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Squared

by John Allen James

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If I Didn't Miss You 04:04
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Another world away From the house I called a home A newly empty space Next to where I wake alone I could see it coming This distance in between I could feel it getting cold Ground shifting underneath When I knew you'd slipped away I lost my thunder stone I'm in a sorry state In a palace without a throne But if I didn't miss you That would be a shame If I didn't miss you It'd mean years of wasted days If I didn't miss you That would be a crime If I didn't miss you I'd have lost all that time We didn't have explosions See bedroom enemies But the laughter and the passion Became polite formality Now some days I need to fake it Some days I see the sun The pleasure we were taking Babe didn't we have a run Now stars melt into days My sleep is like a storm This place I lay my head Is a pillow full of thorns But If I didn't miss you That would be a shame If I didn't miss you It'd mean years of wasted days If I didn't miss you That would be a crime If I didn't miss you I'd have lost all that time [Solo] I could see it coming This distance in between I could feel it getting cold Ground shifting underneath Wnen I knew you'd slipped away I lost my thunder stone I'm in a sorry state In a palace without a throne But if I didn't miss you That would be a shame If I didn't miss you It'd mean years of wasted days If I didn't miss you That would be a crime If I didn't miss you I'd have lost all that time Some days I need to fake it Some days I see the sun The pleasure we were taking Babe didn't we have some fun Now stars melt into days My sleep is like a storm This place I lay my head Is a pillow full of thorns But If I didn't miss you That would be a shame If I didn't miss you It'd mean years of wasted days If I didn't miss you That would be a crime If I didn't miss you I'd have lost all that time If I didn't miss you If I didn't miss you If I didn't miss you If I didn't miss you
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Let Me Down Easy 03:56
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It's a cruel world outside I've heard people say It's a long cold hard night At the end of the day That's hard to believe As we lay side by side But if you should leave I'll feel like I've died So if you must ever say goodbye Let me down easy With sweet little lies It can be hard To say what I feel But I know that you know These feelings are real I've been turned around many times So I stay huddled inside My heart, broken before, has learned how to hide So if I stumble and trip when I try Let me down easy With sweet little lies Let me down easy Let me down easy The fall will feel hard And so will the seasons You hold my heart And all of my reasons So if you must ever let go Let me down easy Break my heart slow I've stood steadfast and strong I've weathered the storms I've found shelter in your arms In times I was torn I searched everywhere And now here I stand I give to you everything You hold my soul in your hands So if you must ever let go Let me down easy Break my heart slow Let me down easy Let me down easy The fall will feel hard And so will the seasons You hold my heart And all of my reasons So if you must ever let go Let me down easy Break my heart slow
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Come Run Away 03:04
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I want to sing a happy song Want to write down all the wrongs Roll them in a ball Throw them away I want to take a sweeter time Want to build a bigger smile Want to see what we will find When we run away We need some freedom From all these heavy days Come run away Come run away I want to heed a higher call I want to knock down all the walls Between the wisest and the strong Take them away We got so much on our minds We need some new way to unwind Want to see what we will find When we run away We need some freedom From all these heavy days Come run away Come run away This world so wearing Let's leave behind a little while Step up our caring And seek some peace of mind I want to hit the hired gun Want to shoot the naked sun Tell them that they're done Go on away I want to meander many miles Want to wander where it's wild Want to see what we will find When we run away We need some freedom From all these heavy days Come run away Come run away This world so wearing Let's leave behind a little while Step up our caring And seek some peace of mind Come run away Come run away Come run away Come run away Come run away
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Keep Us Alive 03:25
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Baby I know we need a way out Cuz we're stuck in a wheel on a roll Going nowhere but round Days They all fall into night And I try not to trip myself up Before I run out of light And I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Yes I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Keep us alive All through the night Keep us alive Through these dark times Hey What you got going now We get no guarantee that We'll be here to see it turn out Say What we've got to do We will stand in the streets if we must To deliver the news And I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Yes I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Keep us alive All through the night Keep us alive Through these dark times We are not done When we break down No we're not done Til we break out (Solo) And I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Yes I'm needing this feeling Of love that can keep us alive Keep us alive All through the night Keep us alive Through these dark times Keep us alive All through the night Keep us alive Through these dark times
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All I Know 04:08
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There you go into the morning On the first one of the rest Of all your days Here I am I am still standing But the wrecking ball has landed Against my face All I know is when we danced It was like the sun would never set We could reach and touch that fire in the sky All I know I learned firsthand Touch the flame how burned I'd get All I know is what I know About goodbye Now you see you a new freedom And you knew where it was leading All this time Well of course I felt it fading Our love blurry from the raining I ain't blind All I know is when we danced It was like the sun would never set We could hold onto that fire in the sky All I know I can't forget How our flameout finally went All I know is what I know About goodbye I'm sure the grass it looks greener over yonder I hope you don't discover that up close it's really gray And when you find exactly what you always wanted I hope it wasn't what you had and gave away All I know is when we danced It was like the sun would never set We could reach and touch that fire in the sky All I know I learned firsthand Touch the flame how burned I'd get All I know is what I know About goodbye All I know is when we danced It was like the sun would never set We could hold onto that fire in the sky All I know I can't forget How our flame out finally went All I know is what I know About goodbye All I know about what I know Is about goodbye All I know about what I know Is about goodbye All I know All I know All I know
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Paint the Walls with Love 03:24
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You look around some days Wondering how you wound up here With a simple man of modest means On date night sharing beers Instead of sipping Chardonnay We struggle to keep up But in this humble home we have We paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint until that we know We both have enough Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love What we need We've got buckets of To paint these walls with love This isn't what we pictured When we set out with this dream Working jobs, paying bills Living on Average Street I could buy a mansion But it would not mean as much As if we take this humble home we have And paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint until that we know We both have enough Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love What we need We've got buckets of To paint these walls with love (solo) There are no red carpets There ain't no chandeliers But I didn't miss my limo ride All I need stands right here Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint until that we know We both have enough Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love What we need We've got buckets of To paint these walls with love Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love Happy in our humble home Knowing we have enough Paint the walls with love Paint the walls with love What we need We've got buckets of To paint these walls with love

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released September 18, 2023

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

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by John Allen James

© 2023 John Allen James

Cover art designed by John McQuiston
Cover photos by John McQuiston and David Gulino

No AI was used in the writing of these songs.

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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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