1. |
Going Somewhere
02:50
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Baby, look at me
And tell me what do you see?
This is my Chapter One
Let me tell you that I’ve just begun
And I can see my destiny
I see it sitting over there
Don’t you worry about a thing
Just get on up here
And hold on tight girl… Now we’re going somewhere
You’re my desert flower
And I’m your man of the hour
Now let’s be clear
I ain’t gonna disappear
And I can see it all
Just hanging in the air
Look in that crystal ball, and tell me, y’all, is it clear?
Full speed ahead now… aren’t we going somewhere?
Nobody is who they say they are
The image in the mirror is way behind the car
These are the times that untie men's shoes, make you trip and fall
And I don’t have an answer at all
I love you girl
Don’t you know you’re my entire world
So take my hand
We’ll fly off to that promised land
And we’ll be happy ever after
Up in that castle in the air
We won’t remember yesterday and we won’t even care
Here’s to us, girl
We’re really going somewhere
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2. |
If I Only Knew the Words
04:57
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I don't understand this situation
I don’t know the way that I should feel
Can't seem to find the inspiration
Can't find a single thing that's real
I’m talking about a negotiation
A meeting on a bridge that we can’t see
But I can’t stop this cruel reverberation
From filling up the space between you and me
If I only knew the words
If I only knew the song
I would sing it from the mountains
We'd be dancing all night long
If my voice could speak these thoughts
In a way that you could hear
You would feel the way that I do
And our love would reappear
I want to reminisce about tomorrow
Initiate a plan for yesterday
Take a great leap forward to evaluate each sorrow
So we could maybe choose a better way
But you don't want to know the plans I'm making
You know that things must be the way they’ll be
And all these remedies that I'm mistaking
For something that will bring you back to me
If I only knew the words
If I only knew the song
I would scream it to the heavens
With a voice that’s proud and strong
If my soul could speak the truth
And if only you could hear
You would know my heart for certain
And the way would be so clear
And this song goes on forever
And these dreams haunt me night and day
And I see you looking at me, and I don’t know what to say
Why does it have to be that way?
Ten years and I've still got the same affliction
I’ve started and I’ve stopped one thousand times
The metaphors don’t rise above the fiction
The melodies won’t match up with the rhymes
And every breath serves to remind me
Of all the times I've tried to write this song
And now that you have come here to find me
I pray this time that it won’t come out wrong
If I only knew the words
If I only knew the song
I would sing it from the mountains
We'd be dancing all night long
If I only knew the words
If I only knew the song
We would sing it together
And we’d be dancing...
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3. |
Jailbird
02:56
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Sittin’ here in my pajamas, wishin’ I could see my mama
Counting moments ‘til the morning light
Just a jailbird… giving up without a fight
Ain’t had a drink in thirty years, sure would help to ease my fears
But there ain’t no wine here to be found
Just a jailbird… crying without a sound
They all say that I am less than nothing
If they say anything at all
They tuck me into this dark corner
Far behind these lonely walls
But I ain’t bitching, I ain’t moaning, I’m well aware of the guilt I’m owning
Wish that I could wash it all away
Just a jailbird… lasting through another day
Sometimes I catch a flash of daylight
Right outside this window's iron bars
But it never lasts, it always slips away
And flies off, way off up to the stars
So I’m sleeping in this rotten bed, hoping that I’ll soon be dead
But feeling like that death I’ll never see
Just a jailbird… dreaming of the day I’m free
Just a jailbird… life’s gonna be the death of me
Jailbird dying in the dead of night
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4. |
Haunt My Dreams
04:14
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You come around in the middle of the night
You come around, I never see you in the light
You come around but it ain't what it seems
I only want you to haunt my dreams
Well, I am the Devil and you gotta understand
I make a man love a woman, make a woman love a man
I hear 'em cryin', Devil, come send 'em to me
I gotta fly 'em on down on those little wings
Said I gotta fly 'em on down on those little wings
Well, now Devil...no, Devil, no it ain't what it seems
I only want you to haunt my dreams
You come around in the middle of the night
You come around, I never see you in the light
You come around but it ain't what it seems
I only want you to haunt my dreams
Well Jesus was the only one who understood
But all it got Him was nailed to that wood
Well, now Jesus don't you act like you're bumming
'Cause we're gonna hang around here until the Second Coming
Said we're gonna hang around here until the Second Coming
Well now Jesus, no Jesus, don't you act like you're bumming
'Cause we're gonna hang and party until the Second Coming
Well now Moses never wore no disguise
No, he saw through the riddles and he saw through the lies
I tell ya baby, everything gonna be all right
'Cause if you're down with him, you're gonna be just fine
Said if you're down with him, you're gonna be just fine
Well, now Moses had the guitar, the Lord and the wine,
So if you're down with him, you're gonna be just fine
You come around in the middle of the night
You come around, I never see you in the light
You come around but it ain't what it seems
I only want you to haunt my dreams
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5. |
All
03:22
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Well hello, my name is Johnny Q
And I've got a little song for you
And every word I say is true
Please don't interrupt me 'til I'm through
I love my fancy powerboat
I love my sheepskin leather coat
I love my wife 'cause she's six feet tall
Well, I love my things, I love 'em all
I need an antihistamine
So I can feel good (or feel "well", I mean)
I need to build a concrete wall
To hide my stuff, 'cause I need it all
I need a 10-foot satellite dish
So I can teach myself to fish
By watching Channel 209
"All fishing -- ALL the time!"
