Michael Shynes 'Dallas' Live // Summer - Winter Sessions

Directed, Shot, and Edited by Bruce Meyers of The Waiting Room Collective

Dallas is a song from an Upcoming Solo Acoustic Album titled Shadowboxing

Lyrics:

I called you from a payphone out of Dallas, you told me my opinions were invalid
Saying I was too far from home to have a say
You ask me what it is that I am seeking, I told you if I knew that I would seek it
Its easier to find what you want when you know what you don't

And I've seen this town before, it comes up promising like the sunlight
Before it closes all its doors

Tell me what it is that I am missing, explain to me the nuance of your industry
But afterwards I'll still be inside my own head
Your words are only useful on the upswing, in a downward spiral they are overwhelming
A dead letter and a sideways rush of blood

I've been counting up the money in my pockets, I'm old enough to know what not a lot is
Sleeping on the couches of friends who are already married

I've heard this song before, the man who gives his life to something that doesn't exist anymore

Tell me all the finer points I'm missing, explain to me the nuance of your industry
But afterwards I'll still be inside my own head
Your words are only useful on the upswing, in a downward spiral they are overwhelming
A dead letter and a sideways rush of blood

And the clock goes round and round, the years are adding up and then they're counting down
And the clock goes round and round, the years are adding up and then they're counting down
in my head, as if we were better off instead

I called you from a payphone out of dallas, you told me my opinions were invalid
Saying I was too young to have a say

Video footage shot at Summer-Winter Studios in St. Paul, MN