Coyote by Mike Vitale
This song is a tip of the hat to the great cowboy country writers of the 1950’s, to Mark Twain (quite possibly one of the funniest people I have ever read), and to the end of a long pandemic—finally being able to appreciate the fact that I can tour again, and to count the many blessings of good health and the freedom to roam that which has never been explored by me. I am so very lucky. We are all so very lucky to live in such a beautiful country full of natural splendor.
Thank you to my friends who worked on this with me. They're down yonder in the track credits.
Tracklist
| 1. | Coyote | 4:15 |
Lyrics
Coyote
words and music by Michael Patrick Vitale
Endlessly strolling
An old desert dog
Amongst sage brush
and bunch grass
and cactus and fog
Slender and gangling
My bush tail sags
As I trot through the desert
The cliff face and crags
Coyote
I'm homely
Forsaken
And oh so lonely
Coyote
I roam the open prairie
I'm scrawny to rib
coarse hair to aught
Looking over my shoulder
To survey the lot
Lifted lip smile
Pearly whites unsheathed
But the rest of my face
Apologizes for teeth
Endlessly strolling
An old desert dog
Amongst sage brush
and bunch grass
and cactus and fog
Slender and gangling
My bush tail sags
As I trot through the desert
The cliff face and crags
Coyote
I'm homely
Forsaken
And oh so lonely
Coyote
I roam the open prairie
I'm scrawny to rib
coarse hair to aught
Looking over my shoulder
To survey the lot
Lifted lip smile
Pearly whites unsheathed
But the rest of my face
Apologizes for teeth
Endlessly strolling
An old desert dog
Amongst sage brush
and bunch grass
and cactus and fog
Slender and gangling
My bush tail sags
As I trot through the desert
The cliff face and crags
Coyote
I'm homely
Forsaken
And oh so lonely
Coyote
I roam the open prairie
Credits
Coyote
words and music by Michael Patrick Vitale
Vocals, Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Upright Bass, Wood Blocks - Mike Vitale
Drums - Evan Stone
Background Vocals - Anastasia Flionis
Produced by Mike Vitale
Engineered by Mike Vitale, Evan Stone and Anastasia Flionis
Mixed by Ryan Lipman
Mastered by Mark Alan Miller
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Mike Vitale is a singer-songwriter and producer based out of Los Angeles, CA. When not preoccupied with other stuff, he enjoys short walks on long beaches with his two border collies, Border and Collie. He is certain that this sentence is useless, but also doesn't believe in absolutes. The dogs may or may not be fictional. All the other stuff is probably true.