| song sort final | all songwriters | AKA | notes | Performers | video of song exists | YouTube | work to do | lyrics done | Venue Date Type | lyrics |
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| 68 Nixon | June Reizner | MJ DBJ |
N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Live | Hi there voters, how do you feel? Tired of the same old vote appeal? Well look who's back with a brand new style A brand new look and a brand new smile It's the '68 Nixon, everything is new A brand new image just created for you A dozen different finishes and so much finesse He's got a brand new doggie, not Checkers but Chess Now the Reagan can ramble, the Rocky can race But Dick can jump from left to right and not lose his place His '56 production was loaded with spite His '60 was a copy of the '58 Ike The third time's a charm and if it's charm that you like You'll like the '68 Nixon, he's different this year The '68 Nixon is here and he is liberal and conservative He's humble and he's proud He's more than just a candidate, he's a crowd Yes, he's the '68 Nixon a brother to man So run and see him quick before he changes again In every town and hamlet he is soon to appear The '68 Nixon, he's different this year The '68 Nixon, guaranteed not to smear The '68 Nixon is here The preceding was a paid political denouncement. |
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| 7-UP | Ad spot | Ad | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| A-Soalin' | Traditional | MJ | N | Y | O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Good Company 12/25/1984 TV Video |
Soul, soul, soul cake Please good missus a soul cake Apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry Any good thing to make us all merry One for Peter, two for Paul Three for him who made us all God bless the master of this house and the mistress also And all the little children who round your table go For the cattle in your stable, the dog by your front door And all who dwell within your house, we wish you ten times more Soul, soul, soul cake Please good missus a soul cake Apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry Any good thing to make us all merry One for Peter, two for Paul Three for him who made us all The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin I haven't got a pocket to put a penny in If you haven't got a penny, then a ha' penny will do If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you Soul, soul, soul cake Please good missus a soul cake Apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry Any good thing to make us all merry One for Peter, two for Paul Three for him who made us all |
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| Abundance | Alix Dobkin | And Then Some | Intro 9140 MJ: Alex Dobkins |
MJ | Y | Y | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board & Studio Guthrie Theatre Show 1 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre Show 2 6/22/1975 Concert |
You're not meeting me where I like to be met You're not keeping me like I'm used to be kept You're not shaping up to the scene you set So go add up your score and cover your bets And then some You know the meal's not fillin' and the cookin' ain't right The hat don't fit, the shoes are too tight The living is heavy and the love is light I'm used to more than the ticket that you can write And then some You know it isn't your style and it isn't your height Your teeth are straight and your eyes are bright And your bankbook's balanced and your temperature's right But I need more to keep me happy every night And then some I tell you sweet mama, it's not enough To give a sample of my favorite stuff To give me a note when I need the score Just a drop when I've got have the reservoir And then some Oh when I first met you I thought you would be Everything and a little more to me But a diamond's just coal before it's a jewel And I'm sending you back to finishing school And you can come back when you're paid your dues When you've learned your lines and you know your cues When you can fill the bill and you know the score When you can rise to the occasion just a little bit more And then some And then some |
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| Acapulco 1967 | Michael Smith | MJ | N | Y | Collection of Old & New Live Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
Take off our sombrero, baby Put away the castanets and fly Jet plane leaving Acapulco Like an Aztec bird up in the sky Ah the matador was handsome In his suit of lights he danced upon the sand Now the plaza is deserted And the shadows creep across the empty stand Call your friends in Caan And they will meet you when you land tomorrow night Then you'll jet to Soho To be swept away in laughter for a little while But the morning light is brittle And the streets are hollow as a harlot's smile Send him a guitar from Spain Don't sign the card, he knows your name, goodbye Life is a ride on a blue carousel Just a sad little frugue on a dance floor wet with rain And the icy tough of a pop art clown at midnight Just the face of a grown-up child in the window pane Oh love is but a fleeting moment Like the jet trails over Yucatan Just a silver edged sombrero Left with you and love is packed and gone In the Gulf of Mexico Fisherman are sailing home to those they love They can see the plane But they can't feel the pain of those who fly so high above Put away the silly hat now Love is gone and that is that, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye |
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| After You | Andy Goldmark, Jim Ryan | MJ | N | Y | You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album | I still dream of yesterday, when it almost all came true We were living in a world with no goodbyes And as your laughter fades away, I still reach out for you How I'd ever let your love just slip right by After you, there's too many hours in a day Too many minutes I get lost in your memory After you, there's too much silence in the night Too much staying up alone, after you Must be something I can say to find a way to change your mind Though we really need to give it one more try Guess I just got lazy in love, you gotta keep that spark alive I can't believe I let that fire die After you, there's too many hours in a day Too many minutes I get lost in your memory After you, there's too much silence in the night Too much staying up alone, You know I watch the blue light of every dawn The day begins and the night lives on After you, there's too many hours in a day Too many minutes I get lost in your memory After you, there's too much silence in the night Too much staying up alone After you ... |
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| Ain't Dis Da Life | Michael Smith | MJ | N | Y | unknown concert Sound Board Archives 3-4 WCCO-FM Radio 4/8/1976 Radio Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board |
Ain't dis da life, ain't dis da life Ain't dis da life deluxe Lying underneath a shady old tree I thought I heard a little birdie singing to me He said Ain't deese da sticks And ain't deese da bucks And ain't dis da life deluxe Ain't dis da Ritz, ain't dis da Ritz Ain't dis da Ritz Hotel Nobody hotel us what to do So I'll tell me, you tell you And ain't it a stitch And ain't it a bitch Ain't dis da Ritz Hotel After you, my dear Alfonse No after you, my dear Gaston No after you, my dear Alfonse No after you, my dear Gaston No after you, my dear Alfonse No after you, my dear Gaston If you insist, my dear Alfonse I certainly do, my dear Gaston I certainly do Ain't dis da chez, ain't dis da chez Ain't dis da Louis You got the brains and I got the looks We'll both be pals forever in a life deluxe And ain't it a stitch And ain't it a bitch And ain't dis da life deluxe |
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| Ain't No Two | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | Y | MJ WORK 88 2 of 2 Live Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert |
