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The Rent

The tear drop on your cheek you never meant
the rain drops on your street of cracked cement
the hat that I was wearing got cold and wet
when I said I love you, did you raise the rent

It’s easy to believe what you never meant
it’s easy to retrieve what you never sent
it’s easier to leave when you came and went
when I said I love you, did you raise the rent

Come on pass me by like the other men
come on pass me by like the other men
they voted on your crime in the parliament
when I said I love you, did you raise the rent

Lyrics by Mike McHugh
Album: No One Fights While We Play (2020)

Songs for listening session

Available on most streaming services

Musicians:
• Mike McHugh – Guitar, bass, vocals, percussion, production

• Carl Breitweiser – Drums – New Shoes, Ammunition, Attack of the White Trash Pagans, My Neighbor Juan, The Rent, Moon, Dr Joosica, Jah Spirit, Move the Beat, Hawaiian Hot Mollie

• Brian Swizlo – Keyboards – New Shoes, Tolerance, Sweet Sensation, Move Like Light, Soul Light, Stop Being A Mitch, Moon, Sweet Sensation, Hawaiian Hot Mollie, Dr Joosica, Move the Beat, The Rent

• Theo Montrose – Sax – New Shoes, Dr Joosica, Sweet Sensation

• Nate Schrier – Vocals – Moon, Drama

• Angela Cincotti – Percussion – Jah Spirit – Vocals – New Shoes, Super Nova

• Antoine Richardson – Drums – Tolerance, Stop Being A Mitch, Move Like Light, Super Nova, Sweet Sensation, Babylon Cry, Drama

• Zeb Dekofsky – Drums – It’s Allright, Soul Light

• Connor Clowers – Trumpet – Super Nova, Hawaiian Hot Mollie, Move Like Light

• Greg Beeman – Accordian – Moon

• Janet Ajao – Vocals – Jah Spirit

• Jim Dier – Bass – It’s Allright

• Brian Fox – Bass – Super Nova

• Mr Beenie – Vocals – Babylon Cry, Sweet Sensation

• Michelle Williams – Vocals – Tolerance

• Karina Dawn Line – Vocals – Super Nova

All Songs Written by Mike McHugh with featured artists as listed ©2020

More songs and instrumentals — some more fully baked than others

Playlist 1 – More Instrumentals – Progress Tracks

Playlist 2 – More songs – Progress tracks and a few from the vaults