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To Live Upon The Land
04:27
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Words and Music by John Shough
To Live Upon The Land
Plans have failed, So wings will sail
Tooth and nail, Heaven or hell
To live upon the land, Touch the velvet sky
Fighting to live again and again with my hands and with my mind
To live upon the land, Under a moonlit sky
On through the night again and again with my ears and with my eyes
Blood runs strong, In a man reborn
It’s here I belong, Right or wrong
To live upon the land, Touch the velvet sky
Fighting to live again and again with my hands and with my mind
To live upon the land, Under a moonlit sky
On through the night again and again with my ears and with my eyes
I live upon the land…
To live upon the land, Touch the velvet sky
Fighting to live again and again with my hands and with my mind
To live upon the land, Under a moonlit sky
On through the night again and again with my ears and with my eyes
I live upon the land…
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The Wanted Man
03:53
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Words and Music by John Shough
The Wanted Man
Fever burning blue, Feel it in my eyes
I smell trouble too, What in disguise ?
The wanted man, is the wanting man
The wanted man, is the wanting man
Steered in by the light, Lost in the stars
A flicker in the night, Shining and far
Living in the universe, Healing the scars
Scour the badlands, Savior at Large
The wanted man, is the wanting man
The wanted man, is the wanting man…
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Shake N Bake
04:13
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Words and Music by John Shough
Shake N Bake
Shake N bake, Do what you want to do
Give and take, Do what you gotta to do
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
Shake N bake, Give up a part of you
And then you make something new with a part or two
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
So there’s trouble again
Do you need some space or need a friend
You can figure it out
And find something that works for now
So you shake and you shake
Till something drops that makes some sense
And you bake and you bake
The dream of something new
The dream of something true
Shake N bake, Do what you want to do
Give and take, Do what you gotta to do
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
Shake N bake, Give up a part of you
And then you make something new with a part or two
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
So it’s dull again
Do you need some peace or need a friend
You can figure it out
And find something that works for now
So you shake and you shake
Till something drops that makes some sense
And you bake and you bake
The dream of something new
The dream of something true
Shake N bake, Do what you want to do
Give and take, Do what you gotta to do
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
Shake N bake, Give up a part of you
And then you make something new with a part or two
Live in the moment and then you can own it for a little while
Shake N bake until your face is blue
Till your heart has given you away
Shake N bake until there’s no more cares
Till your mess is everywhere to stay
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Horseflyer
02:59
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Words and Music by John Shough
Horseflyer
Ridin’
Flyin’
Wonders to discover
What’s just beyond the hill
Searching ever still
Heartbeat racing, Love embracing
Horseflyer…
I’ve left it all behind
There’s something more to find
There’s another purpose and place
That bleeds and needs
There’s another freckled face
Horseflyer…
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5. |
Long Distance Affair
02:59
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Words and Music by John Shough
Long Distance Affair
It’s a long long way, From here to there
It’s a long long way, Do you really care
It’s a long long way, From here to there
In a long distance affair
Long distance affair, Handle with care
Long distance affair, Long distance affair…
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6. |
Freedom Blackout
03:28
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Words and Music by John Shough
Freedom Blackout
Freedom blackout, Freedom blackout
A life on the run and a ride into the fading sun
Freedom blackout
Freedom blackout, Freedom blackout
Could be a week could be a day or in a flash, it’s just a heartbeat away
Freedom blackout
No more golden mornings
No more fruited plains
Sunshine turned to rains
My fortunes’ are dark
All my blooms have fallen
My fertile field is dust
Metal turned to rust
A golden age of broken trust
From boom and bust
Freedom blackout, Freedom blackout
Less and less to choose and freedom is all that’s left for to lose
Freedom blackout
A landslide on a mountain
That crumbled to the sea
A tale of you and me
Forever and gone
A trip upon the wire
A fall into the black
A slide into a crack
From here and now
Forever and gone
A psychic attack
Freedom blackout, Freedom blackout
In a whisper or a shout like a shot, The lights can go out
Freedom blackout
Freedom blackout…
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Days In Shade
04:01
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Words and Music by John Shough
Days in Shade
I recall within my mind, Another place another time
A path that cannot ever be retraced
She was a child of nature it seems
The kind you find in the deepest dreams
That held a key that cannot be replaced
On my knees behind the big oak trees
I was watching you but you couldn’t see
How I longed to see you there
Then one day you came my way
That was when we would run and play
Like we were only ten
The days went by, we had to part
But you never left my heart
Misty mornings, summer afternoons
Spent alone I had to bear, so many days without you there
Pretending I could always see you soon
Days of shade come back to me
Within the gentile autumn breeze
How I longed to see you there
Just like when you came my way
That was when we would run and play
Like we were only ten
Days of shade came back to me
Within the gentile autumn breeze
And you were there again
Just like when you came my way
That was when we would run and play
Like we were only ten
Days in Shade…
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8. |
Searching Soul
03:05
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Words and Music by John Shough
Searching Soul
Here’s to the searching soul
So lost without a role
Without a home, Without a home
Here’s to the searching soul
Who’s gone down the rabbit hole
So alone, So it goes
When they cut you down to the bone
When you go without fear in the unknown
How will you know, Which way to go
Elbows knees and toes
Rinse repeat and flow
And there you go, The searching soul
Who infinitely roams
Wearing different faces and clothes
And there you go, The searching soul
When they cut you down to the bone
When you go without fear in the unknown
How will you know, Which way to go
Is there something out there that really knows
Something that cares and lets it show
Well I don’t know, I don’t know
Listen…
Shush…
Listen…
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9. |
Fall to Fall
03:21
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Words and Music by John Shough
Fall to fall
Piles and piles of miles and miles day after day
Time on the ground
Does it have to be that way
Slipped on the steam fell off the beam
Down we go
Taking a ride where there’s nowhere to hide
Fall to fall
One and all
We smell the dragon’s breath
We smell the dragon’s death
Balona the virus
The fears that inspire us
Phantoms at play
Hunting you down
But it doesn’t have to be that way
In sync in submission
The human condition
The blue turns to grey
Clouds on the ground
Misty eyes and tears in the way
Fall to fall
One and all
We smell the dragon’s breath
We smell the dragon’s death
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10. |
Argentina
03:07
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Words and Music by John Shough
Argentina
I went to bother you today
But you were somewhere far away
Maybe you went off and took a trip to Argentina
Maybe you were telling me ‘I didn’t really need ya’
Maybe you went off to ol’ Pompeii
For a little hide away
I went to comfort you today
But you were somewhere far away
Maybe you went off and took a trip to Argentina
Maybe you were telling me ‘I didn’t really need ya’
Maybe you went off to ol’ Pompeii
For a little hide away
Maybe you got bored and took a trip to Argentina
Maybe you were telling me I didn’t really need ya
Maybe you got bored and took a trip to ol’ Pompeii
Maybe you were telling me you just had to get away
Maybe you got bored and took a trip to Argentina
Maybe you were telling me I didn’t really need ya
Maybe you got bored and flew away
To not be here today
Maybe you got bored and took a trip to Argentina…
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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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