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Guitar/Uke/Bass/Sax Home Demo

Easy Come, Easy Go

Well I went to the park and sat under a tree
Was a bright sunny day, but I still couldn’t see
My mind was foggy as hell from too much drink
Try to reason myself but I just can’t think

Have to clear it all up ‘fore I can lay it all down
Got so much to say but I can’t make a sound
Want to jump through the hoops, but I can’t move an inch
Wanna fly like a hawk but I’m only a finch

 	Want it all to work out right
	Why’s it always such a fight?
	Up the hill I climb
	Hoping for a downhill slide

Well I’m in love with the lies I tell to myself
They’re so hard to believe when there are so many doubts
My chest puffed out, I try and walk tall
But I’m finding it tough to get up from a crawl

I take a deep long breath and hold it all in
A game-changing grenade who won’t let go of it's pin
Could be on the cusp, but how would I know
So I try to remain easy come, easy go

	Easy come, Easy go
	Easy come, Easy go
	Up the hill I climb
	Hoping for a downhill slide
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I wanna know where it stops, didn’t see it begin
So tired of losin’, I just wanna win
Gonna see this one through , want to have my day
Got to toughen it up, but I just runaway

Well we play and pretend that we don't even care
When finding your way can seem so rare
You rake your garden, whatever the size
But you always get bit by so many flies




Easy Come, Easy Go - Home Demo 1/13/14

'Rising' from Stonebelly's new album 'Perspectives & Perceptions' to be released in April 2014. www.stonebelly.com , www.facebook.com/stonebellyband

Lyrics...
Like water in a kettle ‘bout ready to boil 
I am too intense to touch
I never took what don’t belong to me
I never asked nobody for much

But I carried the pain of wasted years that never seemed to end
I forgot to remember what I always knew - It’s all just about to begin

I am Rising - you cannot hold me down
I am Rising – my feet ain't on your ground no more

I keep knocking at your door but I don’t care if I get in
I'm just here to show you I am still alive and I have finally shed my skin

It’s not all of what I’ve been
It’s not all of what I’ve seen
There’s more when you scratch the surface
Take a look again

I am Rising - you cannot hold me down

I got a feeling that keeps grabbing a hold of me and I’m gonna make it last
Slow down old world you are so wound up and you move way too fast

I got to roll with the punches life keeps throwing me with all the lies and deceit
Ain't gonna play with the hand that’s been dealt to me, I’ll just get up from the table and leave

I am Rising - you cannot hold me down

I keep knocking at your door but I don’t care if I get in
I am here to show you I'm still alive and I have finally shed my skin

I got to roll with the punches life keeps throwing me trying to knock me off my feet
Ain’t gonna play with the hand that’s been dealt to me, I’ll just get up from your table and leave

I am Rising - Above


Rising

Track from new album 'Perspectives & Perceptions' available April 4th at CDbaby, Amazon, itunes etc.
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Lyrics...
Two steps forward - four-five back
Every move we make there’s even more to subtract
Spinning round in circles while we try to push ahead
We think we’re making progress always end up in the red

We always end-up right back where we start

Jump in the ring and take one on the chin
Never stop and think there’s really no way to win
Follow the masses don't question where they lead
Buy anything they sell if it helps you to believe

We always end-up right back where we start

Round and round we go – We’ve heard it all before
Singing the same old song like a worn out troubadour
We keep our eyes closed to the greater good
They’ve already had their way with us and we're still acting prude

Always end up right back where we start 


Right Back Where We Start

Track from new album 'Perspectives & Perceptions' available 
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Lyrics...
I got lightning in my hands and I know things that you don't understand about me
We can dance in the street, we don't even need a beat - I've got the groove

I must be lucky in life, everything I want it’s like I own the rights
Don’t mean to push and I don’t mean to shove
Once I start dancing, they all come running - I've got the groove

It ain’t something to be explained and I hesitate to give it a name
But I know one thing for sure - Once you got it there ain’t no cure
I've got the groove

Perspectives & Perception

The Groove

Track from new album 'Perspectives & Perceptions' available
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NO ESCAPE (lyrics)

You can say what you want about the way I live my life
You can sit there and judge me if it makes you feel like you are right

No one asked you for an opinion, no one asked for your advice, but your gonna give it anyhow & anyway
Must make you feel so mighty to look at somebody else in such dismay

You can go the way of an angel 
or you can go the way of a gun
If you’re always looking behind you
you can never escape where you’re from

Well it may be right for you but not for me 
I think you’ve been blinded by a stubborn mind that just won't see
Throwing stones at your own like a remedy for their destiny
Why don’t you try just living and letting be - just let me be

