Mica Lee Williams

"Mica Lee Williams truly has the voice of an angel - gentle yet powerful; melodic and soulful. Her songs are songs for everyone. Her debut, Lucid Dreaming High, features the musicianship of players who have worked with top artists Paula Cole, Catie Curtis and Paul McCartney. Her vocals are captivating and her melodies unforgettable- with that Jewel crossover pop appeal."
~Singer and Musician Magazine
Top 50 New Indie Artists Releases

"This lady sings with an attitude and her sincere performance on this CD is just fantastic. “Lucid Dreaming High” her new release spans the musical gamut. Songs she wrote vary with each track from hard roots rock to slow and magical folk to one track with a driving country flavor. This album has everything a winning release could ever offer."
~Roots Music Report

"Obviously comfortable whether playing on a street corner or on a stage in front of drenched music worshippers... mixing the guitar-playing savvy of Ani di Franco with the songwriting genius of Joni Mitchell...with her sweet voice to make the music uniquely hers."
~ Vernon Morning Star Newspaper

"The quality of songwriting, musicianship, Mica Lee's remarkable voice, and the production quality of this CD distort my mental image of a first release. This disc sounds like years of craft blending rock, folk, blues, alt country and working-finger-to-the-bone road-tested effort. I envy those in San Francisco who can listen to her regularly at gigs around the Bay area--you are very fortunate people."
~Steve Ekblad, AudioGrid

"An album with heart and one of the best albums I have heard this summer, a triumph of pop sensibilities and independent design...memorable songwriting, extremely catchy and highly enjoyable."
~Samuel Aaron, Lead Reviewer, Allalom.com

"Mica Lee Williams has the right ingredients to be a successful singer/songwriter. She's well traveled, down to earth, and talented. The influence of blues, rock, and country throughout her songs stand to take her far and it gives her an edge so many singer songwriters lack."
~First Coast News

"Mica Lee Williams as done something brilliant. We remember the night John Lennon died as the first most significant event of our small lives back in California. Mica brings tears to our eyes on her Tribute. She’s that good. The remainder is just as good, mining the depths of emotions that we are all too familiar with. Thought provoking music that would probably stop our breathing for a few minutes in a Live setting. Watch out for her in a town near you."
~ The Fevered Brain of Radio Mike

"Mica Lee Williams is a talented singer working primarily in the pop/rock genre, but with a twang to her voice that occasionally feels like country or blues. Her vocals sound relaxed even as she sears the microphone with her tales of wandering the road and following her dreams...angelic visions cascade from Mica's lips. Her voice is sweet and fresh. She has all the energy of an artist early in her career."
~ West Coast Performer

"She has the laid back fields meets beach scene, a bit of Crowe, a bit of Baez, a smidge of hippie, a glance at things native. One of the best here is "John Lennon"."
~Underground Reviews

"At our June showcase, the audience was awestruck by Mica's silky smooth voice and impassioned guitar playing."
~Greenbeat Songwriter Showcase

"...turning heads in the local music scene with her powerful voice and distinctive original songs."
~SF Folk Music Club

"Get ready for greatness! Listening to this album I get the definite sense that I'm witnessing a future legend just as her wave is beginning to form...the thought "NEXT BIG THING" easily comes to mind"
fifiouioui, CD Baby

"I found Mica's music on the web and was floored. It's so rare to find someone so gifted, sincere and unique. Her voice in these songs pull you in like the tide of the moon until the last note."
Willow, CD Baby

"Heard early tracks of this record and it proves to be great. Mica does a stellar job on this record. She has surrounded herself with some of the top musicians in the country and proves that she is in the same league."
~Trucker, CD Baby

"Absolutely breathtaking! "A Life Profound" is one of the best songs EVER, and it's hard to determine which of the other great songs on this disc is in second place. BUY this CD. Buy it NOW. Buy several for your friends!"
Brian, CD Baby

"This sizzling songstress will steal your soul. Can you say hit after hit after hit. Listen to my personal favorite A Life Profound and feel the chills run up your spine."
Magazine Street Production, CD Baby

"Invigorating, powerful and hard to put down! This is a hard to put away album, it's easy just to play it over and over again. A definite buy and a definite one to recommend to anyone!"
~Tracy, CD Baby

