We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Michael

from Run for Freedom by Larry Long

supported by
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

lyrics

Michael

I met Michael when he was thirteen.
Thirteen years old one year ago today.
When I was working where he was living.
Teaching guitar to children all day.

Michael taught me a song he had written.
I taught Michael the song Anna Mae.
Which reminded him of his people.
Anishinaabe, Michael gives you praise.

“The problem with Michael,” Counselors told me.
“Is that Mike’s too big for his age.”
Looking for attention, thrown in detention
for turning his anger into rage.

Michael taught me a song he had written.
I taught Michael the song Anna Mae.
Which reminded him of his people.
Anishinaabe, Michael gives you praise.

All of the teachers, all they would tell me
was nothing but trouble that Mike would get in.
He never listens. He’s always fighting,
but me and Mike became real good friends.

Michael taught me a song he had written.
I taught Michael the song Anna Mae.
Which reminded him of his people.
Anishinaabe, Michael gives you praise.

Like an explosion thoughts came flowing
out of his heart and into his mind.
Where Michael gathered fruits of anger.
Out came a song in pretty good rhyme.

Michael taught me a song he had written.
I taught Michael the song Anna Mae.
Which reminded him of his people.
Anishinaabe, Michael gives you praise.

Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1982; renewed 2023 | BMI

credits

from Run for Freedom, track released June 21, 2023
Larry Long: Lead Vocal, Guitar
Claudia Schmidt: Vocal
Billy Peterson: Bass

Michael
Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1982; renewed 2023 | BMI

Produced by Marian Moore & Larry Long

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Larry Long Minneapolis, Minnesota

Larry Long is a chip off the old block of American hardwoods, a spoken
word poet, a singer-songwriter, rouser, seeker, storyteller and
conservationist. Well traveled across the world, wherever he
goes, he celebrates people and places in song.

Larry Long is a recipient of the prestigious In The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award for his work in forgotten communities.

www.larrylong.org
... more

contact / help

Contact Larry Long

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Larry Long, you may also like: