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Michelle Mandico
Nashville-based Michelle Mandico is an indie-folk artist who brings optimism and energy into a usually downtempo musical style. Michelle contrasts light, driving pop with complex melodies and heavy imagery. She has a vocal clarity reminiscent of Regina Spektor, and adds bluegrass decoration to her melodies.
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Andrew Southwell (APRA) 50% / Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 50%
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A sweet duet that drips with excitement and uncertainty at the idea of falling in love with strangers.
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I don't know you
I don't know you
I could stop and ask for your name
just one word, but never the same
I don't know youyou don't know me
you don't know me
all that's there is what we can see
different ships sharing a sea
you don't know meyou and I
just wanna find love
wanna find love
you and I
could try to find love
try to find love
girls and boys, we chase the same thing
girls and boys, we play this name gameooh ooh
I want to know you
I want to know you
want to take you out on a date
dance with you at your favourite place
I want to know you
I want to know you
let's jump ship into the blue
you might like me like I like you
I want to know you -
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Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 100%
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Long Way To Go by Michelle Mandico
You see me everyday and you don't think twice and I don't need to say
That I'm not over you oh I think that you know oh I think that you do
But I don't mind that you know
Cause I'm not gonna hide what we already knowI know that days have passed as I'm trying to surrender words we can't take back
I can't get over this oh I would if I could oh I wish that I could
But I don't mind that you know
Cause I'm not gonna hide what we already knowThat I've got a long way to go before I'm over you
And I've got a long way to go before I get through to you
Cause I've got a long way to go before I'm over youI'm not the first one to fall for somebody who wants something other than all of me
And I won't be the last one to dive head first into something we can't see into
But I don't mind that you know
Cause I'm not gonna hide what we already knowThat I've got a long way to go before I'm over you
And I've got a long way to go before I get through to you
Cause I've got a long way to go before I'm over youYou've got your heart half captive
I've got mine inside of my hands
And hand in hand we'll go about this
Pulling me under and pulling me through you(That I got you
I still got you I still got you
That I got you
I still got you I still got you)That I've got a long way to go before I'm over you
And I've got a long way to go before I get through to you
Cause I've got a long way to go before I'm over you -
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Give It Up by Michelle Mandico
Two AM is way too late to start on something new
I've been giving in but still it's not enough for you
Something tells me we should just call it a day
But I don't know the first the about leading you astrayOnce you've got your mind made up you shut to the whole world down
Governing an empty landscape high on sacred ground
Something tells me we should go our separate ways
But you would rather run this through the ground and to a graveGive it up for us tonight
Let is rest for just one night
Because I don't want to leave you
But you're making it hard not to
So for tonight let it beA field of rhythm make our fights sound better than they should
Echoing the part of ourselves we wouldn't dare call good
Since the first night we've been dynamite and fire
Setting flame to everything to call ourselves survivorsGive it up for us tonight
Let is rest for just one night
Because I don't want to leave you
But you're making it hard not to
So for tonight let it beOh I still want you more than I should
Cause I'm still holding hope that's no good (you tell me)
How many more one more chances should you get (you tell me you tell me)
How many nights should I forgetGive it up for us tonight
Let is rest for just one night
Because I don't want to leave you
But you're making it hard not to
So for tonight let it be -
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Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 100%
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You don't have to move a mountain
You don't have to turn over the world
Cause I've already seen what you don't have to do
I've already seen what you don't know you do
I've already seen all the things you move -
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Already With You by Michelle Mandico
You put up a fight for no one but yourself
What a lonely fight
You don't have to try to get me on your side
BecauseI am already with you
I am already with you
I'm already with you
Can't you see that we're fighting for the same damn thing
I am already with youOh you know that
You don't have to hold all your cards at once
Your hands are filled with mine
And you've got a lot to say when I'm so far away
But
I am already with you
I am already with you
I'm already with you
Can't you see that we're fighting for the same damn thing
I am already with youYou fill me up
You break me down
You've got my whole heart in your hand
You fill me up
You break me down
