Name: Disappearing Man
Duration: P00H04M23S
Description: ...the hero-archetype as expounded by Joseph Campbell in his Hero of a Thousand Faces seeks adventure, wisdom, enlightenment and returns home a new man

Disappearing Man

by Gordon Michaels

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...the hero-archetype as expounded by Joseph Campbell in his Hero of a Thousand Faces seeks adventure, wisdom, enlightenment and returns home a new man

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DISAPPEARING MAN copyright GordonMichaels 2021
There was a man I knew unhappy with his present life
Down and depressed even before the day began
He left his wife his child his home he left his family
He was a Disappearing Man...oh!
He was a Disappearing Man

He sailed away until he came upon a foreign land
Searched high and low to find the meaning of his life
To fight a dragon...find a treasure...meet a holy man
He was a Disappearing Man...oh!
He was a Disappearing Man

Disappearing Man I got your name I got your number
I can see right through that old disguise you keep as company
What do you seek? Where will you go? What makes you wander?
Disappearing Man I think you look a lot like me

And in a foreign land he finally comes to realize
Nothing could ever satisfy his deep desire
He saw his life reflected in the fire of his mind
And he was burned up in that fire...oh!
He was burned up in that fire!

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Meditate on a mountain top and nothin' changes
Kill the dragon and it suddenly reappears
No matter what you try all your stuff just rearranges
Into something strange that never feels quire right
And what you were is disappearing overnight

And so he comes back home a hero in his native land
And feels so empty and so free way down inside
There is no quest there are no questions now no restlessness
He was a Disappearing Man...oh!
He was a Disappearing Man

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released March 23, 2022
Gordon Michaels: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
Ron Turner: drum programming, mastering
Craig Tobascio: engineering, mixing
Woody Lissauer: video production

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Gordon Michaels Baltimore, Maryland

Gordon Michaels is a singer songwriter living in Parkville, Maryland with his wife Mary Ann and his dog, Mazie. Jack of Hearts and Tune Rider are Gordon's first album releases since his debut Stargazer on A&M Horizon Records in 1979. Gordon splits his time between writing, recording and teaching at Towson University. ... more

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