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Light of Day

by John Allen James

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Light of Day 03:33
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I want to steal another rainbow I'll leave behind the pot of gold I don't remember what I came for But I don't need the weight of more Why's it so hard Trying to get it right I fumble through the dark Looking for the light... of the day If you look to me for visions I might not have that much to say Please don't wait for my decision I'm just trying to find my way Why's it so hard Trying to get it right I fumble through the dark Looking for the light... of the day Before I drown in my consumption I'd really rather let it go I can't buy another something When what I need now is to know Why's it so hard Trying to get it right I fumble through the dark Looking for the light... of the day
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Wonderful 03:26
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This story might not be new But now the words are mine Please listen as I tell you How I see you through my eyes You're not afraid of dreaming You're afraid they can't be real I can't believe that you can't see How great you make me feel The eyes are people's windows And I've looked into their souls In yours lies something special You might not even know And I want to scream please notice me But it's not within my style I stand as silent as a tree As the words stay stuck inside I want to say All I feel But a thousand years Is not long enough If I have Just one word Wonderful Is what you are Maybe it's not fair to you To picture you this way As good as golden rule As the rays of sunny days But could God make a face so tender And put nothing else inside Even He must have melted The first time he saw you smile And if I err forgive me For thinking you're divine I've been fooled before this I don't think so this time And I want to scream please notice me But it's not within my style I speak no louder than a tree Dying as I try I want to say All I feel But a thousand years Is not long enough If I have Just one word Wonderful Is what you are Tired and nearly breathless I'm running out of time To get to you this message Before we say goodbye This story might not be new But now the words are mine You are truly wonderful I've known it all the time
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The River Home 04:28
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The odds are long From this far We’ve held strong With modern arms We all get damaged In this crazy ring Seems all the magic Has taken wing We build a shell We harden hearts We ask ourselves If we’re better off ...All alone But I believe In you and me And I can see Us reach our dreams New Orleans to Cincinnati Sure is a long way to row If I must swim the Mississippi I’ll make that river take me home We both have scars Behind our smiles Unseen marks From private trials To see new love In someone’s face We must reach through A painful place We break the shell We warm our hearts We ask ourselves Is it that hard ...Is it that hard But you feel so near Across the miles The distant years Dissolve in time New Orleans to Cincinnati Sure is a long way to row If I must swim the Mississippi I’ll make that river take me home But I believe In you and me And I can see Us reach our dreams New Orleans to Cincinnati Sure is a long way to row If I must swim the Mississippi I’ll make that river take me home
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Lift You Up 05:10
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If you need caring hands to hold you When the tide of darkness rises If there’s no one else who knows you Behind the lie of your disguises When you’re feeling lost and lonely And the weight wears down on you Know that if you need to call me Lifting you, it lifts me too There’s plenty friends on sunny days But who remains in the pouring rain When there’s joy in those all around you And your sadness makes you feel ashamed Your whole world was left hanging And all you know is broken now Beyond the trees a new day’s dawning Through the gloom I’ll show you how I’ll lift you up So tenderly I’ll sail you through A troubled sea I’ll make me bleed To find you peace Lifting you It lifts me I know the day the light went out On the gift that grace had given No words are made to measure The fullest life that’s left unfinished When the world won’t say it’s sorry For coming down on top of you Know that if you need to call me Lifting you, it lifts me too In the shadows of unkindness Scary as a pitch-black road When your soul will suffer blindness You will not have to walk alone If I can’t find the healing words To make it stop when you are hurting I will give a willing ear For you to unload your burdens I’ll lift you up So tenderly I’ll sail you through A troubled sea I’ll make me bleed To find you peace Lifting you It lifts me
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Silly Boy 03:53
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Who would love a silly boy like me Who sits at home and likes to read Who plays guitar and sings of dreams Who writes long letters and softly speaks Who craves a smile that sows a seed Who would stop his heart to let you breathe I hope I find a way to see Who would love a silly boy like me Who would love a silly boy like me Whose grinding mind won't let him sleep Who can't let go and just wants peace Who wishes on stars and still believes Who lives upright and humbly Who will stand for you so you can lean I hope I find a way to see Who would love a silly boy like me Who would love a silly boy like me Who looks so strong but feels so weak Whose artist's heart is tender sweet Who's got scars from where he bleeds Who's not always the man he means to be Whom no one doubts his loyalty I hope I find a way to see Who would love a silly boy like me
