Michael Penn
Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is … Read Full Bio ↴Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.

Prior to the release of his 1989 debut album March, Penn performed the song "This & That" with his band The Pull on a 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live. Before that, he was a member of the Los Angeles band Doll Congress and had appeared as an extra on a few television series, including St. Elsewhere.

March, particularly the first single, "No Myth," brought Penn attention, as well as the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Penn's follow-up albums Free-for-All (1992), Resigned (1997) and MP4: Days Since a Lost Time Accident (2000) weren't able to match the success of March, although critics praised his songcraft.

Penn met fellow singer-songwriter Aimee Mann in the late 1980s, and during the recording of her album I'm With Stupid (to which Penn contributed vocals), the two struck up a friendship, which blossomed into romance and their 1997 marriage. Together with manager Michael Hausman they formed United Musicians, which is based on the idea of allowing artists to keep copyright ownership of their works and to assist with their promotion and distribution. Penn and Mann live in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have no children, but Penn has a son from a previous marriage.

He moved into film scoring after repeated requests from director Paul Thomas Anderson, who had apparently listened to Free-for-All extensively while writing his first feature Hard Eight and wanted Penn to score the film. Penn also scored Anderson's follow-up Boogie Nights (in which he appeared briefly as a recording engineer), The Anniversary Party, Melvin Goes to Dinner and the documentary The Comedians of Comedy.

His fifth album, Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947, was released August 2, 2005, on Mimeograph Records (Penn's own label) and SpinART Records. Penn has said that the album, which may be the first of two parts, is set after World War II and involves "the trauma that a war brings to a person's psychology." [1]

Penn's music "Walter Reed" was used in the fifth episode of House MD's third season, "Fools For Love".
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Michael Penn Lyrics


10. Battle Room This one is a bad one It's no lie But that's not…
10. On Your Way Bombs bursting in air Hazy from rocket's red glare All on yo…
A Bad Sign Now that we're alone; Trouble, baby, doesn't always come in…
All That Implies Filibust and hesitate You say I procrastinate And that my he…
Anchors Aweigh In her eyes the world began, The universe expanded In her vo…
Bad Sign Now that we're alone; Trouble, baby, doesn't always come in…
Battle Room This one is a bad one It's no lie But that's not…
Beautiful One more for the collection You've got on your wall Paint it…
Big House Without an invitation It used to be more fun Surveillance th…
Brave New World Baby's busy hiding in the bassinet Wonderin' if the third wo…
Bucket Brigade It's a kind of parade It's a bucket brigade Who got it…
Bunker Hill Always thought it was a game with us Move until enough's…
By The Book Always been horseblinded Could never see Past the two shades…



Coal Who'd of ever thought to Call that coal? If my hands were…
Comfort ...And you want to impress That you love me more or…
Cover Up What could it be What would you bet I'm not too sure About…
Cupid It's hiding in the corner Of every sacred place Before the a…
Cure For This I can see you in the summertime Throwing caution to the…
Denton Road I've heard people say they've come for miles To pay their…
Disney Years away With foreign girls The bedlam boys Took sand from…
Don't Let Me Go I want you to keep a piece of me In there;…
Drained "Here's the car you will be driving Radio works Take the 10…
Evenfall If you wipe the slate Let me start again from this…
Figment Leave it for a while; come back Leave it for a…
FootDown In a little while I'll forget your name And with the time…
Free Time I won't ever get used to this A blank spot Temptations Do re…
Half Harvest I don't care that you won't quit this notion Of burying…
High Time What a scene What a drama Just to find the door That…
I Can Tell Whatever news you had Whatever shoes you had Whatever made y…
Innocent One Sweet Miranda brings me the wine We have had our fill Of…
Invisible She's there separating Orange from rind And I sit at her sta…
Like Egypt Was I shook upon a bridge On a fault on the north…
Long Way Down Oh man, Look what the cat drug in It's got the dress,…
Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug in) Oh man, look what the cat drug in It's got…
Lucky One I'm sending out a call to arms From the cities to…
Macy Day Macy Day parade Solid on a station it is in the…
Mary Lynn Hold my head up Turn around Mary Lynn Hold my head up Turn…
Me Around The fire that this town can see Is me alight in…
No Myth So, she says it's time she goes But wanted to be…
Now We're Even Never been to Mexico It's only half a mile or so The…
O.K Baby, calm down Baby, come back down to the ground Let me…
On Automatic I'm on automatic And you gotta flip the switch Baby there's …
On Your Way Bombs bursting in air Hazy from rocket's red glare All on yo…
Out of Its Misery That's the way it goes You're going to have to See it…
Out Of My Hand I feel like I'm coming down with it All of the…
Perfect Candidate First she's going to relocate it To the southland Stake he…
Pretending Let's say that was then here we go again All our…
Room 712 The Apache We took the crowd, you were drunk and I was…
Seen The Doctor I loved a girl once Beyond compare She saw inside me And gav…
Selfish I want to you understand That I want you And I want…
Slipping My Mind Rats in my jacket I'm so impressed I am now seen unclean Was…
Small Black Box Picture this, a small black box To open it, unlock the…
Strange Season This story is past tense And I did not want my…
This I can see you in the summertime Throwing caution to the…
This & That Well you cut me to the quick …
To the East You din't aground in this flag-wavin I saw you waiting for…
Trampoline When you're on a high With no telling how You got…
Try I picked up that something of it I could still try…
Two Of Us Two of us riding nowhere Spending someone´s hard earned pay …
Walter Reed I count the cases piled up high For the 1:15. For platform…
Whole Truth Monday Seventeen degrees The shadows disappear All around…
You Know How Every eye will go to you You do not have a…


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