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Across The Wide
03:52
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ACROSS THE WIDE
Words & Music by John Shough
I have built a fire burning in the night
Far across the wide
The smoke is drifting higher
As it parts the fading light
Far across the wide
Traveling through time & through space
Parallel lines of star rays
Come shining down before my eyes
Somehow these things are no surprise
I attempt a signal & answer to a call
From far across the wide
And I await an answer, a message in the fog
From far across the wide
Traveling through time & through space
Parallel lines of star rays
Come shining down before my eyes
Somehow these things are no surprise
Across the wide...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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Into The Dream
02:25
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INTO THE DREAM
Words & Music by John Shough
My first time out to sea
I didn't know what to think
Wondered what would be
If I fell into a dream
And I fell all over
Into the dream...
Into the dream...
The second time how to sea
I didn't know what to think
Wondered what would be
If I fell into a dream
And I fell all over
Into the dream...
Into the dream...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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Twisted Paths
03:37
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TWISTED PATHS
Words & Music by John Shough
All those twisted paths
Forks divide the road
Lost which way to go
Which way is free?
All those thoughts & deeds
Soil & the seeds
The snakes within the weeds
Won't let you be
A ship on the ocean
Seeking love & devotion
Like air to breathe
When the morning comes, you just move on
When the light is gone, till the morning sun
When darkness lifts its veil, it's time to set the sail
All those charts & maps
Grids made out of squares
Shoot the signal flares
When lost at sea
All those hills & plains
The sunshine & the rains
The pleasures & the pains
A human being
A ship on the ocean
Giving love & devotion
Like air to breathe
When the morning comes, you just move on
When the light is gone, till the morning sun
When darkness lifts the veil, it's time to set the sail
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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Circle Straight
03:54
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CIRCLE STRAIT
Words & Music by John Shough
We sell seashells by the shore at night
We fell free fell by the four in flight
Time after time after time after time
Time at night, time in flight
Round & round & round & round &
Round & round it goes
Always never always circle straight
Time after time after time after time
Time at night, time in flight...
Round & round & round & round &
Round & round it goes
Always never always circle straight...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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Stop And Go
03:37
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STOP AND GO
Words & Music by John Shough
I came to here from the other side
I felt no fear around here 'cause I didn't know
So sincere with my holy pride
Turn me on, turn me off
You're like stop and go
Stop and go now
Your heart will show
When it's stop and go
You were in town & I talked to you
Only around a few days, said you couldn't stay
I was around for a day or two
Turn you on, turn you off
You're like stop and go
Stop & go now
Your heart will show
When it's stop and go
It's never over with time still left to ride
Around the corner, another turn to try
(And I should have known better)
Mine's not a world with a focused eye
But I still try as I might if the light rings true
My life's a whirl in a stormy sky
In the day when the grey forms out of the blue
Somehow it just stops & goes now
Your heart will show
When it stops & goes now
It's never over with time still left to ride
Around the corner, another turn to try
(And I should have known better)
It's stop and go
Your heart will show now
When it's stop & go now
It's what will show
When it's stop & go now...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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6. |
Frame Of Mind
03:38
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FRAME OF MIND
Words & Music by John Shough
A tide, a move, a stride
A quantum leap & mission creep
A toll, a tumble roll
A shot to bowl, it's find & seek
Delight, a known, a right
Hidden insight, a trick & treat
I wish not to make you uncomfortable
I only wish to make you see
Lines with squares & trines
Arrows & signs, some hard to see
Space with time a place
An idle race for to complete
The door is creaking open & it's time to go
It's different every time, the panoply
Find a frame of mind
A frame of yours, a frame of mine
Find a frame of mind
A frame so sweet yet undefined
Find a frame of us
A frame of trust, a frame of mind
A frame of mind...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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7. |
Never Met A Stranger
02:45
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NEVER MET A STRANGER
Words & Music by John Shough
Always going somewhere like a busy little bee
I'm there & I'm with her, but she's really not with me
She waves & she smiles to every man she sees
And I'm lost in the forest where there isn't any trees
It's like I'm stuck in traffic in a car that overheats
It's my hands on wheel but she's in the driver's seat
She smiles & she waves to the men out in the street
She's always starting fires to complete the summer heat
Round & round & round & round...
Hey that's my girl, yeah she never met a stranger
She was my world, but I think this thing's in danger
I'm in a whirl & I'm never gonna change her
Round & round & round & round...
It's like I'm stuck in traffic in a car that overheats
It's my hands on wheel while she's in the driver's seat
She waves & she smiles to every man she sees
I'm lost in the forest where there isn't any trees
Round & round & round & round...
Hey that's my girl, yeah she never met a stranger
She was my world, but I think this girl's in danger
I'm in a whirl & I'm never gonna change her
Round & round & round & round...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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8. |
Long Holiday
04:08
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LONG HOLIDAY
Words & Music by John Shough
I heard the news today, the look was on your face
There was something to say to someone
Daylight & shadow play
With a touch of grey betrays the sun
So you're going on a long holiday
(are you going to say?)
How long will you be going away?
How long will you stay?
There was no fight, there was no sentiment
Just the announcement & a plan to go
About the time the sun had set
The day had come & went
And the truth was unknown
So you're going on a long holiday
(are you going to say?)
How long will you be going away?
How long will you stay?
It's just time...
It's just fine...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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Now And Then
03:54
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NOW AND THEN
Words & Music by John Shough
Now & then, I get that old feeling again
So I grin & have to get wise all again
To the spin, emotional burns never end
Again still coming around now & then
(Now & then I...you...we...)
Still remaining strong
As the day is long
After all the wrong
I know where I belong
It's just the way it goes
For why no-one knows
Sometimes it really shows
When the cold wind blows
Then & now, I get that old feeling & how
What does it mean to suffer again & go down
Now & then, I get that old feeling again
So I grin, emotional burns never end
(Now & then I...you...we...)
It's just the way it goes
For why no-one knows
Sometimes it really shows
When the cold wind blows
(Every now & then...)
Still remaining strong
As the day is long
After all the wrong
I know where I belong...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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10. |
Damage Control
03:28
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DAMAGE CONTROL
Words & Music by John Shough
Everything will be alright somehow someway
It feels like the world in a swirl went to hell today
Now it feels so unreal the true deal will never be known
Still survived, still alive & stuck with damage control
What a pity, Fat City had to let us down
It's just the same here, dear - nobody wants us around
We burned out our turns & we learned we never will know
What it's like to live life all in spite of damage control
We live inside a light, It was a gift so
We try to deny the lies that we know
It's every hour, all hour, damage control
The tangerine dream has grown so stale
And who's the blame for the Sun King has grown so pale
It feels so unreal the true deal will never be known
Still survived, still alive & stuck with damage control
We live inside a light, It was a gift so
We try to deny the lies that we know
It's every hour, all hour, every hour,
Damage control, damage control...
Copyright © 2019 John Shough [BMI] - All Rights Reserved
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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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