Ain't no moon, ain't no star brighter than you Ain't no new fancy car nicer than you Ain't no breeze that's gentle as you are Ain't no two, there's only you Ain't no Cuban cigar smoother than you Ain't no bluesy guitar cooler than you Ain't no tune as catchy as you are Ain't no two, there's only you Ain't no news I'd rather hear Than I'm gonna be your man of the year After year Ain't no snow covered peak higher than you Ain't no Chateau Le Feat finer than you Ain't no view as pretty as you are Ain't no two, there's only you Ain't no news I'd rather hear Than I'm gonna be your man of the year After year There ain't no two There's only you |
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| Albatross | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live |
The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather Looking North to the sea she finds the weather fine She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard All the way from town She watches seagulls fly Silver on the ocean stitching through the waves The edges of the sky Many people wander up the hills From all around you Making up your memories and thinking they have found you They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were brides Young girls holding violets are curious to know if you have cried And tell you why And ask you why And either way you answer Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies Flowers from a Spanish friend of the families The embroidery of your life holds you in And keeps you out but you survive Imprisoned in your bones Behind the isinglass windows of your eyes And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain Down the hills through the long grass to the sea And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain Come away alone Even now by the gate with your long hair flowing And the colors of the day that lie along your arms You must barter your life to make sure you are living And the crowd that has come You give them the colors And the bells and wind and the dreams Will there ever be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountains Scattering the sand and the foam into amethyst fountains Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass Day and night and day again and people come and go away forever While the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror Now you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain Down the hills through the long grass to the sea And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain Come away alone with me |
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| Alexandra | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio | ||||||
| All I Really Need | Raffi | MJ | N | Y | Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board |
All I really need is a song in my heart Food in my belly and love in my family All I really need is a song in my heart And love in my family All I really need is a song in my heart Food in my belly and love in my family All I really need is a song in my heart And love in my family And I need the rain to fall And I need the sun to shine To give life to these seeds we sow To make the food we need to grow And all I really need is a song in my heart And love in my family And I need some clean water for drinking And I need some clean air for breathing So that I can grow up strong Take my place where I belong All I really need is a song in my heart Food in my belly and love in my family All I really need is a song in my heart And love in my family Can't you feel the love in my family And love in my family |
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| All Our Love Come Down | Paul Horan | Can t confirm songwriter | MJ | N | N | MJ Arrangements Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
Waiting on a little light to shine And hoping that the train will be on time And may all who come and go find true love and may they know Just what they've found when all their love comes down Come to see it's all been done before Take the turn and then come round for more It's a slow dance in the wind where we go and where we've been On common ground, it's all our love come down So pray for me brother, I would find my way Though the road be long I will not slow It's a slow dance in the wind where we go and where we've been Oh hear the sound, it's all our love come down So keep us from the dark side of the moon And know it will be ending all too soon We are here by chance, come celebrate the dance Oh hear the sound, it's all our love come down Pray for me father, I would find my way Though the road be long, I will not slow Slow dance in the wind where we go and where we've been Oh hear the sound, it's all our love come down Oh hear the sound, it's all our love come down Oh hear the sound, it's all our love come down |
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| Almost Free | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | Y | MJ NAC DEMOS Studio Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Demos Departure Master Mix s Studio MJ Work 95 2 Live Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MY DEMO CD #2 Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Departure 1/1/1995 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
Last night you pushed me a little too far I was not coming back when I left in the car There was a time, an hour or two I was feeling so free from you I picked up a bottle and drove to the heights Parked on the ridge and I looked at the lights The engine was off and the radio on And the singer sang and I sang along And I was almost free Almost wasn't any you and me I was almost free Whole new life ahead of me Almost free Sunrise rising over the wheel The bottle is empty and so is the feel This car know it's the wrong thing to do But it's driving me home to you Maybe I'm too much in love to be strong Baby there's more than one way to be gone Just a few more hours, just a little more wine And I can get very hard to find And I feel almost free Almost isn't any you and me I feel almost free Whole new life ahead of me Almost free Just a few more hours, just a little more wine I could get very hard to find And I feel almost free Almost wasn't any you and me I was almost free Whole new life ahead of me I was almost free Nothing far as the eye could see I was almost free Whole new life ahead of me Almost free |
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| Almost Like Being in Love | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | MJ | x | N | Y | Making of That s That Video Video SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio Symphony Conglomerate Studio The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Midnight Special 10/13/1978 TV Audio Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
What a night this has been What a rare mood I'm in Why it's almost like being in love There's a smile on my face For the whole human race I could swear that I'm falling in love And the music of life seems to be Like a bell that is ringing for me From the way that I feel Can't believe this is real And it's almost like being in love And the music of life seems to be Like a bell that is ringing for me From the way that I feel Can't believe this is real And it's almost like being in love What a night What a rare mood Falling in love Falling in love Like I'm falling in love Falling in love I'm falling in love |
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| Alone Enough | Robert Byrne | MJ | N | Y | O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room |