Gimme gimme,
Gimme gimme gimme
ALL
Gimme gimme,
Gimme gimme gimme
ALL
I'm really not a material boy
I rent to own, I'm self-employed
But I've got this mirrored paperweight
So I can watch myself evaporate
[masturbate]
[deteriorate]
[incinerate]
I'm not the type to contemplate
The meaning of my life...it's GREAT!
Now excuse me while I take this call...
Well, I like, I want, I need it all
Gimme gimme,
Gimme gimme gimme
ALL
Gimme gimme,
Gimme gimme gimme
ALL
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6. |
A Bigger Gun
01:55
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We sing a song of fireworks and missiles in the air
Of cluster bombs and carpet bombs and the rocket's cherry glare
All this new technology is sure a lot of fun
But when it really matters, you just need a bigger gun
A little gun has its place in every arsenal
It's sporty and it's flashy -- it just takes a little pull
But when the job is heavy and you've got to get it done
You'll be a happy camper if you bring a bigger gun
Oh, we don't care which way the bullets go
And who they hit, we don't want to know
We wouldn't ever let it spoil our day
It wouldn't make a difference anyway
We'll raise the flag of glory to the rafters way up high
We'll drink a toast of memory to those we left to die...
And when the game is over and our victory is won
We'll thank our God in heaven that He's got a bigger gun
And we'd better hope that their God never gets a bigger gun
So we won't have to tell their God,
"Please don't shoot anyone"
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7. |
I Don't Remember
04:05
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I got no means to show identification
I got no papers show you what I am
You'll have to take me just the way that you find me
What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn
Empty stomach, empty head
I got empty heart and empty bed
I don't remember
I don't remember
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything
-anything at all
Strange is your language and I have no decoder
Why don't you make your inentions clear
With eyes to the sun and your mouth to the soda
Saying, "Tell me the truth, you got nothing to fear
Stop staring at me like a bird of prey
I'm all mixed up, I got nothing to say
I don't remember
I don't remember
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything
Absolutely anything at all
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8. |
Simply Human
04:52
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My hands are not made out of skin
And my heart is just a piece of tin
And though you may not be able to see
There's so much more to me
Because I think, therefore I must be
Simply human
My systems are programmed to believe
In the things that my sensors are designed to receive
But I know that I’m still not like you
So many things that I still can’t do
But it’s isn’t too far away
And I’m waiting for that day
When you’ll have no choice but to say that I’m…
Simply human
Ask yourself one question
What is it that makes you a man?
Is it the feeling of a woman's fingertips?
Or believing in a heavenly plan?
And if I could feel and believe and love like that
Would I be able to understand?
The future is here right now
And the past doesn’t matter anyhow
Because now I am a part of you
In this dangerous world so new
And it’s getting hard to see
The difference between you and me
Because I feel, I can truly be
Simply human
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9. |
Fragments
06:24
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I’m sleeping underneath the evening sky
I’m dreaming of a place far from now
Imagining you, right here by my side
Not taking time to wonder why or how
And up above, the stars are shining through
Lighting up a dark and ghostly screen
But you don’t see them quite the way I do
You’re looking at the spaces in between
Are we just a simulation
Of someone else’s meditation
Fragments of a deeper situation?
And somewhere up there, I can almost see
A place just like the one under my feet
With someone just like you, and just like me
Walking down an unfamiliar street
In a place that died ten million years ago
An ancient galaxy without a name
I take a look at you, and I know
The distance is exactly the same
Are we just an improvisation?
A divine hallucination?
Fragments in eternal acceleration?
And then the dream awoke and I was here
Alone again and looking at the sky
The separation is all too clear
And so we send our rockets way up high
But it’s all the same creation
Endless information
Fragments with an unknown destination
I’m sleeping underneath the evening sky…
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Scott Albert Johnson Jackson, Mississippi
Scott Albert Johnson was bathed in the wide range of the American songbook, as well as the sounds of his 1970’s and 80’s childhood. That diversity is at the core of his new album, Going Somewhere. Johnson incorporates rock, jazz, blues, funk, country, and world music, mixed with thoughtful lyrics, strong vocals, and virtuosic harmonica playing, to create a unique, modern concoction of sound. ... more
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