This is one of the first songs I ever tracked (about 18 years ago!) Pretty predictable song. Chris Mannix programmed the Roland drum machine and John E. Norfolk laid his first bass track for me :) The guitar sound is pretty crunchin...ART Tube Preamp. Everything was recorded onto a Fostex 4 track cassette. I need at least 40 tracks now-a-days...lol.
I CAN
c.1990 M. Vandling
I CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE MY MIND UP ANYMORE
ALL THIS SHIT'S GOIN ON
BUT I SEE THE LIGHT SHINING
YES I CAN
ALL THESE SHIPS PASSIN' BY
MAKE ME WANT TO STAY HIGH
AND I CAN
CAN YOU FEEL THE PAIN
OF THE MILLIONS IN THE WORLD?
CAN YOU TASTE THE BLOOD
THAT THEY HAVE SPILLED?
WELL I CAN
ALL THESE SHIPS PASSIN BY
MAKE ME WANT TO STAY HIGH
THE MORE I LAUGH THE MORE I CRY
AT ALL THESE SHIPS PASSIN' BY
WHEN YOUR DEMONS COME
CAN YOU BECOME THEIR FRIENDS? (WELL I CAN)
WHEN YOUR TIME HAS COME
WILL YOU HAVE MADE AMENDS?
ALL THESE SHIPS PASSIN BY
MAKE ME WANT TO STAY HIGH
THE MORE I LAUGH THE MORE I CRY
AT ALL THESE SHIPS PASSIN' BY
Awesome song, nice and heavy like I like it.
This is just one of many incredible songs that you have written and recorded. I hope somehow, some way, one day, you will get the recognition you deserve for your talent. This was always one of my favorite songs of yours, I never minded listening to it over and over. You are a musical genius and you left this world much too soon. I love and miss you much Michael #1.
Impressive
For something recorded on a 4 track you managed to get a really robust sound. Then again tape has a certain something that digital will never achieve.
Nicely done.
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.
Monkeywithumbs 
