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Saturday Morning
01:09
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2. |
Staring At The Floor
05:18
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Staring At The Floor
Heard it all before
staring at the floor
words come tumbling out
the corners of her mouth
Cleaning up the junk
turn another page
envelopes still stuffed
my mind just slips away
A man who spends his life
trying to be happy
Soon finds himself alone
and what has he got?
So dear I wish I had
all the right answers
forgive me when trying wasn't enough
Found my old car keys
letter from a friend
telling me the things
that now I've grown to know
Prose about the world
tickets to old shows
journals that I kept
with tales of friend and foe
A man who spends his life
trying to be happy
Soon finds himself alone
and what has he got?
So dear I wish I had
all the right answers
forgive me when trying wasn't enough
It was you
kept me from crying
when the bad times came out way
It was you
kept me from letting
all the darkness swallow the flame
Every dog has its day
by your side I will stay
Took it all on the chin
still fighting to win
My love
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3. |
Chasing Sunshine
03:46
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Chasing Sunshine
I gotta dog that'll bark and growl
When I play the harp you should hear her howl
Go on and sing it
If you’ve got a voice to sing
Sometimes in life you gotta take a chance
Gotta learn to move before you learn to dance
Then shake it
Cause you’ve got the moves tonight
Go on and make it
Everything's alright
Well I feel fine
Yeah I feel alright
and I can’t get you
off of my mind
Would you care for coffee or a cup of tea
When the morning comes will you care for me
Do you love me babe
Or just my guitar?
Writing songs tryin' to pass the time
Kinda sounds familiar but with different lines
There’s only three chords
How different could it be?
Make up your own words
and change the melody...
Well I feel fine
Yeah I feel alright
and I can’t get you
off of my mind
Cause I'm
chasing sunshine
And I feel alright
well I just can't get you
off my mind
Writing songs just to pass the time
Kinda sounds familiar but with different rhymes
It's only three chords
How different could it be?
Make up your own words
change the melody
Yeah your life's for living
That’s a damn good philosophy
'Cause I feel fine
Yeah I feel alright
and I can’t get you
off of my mind
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4. |
Lemonade
02:28
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Lemonade
“Think I’d like to move”, she said
We should have bought a farmhouse instead
Living up here kinda hurts my head
I miss the fresh air and the homemade bread
It’s not that easy, so she just planted a tree
Saying “I won't move,
I’ll bring that country to me”.
I knew a hustler named Shane
Spent all his money on cocaine
Didn’t have a penny to his name
Now the only drug he takes is Rogaine
But he got busted down in Baton Rouge
With a trunk full of kilos
his picture on the evening news
Woke this morning with a headache
Staying out late trying to partake
Working all week, to break
even with the money that I don’t make
When life throws me lemonsI
I’m thankful it’s not in the face
pour myself a lemonade
and get the hell out of this place
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5. |
Cheap Old Cars
06:35
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Cheap Old Cars
Just yesterday
I felt so old
thought it all had
been bought and sold
It gets me down
to work so much
'cause with my friends
I'm losing touch
When everybody's rushing round
what they're seeking won't be found
so take your time and I'll take mine
and pretty soon we'll be alright
Some people change
when love is lost
they write a poem
and suddenly
they're Robert Frost
Some people get
a quicker start
spill some paint
and call it art
When everybody's rushing round
what they're seeking won't be found
so take your time and I'll take mine
and pretty soon we'll be alright
Then there's me
I write these songs
Sometimes it don't take
very long
It doesn't mean
they're all that good
but it's the thought that counts
that's all that should
I'm looking for
a simpler time
When we were young
and didn't mind
We stayed up late
getting stoned
and cheap old cars
were all we owned
When everybody's rushing round
what they're seeking won't be found
so take your time and I'll take mine
and pretty soon we'll feel alright
we'll feel alright
feel alright
It'll be alright
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6. |
Simple Things
04:47
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7. |
Summertime
06:49
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Summertime
All things must pass, aint that a shame
I was living my life in the fast lane
Your love was sweet like the finest wine
It was getting better over time
Trying to write all the greatest text
Never could prepare for what happened next
Bought our house and a book of names
Fell in love with sweet baby James
Growing older, rushing through life
Never noticed how time did fly
Stand in line for the roller coaster
There is no road less traveled by
Walking ‘round in hand-me-down shoes
Familiar faces slowly fade away
Buying all this life on credit
Never worrying about how I’m gonna pay
But you and me we’ll be just fine
‘Cause I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine
In the Summertime
You and me we were dreaming seeds
Floating on the wind and letting it be
One day we woke up with roots
Worn out soles on these working mans boots
Growing older, rushing through life
Never noticed how time did fly
Stand in line for the roller coaster
There is no road less traveled by
Walking ‘round in hand-me-down shoes
Familiar faces slowly fade away
Buying all this life on credit
Never worrying about how I’m gonna pay
But you and me we’ll be just fine
‘Cause I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine
In the Summertime
Yeah the days are growing longer
Warm breeze blowing through the evergreen
Ice fights back but it keeps on melting
You can go and blame it on that old jet stream
Pretty soon all the kids will be singing
“No more pencils, no more books”
Falling in love’s a lot like fishing
waiting for the right time to sink your hook
Burning down that road running at full speed
and a little bit of loving's all we really need
Life like the seasons seems to change so fast
But the memories of the summer are the ones that last
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8. |
Saturday In Paradise
03:18
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Saturday In Paradise
We don’t have the finest things
We don’t drive no fancy cars
We aint even got a boat
Or a private beach that’s ours
But in the summertime
We still try to catch ourselves a slice
of Saturday in paradise
Sun is shining off the water
And the sand and air feel so hot
Nobody got to work today
All our trouble's been forgot
Tunes are playing loud
And the drinks are put on ice
Saturday in paradise
See her splashing in the waves
Building castles in the sand
Picking out the chunks of sea glass
I collect them in my hand
Fire up that charcoal grill
lets smoke some chicken breasts
Don’t forget the hammock
So I can take my rest
Watching sailboats in the distance
And there’s seagulls everywhere
I’m relaxing with my baby
She’s wearing flowers in her hair
Everyone can take it easy
watch the day floats on by
It's Saturday in paradise
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9. |
Luna E Ritorno
04:33
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Luna E Ritorno
Star light my light
first star I'll see tonight
behind these eyes shut tight
from kissing you
Headlines, deadlines
no time left to make sense over
nothing I can't cure
from loving you
Bulls bears, who cares?
Baby I won't stay forever
chasing down these worthless
dollars earned
Work hard , for what regard?
Who knows maybe it's the hours
countless calculations
I've performed
Sold out, burned out
I've been looking at things backwards
time to give the love
that you deserve
One day they'll say
of all the things I held in value
Nothing could be greater
than her love
Softly kiss me
wrap our arms and legs together
try to make two bodies lie as one
My love above
our two hearts beat fast together
you're everything i've wanted
in this world
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10. |
National Grid
03:02
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11. |
Late Night TV
05:05
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14. |
Blacked Out Again
04:31
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Genesee Johnny Rochester, New York
Rochester, NY based singer / Songwriter and Blues Performer. Host of Rochester's Son House Blues Nights. I love the blues to my very core, but I also want to branch out musically into something more. People might not get it, but I like it and that's what matters. ... more
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