Here is Abraham Cloud showing some heavy Woody Guthrie influence singing a protest song Although written over 25 years ago "In The Thick Of It" is just as valid as ever. It's about people making big mistakes. Good people who are caught in the influences of a corrupt society. The Relevancy is striking when Abraham tell's us about a table of angry men who decide to profit from poison drinking water ( like Flint Michigan today. ) In the first lines of the song a blast goes off. In the eighties it was drive-by shootings were common now its cops, robbers, protesters, thugs, religious freaks just mayhem. This song could have easily have been bout the Furguson shooting or any of the violence that plagues city streets everywhere. This was recorded for a compilation record called "Breakaway , The First Year" . Abraham Cloud was a regular on stage at the Breakaway club with the likes of Lucinda Williams Lowen and Navarro, Darius and Gerry Giddons of Walking Wounded. Sounds like some heavy Springsteen and Dylan influences and enough lyrics to qualify as a rap song. "In the Thick of It" was released on a compilation record by Mountain Railroad Records. walking across the street I heard what I thought was a backfire I turned to see a child bleeding and a car full of kids driving by, my-oh-my, is this what they do for fun these days ? they were all good people they were really good people they just didn't think anybody cared about them they were fine, fine people led respectable lives they just got caught up in the thick of it meanwhile, on the other side of town a steel-worker hit the ground and in a cloud of resounding machine-gun-fire they found twenty people dead and a pink slip next to his head that said,"we regret to inform you, but due to the performance of our new machinery , we don't need you. " they were all good people they were really good people they just didn't think anybody cared about them they were fine, fine people led respectable lives they just got caught up in the thick of it in the thick of it you don't know no one in the thick of it you don't have no home youre searchin' hard for a light in the thick of it. up above the skyline in a high-rise they call "Heaven" an angry table of old men decided to call up an old friend make it easy for the company to dump sewage in the riverbed and another one dies from too good a time and another one tries it for the first time and another one sticks the knife in the back of another one so he can get some just a little bit more, you feel a little bit less 'til you squeeze out the little bit you got left and the only one there with anything to show is the man who just stole your shadow you can blame it on the government or blame it on the church you can blame it on the weat ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoNMS1Mi00

That feeling of working, rehearsing, promoting and dreaming is all worth it for those few glorious moments on stage. But they are quickly followed by a crushing lonliness and devastation that is hard to describe. Going home alone after an amazing time in the spotlight can really leave you questioning your existance completely. Probably why so many performers develop substance abuse problems. The come down is just too much to take. Almost like soldiers returning from war to live in the suburbs.... the stillness is too much to take. Peace of mind and quiet can easily become enimies when you have been on the roller coaster of emotion bathing in the electric dopamine of pure spine tingling excitement. Middle of the Sun after the band has left the stage and all the excitement starts to fade when everybody's​ with the one they love I'm sitting her wondering just what I've done to be stuck here in the middle trying to solve this riddle stuck here in the middle of the sun it gets so cold and lonely here inside knowing your smile could be so warm and bright a little laughter from the star next door reminds me how long it takes to heal a sore stuck here in the middle trying to solve this riddle stuck here in the middle of the sun I can't help myself that's why I've always needed someone else to give me just a little time to solve this riddle I'm stuck here in the middle of the sun ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JglKqiJFkdU