It's getting hard for me to watch you keep walking out Here you are - back at my door The question now is whether to throw you out and do without Or make sure you don't leave no more 'Cause I'm just alone enough to be strong enough Oh strong enough to ask you to stay If you'll stay long enough, well I'll be good enough To love all your leaving away Well this may not be what I ought to do But right now, there's no wrong or right It's really not a choice between loving you And losing you or what I thought of you I just need you tonight And I'm just alone enough to be strong enough Oh strong enough to ask you to stay If you'll stay long enough, I'll be good enough To love all your leaving away, yeah To love all your leaving away |
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| Annie's First Rain | Michael Johnson | MJ | Y | Y | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio WWTC Radio Leukemia Radiothon 2/26/1974 Radio |
Annie's first rain falls through the afternoon And runs down the trees Cleaning the day, life hurries on Before the clouds turn gray Blueberries and peaches and pancakes Smiling through a sunburned three day beard And getting warm End of the day Sun going down a million miles away Writing it down from values to memories To trips to town Well I'll have a look at the leaves and some coffee I'll have a smile and a song I found a rock and a memory from Spain But Annie's got the rain Well I'll have a look at the leaves and some coffee I'll have a smile and a song I found a rock and a memory from Spain But Annie's got the rain |
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| Anti-Heroes | Thom Bishop, Louis Rosen | MJ | N | Y | Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert | I've had my heroes and antiheroes But lately as I've looked around They've all come up from underground And all my heroes, the antiheroes Those rebel souls of yesterday Have talked themselves in circles where they'll stay And the world is getting squarer everyday And non-believing and self-deceiving They set the scales for right and wrong Insisting that the strong should have their way And the world is getting squarer anyway My ears won't let me hear above the sound A thousand angry voices that surround My thoughts and all my senses For soon all of these fences will be down And all my heroes, the antiheroes Will each to each be forced to say It's hard to make the most of everyday And the world is getting squarer anyway And the world is getting squarer everyday |
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| April Fool | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Files Disc 1 Studio Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
I'm just a fool for April There's nothing more to say Long as I can remember She's led my heart astray When I was green as willow She had me ditchin' school And even then she tricked me I'm just an April fool She tangles dogwood blossoms Into her yellow hair She uses the same perfume The smoky mountains wear She keeps the flame of summer 'round her neck like a jewel She breezes in to see me And I'm an April fool She entrances me and she dances me And she flies me like a kite And I soon forget she's only come to play Then there comes a day when she will not stay And I lie awake all night Hoping next time April may When I walked out this morning April had up and gone And it was clear as water She'd only led me on And it will be next winter Before my heels will cool And then I will forgive her I'm just an April fool |
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| Are My Thoughts With You | Mickey Newberry | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert |
TURN OUT THE LIGHT Mickey Newbury Gonna plant me some seeds Go out on the ocean Cut down some trees Build me an island Gonna stand on the corner Flag down a streetcar Go somewhere and find her Ask her where my thoughts are I'm gonna say to her Are my thoughts with you Babe, you know I'm twisted again Ever since you went away I ain't been thinking too straight And if that don't get through Gonna buy me a flower Sit down in the morning dew Wait for a shower Yes, I'm gonna turn off the light, turn on the night Give up the fight, catch me a kite Go for a flight Who cares what's right or wrong When I get to the moon, I'll sing me a tune And sit in the gloom all alone Gonna cry to her Are my thoughts with you You know I'm twisted again Ever since you went away I ain't been thinking too straight |
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| As Long as We've Got Each Other | Gary Fry | MJ | N | Y | MJ MASTERS NOT USED 2 Studio Demos mix tape Studio Archives 1 Studio Cease Fire Studio MY DEMO CD #2 Studio Demos Studio |
I've tried to forget the pain inside I've tried every way I know how But the memory burns deep in my soul All I want is to really live again I can see a certain look in your eyes I can tell that you've been there too I can tell that you hurt just like me and you know All I want is to really live again As long as we've got each other and nobody seems to care We've got someone who knows, someone who cares We've got each other, when the rest of the world turns away We've got each other to carry the pain Can't say it's gotten much easier The wounds heal but the scars remain I don't have to tell you how empty I feel sometimes cause you know All I want is to really live again As long as we've got each other and nobody seems to care We've got someone who knows, someone who cares We've got each other when the rest of the world turns away We've got someone who understands just how hard it is to carry the pain As long as we've got each other We've got each other to carry the pain |
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| At the Drop of a Tear | Michael Johnson, K. Flemming | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live |
It s raining again I stare at the clouds I can t help but wonder What you re doing now I miss your sweet touch You d think I d forget, it s been years But the rain makes me And I still think of you at the drop of a tear life goes on You find some new friends Bigger apartment To live alone in So that s what I did Somethings won t change, Cause the rain makes And I still think of you at the drop of a tear I m getting better I don t think about you all the time Then out of now And I still thiknk of you at the drop of a tear |
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| Atlantic Records | Ad spot | Ad | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Back in the Lone Ranger Days | Janis Ian | MJ | Y | Y | Production Masters Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio MJ Albums Possiblilities 89 #2 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board |
Cowboys and Indians, hot on my trail Out on the high western plains Riding the Pony Express with the mail Till Mama called me away Back in the Lone Ranger days My little brother took over the route Cap guns and hobby horse reins He was just five when I went off to school That's where he stayed Back in the Lone Ranger days The neighbor kids laughed at him They called him names His body grew older but he never changed I finished college and married one day He stayed at home with his toy guns ablaze Back in the Lone Ranger days We got a letter from home yesterday In his favorite crayon, he printed his name Mom's not that old, still her hair's turning gray But he and his buckaroo chaps never change Back in the Long Ranger days Hi ho silver away |
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| Back On Track | Michael Johnson, D. Gibson | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live | |||||
| Back to My Blues | Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio | |||||
| Bad Roads in Spring | Dick Pinney | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio |
