Originally released in 1991. Recorded in Crossville, Tennessee in 1990.
Words, music, vocals, instruments, and production by Michael Kim Roos.
© Copyright 1991

Flood Wall

Original song inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

We All Live In Ukraine

From the album Kangaroo (1986).  Original song by Mike Roos.  Guitar, vocals, keyboard, drum programming by Mike Roos.

Kangaroo

4th of July in the Asylum

She'll Be Trouble

Hole In My Head

It's All Right to Be Naive

It's All Right To Be Naive

Watersnake

Ghosts

Michael Kim Roos

Allies

Torch

For You

If the Sun Don't Shine

If The Sun Don't Shine

Ball of Clay

Believe in Me

Improvise

Rear View Mirror

My Heart Belongs to You

Painkiller

Cut and Dried

Songs from the Flood Wall

Lonelyhearts Waltz

Like a Barracuda

Songs for our times.  Written and produced by Michael Kim Roos, except for "Ticky Tacky," lyrics by Malvina Reynolds.

Musicians:
"Ship of Fools"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, synthesizer 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"The Edge of the Abyss"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, organ, piano, synthesizer, Logic drums 
Tom Keenlyside: saxophone  

"Rich Man"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, harmonica, mandolin 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"Dark and Scarlet Moon"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars
Terry Clarke: drums 
Neil Swainson: bass 
Miles Black: piano 
Ron King: trumpet 
Eric Marienthal: saxophone 

"Ticky Tacky"
(words by Malvina Reynolds, music by Michael Kim Roos)
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, Logic drums 

"Richard, Samuel, and James"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, Logic drums 
Dow Tomlin: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle 

"Caporetto"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Craig Young: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Rob Ickes: dobro 
Andy Leftwich: mandolin 

"Unfinished Church"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, piano 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Byron House: bass 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle

Ship of Fools

Unfinished Church

Caporetto

Richard, Samuel and James

Richard, Samuel, and James

Ticky Tacky

Dark and Scarlet Moon

Songs for our times.  Written and produced by Michael Kim Roos, except for "Ticky Tacky," lyrics by Malvina Reynolds.

Musicians:
"Ship of Fools"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, synthesizer 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"The Edge of the Abyss"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizer, Logic drums 
Mike Rojas: organ
Tom Keenlyside: saxophone  

"Rich Man"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, harmonica, mandolin 
Wayne Killius: drums 
Craig Young: bass 

"Dark and Scarlet Moon"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars
Terry Clarke: drums 
Neil Swainson: bass 
Miles Black: piano 
Ron King: trumpet 
Eric Marienthal: saxophone 

"Ticky Tacky"
(words by Malvina Reynolds, music by Michael Kim Roos)
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, bass, Logic drums 

"Richard, Samuel, and James"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, Logic drums 
Dow Tomlin: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle 

"Caporetto"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Craig Young: bass 
Scott Vestal: banjo 
Rob Ickes: dobro 
Andy Leftwich: mandolin 

"Unfinished Church"
Michael Kim Roos: vocals, guitars, organ, piano 
Brian Fullen: drums 
Byron House: bass 
Andy Leftwich: fiddle

The Edge of the Abyss

Ship Of Fools

Rich Man

In memory of the great John Prine who died April 7, 2020, in the coronavirus pandemic.

Single

Sweet John Prine: Stuck Inside Bucyrus With the COVID Blues Again

Sweet John Prine (Stuck Inside Bucyrus With the COVID Blues Again)

Lyrics:
1. In the dark before the sunrise, 
About 1958,
His hand upon my pillow, 
He says, “Son, let’s not be late.
Put the tackle box, the rods and reels
In the bed at the back of the truck
The sun’s gonna shine and the weather’s fine
And I believe we’ll have good luck.”

Chorus:
So we ride the ragged Chevy 
Through the backroads past Lamar.
If you count the farms with beat-up barns, 
It’s really not that far.
Roll down the windows and nose the breeze 
As it blows from the Great Beyond.
Me and Dad’s going fishing 
In Uncle Carl’s farm pond.

2. Uncle Carl strolls out to greet us, 
Smelling like milking cows.
He says, “I’d like to join yuz, 
But it’s more than work allows.”
So we cross the road and hop the fence. 
“Keep an eye on that old bull.”
I smile to say, “I’m friendly,” 
And I name him Mad Abdul.

Chorus

3. In the hush of the morning hayfield,
Dew sparkles like broken glass,
I drop my line for catfish, 
And Dad casts his for bass.
The bobber starts a-bobbin’, 
I hear the buzzin’ of a dragonfly.
I’m thinkin’ ‘bout Abe Lincoln
And the fabric of the sky.

Chorus

© 2020 by Michael Kim Roos

Uncle Carl's Farm Pond

Republican Sex

This track was inspired by a chapter in Ernest Hemingway's Paris memoir, "A Moveable Feast."

Hunger Is Good Discipline

A new revision and arrangement of a song originally written in 2010.

Still, Flowing Water (2020)

Now approaching his 70th year, Michael Kim Roos has been a musical underground man his entire life, writing hard hitting, tough-as-nails original songs for the better part of 50 years—following his own drummer, making passionate music without compromise, never straying from a commitment to release in his own good time well-written songs from the Bob Dylan-Bruce Springsteen-John Prine school of music. His four self-produced albums are Kangaroo (1986), Flood Wall (1991), Begin 2 (2010), and Ship of Fools (2020), all available on Spotify, iTunes, and other streaming services.

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