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Make With Me A Holiday
03:44
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Words and Music by John Shough
Make With Me A Holiday
Just another sticky summer
The fruit was rotting on the vine
All out of luck, oh what a bummer
So hang with me and kill some time
I know you got to go tomorrow
That only leaves us with tonight
With so little time to borrow
Let’s make the most of yours and mine
Mine, mine, mine…
Please make with me a holiday
Please stay with me on this day
Every year this way
Play with me on this day, our holiday
Stay with me on lovers’ day
Seasons change, the pages turning
And the fruit grows in the vine
Fashions changing, passions burning
Every year, same place same time
It’s really not a tragic story
There’s surly sadder still to find
A romantic allegory
One that’s made of yours and mine
Mine, mine, mine…
Please make with me a holiday
Please stay with me on our new day
Every year this way
Play with me on our new day, our holiday
Stay with me on lovers’ day…
Make with a holiday, our new day…
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Mystery School
03:30
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Words and Music by John Shough
Mystery School
One life to live with heart and soul
So you earn your scholarship to mystery school
So active with slide and rule
You earn your scholarship to mystery school
You’ve earned your scholarship to mystery school
You’ve got your scholarship to mystery school…
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Dont Build A Wall
02:51
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Words and Music by John Shough
Don’t Build A Wall
I can see you, almost reach you
I can hear your call
Oh to know you, get to show you
Everything and all
Don’t build a wall
Don’t build a wall
So come on over, share the clover
Green grass, leaves in fall
Get to know me, get to show me
Everything and all
Don’t build a wall
Don’t build a wall
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4. |
Followed You Down
02:23
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Words and Music by John Shough
Followed You Down
A taste so sweet but with a tang
Like lemonade with summer honey
I took you home so unashamed
At the end of the day it seems so funny
I followed you down
I followed you down
I followed you down
To where you’re going
It slipped away like the end of the day
Or lemonade with summer honey
I followed you down
I followed you down
I followed you down
To where you’re going...
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Blue Rocket
02:30
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Words and Music by John Shough
Blue Rocket
Blue rocket in the sky and I
I’m so glad that I see you
Blue rocket in my eye and I
I’m so glad that I know you
I promise I won’t tell now
I promise I won’t look down
Blue rocket in the sky and I
I’m so glad that I need you
Blue rocket in my eye and I
I’m so glad that I have you
I promise I won’t come down
I won’t look down
I won’t look around
Blue rocket I have you
And I’m so glad that I need you
Blue rocket I took you
I’m so glad that you know me
And I won’t cry, I promise I won’t run now
I promise I won’t look around, I won’t look down
Blue rocket…
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Take A Bow
04:01
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Words and Music by John Shough
Take A Bow
Take a bow, take a bow
Stand up for you’ve earned it today
Take a bow, take a bow
You’re on your way
Take a bow, take a bow
Never give up now, you know what to do
Take a bow, take a bow
Stars call out for you, call out for you
Divide, begin again
To thwart the sticks and stones
Thrive, do win again
As you stand, take your bow
Take a bow, take a bow
When you’re sure and when you’re in doubt
Take a bow, take a bow
Within or without
Take a bow, take a bow
For today you do what you please
Take a bow, take a bow
Get off your knees, get off your knees
Fight, believe again
Brave the rocky route
Decide, conceive again
As you plan, take your bow
Take a bow, take a bow
Love to live and live to love
Take a bow, take a bow
To god above
Take a bow, take a bow
Take a bow, take a bow
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Up On A Fence
03:21
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Words and Music by John Shough
Up On A Fence
How do you feel
Like I’m out of place
Tell me what’s the deal
With the human race
Tell me what’s real
I really couldn’t but I know what’s fake
Up on a fence, it’s my best defense
Don’t make me pick a side
It’s my favorite place to hide
Up on a fence
I have no regrets, no forgives-no forgets
Nothing bothers me
Its my favorite place to be
Up on a fence
Shout it out loud
No that’s way to bold
Own it so proud
That sounds way too cold
A shadow of doubt
Is really all it ever takes
Up on a fence…
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Swear To God
03:50
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Words and Music by John Shough
Swear To God
Is anybody home, we’re down here all alone
I hear you’re in demand, when things are out of hand
We’re only here for a lifetime
(I swear to god)
How can you throw me a lifeline
Just like the summer breeze, made a fool out of me
Just like the cold wind blows, and my garden grows
And we’ll figure it out, through the haze and the doubt
Just like the cold wind blows, and my garden grows
We’re only here for a lifetime
(I swear to god)
How can you throw me a lifeline
(I swear to god)
Just like the summer breeze, made a fool out of me
Just like the cold wind blows, and my garden grows
We’ll all figure it out, through all the haze and the doubt
Just like the cold wind blows, and my garden grows
We’re only here for a lifetime
(I swear to god)
How can you show me a lifeline
(I swear to god)
We’re only here for a lifetime...
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Somewhere Down The Road
02:39
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Words and Music by John Shough
Somewhere Down The Road
Stuck in the struggle of the urban jungle
Shoving and pushing without any cushion
Do what you please hope nobody sees
Scraped knees and elbows
Cities on mountains with large flowing fountains
Paused on fast forward ever move toward
Things all about us that do fine without us
One would only hope
While you were sleeping they sent out a beeping
Beware of fair weather sooner than later
You ought to get to it if you want to get through it
Somewhere down the road
Cities on mountains with large flowing fountains
All await for you and how they adore you
Paused on fast forward ever move toward
Somewhere down the road
Paused on fast forward ever move toward
Cities on mountains with large flowing fountains
Stuck in the struggle of the urban jungle
No one ever knows
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On Trial
03:37
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Words and Music by John Shough
On Trial
All washed up on the rocky shallows
Waiting it out, deep in the shadows
Creep in the night, past the dingy gallows
Where the frozen ghosts would host anyone who follows
We’re on trial…
The sun came up in a place of darkness
Where the heartless feared the good that feared the harmless
Tepid minds and lukewarm progress
The daughters feared the fathers who feared the heartless
We’re on trial…
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John Shough Dayton, Ohio
Singer-Songwriter - Producer-Engineer
Former chief engineer at Dayton's legendary Cro-Magnon Studios, recorded projects with Guided By Voices, The Breeders, Tobin Sprout & many others.
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