"Incredible songwriting, vocals and awesome musicians. These songs are so well written. The vocals and arrangements are beautifully produced. Totally unique sound and original writing with a voice like honey. You will love these songs."
~LuLu, CD Baby

"Mica's Talent Just Keeps Growing! I have 2 words -- Absolutely Beautiful, or maybe -- Completely Magical, or how about -- Great Gogamogashuga (Well, that may be 3 words). Anyway you slice it, you should get this CD!!!"
~Natoma Street Studios, CD Baby

"The CD really showcases Mica's voice which is angelic and earthy at the same time. Her uplifting voice presents so many emotions throughout the disc...The arrangements are lush, but let her voice shine through as the star of the show...I recommend this disc to anyone!"
~Trouble, CD Baby

"I bought Mica's CD at a live show in Eugene, Oregon and have been loving it ever since. At a live show she really connected with her audience on a personal level and made us want to know her. She has an outstanding vocal delivery and presence live and she smokes on the acoustic guitar (my friends and I were having guitar playing envy). Anyway, check her out live, buy this CD and support this artist. I can't wait for her second album."
~Christian, CD Baby

"Mark and I just want to express our gratitude towards the joy and special moments your music is giving us. It’s become won of our new favorites and we look forward in hearing your next c.d. with City Streets and Waterfall…"
Melinda & Mark
San Francisco, CA

"I heard you last Wednesday in Seattle at Connor Byrne, beautiful set! Your music has really helped me work through some heavy things this past week and I just wanted to say "THANK YOU!" Your CD is in serious rotation in my car and home :)I really admire your artistry and music, it's deep, soulful and very beautiful. I've been playing your CD for my wife (of 16 years) and our 10 year old daughter- they love your music as well. I've been struggling with some personal issues and your song "A Life Profound" helped me get through some uncertainty and mend some wounds. THANK YOU SO MUCH !! I guess that's what I really needed to say."
Dan
Olymipa, WA

"Hi, Mica. I just wanted to let you know how much I love your CD. I love your John Lennon song. It brings me right back to where I was when I heard. I find myself humming it quite frequently. It's so exciting that you have such a wonderful CD out. Congratulations!"
Anna
Maine

"I met you last year at Connor Byrne in Ballard, I had you sign your cd to my daughter. Anyway, she absolutely loves (as does her father) your music, and knows most of your songs. She even got a guitar this past Christmas due to a certain performer who wears a red cowgirl hat, inspiring her..."
Mike
Seattle, WA

"Your talent is quit evident and your successes are are mounting. I'm glad I have had the opportunity to meet you in person and I look forward to your many successes so that I can just watch you with your latest music video. Mica, you have style and charisma. I pray for your dreams and admire your talent. Beautiful and up to date website. Bless your energy Miss Williams!"

"I heard you play on the back deck one of the first days we were on the boat. I wanted to write a note to you to let you know I bought your CD the day we heard you play and I cannot stop listening to it. I have an hour drive each morning and evening for work and I have thoroughly enjoyed your music. You whale! You have such a beautiful voice, great lyrics and great melodies. Just awesome! I really hope your following grows as you deserve it. Keep it up. Let us know when you will be in the Houston area, we would love to see you play again."
Laurie
Houston, TX

"Strong images of my childhood rushed through me as I listened to happy little child - gripping piece - my inner core feels blessed somehow."
Miah

Raphael
Rochester, NY

"I was surfing the web and found myself at your site. I really enjoyed the songs you have posted...you have a beautiful voice, interesting arrangements, and most importantly, a talent for writing meaningful lyrics. know that there is someone in Baltimore, MD who digs your music and hopes you keep putting out more of it! :)"
Martin
Baltimore, MD

"I listened to "A life profound" ... Really good song. Great voice, nice instruments on the recording, all sounds as they played for the song and not to stand above anything...as Quincey Jones said " the three most important things in the song are the song, the song and the song!" I get around quite a bit on the net listening to indie artists and others and yours is one the best I have heard."
Kevin
Phoenix, AZ

