Watching My Life Go By

Watching My Life Go By
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Studio album by Michael Hedges
Released	1985
Recorded	May 1985-Jun 1985, Naked Ear Studio, Palo Alto, CA
Genre	New Age, world
Length	40:23
Label	Windham Hill
Producer	Elliot Mazer
Michael Hedges chronology
Aerial Boundaries (1984)Aerial Boundaries1984 Watching My Life Go By (1985) Live on the Double Planet (1987)Live on the Double Planet1987

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Watching My Life Go By is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released in 1985. After two solo instrumental albums, Hedges supplies vocals on this release.

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Hedges except "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.

1. "Face Yourself" – 4:43
2. "I'm Coming Home" – 4:14
3. "Woman of the World" – 4:17
4. "Watching My Life Go By" – 3:16
5. "I Want You" – 4:00
6. "The Streamlined Man" – 3:46
7. "Out on the Parkway" – 2:58
8. "Holiday" – 5:14
9. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:01
10. "Running Blind" – 4:54

Personnel

• Michael Hedges – guitar, vocals, bass, flute, synthesizer, harmonica, wine glasses
• Michael Manring – fretless bass
• John Hanes – drums
• Bobby McFerrin – chant and solo vocals
• Hilleary Burgess – wine glasses

Production notes

• Produced by Elliot Mazer
• Engineered by Elliot Mazer, Michael Hedges
• Mastered by George Horn
• Design by Anne Robinson
• Photography by Irene Young