LYRICS

Album: Wood Chips 

Fish Island

You remember this from the fish islands, we’ve been there before
You remember us when we took so high...
If someone would ask you to stay…would you
If someone should tell you to pray…should you
If someone would ask you to run…singing ..I don’t mind
If someone would hand you the gun…could you?

You remember us from the fish islands. We’ve been there before
You remember this when we took so high
We’ll cross this road again

If someone should hand you the day…take it
If someone should give you your fait…believe it
If someone should show you the way…singing I don’t mind
If all of us live for today…could we?

You remember this from the fish islands, we’ve been there before
You remember us when we took so high
We’ll cross the road again

Washing down through water…currents from within…away
Rising to the serface…reaching for the banks…away

Water falls come crashing…protecting virgin caves…away
Falling rocks of inpass…coursing with emotion…away

You remember this from the fish islands, we’ve been there before
You remember us when we took so high
We’ll cross the road again
We’ll cross this way again

Fields of Mine

Winters here and there’s a chill in my bone
And I can feel the weakness of my knees
I worked these lands that we call home
Did not see all the others left alone

And I’m already dying
Blisters on the wall, floors that used to shine

And I’m already crying
Take a look around…these were fields of mine

Been out west….smoked the best
Been without luxury and it put me to the test
And I’m no treason, there are no reasons
She walked right out sayin…this ain’t pleasing

And I’m already dying
Blisters on the wall, floors that used to shine

And I’m already crying
Take a look around…these were fields of mine

Hey hey…there’s a change up in the air
Hey hey…no more shattering of mirrors
And hey hey there’s a change up in the air

Where I Come From

You know it ain't easy…this never ending trail
And I cross the bridge…where I come from
Facing the colors…of an everlasting sun
Down by the waterside…where I come from
Mister listen to the song there upon the radio
Warning all of us around…when it all goes down
Got time to make it real….where nothing’s left undone

Turning out the creedance….from a distant drum
Some find truth way up in the sky..your best friend’s caught up in another lie
Take this wheel and run and drive

Crying tears of a river, are washed up in my soul
That’s how I run…that’s how I roll….that’s how I roll

Let me in….wash me out
This sin has got me running….don’t you keep me out!

You know it aint easy…this never ending trail
And I cross the bridge…where I come from
Facing the colors…of an everlasting sun
Down by the waterside….where I come from

Would You Be My Girl

With each and every town that I stay
Everything seems to come my way
But right inside where my heart resides
Something bigger calling out to me
Would you be my girl…I would be your everything
Run around the world…with open hearts and music sing
Would you be my girl would you be my girl would you be my girl
Your energy that comes from with in
You know it knocks me out and picks me up again
You make the hills come alive from a far
With each every daybreak there you are!!!
Would you be my girl…I would be your everything
Run around the world…with open hearts and music sing
Would you be my girl would you be my girl would you be my girl
Going down town, got my feet down, aint no trouble ahead
Going down town, got my feet down, aint no trouble ahead
Mamma told me that maybe some day I will find my one
Mamma told me that maybe some day I will find my one
Mamma told me that maybe some day
Mamma told me that maybe some day
Mamma told me that maybe some day that I would find my one
Mamma told me
Mamma told me
Mamma told me that I would find my one
Would you be my girl…I would be your everything
Run around the world…with open hearts and music sing
Would you be my girl would you be my girl would you be my girl
With all these blue skies here today
Every song seems to come our way
And if you hang around these parts here today
Would you think about it…and maybe stay

The Waitress

She is a waitress…but at home…she’s so much more
With trinkets on her dresser, and her heart’s kept in her drawer
And it’s the time that we’ve taken seems to pass us by
She is a dancer…with dreams of her own
She’s clothing her kids…where after
They’ll leave her house to grow
And it’s the time that we’ve taken seems to pass us by
And it all stands to reason
With words that fall far beyond
Take my hand, jump off your carrousel
And cantering she runs away with the ones she has raised…by herself
See the lonely seamstress…there’s no magic left in her hands
She’s caught in conversation with a find upstanding man
And it’s the time that we’ve taken seems to pass us by
And it all stands to reason

Sylongeret

If your up, hold your course, take your breath and breathe
If you sing, keep the time, its your choice if you rhyme
Leave it all, don’t look back, drop the weight from your back
One day your up on a rollercoaster
Next time your driving a plane
Far from above we’re gliding down
We don’t even notice the rain
Listening through forest of north birch trees
A cry from a train
Carving out steam as he roles on by
Conductor he calls out her name
Sylongeret
Sylongeret
Won’t you dance your night this way...

