Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Solo acoustic video of "Michael Told Me" by Ryan Hartley
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Lyrics:
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Once we got the news and cut the motor
It pinned him right beneath the shoulders
Wrote I love you from Los Angeles
The place we started drifting from each other
So for years now I've took cover
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Even with the pain between each other
I was reaching for my brother
Because a true friend they would thread the needle
A true friend they would set the bone
Hold your legs and let you scream
If they knew where your pain was coming from
Not the only one beside you
Not the only one to fight
But you took your hand and broke the mirror
It hurt to bad to know I've seen the light
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
To give it time the limbs that gave to shadow
Would grow back from new pruned hearts
Michael swore that you could handle it
Though you felt the cut and took the blow
He swore you'd see the loving part
How a true friend they would thread the needle
A true friend they would set the bone
Hold your legs and let you scream
If they knew where your pain was coming from
Not the only one beside you
Not the only one to fight
But you took your hand and broke the mirror
It hurt to bad to know I've seen the light
Shining through those cold and hardest parts of you
Oh and I've seen the light shining through
Oh and I've seen the light
I've seen the light
I've seen the light
Shining through
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
#SGGoodman #MichaelToldMe #RyanHartley
Solo acoustic video of "Michael Told Me" by Ryan Hartley
Stream 'Planting by the Signs' here: orcd.co/sg-pbts
A portion of the funding for this recording project was provided thanks to The Shoals, AL Economic Development Fund and the Shoals Music Makers Incentive Program.
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Lyrics:
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Once we got the news and cut the motor
It pinned him right beneath the shoulders
Wrote I love you from Los Angeles
The place we started drifting from each other
So for years now I've took cover
Heard I love you from Los Angeles
Even with the pain between each other
I was reaching for my brother
Because a true friend they would thread the needle
A true friend they would set the bone
Hold your legs and let you scream
If they knew where your pain was coming from
Not the only one beside you
Not the only one to fight
But you took your hand and broke the mirror
It hurt to bad to know I've seen the light
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
To give it time the limbs that gave to shadow
Would grow back from new pruned hearts
Michael swore that you could handle it
Though you felt the cut and took the blow
He swore you'd see the loving part
How a true friend they would thread the needle
A true friend they would set the bone
Hold your legs and let you scream
If they knew where your pain was coming from
Not the only one beside you
Not the only one to fight
But you took your hand and broke the mirror
It hurt to bad to know I've seen the light
Shining through those cold and hardest parts of you
Oh and I've seen the light shining through
Oh and I've seen the light
I've seen the light
I've seen the light
Shining through
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
Michael told me we could handle it
#SGGoodman #MichaelToldMe #RyanHartley