It's the middle of March and it's snowing Well let me forget everything You can't always get where you're goin' And bad roads in spring Well the trucks passed us by out of Springfield Never a sign to appease Well it's fun to look out through a windshield When it's raining and thirty degrees Well I wanted to be on top of it by evening Catch the morning out from behind But a big blizzard hit up from Denver You don't get too far driving blind Middle of April at sundown Stuck in the country mud after singing Wait for the morning to come around Bad roads in spring Well I wanted to be on top of it by evening Catch the morning out from behind But a big blizzard hit up from Denver You don't get too far driving blind It's the middle of March and it's snowing Let me forget everything You can't always get where you're goin' Bad roads in spring No, you can't always get where you're goin' Bad roads in spring |
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| Bag End | Crow Johnson | Amy Johnson | MJ | Y | Y | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos mix tape Studio Demos Studio |
Bag end my friend, good morning Open eyes to a brand new day Living in the country Dirt road, down home style Yellow leaves blow 'round, good morning Birds feed on your window sill Jackdaws in the fields Dirt road, down home style Houses build up and tear down Home is something else Soon home will be on the highway Dreaming of somewhere else Pheasant, walk by, good morning They don't seem to know to hide Like rabbits in the hedges Dirt road, down home style Houses build up and tear down Home is something else Soon home will be on the highway Dreaming of somewhere else Bag end, my friend We re living in the country Dirt road, down home style |
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| Ballad of Howard Hughes | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
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| Barney | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board |
Barney came to the gossip bench and said "I barbecued a dog on a tractor axle yesterday down at the dump yard" And nobody looked surprised if they was listening at all 'Cause when you're old to act surprised you have to try real hard And they don't, and they won't Because they tried before, and they were just ignored By everything - and everyone - they tried Barney told some jokes and kept 'em grinnin' all while Especially all the ones they'd heard before And when he left they all said "Good ole Barney sure can raise a smile" and then they wondered to themselves "What am I smiling for?" And don't - maybe they just won't But they all smile before and now there's nothing left to laugh about So they go without a smile Barney get around to be as old as all the rest He's the only one that seems to keep on tryin' He still drinks and tells tall tales and hunts and fishes with the best While the other sit around and think it's time to die But won't - anyway they don't I guess they've lived so long that they just go on 'cause they was raised that way What a price to pay to live |
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| Bartender's Blues | James Taylor | MJ | N | Y | CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert |
I'm just a bartender I don't like my work I don't mind the money at all Seen lots if sad faces Lots of bad cases Folks with their backs to the wall And I need four walls around me To hold my life Keep me from going astray And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight Keep me from slippin' away I can light up your smokes I can laugh at your jokes I can watch you fall down on your knees I could close down this bar Gas up my car I could lock up and mailing in the key But I need four walls around me To hold my life Keep me from going astray And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight Keep me from slippin' away |
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| Beautiful Girl | MJ | N | N | Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board |
Beautiful girl, wherever you are I knew when I saw you, you had opened the door I knew that I'd love again after a long, long while I'd love again. You said "hello" and I turned to go But something in your eyes left my heart beating so I just knew that I'd love again after a long, long while I'd love again. It was destiny's game For when love finally came on I rushed in line only to find That you were gone. Whenever you are, I fear that I might Have lost you forever like a song in the night Now that I've loved again after a long, long while I've loved again. It was destiny's game For when love finally came on I rushed in line only to find That you were gone. Beautiful girl, I'll search on for you 'Till all of your loveliness in my arms come true You've made me love again after a long, long while In love again And I'm glad that it's you Hmm, Beautiful Girl. |
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| Better Brother | Michael Johnson & Michael Lille | Suffer the Child | MJ | x | Y | N | 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio Archives 2 Studio Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board |
A fatherless child being raised by his brother In a fatherless country defending another Pretending he s really not that scared Guardian angels, were they ever there All of your life, I ve been your brother Always getting my way, we couldn t stand one another And all of the times I let you down When all that you wanted was just to hang around Face to face, we did it the hard way Back to back, together alone But heart to heart, for crying out loud You know I could be a better brother now Suffer the child who gets lost in the children When one of a kind becomes one of the millions And each one is on his own There s nothing like the love of a brother in a hard broken home Face to face, we did it the hard way Back to back, together alone But heart to heart, for crying out loud You know I could be a better brother now Walking in a suit of armor Daddy s little hand me down Inside he s just a little boy Who moves the arms and legs around But heart to heart, for crying out loud Do you always have to be so God damn proud I could be a better brother now |
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| Big Lippin' | Michael Johnson & J Salestrom | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Continued from 013 Studio Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board WCCO-AM Radio 12/18/1984 Radio Morning Show MPR 9/4/1986 Radio Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board |
BIG LIPPIN' Michael Johnson & Sons Sometimes I'm happy and sometimes I'm sad Sometimes I have a good time with my dad But when I'm feeling kinda cranky And he really wants to spank me I remember all the words to his song And I pretend that everything is all wrong And I go big lippin', big lippin' Big lippin' from morning till night But really everything is all right Sometimes my brother is goofy and fun Sometimes he tickles me and then we run But when he's jumping on my tummy And I run and yell for mommy I remember all the words to this tune And I pretend that everything is gloom and doom And I go big lippin', big lippin' Big lippin' from morning till night But really everything is all right I said that really everything is all right |
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| Black Orphus | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board |
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| Blackmail | B. Fasman, L. Wendelken | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board |
Came here to see you yesterday But the maid said you weren't home So I came around today again No, no, I didn't want to phone It's rather a personal thing You'll see what I mean Your husband might be glad to know Your past has not been clean Blackmail It's just a simple case of give and take And it's blackmail Anyone can make a small mistake And it's blackmail It's just another case of you give and I take Oh what a lovely house you have It must have cost you quite a sum With all your maids, with all your maids And household help to get your cleaning done All you need are some photographs To hang upon the wall I have some here for you to see I'm sure you'll buy them all Blackmail It's just a simple case of give and take And it's blackmail Anyone can make a small mistake And it's blackmail It's just another case of you give and I take Sorry for the trouble I know you've things to do Let's keep it short and sweet I'm sure we'll meet again soon Blackmail It's just a simple case of give and take And it's blackmail Anyone can make a small mistake And it's blackmail It's just another case of you give and I take Blackmail Blackmail Blackmail Blackmail Blackmail Blackmail Blackmail |
