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    + Deluxe LP+CD edition features a six-panel insert with additional artwork and an essay by the artist about both records
    + This first-ever reissue includes a bonus CD of Milan Live Acoustic 2018, a previously unreleased solo set that represents Cooper’s return, after forty-four years pursuing free improvisation and electronics, to a new, deconstructed approach to singing, steel guitar, and songcraft.

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    Includes unlimited streaming of Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    + Deluxe 2xCD gatefold edition features an eight-panel insert with additional artwork and an essay by the artist about both records
    + This first-ever reissue includes a bonus CD of Milan Live Acoustic 2018, a previously unreleased solo set that represents Cooper’s return, after forty-four years pursuing free improvisation and electronics, to a new, deconstructed approach to singing, steel guitar, and songcraft

    Includes unlimited streaming of Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    + Same 2xCD package as above, but shipping from Spain.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

It was denim streets that got me beat
but my guitar it still sang like silver.
With my steel third finger I just could not linger
on the brink just like some half-believer.
Well I was brought here by coincidence
but now I find that these incidents
have hurt me more than I could freely say before.
So I hide my eyes behind dark glasses
now I find the lights hurt my sight
and I don’t want to tell night from day.
I could steal you a song, but I sang blues so long
that soon it was reds that were needed.
Then a voice in my ear shouted get outta here
and I knew it was a voice to be heeded.
chorus.
By the hour they pay, and then they pray
you don’t pass that way
just for a bit.
They grin when you’re near
but if you get where you can hear
you’re sure to find you’re the next one
to get hit.
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mike cooper Roma, Italy

Mike Cooper has traced a path completely his own for the past 60 years as an international musical explorer, lap steel guitarist, singer, improviser and composer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. stretching the possibilities of the guitar with an eclectic mix of the many styles he has practiced over the years. ... more

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