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A Long Way To Go (MP3, 5.0MB, 02:43)

There’s a rope around my neck
And with just another step
I will finally look my maker in the eye

And it’s hard to say good-bye
So I smile when I cry
And my heart breaks
And takes it all in stride

And it’s one down, a long way to go

There’s a rope around my heart
And it tears me apart
And I can’t take
The hate it makes

Yeah it’s hard to say good-bye
Don’t say I didn’t try
I gotta go
The only way I know

And it’s one down, a long way to go

© 2008 Tribe of Angels

This is a new silly little song I wrote.

Eyes of the Sea (MP3, 4.9MB, 2:38)

Eyes of the Sea

I was just a little boy
Sailing a toy
Down by the sea
Only me

When she washed up on shore
Holding an oar
And she looked once at me
With eyes of the sea
And I started to cry in the tide
As the child mermaid died

Where did she go?
Down below
What did she say?
Come this way

Now I’m not a little boy
Sailing a toy
Now I live on the sea
My boat and me

And we came to a squall
The ocean a wall
And it swept me away
Under the waves
And I don’t recall
What happened at all
But I died

In the arms of a small mermaid child
Who smiled
At me
With the eyes of the sea

Yet another song called Free. I wrote this song in 1993 but I just recorded it today using Logic, which I acquired recently (and quite like!). This is basically unfinished at this point…

Free

So this is the lesson of history
Measured in the power of the military
I fight you and you fight me
And that’s the way that we are free

In every story our fathers tell
Is the lesson that they learned well
If I don’t kill him he’ll kill me
And that’s the way that we stay free
That’s the way that we are free

© 2008 Tribe of Angels. All rights reserved.

I’ve never bootlegged anything before and I am a little nervous about this. This is a tape I found from about 17 years ago when I worked for Prince. It is the original version of Kate Bush’s song Why Should I Love You prior to the “collaboration” between Prince and Kate on the song. It is much, much better than what ended up on the album.

Kate, I’m sorry. Email me if this is a problem. The world should hear this song.

Why Should I Love You, original version (MP3, 6:40 12.3MB)

UPDATE: I have removed the link to this song pending Kate Bush emailing me and telling me it is OK for me to keep it available.

Anyday Now

This is a song I wrote with Erin Hamilton singing it. She really sings the ass off of it and I think this recording is amazing. We recorded this at my house on January 1993.

This is a song from 1993, the raintribe olden days.

Be

I don’t have to worry about
What you think of me
I just need to be what I can be
I don’t need to worry about
Finding world peace
Inner peace can make the world complete

And I don’t have to lie to you
I don’t have to hide the truth
And I don’t need to cheat or steal
To make me feel real

I don’t have to worry about
What tomorrow brings
Worrying has never changed a thing

And I don’t have to give a damn
I don’t have to draw a plan
For God and man to follow after me
I just have to be.

Words and Music by Michael Koppelman
© 1993 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP)

This is a dumb little song I wrote and recorded today on GarageBand.

Someone Else’s

You think I want to be right
I think you want to be wrong
I think you just want to fight
Like we’ve done for so long
You think I wanna be someone else’s man
You think I wanna be all alone again
You think I wanna be someone I don’t understand?
I don’t understand

You say you want me to stay
I feel like I should leave
I never could say
What it is you believe
Do you wanna be someone else’s girl
Do you wanna be someone else’s world
Do you wanna be someone else’s girl?
I don’t understand

You say you just want to live
I say I feel like I’ll die
You say you’ve nothing to give
And you’re starting to cry
Do I wanna be someone else’s man
Do I wanna be all alone again
Do I wanna be someone I don’t understand?
I don’t understand

© 2006 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP)
All rights reserved.

This got cut form chantmoansingwhisperscream but I still like it.

Woman

Words and Music by Michael Koppelman

© 2006 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP)

Money

Words and Music by Michael Koppelman
© 2005 Tribe of Angels

This one is unfinished, just like I promised. It’s an old song for me that I’ve never gotten properly recorded. I wrote it when I was working at Paisley Park, probably around 1991 or so. This recording is far from perfect but let me know what you think.