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Southern Song
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Southern Song
Written by Josh Johnston & Doug Kinch
© 2022 Copyright Control
You’ve never been down this street before,
Never wound up outside my door,
Way Back Home has always been my thing,
And your City Lights ain’t the song I sing
But compass points never hold you down,
You took a reading on my hometown,
I was waiting for your word of mouth,
You blew hot and cold, Now you’re heading south,
Southern Song,
You’ve come to hear a southern song,
City station in the morning sun,
Old Grey Northern’s making platform 1
No destination, No turning back
Sleeper’s wake while I’m here on track,
I don’t know if you’ll think I lied,
Or if you’ll chill under southern skies,
I’ve got you and we’ll be ok,
The needle spins and it points the way,
Southern Song
We’ve come to hear your southern song,
Southern Song
Can’t wait to hear your southern song,
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(I Save You) Lodi
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(I Save You) Lodi
Written by Josh Johnston & Doug Kinch
© 2022 Copyright Control
Lodi, Lodi,
For what it’s worth,
I don’t want to rescue you,
I’d rather save the earth,
I’ve got my own agenda,
I’ve got my number one,
And you can take your chances,
Find your place out in the sun,
But when I see you losing it,
When I see you fading fast,
The little piece of conscience, girl,
It wakes me up at last,
And then I save you, Lodi, one more time,
I just save you, Lodi, just in time,
And I’m not saying that they’ve got you on the run,
And you’re wrapped around their fingers,
And they’re having too much fun,
But sometimes I wonder who’s really paying the price,
When you’re the one who’s last to leave,
But you’re the first one thinking twice,
When I see you wasting it,
When I see you hurting hard,
All that sweetness in the desert air,
It makes me get so mad,
And then I save you, Lodi, one more time,
I just save you, Lodi, just in time,
Lodi, Lodi,
You could say it’s just a phase,
And you see better times ahead,
And I’ve seen better days,
And there ain’t no question,
Sure there ain’t no doubt,
I fought all my demons long before you were about,
But when I see you solo,
When I see you all alone,
Someone turns the light back on and I know where I’m going,
And then I save you, Lodi, one more time,
I just save you, Lodi, just in time,
Yes I save you, Lodi,
I just save you, Lodi, one last time !
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Is It Still Called Love ?
Written by Josh Johnston & Doug Kinch
© 2018 Copyright Control
Tell me the chances, count me the ways of
these modern romances to light up my days
I’ve been a stranger, I've been meaning to call
I’ve been out of danger but I've been missing it all
won’t you tell me what you think I should know
you could take me where I’m needing to go
because I'm shy and I've been hedging my bets
but I'm still looking for as good, as good as it gets
Is it still called love?
Is it still called love?
Too many people got my life in their sights
they think they've got me figured and they're picking their fights
too many exes never meet me half-way
too many meet-and-greets with nothing to say
but if you're here and it's still in your gift
well I'm future-proofing and I'm needing a lift
so take me on and take me out of the past
'cause there's something, something I've been meaning to ask
Is it still called love?
Is it still called love?
And any name that you like, well it's gotta be true
'cause I'm back in the light and I'm looking for you
Tell me the chances, count me the ways of
these modern romances to light up my days
I’ve been a stranger, I've been meaning to call
I’ve been out of danger but I've been missing it all
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Mrs. Gogo
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Mrs. Gogo
Written by Josh Johnston & Anne-Cassandre Ledoux
© 2019 copyright control
Mrs Gogo Feeling so alone,
Mr Gogo doesn’t even phone
Mrs Gogo...
Mr Gogo always on the road
Mrs Gogo always on her own
Mr Gogo…
Mrs Gogo wonders about her man
Mr Gogo doesn’t understand
Mrs Gogo
Go, go whereever you must
Mister Gogo disappears into Dust
Love affairs stuck between boom and bust,
Mrs Gogo
Mrs Gogo loves thunderstorms
Mr Gogo is always on his own
with Mrs Gogo
Mr Gogo is off to work again
but Mrs Gogo says it’s hard to find a friend
like Mr Gogo
Go, go wherever you may
Mrs Gogo will resume every day
Love affairs, compromise, making strange,
Mrs. Gogo, Mrs. Gogo
Mr Gogo can't help but feel the bond
Mrs Gogo is always going Wrong...
Mr Gogo
Mrs Gogo will not change a thing
Mr Gogo bought her a wedding ring
Mrs Gogo,
Mrs. Gogo
Where will they go ?
