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It's less about whether each of us is content in the world today but are we content with how we will be viewed when we leave this world.

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Caught a cold when I wasn’t even chasin’ it
Saw the light when i wasn’t even facin’ it
Found myself when I wasn’t even lost
Built a bridge that I still have never crossed

Tried to escape without really ever leavin’
I was telling the truth while make-believin’
The harder I look at things seems the less I see
Went searching for a forest all I found was a tree

CHORUS It’s a simple life in a complex world
I want what’s mine and you want what’s yours
But when you’re all by yourself
and the money’s all spent
Are you gonna leave this world completely content

Used to sit in a cube trying to think out of the box
If I only knew more about bonds and stocks
I’m on the fence between the future and the past
Watching time pass slowly but I think it’s gaining fast

Sometimes I wish that I had smoked more dope
Read more books and maybe used less soap
Gone to sleep later, planted more trees
Learned a language to say fromage instead of cheese

REPEAT CHORUS

Whether it’s a paradox or a paradigm
A pair of twos or a pair of nines
a full house beats three kings every single time and
close only counts in shuffle board and land mines

Is it possible to hate the very thing you love?
Possible to be full yet never, never get enough?
Am i at the bottom while I’m climbing to the top
I’m about to get going but I think its time to stop

REPEAT CHORUS

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from The Darkness and The Light, released February 5, 2021
Mike Ward- Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Dave Roof- Bass and Acoustic Guitars
Judy Brown- Harmonies
Recorded at Rooftop Recordings, Grand Blanc, MI>
Engineered by David Roof
Mixed by David Roof and Mike Gentry
Produced by Mike Gentry and David Roof
Mastered by Ian Gorman at La Luna Recording & Sound, Kalamazoo, MI.

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mike ward Detroit, Michigan

Lyrically-centric, vocally-charged folk songs. Those are what singer-songwriter Mike Ward loves to create. Living in Detroit, Mike grew up listening to Irish music. Influences are Jason Isbell, Bruce Springsteen and John Prine. His writing echoes along empty sidewalks, on country backroads, in family portraits, and in the thin lines between joy and tragedy, love and loss, past, present and future. ... more

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