Wood Chips

Prism lights crawl through the trees to the kitchen
Where the hardwood table waits
She drowns herself inside a quilting of comfort
Waiting for the winter to pass by
She’s waiting for the winter to pass by
The wooden shack reveals the stories left untold
Dancing shadows thrown upon the wall
Ten thousand stars above worked with him through the night
Waiting for the summer to arrive
He was waiting for the summer to arrive
Will another time or place belong to them
She calls out…through the wind
Beneath the waves of the sea
She quietly returns to the woman
She used to be
Turning the handle to enter one man’s passion
She glances through the broken door
Kneeling she clutches the broom left by the wall
Sweeping all the wood chips out the door
She’s sweeping all the wood chips out the door

I’ll Be Home

I can smell grandma's cooking back home
Leaves are falling by the way to the cobblestone
And the trees all alive full of snow
And I’ll be home…for Christmas
And I’ll be home my dear
And I’ll be home for Christmas for a cup of love and cheer
Send you ticket…won’t ya hop aboard and fly
Santa driving plane…reindeer all be right on time
Please come home for Christmas…once again
Please come home for Christmas
Lay your head down
Lay it down..on my shoulder
I’ll be home for Christmas...again
Please come home…we’ll light a fire once again

Buffalo Song

One man breaks steel, while other shovel coal
One woman of conscious, while the other lives bestow
Trials of circumstance. washed off the old dirt road
Some need direction…while the others can’t be told
And I can see what their speaking of
In the cadence from…from the sun above
Mountains of crystal…sea depths far below
Raising swords bring synchrony
Phantoms scripts remain in tears of the unknown
And the buffalo roam

Your Magic

Well I cashed myself in for all its worth
Another gone down from another wrenched soul
The taste of your finish line with in my reach
With darkness there still shines a light
Well looky right there what the cat dragged in
Another temptation from a wanted sin
Crying through the cages till it hurts alright
The craving’s still tonight
I believe in your magic
I believe in your ways
Well there’s fourty- million people driving off the road
They say goodbye but I say hello
Fall through the valley of the unknown instead
With darkness there still shines a light
Well I caught these scars on the life machine
Laying down looking for my simple dream
I found myself playing in the devils scene
But I still feel all the craving...tonight
I believe in your magic
I believe in your ways
With a little sun light
Drops of rain
Makes it seem
Like it's all...ok

Erica’s Lullaby

Flying like the wind, here she comes again
Just moving right along, knowing right from wrong
With both feet on the ground, she speaks with out a sound
She reaches high…with the world in her eye
Erica…this light forever shines on you
Erica…this life forever shines on you…on you
She carries us home
She carrries us home
Erica…this light forever shines on you
Erica…this life forever shines on you
On you

Your Sweet Time

I got two tickets in my hand, setting out to make a brand new plan
I just want some of your sweet time
Moon creatures, double features, playing out in our minds
I just want some of your sweet time
Ya got daisy chains, traffic lanes, ya need not apply
I see that something special in your eye
Aint got no sunshine
I’ll take the rain
Give me some of your moonshine
Kick off a brand new day…ya make me feel this way
Ya ask for twenty I give ya more, I aint no dummy that’s for sure
I just want some of your sweet time
I’m a little lazy, sometimes crazy, my mattress is on the floor
I just want some of your sweet time
They always said…boy use your head..find the right girl make homestead
I just want some of your sweet time
Aint got no sunshine
I’ll take the rain
Give me some of your moonshine
Kick off a brand new day…ya make me feel this way

Julee Bird

Tuesday’s here and I’m traveling on
Treads on these wheels you know there wearing on down
And she’s riding six white horses
Won’t you come around again
Wednesday just another…day that’s gone by
Lay back in my tall fields…my heads in the sky
And she’s riding six white horses
Here she comes around agin
She’s the light in my soul
She’s alright...I’m getting old
My Julee bird
Thursday brings all my travels back home
Mire towers are run by the men of stone
And she’s riding six white horses
I need to see her once again
She’s the light in my soul
She’s alright...I’m getting old
My Julee bird