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| Blame It on the Rain | Eric Kaz, Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
Call it a day, throw your memories away You got your reasons and I got mine Don't waste your time while you're still in your prime But I can't keep on flying blind Let's blame it on the rain, not the flowers and champagne You always wanted just the best; take the finest, leave the rest And blame it on the rain, we just never felt the same Guess I couldn't say I knew what love has meant to you So leave me the sadness and the pain And blame it on the rain These tears only fall whenever you call But I never intended to let them show I'll pack my sorrow, think of tomorrow 'Cause love may come and love may go Let's blame it on the rain, not the flowers and champagne You always wanted just the best; take the finest, leave the rest And blame it on the rain, we just never felt the same Guess I couldn't say I knew what love has meant to you So leave me the sadness and the pain And blame it on the rain Let's blame it on the rain, not the flowers and champagne You always wanted just the best; take the finest, leave the rest And blame it on the rain, we just never felt the same Guess I couldn't say I knew what love has meant to you Let's blame it on the rain, not the flowers and champagne You always wanted just the best; take the finest, leave the rest And blame it on the rain ... |
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| Blew By You | MJ | x | Y | N | The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 11/7/2016 Video |
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| Blossom | James Taylor & Carole King | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board |
Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way lately, I've been lonesome Blossom, it's been much too long a day Seems my dreams have frozen, melt my cares away Send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name I know what you mean to say to me, girl, it's all the same Blossom, there's any empty road behind, sit you down beside me Blossom, there's a sweet dream on my mind There's a song inside me, take these chains away Now, send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name I know what you mean to say to me, girl, it's all the same Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way lately, I've been lonesome Blossom, it's been much too long a day Seems my dreams have frozen, melt my cares away |
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| Blue | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | Each evening bout the time for daylight to die Each evening bout the time when nighttime is nigh Comes a feeling, such a lonely feeling It finds me anywhere I happen to be Reminds me ain t nobody bluer than me What a feeling, such a lonely feeling I pray to heaven, oh Lord what can I do I pray to heaven, I m blue, I am blue Each morning try to greet the day with a smile By evening after laying low for a while Comes a feeling, such a lonely feeling I m blue, I m blue, I m blue |
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| Bluer Than Blue | Randy Goodrum | 74 events | MJ | x | N | Y | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Making of That s That Video Video unknown Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert unknown concert Sound Board MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live You ve Got to Have Art 4/1/2014 Video Symphony Conglomerate Studio Holstein s Concert Heart to Heart Video The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Midnight Special 10/13/1978 TV Audio Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board KSTP-AM Radio 12/17/1984 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert New Country 5/7/1986 Video MN Music Awards 5/20/1986 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert |
After you go, I can catch up on my reading After you go, I'll have a lot more time for sleeping And when you're gone, looks like things are gonna be a lot easier Life will be a breeze, you know I really should be glad But I'm bluer than blue, sadder than sad You're the only light this empty room has ever had Life without you is gonna be bluer than blue After you go, I'll have a lot more room in my closet After you go, I'll stay out all night long if I feel like it And when you're gone, I can run through the house screaming And no one will ever hear me I really should be glad But I'm bluer than blue, sadder than sad You're the only light this empty room has ever had Life without you is gonna be bluer than blue I don't have to miss no TV shows I can start my whole life over Change the numbers on my telephone But the nights will sure be colder And I'm bluer than blue, sadder than sad You're the only light this empty room has ever had Life without you is gonna be bluer than blue Bluer than blue |
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| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me | Arthur Swanstone, Carey Morgan, Charles McCarron | 1919, John Denver Sings | MJ | Y | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert Concert Concert Concert |
There are blues that you get from loneliness There are blues that you get from pain There are blues when you're lonely for your one and only Blues you can never explain There are blues that you get from sleepless nights But the meanest, the meanest blues that be They're the blues that I've got on my mind I mean the ones that are the meanest kind The blues my naughty sweetie gives to me Oh, yeah There are blues you get from women when you see 'em goin' swimmin' and you haven't got a bathin' suit yourself There are blues that start much quicker when you're drinking lots of liquor and somebody goes and takes it off the shelf There are blues you get when everything's in hock, when your girlfriend doesn't answer when you knock, Blues you get from gettin' in a taxicab and frettin' every time you hear the bumper jump the clock And there are blues you get from tryin' to keep your uncle Bill from dyin' and he afterwards forgets you in his will There are blues you get from kisses when you're walkin' with the missus and another baby shouts, "Hi, Bill!" But the blues that make you hop and really stop and shake and shiver, the blues that make you want to go and end it in the river They're the blues my naughty sweetie gives to me, oh yeah, The blues my sweetie gives to me. JD: Now there are blues that you get from happiness There are blues that you get from pain There're blues when you are lonely for your one and only Blues that are hard to explain And there are blues that you get from waitin' But the meanest, the meanest blues that be They're kind that I got on my mind Blues there are all very meanest kind Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me Oh, yeah Oh, they're blues you get from women when you see 'em goin' swimmin' and you haven't got a bathin' suit yourself There are blues that start to flicker when you had a lot of liquor and someone goes and takes it off the shelf There are blues you get from waitin' on the dock, and you wonderin' if your little boat is gonna rock Blues you keep a gettin' in a taxicab a pettin' every time you hear the meter jump the clock And there are blues you get from cryin' when your uncle Will is dyin' and he afterwards forgets you in his will There are blues you get from kisses when you are walkin' with the missus and another baby shouts, "Hey, Bill!" Blues that kinda make you hop and really shake and shiver, kinda make you want to end it all in the river Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me Oh, play that thing! |
