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Love Songs of Outlaws

by John Allen James

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1.
Better Day 04:10
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If I could learn to be a good boy If I could only get along Desensitize myself to injustice Take my pay and just go home I swear to God I really want to But I get stuck on right and wrong Just want a sleep that's not so haunted So I can try one day to wake To a better day Better day How many damsels turn to old maids Wondering what I should have done I replay the conversations And always finish feeling dumb How can they smugly sound so certain About things they could have never done I'd like to show the man behind the curtain But such a victory will have to wait Til a better day Better day I forgot I should feel grateful For the chance to shovel dirt And I tangle with the faithful Confrontations cloud my words I always puff myself so righteous For fights that never prove their worth I'd like to carve myself a corner Where I could hide myself away 'Til a better day Better day If I could learn to be a good boy If I could only get along
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Bonnie and Clyde 04:17
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I'm living on the edge Where I get lit up like I'm kindling But I'm moving toward the middle I don't like to burn this way I'm revving in the red Like in a race to outrun a missile But I'm breathing so little And I'd like to last one more day I get crunched When they punch the numbers Get ground down  Beneath their machine Had no plans To become an outlaw  But it was that Or die in defeat Lost in a scream Would you run if I had to run Would you hide if I had to hide Would you be my Bonnie, baby If this fight made me a Clyde Bonnie and Clyde  That's how we would ride I'm living on the edge Draining dollars down to nickels But I'm dreaming of the middle Where I might get to sleep someday I'm running in the red My money's wrapped up in some riddle  My story's a side note scribble And I don't like to burn this way I get punched  When they crunch the numbers Beaten down By their big bad machine Had no plans To become an outlaw  But it was that Or die in defeat Lost in a scream Would you run if I had to run Would you hide if I had to hide Would you be my Bonnie, baby If this life made me a Clyde Bonnie and Clyde  That's how we would ride (Solo) Would you run if I had to run Would you hide if I had to hide Would you be my Bonnie, baby If this fight made me a Clyde Bonnie and Clyde  Bonnie and Clyde That's how we would ride
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Boom Boom 03:40
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Listen sister those missies they don't know Neither what is green nor what is gold Stacy from the Jaycees her act got so old Thinking you'd play some game so cold They better reckon they've lit the fuse White dynamite in high heeled shoes Code 101 we're kicking one two  You blow the lid I'll bring the boom boom Boom boom Boom boom Boom boom One trick pony has got a one track mind Carousel forever going back in time Round and round through same old grind We've had enough we're getting off this ride They better reckon they've lit the fuse Category five fist fighting typhoon Gale force brawling we're punching on through You blow the wind I'll bring the boom boom (Solo) Be clones like them or be called a fool They claim the light and then they turn so cruel No hillbilly religion gonna make our rules Buttoned up tools let 'em die for their jewels  They better reckon they've lit the fuse White dynamite in high heeled shoes Code 101 we're kicking one two  You blow the lid I'll bring the boom boom Boom boom Boom boom Boom boom They better reckon they've lit the fuse Category five fist fighting typhoon Gale force brawling we're punching on through You blow the wind I'll bring the boom boom Boom boom Boom boom Boom boom
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Shine Like Stars 03:00
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Go be alone on your own time When you're here you belong with me We'll take a load off of our minds Let them be lost in peace In the lull of the low tide We'll walk the sand inside the sea Before the coming of the landslide Feel the kiss of the gentle breeze  If they won't promise us tomorrow  I will promise them a fight If we turn to dust come sunrise We'll shine like stars tonight  Some days I wake so afraid My whole world could blow apart That all I made I'll leave laid to waste Along a trail of broken hearts Time moves on like a roadside Speeding by at 90 miles  Help me focus on the good times In the blur of our busy lives If they won't promise us tomorrow May we promise them a fight If we turn to dust come sunrise We'll shine like stars tonight I thought we'd have more time We had so much more to do I didn't notice days escaping  Until they were too precious few If they won't promise us tomorrow  I will promise them a fight If we turn to dust come sunrise We'll shine like stars tonight  If this was the last time  It was such such a great life If we turn to dust come sunrise I'm so glad we have tonight  We'll shine like stars tonight
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Hard Man 03:05
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In the shadows of happye valley Where meanings can come in shades I'm told life is made in colors While I have trouble seeing gray I'm a hard man to offend But I've been known to hold a grudge And I know that can make me a hard man  To love You don't live as long as I have And never settled down Without feeling like an eagle Never tethered to the ground I'm a hard man to knock down But there are two kinds of tough And I know I can be a hard man  To love This is not the life I chose But it's the only one I know Some days my way is the highway And I must ride this road alone Yes I know it's strange that I love you Yet still need to be by myself But the familiar brings me comfort Even as the lonliness hurts like hell I am a hard man to change You must take me as I come And I know that can make me a hard man  To love I'm a hard man to turn back I've punched tickets paid with blood And I know I can be a hard man  To love I am a hard man to change You must take me as I come And I know that can make me a hard man  To love  
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The Way It Goes 04:05
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Sometimes I wonder Sometimes I know Sometimes I think I know But I don't There are answers Beyond my grasp Some things I think I should know I have to ask And that's just the way Of the world It's just the way That it goes It's not freedom When you set me free Some things I think I deserve Are not meant to be There is wisdom I'll not be told Some things I think make me wise Just make me old And that's the way That it goes It's just the way Of the world I ask myself What is my fate Sometimes I think it's my turn But I have to wait There are meanings I'm not meant to know Some things I want so much But the answer is no And that's the way Of the world It's just the way That it goes

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released January 24, 2023

John Allen James: lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, MIDI keyboards, MIDI bass, drum programming

Jay Barnett: electric guitar and harmony vocals on "The Way It Goes"
Jaime Blomeling: bass on "The Way It Goes"
John Gullans: drums on "The Way It Goes"

Mixed and mastered by John Allen James except "The Way It Goes" mixed and mastered by Jay Barnett

Songs written by John Allen James. Copyright 2022.

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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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