"This is Rick from last night. Words can't describe how much I enjoyed the show and the company last night. You've got amazing charisma, and incredible songs. It's always refreshing to find actual talent and passion in this business. Too many have lost that. Your friend in music"
Rick R.
Seattle, WA

"Wanted to say that I very much enjoyed your performance at the Harmony Cafe in Palo Alto today. and I also wanted to find out where you will be playing next. So if it's possible to send me your schedule I would really appreciate it ! Cheers!"
Mark
Palo Alto, CA

"I just got a chance to view your website, it's great. I've always wondered what the day to day life of a rock star was like. I read through your lyrics and I think your a brilliant writer,do you write spoken word as well? I'll keep my eye out for you on Leno or Letterman ,but don't forget us gentlemen (lol) from Snow Frog when your sipping pink champagne from a glass slipper in the hot tub of some penthouse in New York. Warm wishes and God bless"
Ryan
Los Angeles, CA

"Just another thank you for coming out and being incredible. My friends are talking about it today, acoustic grandeur. Once again thank you for making the experience special for everyone who dared to party in the cold fog!"
Candacean
San Francisco, CA

"It is times like these when we can begin to separate the true artists from the commercial hacks and pretenders. Ahhhh there are so many pretenders, but you are not one of them. Mica, the world needs you, now."
Mike
Honk Kong, China

Driving over 80 on the 10th of December
Leaving the left for the East bitter cold
High in the skyline, stars are burning like embers
Transfixes me while the hours unfold
Shooting Star, shooting star
Way up above the stratus far
Blaze a trail of blue and gold
I have a wish I have not told
We drive on in silence and it's peaceful like heaven
And share cigarettes while our thoughts ebb and flow
I feel so detached as reality severs
Emotions take grasp and there is nothing to hold
Shooting Star, shooting star
Way up above the stratus far
Blaze a trail of blue and gold
I have a wish I have not told
You fall high over my anticipation
So far above my destination
At home in a place of my imagination
You are my light of salvation
The eleventh hour brings the end to this cadence
Eyes closed in the shower and the water runs over
I breathe in green air to find that sleep is waiting
And repeat my prayer to your falling down low
Your falling down low

The simple things must taste sweet
Abundance far more than your arms could carry
Don't you feel secure
With your comfort tucked under your chin like a blanket
But I just can't stand to be taken
For granted another day
I'm tired
Tired
Tired
And I think you know that you don't
Don't know where the limit lies plainly
What could you possibly say
If it all were just taken away
You've missed the point of your stay here
You've nothing to give, it's a shame
I'm tried
Tired
Tired
Tell me, what have you found?
Cuz you been the test of me
Trying to wittle me down
Til there's nothing left of me
The simple things must taste sweet
Abundance far more than your arms could carry
Don't you feel secure
With your comfort tucked under your chin like a blanket?

I've never been the one who had a quick come back
But I always was truthful
It's not my way to play games, a little old for my age
I try to be youthful
I always wished I'd been an elegant dancer
But I can get down when I want to
I'm not the stylish type, because I don't believe hype
I do it how I like and
No one can tell me
To get an identity
I was born free willed, I am that way still
I always will be
And I'm sorry if I said an inappropriate thing
I'm sure I didn't mean to offend you
And if I don't call it don't mean nothing at all
It just means I have something else to do
But I always keep my promises and if I am late
You know I'll still meet you
I think faith is just great, I believe in fate
So believe, that is all that I need and
No one can tell me
To get an identity
I was born free willed, I am that way still
I always will be
And I don't want to be like anybody else here
If I got fifteen dollars in my pocket, well I don't care
Because I take everything in stride
I know what I want and I know what I like
I chose my lovers like I chose all my friends
I like them to be real fine quality
I'm loyal to a fall, mess with them at all
You'll find you're messing with me
No one can tell me
To get an identity
I was born free willed, I am that way still
I always will be