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| Bluesette | Jean Toots Theilmans, Norman Gimbel | Music : Norman Gimbel / Lyrics : Jean 'Toots' Thielemans | MJ | N | Y | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
Poor little sad little blue Bluesette Don't you cry, don't you fret You can bet one lucky day you'll waken And your blues will be forsaken One lucky day lovely love will come your way Long as there's love in your heart to share Dear Bluesette, don't despair Some blue boy is waiting just like you To find a someone to be true to Two loving arms he can nestle in and stay Get set Bluesette, true love is coming Your troubled heart soon will be humming La .... Bluesette Pretty little Bluesette, mustn't be a mourner Have you heard the news yet Love is round the corner Love wrapped in rainbows and tied with big ribbons To make the next springtime a gold wedding ring time So dry your eyes, don't you pout, don't you fret Goody goody good times are coming Bluesette Long as there's love in your heart to share Dear Bluesette, hey don't despair Some blue boy is waiting just like you To find a someone to be true to One lucky day lovely love will come your way That lucky day might just be today Might just be today Might just be today Might just be today Bluesette |
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| Both Sides Now | Joni Mitchell | MJ DBJ |
x | N | N | Denver, Boise & Johnson - Live from Greenwich Village Video Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live |
Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferries wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends they're acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day. I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all |
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| Bottle of Wine | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Ramblin' around this dirty old town Singin' for nickels and dimes Times getting rough I ain't got enough To buy me a bottle of wine Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober Leave me along, let me go home I wann'a go back and start over Little hotel, older than Hell Cold and as dark as a mine Blanket so thin, I lie there and grin Buy me little bottle of wine Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober Leave me along, let me go home I wann'a go back and start over Aches in my head, bugs in my bed Pants so old that they shine Out on the street, tell the people I meet Won'ch buy me a bottle of wine Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober Leave me along, let me go home I wann'a go back and start over Teacher must teach, and the preacher must preach Miner must dig in the mine I ride the rods, trusting in God And hugging my bottle of wine Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober Leave me along, let me go home I wann'a go back and start over |
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| Bouree in E Minor | J.S Bach | MJ | N | Y | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Concert Concert Concert |
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| Breakfast Again | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live |
Abbott and Castello but I cried and I cried The rest of the world was sleeping Like they do every night and I uksually surviv If I make it through to breakfast And my Cherios one too many when the toast is done Till I finally learn to sleep without you I ll be waiting for the sun my special friend and breakfast again Eggs on the sunnyside And I m HOping the day is a slow Like I do every night, I guess I ll be all right |
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| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Paul Simon | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board |
When you're weary, feeling small When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all I'm on your side, when darkness comes And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled waters I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down When you're down and out When you're on the street When evening falls so hard I will comfort you I'll take your part when darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled waters I will lay me down Sail on silver girl, sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine If you need a friend I'm sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled waters I will ease your mind |
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| Bristlecone Pine | Hugh Prestwood | 43 events | MJ | x | N | Y | Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert You ve Got to Have Art 4/1/2014 Video MJ Files Disc 1 Studio MJ Alternate Album Demos Studio Wisconsin News Video Cities 97 Radio unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert WCCO-AM Radio 12/18/1990 Radio Good Company 12/18/1990 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album Morning Show MPR 9/29/1992 Radio unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video |
Way up in the mountains on the high timber line There's a twisted old tree called the Bristlecone Pine The wind there is bitter, it cuts like a knife And it keeps that tree holding on for dear life But hold on it does, standing its ground Standing as empires rise and fall down When Jesus was gathering lambs to his fold The tree was already a thousand years old Now the way I have lived there ain't no way to tell When I die if I'm going to heaven or hell So when I'm laid to rest it would suit me just fine To sleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine For as I would slowly return to the earth What little this body of mine might be worth Would soon start to nourish the roots of that tree And it would partake of the essence of me And who knows but that as the centuries turn A small spark of me might continue to burn As long as the sun did continue to shine Down on the limbs of the Bristlecone Pine Now the way I have lived there ain't no way to tell When I die if I'm going to heaven or hell So I'd just as soon serve out eternity's time Asleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine Asleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine |
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| Broke Down Girl | This song is by Buffy Sainte-Marie and appears on the album Many a Mile (1965). | MJ | Y | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | Broke-down girl, raggedY heart She's seen the good and the sad Fire in love, liar in love She s mommy's little girl gone bad Broke down baby, Hanselless Gretel Heart made of calico stone Pinocchio rose in princesses' clothes She s lonely but never alone The silver hearts of heroes, how heavy they are How they work dragging you down Oh prince Charming, you never came Her castles fell around her The mortal men they found her, found her, found her As you see her here A broke-down baby, sad Cinderella, A Disney delusion, a doll A soulless solace for a sailor ashore A broke-down girl, that's all |
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| Brown-Eyed Woman | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | MJ | N | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | You look at me and baby, all you see are my blue eyes I'm not a man baby, all I am is what I symbolize Brown-eyed woman, stay away, baby Brown-eyed woman, stay away, baby I could love you so, no no, I could love you so, no no All of the years all the hate and the fears Have twisted your heart I take your hand, you say you don t understand It s tearing me apart Brown-eyed woman, stay away, baby Brown-eyed woman, stay away, baby I want you, I need you, I m holding out my hand And I don t want to stay You look at me and baby, all you see are my blue eyes I'm not a man baby, all I am is what I symbolize |
