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I wrote this about the late Michael Houser (Widespread Panic lead guitar player), affectionately known as "Mikey".. he lost his battle with cancer on August 10th..

MIKEY’S SONG

I wrote this song for you to play
I wonder if I’ll hear it someday
It’s about a blue sky mixed with gray
And doesn’t have much more to say

When you first picked up your guitar
Did you know where it would lead?
When you last laid down your guitar
Do you know how many grieved?

How did you learn to play like that
Swirling sounds of impulsive degree
From love to fright, darkness to light
While sitting there still as a tree?

When you first started writing songs
Did you know those words would sink
So deeply into so many smiles
Who could recite them without a blink?

So goes the tale of a light too bright
Dying out way to early
Before you go, let me see your face
Beneath your hair so curly

It came time to face the music
Which for once didn’t sound so good
But you took it all in stride
I just wish I understood

I wrote this song for you to play
It’s about your life up until the day
You left this earth but I cannot say
That your spirit will ever leave

-Pete Schwartz

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[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]