You can go the way of an angel 
or you can go the way of a gun
If you’re always looking behind you
you can never escape where you’re from

I know you’re always watching, you got the whole world figured out 
You’ve only lived your life, you ain't lived like no one else

You sit there and you judge me – but did you ever lend a hand to help me
There was no hand to help me

Well maybe I’m a saint or maybe I’m messed up or maybe I’m a simple man who is finally fed up

We’re born into a world where no one is absolute and
trying to find some piece of mind becomes life’s main pursuit

You can go the way of an angel
or you can fire a round from your gun
If you're always looking over your shoulder
you will never escape where you're from


Perspectives & Perceptions

No Escape

Just a song I like by John Prine, so I decided to record a solo acoustic cover of it for fun. Hope you enjoy.
--Mike Hollon

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Angel From Montgomery (Solo Acoustic) - John Prine cover

Track from new album 'Perspectives & Perceptions' available
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Lyrics...
Emotions try to lead - they always want to grab the reins
They’ll use jealousy, lust and greed just to satisfy their pain
It seems like an endless battle between all of their whims
A constant crossroads to pull you apart – pull you apart from within

I’m waiting on the light to shine - On this heart of mine

I know I should be open but maybe I misunderstood
I never find a star to follow in a direction that is good
Want to give my heart to the right one - don’t want to waste nobody’s time
Want to know that she’s the bright one whose gonna shine for all my life

I’m waiting on the light to shine - On this heart of mine

Oh I might have seen the light - maybe felt it once or twice
But I question how long will it burn for me and will it always be so bright
So my heart's under lock and key where it’s dark and out of sight
Every time I let it out, it crawls back beaten and full of spite

But is it still an open wound or will it ever become a scar?
Empathy brings optimism to see who we really are

So I keep
Waiting on the light to shine - On this heart of mine


DarkHeart

A psychedelic journey into the idea that 'What if the Devil changed his mind and wanted to be a good angel again' What would happen?
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Devil's Mind

From Stonebelly's album "Perspectives & Perceptions" 
-ARROW-

I know your secrets baby - you don't hide 'em too well
You've been having quite some time - playing kiss and tell
If all these rumors and whispers - turn out to be true
I'm gonna lose my mind - over loving you

	I feel like an arrow in your bow
	You pull me close then you let me go

Grass looks so much greener - when it ain't your own
You'll trade in all you've got - for some fool's gold
I saw you late last night - at the wishing well
Looking for some kind of truth - while you lie to yourself

	I feel like an arrow in your bow
	You pull me close then you let me go

You curse the sun - its not bright enough
You curse the rain - its not dry enough
You curse the sky  - its not high enough
What kind of love could ever be good enough?

	I feel like an arrow in your bow
	You pull me close then you let me go

	I feel like an arrow in your bow
	Aimed for my heart and you let me go

(M. Hollon)

Arrow

'No Escape' from our latest album 'Perspectives & Perceptions'. This version was recorded live at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, NE on July 29th, using a little Zoom H1 recorder. #bootleg recordings

No Escape - Live At The Zoo - 7 - 29 - 15

Single off of the album "Free Spirit : Lost Soul" released January 2012

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Go (Radio Edit)

From Stonebelly's album "Perspectives & Perceptions' www.stonebelly.com // www.facebook.com/stonebellyband

THIS TIME?
How many times can you walk away
How many times can you say goodbye?

I’ll give you love, I’ll give you time, I’ll give you space to see
If it’s me that you need

Or will my heart bleed on my sleeve, if you leave?

How many times can you walk away
How many times can you say goodbye?
No, not this time…

I keep on dreaming that you turned around to see what became of me
It’s just a dream for all to see
It’s just a dream

How many times can you walk away
How many times can you say goodbye?
No, not this time…

This Time?

Stonebelly is a Lincoln, NE based groove-oriented power-trio that blends solid songwriting with Rock, Blues, Reggae, and Psychedelia - forming a sound that is rootsy, rockin’ and funky.

Stonebelly is a hard working, promoting, and touring band - winning crowds over with their solid cross-genre blend of rock music. After releasing their debut CD 'Free Spirit : Lost Soul' in 2012 they released their follow-up record 'Perspectives & Perceptions' in April of 2014 which helped put them on the map. Named one of the top Nebraska bands to watch out for by Paste magazine, they are currently touring and working on material for a new album which promises to be quite different than their previous work - Look for a late 2017, early 2018 release date. Until then please follow and check out their live show when it comes to your town. 

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