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Pretty Green Lights
03:05
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Pretty Green Lights
Green lights all around me
Telling me to drive
Feeling like 100 years alive
Fading are the memories
Of how it used to be
Something bout it’s got to worry me
Thanks to all the beating hearts
The good and all the bad
Cause what I got is the best I ever had
Doors look wider open
Dreams they still remain
Smiling through the cold and pouring rain
Babe made me a believer
In the goodness of the earth
Fortune is what you think your life is worth
Goodbye to all the nuances
That used to make me mad
Cause what I got is the best I ever had
It amazes me
I’m so crazy
I’m your baby
For good
So when I’m working overtime
And your day isn’t through
I’ll tell you exactly what I’m gonna do
Follow those pretty green lights
Drive as fast as I can
Cause what I got is the best I ever had
What I got is the best I ever had
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2. |
Latest
03:43
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Latest
Lately I’ve been lonely
Lately I don’t care
To Let a day go passing by
I’ll be your one and only
As Long as I Can Bear
I will stand the test of time
I lay my touch with such precision
Make your latest dreams come true
You’ll have the first and last decision
Of how I’m loving you
Every day I find my
Self awake at night
Just a little slice of life
Waking up so tired, I
Get to work on time
I make my shift as the hours go by
I got a strong intuition
I’ll be coming home to you
I make love under one condition
That the loving’s true
Like I’m loving you
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Inspiration
03:16
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Inspiration
Send for me the moment you arrive
I’ll be waiting to move on
It’s getting that I can’t even describe
All that’s left of me is gone
It’s always getting late
Night hours calling but nothing I’ve penned relates
I never will relax
Till dreaming of demons and lovers start coming back
Some of them have traveled far and wide
To have made it on their own
Some see just an average passerby
From a window in their home
I’m waiting every day
If I was a singer I couldn’t have things this way
Silence would demand
That something or someone touches these bleeding hands
So why do you send me complications
When you could just lend me inspiration
So why do you send me complications
When you could just lend me inspiration
The night is just moves on
Plenty have fallen but I can’t catch even one
To see these tired eyes
Drift without warning is nothing I fear tonight
So why do you send me complications
When you could just lend me inspiration
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Jubal
03:54
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JUBAL
Never say a bad thing about it
If you regret what you say
All the times I thought it wasn’t good for me
Everything turned out OK
But once
In a while
I get a funny feeling
Inside
Gotta be thankful lord
To be here
Didn’t know much about him
When the good days were gone
In his face I saw my memories
But I didn’t stay there too long
Cause my
Frame of mind
It left the past
Way behind
Gotta be grateful lord
To be here
Never had a chance to say goodbye
I’m just left here wondering why
What would you do If I was gone
Would you write a song?
Now you taught me with reason
To leave the image behind
To see the complexity
Of every good friend of mine
Now I….
Took for granted
That you were doing fine
Forever grateful lord
You were here
Wish I could say that you Were here
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Different Eyes
03:34
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Different Eyes
All over things have changed
I’m displaced and rearranged
Thought my home would always stay the same
Never move and never age
As I move around in this great big city
The slightest turn means everything
With each transition
each new intuition
I’m lost in places I thought existed in me
My old friend asked me how I feel
upon returning home
I made him stop in the middle of the crowd and said
Don’t you feel all alone?
Ain’t it a strange feeling when there’s motion all around you
And you ain’t going anywhere
When unfamiliar faces stand by my old places
and drink from the glass that they once poured for me
With different eyes I see
With different eyes I see
Where are you now my love
Since I’ve been gone
The silence that distance brings
tells me we’ve moved on
So when I return and knock at your door
We touch and feel how joy leads to pain
Within each moment
each lovin’ kissin’ moment
I wonder if these paths we chose are what’s meant to be
With different eyes I see
With different eyes I see
(oooh) New York City
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Once in a Lifetime
03:57
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Once In a Lifetime
Floating around
High above the ground
For crying out loud
Once in a lifetime
Nobody Knows
How the story goes
Guess we’ll just let it flow
Once in a lifetime
We as people need to change
One whole life is oh so strange
The whole trick is to remain
And have you near me
Is it really so?
Don’t you want to know
What makes a heavy load
Once in a lifetime
Make a break and it’s gone
Don’t get strung along
With all that carrying on
Once in a lifetime
Though the scenery’s for real
All you touch and all you feel
Got you wrapped up like a wheel
That keeps on turning
Oh lord I’m learning
Is it really so?
