Suicide De Luxe (including “Rock and Roll Hi Way”)

from Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018 by mike cooper

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+ 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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lyrics

Upon the hill/the air is still
but somebody/somebody is watching
Outside somebody passes/glances
then goes off laughing.
There’s a sound of trucks rolling past.
From down here on rock and roll hi way.
Upon the wall/a sound we all know
it’s something passing.
But in my ear/it brings so much fear
because I’m breathing/in its slipstream.
And there’s a sound of burning coming up
from down here on rock and roll hi way.
Back here inside/this suicide of mine/
it’s nearly over.
It could be saved, but who’s that brave
and anyhow/who really needs it.
There’s a sound of singing coming up
from down here on rock and roll hi way.
From a distance/my resistance
it just appears so very useless.
She knows that I just can’t understand
and that’s the hand she’ll use/to win me over.
Now there’s a sound of music coming up
from down here on rock and roll hi way.
Down on the floor/the battle roars
but nobody/no nobody/is even watching.
As they drag away the half-decayed remains
of last year’s victim.
Now there’s a sound of nothing coming up
from down here on rock and roll hi way.

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from Life and Death in Paradise + Milan Live Acoustic 2018, released July 14, 2023

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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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