Michael performing his originals on WLCY ABC 10 circa July 26th, 1976. Songs in order: 1: Borderline 0:00 2: Bourbon Street Breeze 4:22 3: Sugarcane 7:15 4: Wildwood 10:58 5: Best of Me 15:11 © Michael Hyde 1976

Mike performing his original, "Borderline" on WLCY ABC 10 on July 26th, 1976. Lyrics: Time to get away from life, it seems I can't explain Everyday that passes by I play a different game Time to get away from people who will hold me down Everyday that passes by, they turn my world around You know I walked along that summer sand And it burned me till I'm blind I've taken the money from a stranger's hand Lord I begged him for a dime Down by the borderline Down by the sea I'll drink your winter wine Sweet burgundy, tonight On the borderline Now deep within your heart, I know you feel the way I do But something in the wind keeps calling me away from you And deep within your heart, you've taken me so far away But something in the wind keeps telling me I mustn't stay I got a song to sing a melody A reason to believe Today I found what I was lookin' for Something I can see, again Down by the borderline Down by the sea I'll drink your winter wine Sweet burgundy, tonight On the borderline © Michael Hyde 1976

Mike performing an original, "Best of Me" on WLCY ABC 10 on July 26th, 1976. Lyrics: If I forget to wake you up tomorrow morning I have left another part of me There's a song in the wind that I will follow And a melody that lingers on with time Don't forget my number Don't forget my name Yesterday has taken the best of me again If I fail to be the man that you believe in I would never be the one to hold you down You will always be a part of what I'm doin' I will always leave the best of me around Don't forget my number Don't forget my name Yesterday has taken the best of me again If I forget to wake you up and say I'm leavin' I'll be back to take you with me when I can You're the only part of life that's worth the livin' I'll be here to give the best of me again Don't forget my number Don't forget my name Yesterday has taken the best of me again © Michael Hyde 1976

Mike performing an original, "Wildwood" on WLCY ABC 10 on July 26th, 1976. Lyrics: We got stuck in Boston Waiting for a train Nestled in the night like tiny sparrows We were lonesome heroes Ramblin' on the run Children who were cast upon the shadows We say wildwood tomorrow Take me today as I ride Wildwood I'll borrow Time keep me warm deep inside I said let your hair down Maybe we should rest Wildwood's such a long, long way to go You said take your shoes off Lay back in my lap Got a song to sing a story you should know We say wildwood tomorrow Take me today as I ride Wildwood I'll borrow Time keep me warm deep inside Then at last a train came The nights were long and cold A never-ending journey had begun I heard you whisper softly An angel's wings I see As I looked up together, we were one We say wildwood tomorrow Take me today as I ride Wildwood I'll borrow Time keep me warm deep inside © Michael Hyde 1976

Mike performing his original "Bourbon Street Breeze" on WLCY ABC 10 on July 26th, 1976. Lyrics: I went to work in the city for a dollar an hour Pumpin' gas, checkin' oil and changin' flat tires With a ninth grade education and a phony I.D. My credit was equal to a B.A. degree Had a room in the back of a grocery store With a broken down furnace and a cracked wooden floor And the winos would gather in the alley outside Drinkin' M.D. twenty twenty till the police arrived We sang streetcars and bicycles, bugler and kite Freight trains and dobros, and yodelin' at night Ragtime piano, and a song named Louise Dixieland music and the bourbon street breeze © Michael Hyde 1976

Mike performing his original, "Sugarcane" on WLCY ABC 10 on July 26th, 1976. Lyrics: Roll up your sleeves Hang up the breeze anyway you can, my man Sit down beside me God knows I've tried to be anything I can But I never got started Every single time It's part of the plan I guess I'm too scared to run and hide Well I jumped right in the fire I was too blind to see All the angels beside you And the devil in me Sugarcane always tastes the same You get a little sunshine You get a little rain Sugarcane I'm a left handed mother Got a right handed son I'm a fool for the women I'm too scared to run If I ever get older If we ever make it through these times Well I hope you'll be with me Is there any I can do? Sugarcane always tastes the same You get a little sunshine You get a little rain Sugarcane And though we never made a rendezvous Well I worshipped every part of you Why'd you leave me hangin' with the walkin' blues? Sugarcane I gotta put another nickel in I gotta spin the wheel round and round again Maybe then the misery might end But sugarcane always tastes the same Sugarcane always tastes the same You get a little sunshine You get a little rain Sugarcane tastes so sweet again © Michael Hyde 1976

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