Maybe In Another Time

All the halls have gone empty, there’s a tension in my hands
Some ideas running through my head, hope she’ll understand
But the fire inside a crying lion is waiting for his story to be told
For the hand of a woman seeming out of reach
The one he longs to hold
Well the man on the radio playing out his song
I got both hands to steer
I’m thinking all back and to myself what crazy messed up year
Some roads take ya higher, while others take ya low
Sit myself down in this place, to watch her back yard grow
Just another resume…that’s in your way
Well the crowded highway heading north
Bring all the suits downtown
And I find my way down the staircase, till I’m back on solid ground
One man might be shakin, while the others quit the scene
Take myself out of the picture…she’s married to the machine
In a world that’s full of greed…that ain't me
Maybe in another time…we can get there with mystery on our side
Looking out across your sea…will you come to me
Well the candles have gone dim, there's no wine left in the glass
Man we had some good times…you might say a blast
Well the bands kicking out their jams tonight
And the patrons raise a beer, and souls of all the spirits fly away from here
Well the cast of a thousand poets scribe out their chosen paths
I think I’ll blow this red light…god knows I need a laugh
Maybe in another time…it sure ain't me

Rain

Lay myself down…wind…it is settled
River cries mercy...time it has gone
When its all over…as if it ever began
Jogging the memories…from a far distant land
And the rain…is all that I feel
Rain is all that I feel, its all that I see, its all that we are
Counting out the trials of time…just where to begin
You rise above uncertainty…with your back to the wind
And when it all leaves us…it was only a dream
And the rain…is all that I feel
And the rain…is all that I feel
It's all that we are
It's all that I see

Album: Balance

My Collectables

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Which way do I think
How far should I go
These new found trails of the past that I bestow

How high can I fly
What's that so far below
I hope there's room enough...I don't know

What's that I see...I can't believe
a time that I remembered in the 1970s
young and wild, we came alive
I dropped that needle down on all my 45s

There was a time when We wrote, some rockin songs
graffitied note books We'd pack along
Words that reflected, our place and times
Kickin ass and takin names believing in the kind
Oh..........but now I'm here
Oh..........I've shed my fear
Lay me down once more
Seal this cardboard door
My collections...
Treasures, journals, matchbox, photos, letters, trading cards, memoirs, sisters, brother, mom and dad...

Seal up my past, man what a ride it’s been, up to now
Relics of my times, packed away
never thought I'd care about the path that brought me this way
I'm much obliged to all the ones, for giving me each day

San Diego (Vacation Song)

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Jump on in we got lots to see
Right now...winds are blowin
With celebration of you and me
Hey now...songs are playing
Let the music just let it be
Right now...my heart is reeling
Can't ya feel it...from land to sea
There's no denial for what you mean to me...
Lord can't ya see

I get so lost in you
I get so lost in you
I'm so lost in you...
I always feel this way
With everything you've shown to me
Can't let this heart of mine retrieve

Hey now...come on over
Bags are packed, you know we're ready to leave
Right now...I just can't wait
Makin moments right...For you and me

With everything you've shown to me
Can't let this heart of mine retrieve
I get so lost in you
I get so lost in you
I'm so lost in you
I always feel this way

When it’s cold out...we got each other
When the day breaks...we got each other
When the night falls...we got each other
If the winds change...we got each other
When the storms crash...we got each other
And if our ride leaves...we got each other

I get so lost in you
I get so lost in you
I’m so lost in you
I always feel this way

Skydiving

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

I'm a butterfly...surrendered to the wind
This was your idea...that's how this venture begins
Suspended in free fall
Cloth and cord, with invisible thread
Let yourself release, the clouds will be my bed...that's what she said
Miles above the ground
In darkness theres no sound
all at once...what's this new love I have found

SKYDIVING...Free my fall away
SKYDIVING...My soul flies in the sky

Is that a tree...or just a shadow from above
In perfect peace...won’t ya kickstart my heart
Like a parachute...you know it opens up my mind
The sky is not the limit, you know the ground is this time
Miles above the ground
In darkness theres no sound
Then all at once...what's this new love I have found

SKYDIVING...free my fall away
SKYDIVING...my soul flys in the sky
SKYDIVING...I can see your house today
SKYDIVING...My soul flys in the sky

I’m Still

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Talk to me, don't think I've got it down, just yet
Walk with me, a course of direction, I shall accept

What are the chances, of a trade in the end, leaders of justice saying "we're ordinary men"

Captured away, with the currents, that’s been drawn for us all
Each verse can be, voiced with conviction, so many people, so many songs

What are the chances, of a trade in the end, leaders of justice saying "we're ordinary men"

I'm still, saying there's a better way
I’m still, here today
I’m still, dreaming from the Milky Way
I’m still counting, I’m still awake

Talk to me, don’t think I got it down, just yet

I’d Like to Be

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

I'd like to be in a, old time movie
They can give me any role
Maybe it be, kinda scary
Or funny...I don't know

You can be my director
Telling me what to do
After we win our first Oscar
We'll go dancing on the moon