Don’t you want to know
What makes a heavy load
Once in a lifetime
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My New Jeans
03:59
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My New Jeans
My new jeans
They sparkle and they shine
They don’t feel quite like mine
The old ones were just fine
Like Louise
Who came upon the scene
And brought me everything
And never crossed the line
All these words and stories that are told
Keep me guessing if mine are getting old
I am sorry
Sorry and afraid
If mine will make the grade
Like old forever rhymes
But not Louise
Who brought me my new jeans
A metaphor it seems
For giving it some time
SOLO
Like old pictures
Hanging on a frame
Life’s a serenade
On any given day
Let these visions
Come as they may
Some are gonna stay
That’s what Louise would say
I am standing at a door without a key
How I get through is all up to me
My new jeans
They sparkle and they shine
I’m glad to call them mine
For a little while
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8. |
A Thousand Times
03:28
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A Thousand Times
Time to take a train
Or board an aero-plane
Believe me
Time in love my friend
Is downright arrogant
Believe me
If I’m the only one
Who’d love a thousand times
I don’t mind
It’s better to play the fool
Than do the things you do
To hurt me
Leaving never ends
Memories pretend to
Desert me
If never come a time
Through my window your light shines
I don’t mind
I knew right from the start
If you were gonna break a heart
How could it be anyone but me
My soul has paid the price
A human nature sacrifice
I was just being nice to be
Life, love and sin my friends
Go hand in hand in hand again
You taught me
Nothing to take away
The years of yesterdays
You brought me
If I’m the only one
Who cried a thousand times
I don’t mind
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9. |
Let Me Love You
03:05
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Let Me love you
Watching the time slip away
Now that the feeling is gone
24 hours in a day
Girl, let me love you for long
Comes a time to take a stand
Tell em that I am your man
Baby it’s no good to linger on
Girl, let me love you for long
Too much work, no time to play
Days get longer every day
Knowing I’ll be sleeping by your side
Makes the working day alright
I’m gonna make it
I gotta make it
I got to follow through
But I can’t take it
No I can’t fake it
Cause I’m in love with you
And you know it’s true
Tonight’s the night for me and you
Not a single job left to do
Tell all your friends to leave us alone
Cause I’ll be loving you for long
I’m gonna make it
I gotta make it
I got to follow through
But I can’t take it
No I can’t fake it
Cause I’m in love with you
And you know it’s true
Tonight’s the night for me and you
Not a single job left to do
Tell all your friends to leave us alone
Cause I’ll be loving you for long
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10. |
Jubal (Reprise)
00:38
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11. |
Dignity
02:53
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Dignity
Whatever happened to the good and the bad
And the books and pages of memories
Whatever happened to respectable status
You were so glad to have your dignity
I remember when I first met you
The tales you told me were lies
How could you say goodbye
Whatever came of perpetual motion
To truly say what you wanna say
I expected love and devotion
Instead you threw my life away
Why did you take me to far off places
When you knew right from the start
How could you break my heart
Bridge
It’s a shame, it’s a sin
This old fix you put me in
How my dignity got scarred (marred)
It’s a nasty habit
To be so erratic
and to take it oh so hard
We are who we are
What if I told you that I truly value
Generosity and sympathy
That I try to respect the opinions
Of different voices inside of me
And the best thing that life has to offer
Is simply being alive
That’s how you say goodbye-eye
That’s how you say goodbye-eye
That’s how you say goodbye-eye
That’s how you say goodbye
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12. |
Boxes and Pictures
04:23
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Boxes and Pictures
The only place I know
Where the leaves cease to grow
No I can’t bear to look in boxes and pictures
No you don’t try to recognize my pain
Like a fool I stand waiting, I’m a shame
I try to move on
In this one room home alone
With all my memories stained because of you
You don’t understand
What you made of your old man
Still I can’t afford to look in boxes and pictures
I’d like to throw my sorrows away
Give them all to you just for a day
When the bleeding starts to slow
And your tears overflow
Will I be there to love you once again
Wouldn’t scandalize your name
Doesn’t help to ease the pain
Don’t know when I’ll take a look in boxes and pictures
You don’t understand
What you made of your old man
Still I can’t afford to look in boxes and pictures
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13. |
Suitcase
03:05
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Suitcase
Got my suitcase in my hand
I’m going back
Travelling across the land
I’m going back
If it’s really meant to be
I’m going back
I’ll see you when I get there
I’m going back
For the first taste of wine
I’m going back
Wondering if we’ll find the time
I’m going back
There’s a place along the way
I’m going back
I’ll see you when I get there
I’m going back
If you really want to be with someone
If you really wanna make it true
You know I want to be with someone like you
Hello daytime, here I come
I’m going back
To the place where I was young
I’m going back
Don’t know if I’ll make it there
I’m going back
I’ll see you when I get there
I’m going back
Goodbye babe, I’m almost home
I’m going back
Got you on the telephone
I’m going back
If we’re really meant to be
I’m going back
I’ll see you when I get there
I’m going back
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Jonny Meyers Queens, New York
Jonny Meyers is a prodigal son of Queens, NY. While a life in music brought Jonny around the world, the borough never left his soul, and now he’s back writing songs closer to the source. Jonny's large catalog includes eight albums of critically acclaimed songs drawing from blues, rock, soul, reggae, ska and country. Take a deep dive and you might find yourself humming new choruses for days. ... more
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