Take me away, take me away from my head
Like childhood days reading Tolkien books in bed
This is a day, a day that is crystalline and blue
Far out on the water
Far from reality with you
Out on your little boat we can face down the Pirates
With our sails unfurled we'll race the islands
To find all the treasure and golden medallions
Out on your little boat
I will be the fair damsel in waiting
And you are my chivalrous charge anticipating
This is the day we kiss for the very first time
Far out on the water you woo me
With sunlight, song, and wine
Out on your little boat we can defend from the dragons
And we'll roar with our cannons in victory
Living a solitary life of the sea
Out on your little boat
Oh how the natives with chant when we come to the shore
They'll celebrate us with a bonfire as King and Queen of the oar
What will we do when Posiden decides he will marry us
And all the gods attend until Queen Hera decides she will bury us
We'll slip away just before dawn sheds with light the horizon
And sail safely with haste joining in chorus with the sirens
Out on your little boat we can live 'til we're eighty and we'll
Give ourselves sailors names like Salty Dog and Matey
Out on your little boat we can defend from the dragons
And we'll roar with our cannons in victory
Living a solitary life of the sea
Out on your little boat

Oh how I cried
The day John Lennon Died
The Weatherman said it was a beautiful day outside
But he lied
Because my tears hid away the sun
All the beauty came undone
And the whole world cried as one
Bye-bye
I was eight years old
When John Lennon rested his soul
I stood frozen on my feet
In front of the TV screen before school
Helter Skelter was in my brain
As my little world quietly changed
And a day in my life went gray
Bye-bye
And the long-haired hippie people
Sang in central park, bye-bye
And everybody lit their candles after dark, bye-bye
They said, "All that we wanted was the truth, my God!"
But God couldn’t hear ‘cuz he was too busy sobbing
Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
I knew life was fraud
The day the Eggman met God
Millions of people dropped to their knees
With the bullet of a madman’s gun
But a little girls record would spin
From beginning to end to begin again
Now she’s fixing a hole within
Bye-bye
Now I’m fixing a hole within
Bye-bye
And the long-haired hippie people
Dreamed of Strawberry Fields
And everybody lit their candles
So they could feel, bye-bye
The prayers piled up outside of Heaven in the sun
With a sign on the door
“Imagine that there isn’t one”
Bye-bye
“Closed in honor of my Son”
Bye-bye

You always thought everything would run as you planned
You always thought everyone would be
eating from your hand
But it's funny, funny how tiny grains of sand
Get in the machinery and bring it to the ground
Well mother sure kept you a happy little child
Washed the dirt under your fingernails and let you run wild
But it's time to grow up now time to behave
Eventually Mum has to ween off her babe
When something is right it's because you are strong
When something goes sour it's because somebody else
Done you wrong
But it's time to grow out of it, time to be brave
And realize what you get is often what you gave

Daisyhead maisy is how I feel
And I'm thinking of my new favorite smell
And it is you
I am floating in the sky,
On a lucid dreaming high
And everything that has been repetitive
Seems magical and new
I laze the days beside you in the late day shine
Turning minutes into hours
With the hours in your eyes
And I'm happy that it's me
Laying in your company
Living out a dream that come to be
A vivid colorful reality
And I am not afraid
To admit that I am blinded
By the light you give off when you smile
Even if it's only for a while
It's True
Then I start to wonder why
How strange is life
When there's no way to explain it
It just happens you can't name it
So I count it on my fingers
And I blow it to the air
And follow it until it disappears
Behind your stare
And I am not afraid
To admit that I am blinded
By the light you give off when you smile
And it's you
In this amazing, daisy-head, lazy moment
That's caught in time, in my mind
Even if it's only for a while
It's true

I sure would like to take it back if I could
Sure would love to make it better
I'd stop the clock and turn the hand around back to the hour
But I don't have that kind of power
It's been said it's been done
The tide is set in motion by my careless tongue
If I could breath the words back into my lungs
But right now that doesn't matter
What a fool I am, I put us n this place again
When I want to begin again I have to admit
I got a whole lot to learn about
What a fool I am, I put us in this place again
Seems I just can't win
I have to admit I got a whole lot to learn about you
So much time is spent trying to understand
The workings of the next man
No one tries harder than I do, yet here I stand in quicksand
There's no doubt I fell out from my best intentions now
And that's what makes me human
So won't you please accept my sincere apology
And all the humble rest of me
What a fool I am, I put us n this place again
When I want to begin again I have to admit
I got a whole lot to learn about
What a fool I am, I put us in this place again
Seems I just can't win
I have to admit I got a whole lot to learn about you
My fear runs high when I think of what I'm losing this time
I've stepped outside from everything I feel in my pride
Forgive me I want to make it better can't I
Even if I try the truth has become my crime