I'd like to be in a rock and roll band
On a big ole lighted stage
With a sea of hands reaching out
I see the smiles on their faces

Singing songs for the young and old
Playing songs old and new
Maybe I can, get me a gig
Jammin on the moon

I'd like to be in a quiet room
And maybe talk to God
With much to say, but more to ask
He'll know, I'm grateful for what I got

If he's busy with his day to day
Could he meet me on some afternoon
He can reserve us a table
And we'll chat up there, on the moon

Trax

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

I'll find ya silver, and a little gold
Panning for color, since I was eight years old
A man of diligence, will grow in his soul
But there's a consequence, if he lays down to low

“I didn't do it”, cried a desperate man
There's red in the water, from a different plan
This town runs justice, saloon pours out its lies
Welcome back son, bother not to ask why

Preacher man leaves reason, offers up the word
Riders with a flag and contract, have ya heard
Coming from the north, rising from the kingdom
We've written up a law, we call it freedom

Our mothers earth, fights corroding soil
Our children's birth, why must we spoil
You can look at me, I will look at you
We better take a look at the co2

Dont your waist time, dealing out the blame
Make more of an effort, we all need to sustain
Like all our fields, like all of our lands
Take a troubled soul...why don't you take em by the hand

I'll find ya silver, I'll provide ya gold
Make more of a difference that's what we're told
Like our children's children upon they may fold
But I'm tired, and I'm old

One’s Goodbye

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

I am a watcher from afar, I've been asked to leave without a car
Unexpected gifts I bring to you, my hippie shirt I'll toss in too
Chase my visions, tried to learn. Paid mistakes from acts that burn
You never see me when I leave,
I wish you all, saw the better part of me

My hands are clinched from songs you sing,
shut my eyes to a haunted dream
Amuse myself to get by, abuse myself when I fail to try
The shows long gone...I stand alone,
I'm all checked out...I’m drunk and I’m stoned
Ya never see me when I leave
I wish you all saw the better part of me

Lucky

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

I am a lucky man
Been dealt a luck hand
The fortunes of grace
Sleeplessness denies
What is lucky...anyway

I am a wanted man
From a time I went wrong
Yesterday's headlines
Are tomorrow's recovery
What is wanted...anyhow

I am a ragged man
Singing lots of songs
Transcending hopes and fears
Neglecting greed filled cheers
Ragged...it comforts my home

I am a lucky man
Been dealt a lucky hand
With the fortunes of you
Understanding true

For the all of you...I'm lucky
For the all of you...I'm so lucky
For the all of you...I'm lucky

This Old Dog

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

This old dog, been round for years
Seen him grow up, he calms our fears
This old dog never turns down a chance to play
I recall the time he learned, to sit and stay

This old dog, he's our best friend.
this old dog, gonna love us to the end,
this old dog never stops to ask why.
But the hardest thing in the world...is the day, we say goodbye

This old dog, never turns down a bone
He even gets it when we want are time alone
This old dog always greets us with desire
Completes our world, laying by the fire

This old dog, he's our best friend.
this old dog, gonna love us to the end,
this old dog never stops to ask why.
But the hardest thing in the world...is the day, we say goodbye

After the Discussion

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Seemingly crossing the Tabloids
Following secrets of trails
Finding out nothing's reveling
Yet something needs to unveil

Whimsical thoughts have betrayed you
Defining a reason escapes
Still you have all of your pleasures
Rise to what you create, you create

Wave...Ships all around you take sail
When...This time will allow you to see
Why...Must there be reason to bail
I've heard what you've said, knowing you fled, escaping reality

Talks from a shameless advisor
Collects what you've earned, with greed
This friend here standing before you
Walks with your plans in need, in need

Wave...Ships all around you take sail
When...This time will allow you to see
Why...Must there be reason to bail

Come walk with me, run to me, don't forge alone
Take all of this in, we'll find our way home
Sing to me, bring to me all that you own
Forgive and forget when others throw stones, there alone...
...There alone
Summer time birds, filled with colors
Shopping for shelter in trees
Finding out what really matters
Can you believe?
What you see
Then like a new day, we found a new way
And it’s good to be home again

Old River

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Old river drift me down your highway
Old river carry me away
Old river share with me your wisdom
You know I got some time to spend with you today
Old river your such wise ole fool
Old river won't you wash my blues away
Old river tell me all your stories
I've made some time for your advise today

Sit on back son, grab yourself a stone
ya might think your by yourself but your not alone
When the devil deals ya pain and so much wrong
Ya just pay no never mind and move along