You've got my whole heart in your hand
You've got my heart in your handI am already with you
I am already with you
I'm already with you
Can't you see that we're fighting for the same damn thing
I am already with you -
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Century Treasures by Michelle Mandico
You trade your baseball cards
And I trade my dolls
Oh you'd trade me for all that you gave me
And I'd give it all up for youYou saved your baseball cards
And I saved my dolls
Oh you saved me with all that you made me
And I'd give my name up for yoursOh a century is gold
Oh the treasures that we hold
They are holding us
But I'm letting goOld fashioned dance floors
Well they light up our shoes
And if you spin me I'll let you win me
Even before we are oldOh a century is gold
Oh the treasures that we hold
They are holding us
But I'm letting goSo that I can hold to you
You know that we're gonna die young
And I, I know that you are the one
To hold and to keep to convince I'm not leaving
To hold and to keep to convince I'm with you, you
Oh a century is gold
Oh the treasures that we hold
Oh a century is gold
Oh the treasures that we hold
They are holding us
But I'm letting go
So that I can hold on to you
So that I can hold on to you -
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Iron Knees by Michelle Mandico
I know the way it goes
And I know the way that you'll let it sway
When the wind surrenders and waters cave
Oh I know the way that you'll let it swayAnd I know you'll let it be
Cause I know the way that you'd rather leave
When the dawn surrenders and shadows bleed
Oh I know the way that you'd rather leaveI am tied in with wooden chains
Round my iron knees
I am tied in with metal thread
Round my iron kneesSome say I'm all messed up
But I like the way that you're just the same
When the crown surrenders and crazy stays
Oh I like the way that we're just the sameI am tied in with wooden chains
Round my iron knees
I am tied in with metal thread
Round my iron kneesYou make me not want to move
Oh you make me not want to move
Oh you make me not want to move
Oh you make me not want to move
Oh you make me not want to move
Don't wanna move I can't move from next to you
Don't wanna move I can moveSome say we're all messed up
But I like the way that we're all the same
When the crowd surrenders and crazy stays
Oh I like the way we're all the sameI am tied in with wooden chains
Round my iron knees
I am tied in with metal thread
Round my iron knees -
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Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 50% / Nick Fabian (BMI) 50%
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The struggle and mixed emotions of going home to your family at the holidays
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Every holiday is broken
We're all waiting on our phones
Written words are left unspoken
Will I ever come back homeMade the drive to Colorado
Eighteen hours on the road
There's no map that I can follow
If I never come back homeIf I ever come back home (x3)
I miss my family together
Mom and Dad left all alone
I'm so tired of the weather
It's ever cold inside our homeIf I ever come back home (x6)
I remember different familiar faces
Hidden memories are my hiding places
And I spend my whole night trying to erase my expectations
Of what I used to know
If I come back homeIf I ever come back home (x10)
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Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 50% / Scott Mulvahill (BMI) 50%
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A sweet emotive folk song with cello about finding the courage to conquer the mountains in front of us in life, because they will always be there. We can't be paralyzed in our place, we have move forward. BPM 113
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1000 FEET
I’ve got a thousand feet to climb
A thousand feet to climb
I’ve got to learn this road I’m on
Letting my footsteps fall in line
I’ve got a thousand feet to climbEvery cloud above is black
Every cloud above is black
At any moment they could break
Thunder and rain down on my back
Every cloud above is blackAnd if I wait until I am not afraid
I would never move on till my dying day arrives
I’ve got a thousand feet to climb
I’ve got a thousand feet to climbThere was a time when I could stay
Oh a time when I could stay
Before the wind could blow me away
There was a time when I could stay
But now there’s a mountain in my way
Oh a mountain in my way
Who’s gonna be the one to move
As if there’s pride left here to prove
Now there is nothing left to say
Only a mountain in my wayChorus
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Michelle Mandico (SESAC) 50% / Scott Effman (ASCAP) 50%
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A sweet light folk tune about finding the courage to take that first step to move forward out of the darkness of depression. BPM 96
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ALL IT TAKES
All it takes is one step to start to find a way
Through fog and forest of grey
Sunlight a stone’s throw away
All it takes is one step to start to find a wayAll it takes is one friend to see a silver line
No better comfort could I find
Turn this spell to peace of mind
All it takes is one friend to see a silver lineNothing of this world could start to compare
To grace given in a breath of air
Inhale the universal prayer
All it takes in one breath and suddenly you’re there -
