Track 10 from "Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways" 
Available for PreOrder now, out September 10th

Fire Don't Know - The White Buffalo

Featured on the album "Something's Wrong/Lost Forever"

Something's Wrong / Lost Forever

Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue

"Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue"

Superman (It's Not Easy)

Sonne im Tank

With a Cheap Stone
Lyrics and Music: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I had a sister
Who died too soon
Sixteen years
What could I do
Announced by my mother
Who’s now dead too
Both died young
What could I do
Harden my heart,
But life broke through.
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.
Just like a cheap stone.

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with a heart of stone
On and on,
Life goes on,
But with a cheap stone,
Just a cheap stone.

I’ve had friends,
Who died too soon
twenties, thirties,
What could I do
Announced by my friends
who loved them, too
All died young
What could I do,
Harden my heart,
But life broke through.
like a cheap stone
A cheap stone.
Just like a cheap stone.

Interlude

On and on,
Life goes on,
On and on,
with hearts of stone
On and on,
Life goes on,
But with a cheap stone,
Just a cheap stone.

With a Cheap Stone

A song about moonshine making in the prohibition years

Granpa's Been Making His Homebrew Again

Some songs punch.
Others whisper truth through a smile.

This one? It just points.

We’ve cracked atoms, cloned organs, launched billionaires into orbit
but underneath it all, we’re still chasing sparkle, still measuring worth in glitter.
Like cavemen in suits.
Still trading shiny rocks.

This track doesn’t mock. It doesn’t rage.
It simply walks beside you like a friend
and wonders out loud,
How far have we really come?

[Verse 1]
Two cavemen squatted by a flame
Each one trying to stake his claim
One had amber, one had flint
They called it wealth, they grinned and squint
No words for greed, no thoughts of stocks
Just wide-eyed trades for shiny rocks

[Chorus]
Now we wear watches worth a home
Crowns of chrome and gemstone phones
We’ve mapped the stars, we’ve hacked the clocks
But we’re still just trading shiny rocks
We crave applause, we mine the earth
We chase reflections, not our worth
Progress hums and power mocks
While we keep trading shiny rocks

[Verse 2]
We build machines with minds that learn
Send billionaires on joyride turns
We scroll for likes, we chase the praise
Wrap empty lives in golden chains
We’ve got rockets fueled by debt and talk
Still kneeling at the shrine of rocks

[Chorus]
Now we wear watches worth a home
Crowns of chrome and gemstone phones
We’ve mapped the stars, we’ve hacked the clocks
But we’re still just trading shiny rocks
We crave applause, we mine the earth
We chase reflections, not our worth
Progress hums and power mocks
While we keep trading shiny rocks

[Verse 3]
They keep us dazzled, keep us numb
With polished dreams and glittered crumbs
We trade our time, we sell our peace
For fleeting highs and a longer lease
We're moving fast but going nowhere
Chained to shine we shouldn’t wear.

[Bridge]
But what if we all saw the thread
Stopped chasing shine, and lived instead
Just food and shelter, peace and rest
The kind of wealth that feeds us best
They’d call it crisis, we’d call it peace
The day the buying had to cease

[Final Chorus]
We’ve built the skies and split the seas
But still bow down to jewelry
We dress it up, we call it worth
Still selling dreams for bits of dirt
Progress hums and power mocks
While we keep trading shiny rocks

Still Trading Shiny Rocks

Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl

A shout out to Peter Green RIP- One of the greatest blues players ever lived, and a big influence on my budding guitar skills.

Oh Well -Peter Green tribute (Live Acoustic)

Why Does It Take So Long To Say Goodbye

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.