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

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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

Woman

Words and Music by Michael Koppelman

© 2006 Tribe of Angels (ASCAP)

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.