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Words & music by Kato Hideki
© & ℗ Kato Hideki (Open Circuit Music / BMI) 2019
www.katohideki.com
www.plasticspoon.net

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I’m a picture-taker from Memphis, Tennessee
Got a studio on Beale street and everyone stops by

I am a man with a playful mind
I am a man with friendly eyes

Got eight kids and a wife, not so easy to get by
Then agents came around and pressed me to join them

I am a man with a curious mind
I am a man with wary eyes

Ninety fifty-five, I took a snapshot of the killers in the court room
Got that picture circulated, got more assignments covering stories

I am a man with a courageous mind
I am a man with intrusive eyes

People were living in a dirt-field, called tent city near Someville
From Memphis to Jackson we marched on against fear
I was right there at the motel when Dr. King was gunned down
Right after it happened I snapped him in a pool of blood

I am NOT a man with a ruthless mind
I am a man with private eyes

I'm gonna show you how to take pictures, the money shot, I call it
I am in heaven with my camera, I really miss snapping around you

I am a man with a charming smile
I am a man in the secret files

I am a Man

credits

from Plastic Spoon - Singles in Mono (2020), track released November 25, 2019
Produced, recorded, mixed in mono & mastered by Kato Hideki

Musicians:
Kato Hideki: bass, acoustic guitar & Nashville-strung electric guitar, violin, viola, percussion & backup vocals
Karen Mantler: vocal & chromatic harmonica
Doug Wieselman: rhythm & lead guitar
Shahzad Ismailey: drums

Cover Art & shadow Box by Kato Hideki

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Kato Hideki Brooklyn, New York

Kato Hideki is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer. His music is truly diverse with a wide range of forms and sounds. His other titles are released on Tzadik, Joyful Noise Recordings, Improvised Music from Japan, Presquile records & Virgin UK
, etc.
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