You get under my skin, you make the sunshine from within
Like a wildfire burning, you give me something
I could not replace the sweet sight of your face
Even when you put me in my place
You give me something
It’s alright, it’s so good
Just keep on giving your sweet love, baby
Like a flame to the campfire wood
Livewire full of desire
You got me singing like a Sunday choir
I’m going up like a pyre, you give me something
One, two, eight-nine-ten
Tell me darlin’ won’t you love me again
Start pouring and I’ll say when you give me something
It’s alright, it’s so good
Just keep on giving your sweet love, baby
Like a flame to the campfire wood
I’m melting Like a candle from your heat
I want you to know that you do it for me
After so long your kisses still floor me
As the first day we started, I never do want to part
You got me waiting around until the sun goes down
Just to watch your fireworks
I love when you take your time
Start off with the evening wine and end up with the sunshine
You give me something like sight, sound, taste, touch
My senses want you that much
Your love is a gold rush, you give me something
It’s alright, it’s so good
Just keep on giving your sweet love, baby
Like a flame to the campfire wood

Watch the fallen mighty gods no longer standing
Arms holding up the sky
Their strength has faded peacefully with time
Like driftwood is sea-water bleached and dried
Crosses burned to smoke and ash lay like a book
And say the highest power is change
Wonder what we'll think of next to pray to thankfully
Hoping that we are saved
Hoping that they are safe
When random eyes hold no faith
When every heart feels something the same
It is a longing, when many minds feel estranged
By the need for one thing to temper pain
The pain of change
Bitter words in bitter mouths find time to shout out loud
What to give and who to blame
They send their twisted love like iron fisted velvet gloves
Beat down the wicked and profane
Beat down the wicked and profane
Who's at the right hand of God and where it stands
Who is a righteous man today
When their faces line those temples bare, mirror their empty stares
And echo everything they say
And echo everything they pray
When random eyes hold no faith
When every heart feels something the same
It is a longing, when many minds feel estranged
Well, I sit and I think and I look and I ask
And I wonder why all things have lasted
Aren't they all talking about the same thing
It is a longing, when many minds feel estranged
By the need for one thing to temper pain
The pain of change

There is a reason for believing in the seasons
To know that spring will always come around
It's to begin again though there seems no means to this end
Before one lays a body down
But thing that die and wither soon will find new roots and tether
To gather strength beneath the ground
I think that
Far too many soon forget the sound of their own laughter
Far too quickly we move swiftly towards the ever after
But I will stake my claim and I will find the rapture
Of a life profound
I cannot manage to estimate the damage
Of holding deep regret that seeks to pull us down
I see my life as a vessel traveling swift and light
I seek my wrongs to right where I run aground
And the wind that fills these sails speaks metaphors and fairytales
That never fail to set me safely down
I think that
Far too often we forget exactly what we're after
And far to soon we skip the book to read the final chapter
But I will savor in each moment I can capture
Of a life profound
When fortune wheels spin around it's good to stay in the middle of it
Cuz yes luck she is a tricky one, but there is joy in the riddle of it
And all that can be lost in another way can be won
And there in lies the meaning

Lady Liberty
So many feign sleep to drink from your breast
Mother to the Fatherland
Arms stretched out with a gun in your hand
A lady you may be
But you never are just what you seem
This cloak of many colors you wear is a
Colored perception
For all the world to see
You live your world on the brink of extinction
Damn what the consequences may be
Lady Liberty
So many feign sleep to drink from your breast
Stand by the wayside
Your flag is unfurled
History is scattered
Your story will change
Fickle lover, frustrated mother
Spoiled little girl
Lady Liberty
So many feign sleep to drink from your breast
Night is coming and you're still not home
Your children are calling out
And your garden isn't Eden anymore
Can't you see the forest through the fallen trees
Where are you now
This cloak of many colors you wear is a
Cloak of deception
For all the world to believe
You live your world on the brink of extinction
Damn what the consequences may be