Lyric Video for "House of Love" off of "Children of the Milkman" collection. A little reminiscent of Stone Temple Pilots this song rocks. With drum powerhouse Lee Walters holding down the fort , Producer/Bassist Johnny G is free to explore the sonics. John Garwood turns in a truly Psychedelic Guitar Solo and Abraham is singing pretty steady with some surprise harmonies thrown in . This is about as mainstream as the Abraham Cloud ever got and they did it well. Shades of Cheap Trick, STP HOUSE OF LOVE In the misty morning fog I will follow, If you happen to be runnin’ around my tree, Hopefully you’ll take me back To the place I used to be, ‘CAUSE THAT HOUSE IS MADE OF LOVE People from around the world Gathered to talk about the day, No one got upset, they wanna’ hear What you gotta’ say Outside its crazy, But the doors are open tonight,‘CAUSE THAT HOUSE IS MADE OF LOVE That’s not the way I feel right now, That’s like the only thing That could ever really start to change your mind, And that house is hard to find Lookin’ out for rocks an twigs You know you miss majestic things, AND THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF LOVE THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF LOVE THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF LOVE. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J_UxONQUEk

so often we build our own prison. The prison of the mind. The walls of which are built by past experience. What if we could clean the mind out. Start fresh without the weight and cobwebs of memorized experience ? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6HL3e502qI

Imagine a 40 foot Dog terrorizing a town by eating its religion. That's the starting point for, "A Dog Called Man" by Abraham Cloud. Sounds a little like Bob Dylan being backed by REM. But remember, "The Missionaries left on Ferries bound for foreign sanctuaries. " Find it on the CD, "Voyage To Afghanistan." When I saw myself, standin next to me, I couldn't help but see the similarity had faded like somebody's two-week-vacation-summer-tan. One had a problem, and one had a dog he called man. When the king came down to the truck-stop-town, there was a big parade, it was a big let-down. We thought that an answer was there in his uncalloused hand. We had a problem , he left us a dog he called man. Meanwhile outside, no one walked alone at night. The missionaries left on ferries, bound for foreign sanctuaries. One held a sign that said, "Its Time To Forget Your Problems And Find Food For That Dog Called Man ." It was a giant dog, almost forty feet, as the day went on we knew it had to eat. We offered our lemons, we offered our tasty home-made pies. The dog ate religion with soda and large-order-fries ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kI2_DzSWRM

Although written over 25 years ago this song 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 first lines of the song detail hearing a kid getting shot. In the eighties it was drive-by shootings 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 caled "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. 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 weather, the traffic, or the stress you can blame it all on television's devil-worship-cults for God's sake don't blame it on yourself. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVdwoO3smj0