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    ****NOTE: for a limited time, every order comes with a free CD of "Going Somewhere" and a free download of "Umbrella Man"!****
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    Order the CD version of Going Somewhere, the new album from Scott Albert Johnson. Cover art photography by Susan Margaret Barrett (www.susanmargaret.com). Art layout by Denny Burkes.

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This song is about a guy who is not going anywhere, anytime soon.
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lyrics

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

credits

from Going Somewhere, released June 9, 2015
SAJ: lead and backing vocals, harmonica
Chris Alford: guitars
Tommy Raines: bass guitar
Kenny Graeber: drums, shaker

Engineered by Randy Everett at Terminal Recording Studios, Ridgeland MS; additional engineering by Ted Gainey at Windy Ridge Studios.
Mixed by Ted Gainey.
Mastered by Randy Everett.

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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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