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Hope 04:40
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Troubled times piling up It's easy now to self destruct When I think I've had enough One foot down, one foot up And I go forward One step, one more Gotta keep moving on Keep hope or I got nothing Against the world again I go I always take the hardest road When I think I finally know One heart beat one fooled soul But I go forward One step, one more Gotta keep moving on Keep hope or I got nothing I brace myself for another wave Tossed around as oceans rage When I'm put back in my place One eye closed, one eye shaded Still I go forward One step, one more Gotta keep moving on Keep hope or I got nothing
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Kinda Crazy 03:09
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So you're the kind of crazy Need a lot of loving, do you? So you're the kind of crazy Needing reassurance, are you? So you're the kind of crazy Need someone loyal to you So you're the kind of crazy Need my hands always on you So, yes, you're kind of crazy, baby Well, listen, I got some news I'm the same kind of crazy For you So you're the kind of crazy Always gonna tell me the truth So you're the kind of crazy Calling me the best thing for you So you're the kind of crazy Not afraid to give all of you So you're the kind of crazy Never leave me looking for clues So, yes, you're kind of crazy, baby Well, honey, I got some news I'm the same kind of crazy For you So you're the kind of crazy Needing all my loving all night So you're the kind of crazy Needing me to hold you so tight So you're the kind of crazy Needs me near you all the time So you're the kind of crazy Need to hear me say that you're mine So, yes, you're kind of crazy, baby Well, honey, listen to the news I'm the same kind of crazy For you
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Wanted 03:50
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Raven haired girl You're human sunshine You've got a smile That warms the darkest room Your magic in the morning Moves me through The groove of afternoon You wink an invitation That ends a desolation All I wanted All I wanted Rare in the world Is such a sweetness You've got a grace That soothes an angry god Your face the angels envy Even evening Gives you all its got You're a silent testimony That lifts the lost and lonely All I wanted All I wanted You carry burdens No one asks for You've got a strength To give with all your heart You believe in possibilities Hopes and dreams And even brand new starts You're a hero to the hurting Don't you know you're worthy All I wanted All I wanted
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About You 03:00
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Such tenderness I read on your lips So vulnerable and So innocent Just some of the things that I picture in you Never mind at all If they're even true I write a song about you Never mind if it's true It'll make a song about you Song about you The total female ideal I'm blind until you're not real The you that I can see No one could possibly be The big buildup of you Pushes me farther away Until you're too good For me to ever face I sing a song about you It's all I'm left to do Sing a song about you Song about you I see through the faults I hear through the noise I see what I want A goddess' poise Unapproachable Barely even human So wonderful I've made you perfect ...In my song about you Never mind if it's true In my song about you Song about you I melt in your hand I burn to your touch My Kryptonite switch flips And it's you or it's bust This feeling I have Is just a fruitless pursuit Until I set you to tune In a song about you What I've made you into
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Sunday Sound (Shame) 04:17
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I rip myself open To write the devils down And to see a melody That turns my soul into sound This is the beautiful truth A Simple Simon who's an April Fool Now and then and then again Until the first of June All I wished and all I missed And I all I have is my regrets Thinking I'm not good enough That I'd never measure up How much praise and accolades Will it take to fade the shame That I felt when I let Someone else make me feel this way I feel eternity Around my neck dragging me I envied the gloss and glib It should be the opposite All the feelings of my failings That aren't nearly what I made them And until my fears are tamed They will make me feel a shame This is the beautiful truth A Simple Simon who's an April Fool Now and then and then again Until the first of June I rip myself open To write the devils down And to see a melody That turns my soul into sound

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released September 3, 2015

Written, performed, produced and recorded by John Allen James. © 2015. All rights reserved.

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John Allen James Tampa, Florida

Journalist of star treks, reporter of love songs, and writer of daydreams. I rip myself open, write the devils down, stand in front of strangers and set my soul to sound.

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