Name: Turn Out Fine
Duration: P00H03M27S
Description: I wrote the lyrics to this song way back in 2000, while I was still living in Washington, DC (hence the reference to the “Orange Line”. This song is about “the one that got away”; it’s not autobiographical, but I think most people can relate. The one-line cameo on background vocals is by Jackie Bell, one of the most popular blues singers in Jackson.

Turn Out Fine

from Umbrella Man by Scott Albert Johnson

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I wrote the lyrics to this song way back in 2000, while I was still living in Washington, DC (hence the reference to the “Orange Line”. This song is about “the one that got away”; it’s not autobiographical, but I think most people can relate. The one-line cameo on background vocals is by Jackie Bell, one of the most popular blues singers in Jackson.

lyrics

When I was still a young man, she was always there for me
She said I was her hero, and I always tried to be
She didn’t have much confidence, but I let her borrow mine
And every day I just had to say, “Girl, you’re gonna turn out fine”

Well, time went by, and one day I was lying in my bed
She came to me with a sad, sad look, and then she softly said
“You’re not the man I used to know”… and I guess that was a sign
That if she stayed just one more day, things wouldn’t turn out fine

That was fifteen years ago… I’m married, got a kid
But I still smile after all this while ‘bout those crazy things we did
I saw her just the other day, riding the Orange Line
She didn’t recognize me but she sure did turn out fine

credits

from Umbrella Man, released May 8, 2007
Harmonica, vocals: Scott Albert Johnson
Guitars: Skeet Myers
Drums: Michael Pollock
Bass: Gabriel Golden
Piano: Donovan Thigpen
Backing vocals: Jackie Bell

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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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Float

date unknown
Going Somewhere

Jun 2015
Umbrella Man

May 2007

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