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Mountaineering
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Mountaineering
Written by Ronan Swift
© Copyright Control
I’ve been climbing mountains,
I’ve been mountaineering all day,
As I look at these foothills,
I see mountains in my way,
so this life keeps on turning,
It warms you up and it turns you grey,
And the love that you’re yearning
evaporates away,
I’m gonna get it,
I know I’m gonna get it,
I know
If my head can find a foothold, my heart will use its hands,
to push on up this cliff-face and to spy my promised land,
Raise me up to the peak of this sensitive summit
where balance is the key
to the panoramic possibilities within me,
I’m gonna get it,
I know I’m gonna get it,
I know
I’ve been climbing mountains,
I’ve been mountaineering all day,
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Melt Into The Room
04:28
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Melt Into The Room
Written by Josh Johnston & Marianne Milde
© 2019 Copyright Control
Your lips are saying words I cannot believe
Fever is rushing high
The feeling this has been on the tip of your tongue
My mouth is becoming dry
We rendezvous here at a quarter to three
On the edges of our lives
A secret ready to be released to the world
The pain of not going
A place where nobody knows your name
A place where nobody knows your name
your eyes are telling me things I dare not believe
Feels like you've turned up the heat
So much to learn while there is so much to hide
The fear of not knowing
A place where nobody knows your name
A place where nobody knows your name
a place where nobody knows my name
a place where espresso fuels the everyday
Real-life hides in the shadowplay
Some dreams must leave, some dreams must stay
As we melt into the crowd
The cast is telling me words that I must write down
Although I do not know the scene
The actors walking on and walking off
I have no idea where they have been
I am an observer and I will witness these
Highs and lows, hellos and goodbyes,
With no idea of how the story ends
A place where nobody knows your name
A place where nobody knows your name
A place where nobody knows my name,
A place where nobody knows you,
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Darkness By Your Head
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Darkness By Your Head
Written by Josh Johnston & Doug Kinch
© 2021 Copyright Control
I don’t know where you think you’re going,
I can’t think for you,
But in time I might wind up knowing,
Won’t you let me through ?
Come the hour, come the time that suits me,
Last survivor breed,
No more friends, no more foes pursue me,
There’s just one thing I need,
Wear your darkness by your head,
No need to compromise your ways now,
No need for pleasing me,
I know you’re wise beyond your days now,
I’ll follow willingly,
Your shadows come and they shade to sunset,
You’ve been here before,
This dark eclipse is the closest I get
To resting at your door,
Wear your darkness by your head,
And yes I come from a long line of fools,
And endless lightweight frauds,
But I know the ropes, babe, and you know the rules,
And so I’m playing my way round the odds,
Planet mother, Goddess lover, Pagan poet, Queen,
I’m looking you straight in the eye,
And I’ll go for you moods, and your extreme
If I’m welcome in your night sky,
Wear your darkness by your head,
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He Is Here
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He Is Here
Written by Josh Johnston
© 2019 Copyright Control
He is here,
He’s in the kitchen, he’s having another beer,
I know that might seem a little weird,
There he is,
A sleeping partner from another age,
Another story on another page,
He helped me live when I was feeling low,
Taken by the hand many years ago,
A light is shining you will never know,
Here tonight,
And he knew to come,
The rendezvous was set many years ago,
Now he’s slow to leave my happy home,
He’s in the sky when the stars shine out,
He’s on the pier as I take a stroll,
In the crowd when I’m walking home,
And here tonight,
Here tonight,
He is eating the cake, chatting to your cousin,
He is telling his jokes, oh so sarcastic,
He is playing a tune, solving a riddle,
Can it be that he’s not really here ?
He is testing the brew, he is a piece in the puzzle,
He’s playing a tune, is he playing a game ?
Sleeping on your bed to get a second wind,
He has never been more in the building,
He has never been more in the building,
And now the guests have gone,
And we are left to tidy up alone,
But there’s still a third person in the room,
An interloper in the midnight gloom,
A returning friend from across the sea,
He is here,
He is here,
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Reasons To Fly
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Reasons To Fly
Written by Josh Johnston & Jessi Mason
© 2019 Copyright Control
A stranger in her own backyard
Unsure of what lies ahead
Never seen the mountains, or the wind farms
On a road that never seems to bend,
Lucid dreams, New directions,
One more reason to fly
She hits the gas and rolls until she finds it
Twenty-three hours on the road
Three more days till journey's end,
Stop for sleep, coffee to go
Find a paper, phone a friend
Doubts and fears about what she’s leaving
Many reasons to fly,
She hits the road and runs until she
Finds things in the lightning storm
Electric pull toward something new
Ownership of her mistakes
The willingness to say goodbye
The bittersweet of moving on
Drop off the keys And then she's gone,
Hopes and dreams, destinations
Many reasons to fly,
She hits the gas and rolls until she finds
She's a stranger in her own backyard
No idea of what lies ahead
She’s not seen the mountains, or the wind farms,
The road never seems to end.
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Josh Johnston Dublin, Ireland
Pianist / Singer / Songwriter from Dublin, Ireland 4 Solo CDs, 2 Singles & 2 EPs available - new songs album coming Spring 2022
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