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| Burning My Heart at Both Ends | Jim Varsos, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio | |||||
| Business Goes on as Usual | Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff | MJ | N | Y | Collection of Old & New Live Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert |
Business goes on as usual The corn and the profits are high And the TVs boom In every living room Telling us which deodorant to buy Business goes on as usual Except that my brother is dead He was twenty-five Very much alive But the dreams have all been blasted from his head In a far off land With a gun in his hand He died in a war he did not understand Business goes on as usual Business goes on as usual There's plenty to choose from the rack And the rumor goes The latest thing in clothes Will be black |
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| By Heart | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | Y | Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 |
Her age reveals as much of me as any mirror can And my image in her eyes is all I know of who I am And even as I see myself, my mind the lines begin to blur For who I am has long been tied and tangled up in her And it isn't luck or chance that she can read me at a glance And it's not because she's clever or she's smart No, it's just by now she knows my heart by heart It seems like it's been centuries since she and I began When we both took all our chances all upon on a single hand and though we took it day to day it s gone from year to year No one ever close to me was ever half as dear And it isn't any trick or because her mind is quick That she reaches my conclusions as I start No it's just by now she knows my heart by heart Some fall in love a hundred times and every one is true But I'm here to sing some praises For seeing one love through And amazing as it seems she bring magic to my dreams And it's not because she's mastered magic's art No it's just by now she knows my heart by heart |
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| By Then | Mark Henley | did not include MH solo events | MJ MH |
N | N | Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
Last By then And I ho[e she won t forget And I know what she don t But I wait have no calendar by then could settle down far away from town We could paint it now and then I d like be there she comes tkiss ake her by the hand lead her home with me whhereever that may be By then |
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| Bye Baby Bunting | MJ | N | N | Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board | Bye, baby bunting Daddy's gone a hunting To get a little rabbit skin To wrap his baby bunting in |
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| Cain's Blood | Michael Johnson | MJ X |
x | N | x | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio unknown concert Sound Board unknown Sound Board Continued from 013 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Demos mix tape Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Music City Tonight TV Video Demos Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live Cookhouse 3/1/1974 TV Audio University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board This Must Be The Place 6/21/1975 TV Audio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert |
Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel Half of me waits for freedom, half of me looks for trouble Doves don't know the half of it, hawks don't know the other Kill for peace and pray for rain but watch out for your brother Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel Half of me waits for freedom, half of me looks for trouble Half of us wants a revolution, they're gonna burn this country down Half of us wonder who'll be here to fill up the hold in the ground Half of my blood is, half of my blood is Half of me waits for, half of me looks for Doves don't know the half of it, hawks don't know the other Kill for peace and pray for rain but watch out for your brother And half of us wants a revolution, they're gonna burn this country down Half of us wonder who'll be here to fill up the hold in the ground Half of my blood is, half of my blood is Half of me waits for, half of me looks for Half of me waits for, half of me looks for Half of me waits for, half of me looks for Half of me waits for, half of me looks for Half of me waits for, half of me looks for trouble |
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| Cain's Blood | Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud | MJ | N | x | N | Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert American Music Shop 1/30/1992 TV Video Texas Connection 2/18/1992 TV Video Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board American Music Shop 4/10/1993 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Departure 1/1/1995 Album Music City Tonight 9/13/1995 TV Video Bemidji Backroads Chief Theatre 9/23/1995 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Woodsongs Radio 6/17/2002 Radio Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel One eye looks to heaven, one eye looks for trouble Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel One eye looks to heaven, one eye looks for trouble Sweet mother, she sang in the Sunday choir On her head was her halo, she spoke brimstone and fire Daddy lived by the bottle, Daddy died by the barn And he froze one night, Mama said serves him right The devil can keep him warm Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel One eye looks to heaven, one eye looks for trouble Guess I always saw myself as a simple man There's a man in the mirror I don't understand Everyday I fight it but I know down deep It's the secrets I've been keeping rising from their sleep Alternative: Sweet lover, she knows how to set me free There's another deep in my fantasy I want to feel the excitement, I want a love that's true But dancing on this tightrope, the best that I can do Now that you know me, do you still love me Or just half the man Deep in the darkness, do you still see the light Will you take me as I am Half of my blood is Cain's blood, half of my blood is Abel One eye looks to heaven, one eye looks for trouble |
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| California Dreamin | Michelle Phillips | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Concert/Board Concert/Board Sound Board |
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| California is a Mental State | Mac McAnally | Lose Your Fortune | MJ | N | N | Classics 2 Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
Pockets were burnin' with yesterday's pay His heart was yearnin', he must get away He was determined that some kind of day had come In California, there's nothing but stars Tomorrow morning going but where they are Neighbors were warning the boy's a little too far fetched You'll bite the dust, kid You might get busted Somebody on the tube just did California is a mental state So much to gain that it's hard to concentrate Lose your turn when you hesitate Find yourself while you find your fortune Lose yourself while you lose your fortune Hook, line and sinker, the boy had no class Bad taste will linger while good taste will pass He drummed his fingers, he stared at his last cocaine Home of the laid back Twisted lies and twisted facts Hip are for the odd abstract California is a mental state So little time with an overdose of fate Lose your turn when you hesitate Find yourself while you find your fortune Lose yourself while you lose your fortune Face down in water, his heart killed his mind If he'd been smarter, he'd wasted some time He was a martyr and not an uncommon kind He was a strange man He never went to Disneyland He never even had a tan California's only real estate It's not the land just these people on the take The place is real but the picture's fake Find yourself while you find your fortune Lose yourself while you lose your fortune |