Old river you really are the boss
When your weathered circumstance, we feel your loss
Old river you've got your hooks and bends
Your opened arms to change and season trends
Old river drift me down your highway
Old river won't you wash my blues away
Old river share with me your stories
I got some time for your advise today

Sit on back son, grab yourself a stone
ya might think your by yourself but your not alone
When the devil deals ya pain and so much wrong
Ya just pay no never mind and move along

Old river thank you for your time
You age so well, like desired wine
Old river I'll see ya once again
May our continued paths cross, like two old friends

Mercy

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Would you dare to lay your gun down
Could you care to share your water
Calvary has moved along
Don't matter to me, this fight is wrong
Can't blame ya if ya pull the trigger
just doing what's expected of you
My feet are torn, eyes half blind, can barely hear
Do what ya gotta do.........

It's been twenty years, I pen for the TIMES
Calling out the wrong, lies and crimes
When in walks a man with a familiar face......pleading his case

Would you dare to lay your pen down
Could you care enough to listen
Ones I've hurt have moved along
Ones I love, ask me, “what's wrong?”
Can't blame you if ya print my story
Your just doing what's expected of you
But I have regrets, made mistakes, line by line
Do what ya gotta do

Would you dare to lay your guns down

The Garden Hop

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Whatcha gonna see, on this brand new day
Reaching for a radish, breaking off a Bean
Looky over dare, onions on the scene

Pickin out potatoes, pop em in a pan
Yankin out the carrots, cut em up by hand
Peter picked the peppers, how many did he pick?
‘Maters falling down, gotta tie em to a stick
Oh oh oh oh...I just can't stop
Do the Veggie hop

Whatcha gonna plant, how long will it take
Like a lot of lettuce, love little snow peas
There's kale on the rise, budds poppin on the trees

Pickin out potatoes, pop em in a pan
Yankin out the carrots, cut em up by hand
Peter picked the peppers, how many did he pick?
‘Maters falling down, gotta tie em to a stick
Oh oh oh oh...I just can't stop
Do the Veggie hop

She's my girl she's so fine
She's my clementine
Gonna take this chance, make romance in the middle of these vines!

Whatcha gonna reap, what's gonna stay
Whatcha gonna hoe, there’s sprouts in a line
Climbing up a trellis...there's pickles on a vine

Pickin out potatoes, pop em in a pan
Yankin out the carrots, cut em up by hand
Peter picked the peppers, how many did he pick?
‘Maters falling down, gotta tie em to a stick
Oh oh oh oh...I just can't stop
Do the Veggie hop

Don’t Let It Drag You Down

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

When the circus of views comes to town,
let your own thoughts trample the ground...look around
If the traffic’s to much to bear,
ride your wave on the constant aware...you can see

Don’t let it drag you down
Just don’t let it drag you down...anymore

I've seen the terms, endured the cost, felt the changes, at times I was lost. Aim for your targets, shoot for the stars. Just don't can your truths in some old mason jar
Don’t let it drag you down
Don’t let it drag you down...anymore

(Come forth calling)
When you hear the chatter of creatures behold
(Come forth calling)
with ringing echoes escaping the cold...for which we're shown
(Come forth calling)
There's always time to let go and believe,
(Come forth calling)
with choice of values for all to conceive...let them see

Just don’t let it drag you down
Don’t let it drag you down
Don’t let it drag you down...anymore
Don’t let it drag you down
Don’t let it drag you down
Just don’t let it drag you down...anymore

Let Mama Sleep Tonight

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

Let mama sleep tonight
Your baby's alright
It's been a hard December
The worst I remember
But she's taught us how to deal
She's always kept it real
Quietly dim the light
Let mama sleep tonight

There's a cold wind a blowin
Outside its still snowin
No signs yet of a robin
Daddy's out jobbing
But tomorrow's gonna come
Bring another day of light
So quietly close yours eyes
let mama sleep tonight

There's an old creek down yonder
A place she called in somber
But we never knew at all, she ever had that fight
But theres never been a day
Where she didn't kneel and pray
So quietly dim the light
Let mama sleep tonight

Balance

Music and Lyrics by Johnny V

If I take the time to work things out
Give me peace, I call
A monarch flutters, slows me down
Wash my hands in rainfall

Such a beautiful world to share
Close my eyes and breathe
Cast away, the storms that bore
Balance of life, be free

La la la la, la la la la, la la la la

And then in just one moment,
there's a glimpse that I've seen
Brothers with brothers
Sisters and sisters
Building cities of dreams
Their building cities of dreams

La la la la, la la la la, la la la la