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Love That's Here to Stay
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LOVE THAT'S HERE TO STAY Words & Music by Johnny J Blair copyright 2011 Word2Soul Music BMI
The world is rough and crazy, and hearts don't get their lift
You hear bad news about the people fallin' for some grift
But love has a way of mending you when you're worn and ripped
And I thank you for coming here and giving me a gift
CHORUS: You build me up from clay
With a smile you send my way
And a love that's here to stay
If I could say a prayer for every lip that was split
If I could write a song for every time I was told to quit
If I could break the news about the love behind my mask
Amazing grace is in your face, all you have to do is ask
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE: I have seen your eyes of green
Looking across an ocean
Your laughter echoes over the waves
Fills my sails and gives me motion
I have seen your eyes of blue
Sunlight dancing iris
Liberating soul ablaze
Love can always choose us
The heart can be so evil, the heart can be cold as ice
But evil cannot stand alone in the blaze of a glorious light
The world is rough and crazy, and hearts don't get their lift
You hear bad news about the people fallin' for some grift
But love has a way of mending you when you're worn and ripped
And I thank you for coming here and giving me a gift
VAMP CHORUS OUT
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Sunday morning
Brings the dawning
It's just a restless feeling by my side
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's just a wasted year so close behind
CHORUS: Watch out the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all
Sunday morning
And I am falling
I've got a feeling I don't want to know
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's on the streets you crossed not so long ago
REPEAT CHORUSES OUT
Song written by John Cale & Lou Reed. Published by SOLAR Music Rights Management, Rumblefish.
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Dumb Angel
02:30
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DUMB ANGEL Words & music by Johnny J Blair copyright 1990, 2007 Word2Soul Music BMI
Don't know you well enough to call you buddy
The kids laughed when I called your car 'a boat'
Thanks for the ride to the Bible study
Even though it looked like you needed a smoke
CHORUS: I saw Elvis crying in the chapel
The Dumb Angel writes his book
The Carpenter is waiting at the seaside
Used to have a ball in Avis
Waxing nostalgic at 14
Man can sing like birds but the women saved us
From basking in the music of the trees
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WELCOME TO THE OPEN DOOR Words & music by Johnny J Blair copyright 1985 Singnorbertmusic ASCAP.
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The Sky Cries (Acoustic)
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THE SKY CRIES
Blood is pounding through your head
Nothing makes any sense
You have a dark spot, a feeling of dread
Tired of sitting on the fence
Makes you feel like you're the only one
Who ever felt this pain
Makes it hard to see the sun
When all you see is rain
Chorus:
The sky cries, the rain falls down on everyone (2x)
But it never, never lies, and it doesn't last forever
Wish that I could say the proper words
And be a comfort too
Someone told me to stay right here
And pray it through with you
Just let it go, just let it fall
All these things will fly
I'll be listening for the call
When the sky it starts to cry
Repeat Chorus
The rain falls on the just and the unjust
The rain falls on the captive and the free
The rain falls down on the black and white
The rain falls down on you and me
...and the sky it cries, it cries, it cries
...and the sky it cries, but it doesn't last forever.
by Johnny J Blair, copyright 2005 Word2Soul Music BMI.
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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California
"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”--
Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others.
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Beyondo is beyond good, launching pop and jazz off into a fun and fascinating imaginarium, as if Miles Davis, Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson went on a wacky space trip.
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