.

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