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| Calypso Blues | Don George, King Cole | MJ | Y | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board |
Sittin' by the ocean, feeling very sad Ain't got the money to take me back to Trinidad The lead man hollers Yo yeah, down you go for the working dollar You holler yo, down you go for the working dollar In the USA the girls are a sorry lot They wear pads to show what they ain't got In Trinidad the girls are a lot Because what you see is what she's got Lead man hollers yo yeah, down you go for the working dollar Hey you holler yo, down you go for the working dollar My head is tired of American blues My feet are tired of American shoes And the head man holler yo yeah, down you go for the working dollar Hey you holler yo, down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar In Trinidad one dollar buys 12 jugs of wine, one barrel of rice In USA one dollar buys a copy of coffee and a ham on rye The head man holler yo yeah, down you go for the working dollar Hey you holler yo, down you go for the working dollar My head is tired of American blues My feet are tired of American shoes And the head man holler yo yeah, down you go for the working dollar Hey you holler yo, down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar Down you go for the working dollar |
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| Carry Me Off | Rodney Dillard, Linda Dillard, Mitchell F. Jayne | Sail Upon the WInd, Carry Me off to the Mountains | MJ | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert |
SAIL UPON THE WIND Carry me off to the mountains Let me be an eagle free Sail upon the wind To a place I've never been |
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| Catch Another Butterfly | MJ | x | Y | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Moore On Sunday 1/17/1974 TV Audio Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board |
Do you remember days not so many years ago When the world was run by people twice your size The days were full of laughter, and the nights were full of stars And when you grew tired, you could close your eyes The stars were there for wishing, the wind was there for kites The morning sun was there for rise and shine Even if the sniffles kept you home from school in bed Well you couldn't hardly stay there after nine Well I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where is all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Do you remember campouts right in your own backyard And wondering how aeroplanes can fly And the hours spent just playing with a funny rock you found With crystal specks are blue as all the sky Well I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where is all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Now I watch my son, he's playing with his toys And he's happy and I give him all I can But I can't help feeling just a little tingly inside When I hear him say he wants to be a man Well I wonder if the smell of morning's faded What happened to the robin's song that sparkled in the sky Where is all the water gone that tumbled down the stream Will I ever catch another butterfly Will I ever catch another butterfly |
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| Catfish in Your Dreams | MJ | x | N | N | Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video | |||||
| Central Standard Time | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live |
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| Changing World | Lalo Schifrin, Norman Gimbel | Music by Lalo Schifrin Lyric by Norman Gimbel |
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| Cheatin' on the Blues | Kix Brooks, Chick Rains, Don Cook | MJ | N | N | Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album | He left you, she left me, drowning in this misery We stopped living when they said goodbye We've been faithful to these blues I've had enough now how about you Don't you think we've earned the right To go Cheatin' on the blues tonight Cheatin' on the blues tonight Let's go out and do it right Throw it into overdrive and get on down the road Shake it till the break of dawn Party till the heartache's gone We'll have us a real good time Cheatin' on the blues tonight I'll pick you up at half past eight you can bet I won't be late With any luck we'll make the dance by nine Let's not talk about the past Let old memories die at last Have some fun, keep it light Cheatin' on the blues tonight Cheatin' on the blues tonight Let's go out and do it right Throw it into overdrive and get on down the road Shake it till the break of dawn Party till the heartache's gone We'll have us a real good time Cheatin' on the blues tonight |
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| Chicken Road | Joe Greene | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album |
Once I got a splinter in the joint of my little toe And a garter snake bit my knee by the bend of the little St. Joe Honey that's Missouri, the land of the dust and the toad It's a wonderful town, Chicken Road Once I had a scorpion on the lobe of my good right ear And I loved with my great-great grandma Who could hear what she wanted to hear Honey that's Missouri, the land where the sky overflows It's a wonderful town, Chicken Road Beasts of burden, nip at their hay And a poolroom banjo playin' to the close of every day Night so quiet, you could hear a mouse Tippin' through the parlor of a boarding house Once I got a sunburn on the back of my itchin' neck Went for a ride in a Model-T and I died in a beautiful wreck And honey that's Missouri, the land that the Lord never knowed Yes, it's a wonderful town, Chicken Road |
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| Children of the Wars | MJ s songwriter in iTunes. Can t find proof. | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town Sound Board | |||||
| Christmas in Their Eyes | Unknown | MJ | x | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Archives 2 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert KARE 11 Today 12/8/1994 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
I have seen a lot of Christmas mornings in my time And they all have a special place somewhere in my mind But the ones that I remember most my children gave to me The smile I see in loving eyes outshine the Christmas tree And I never saw Christmas till I saw it in their eyes The smiles on their faces makes Christmas come alive Thank God for my children, they made me realize That I never saw Christmas , till I saw Christmas in their eyes Well I wake up Christmas morning to the sound of little feet Slipping down the stairs, they just can't wait to take a peek And they yell, Santa came last night, Mom and Dad come down and see The smile I see in laughing eyes is Christmas to me And I never saw Christmas till I saw it in their eyes The smiles on their faces makes Christmas come alive Thank God for my children, they made me realize That I never saw Christmas , till I saw Christmas in their eyes And I never saw Christmas till I saw it in their eyes The smiles on their faces makes Christmas come alive Thank God for my children, they made me realize That I never saw Christmas , till I saw Christmas in their eyes |
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| Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) | Mel Tormé, Bob Wells | written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board |
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| Circle of Fifths | Raun MacKinnon | MJ | x | N | N | Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video |
My life goes on in a circle of fifths Around from the downs to the glorious lifts It turns face to face with a memory that shifts And dances to a Gypsy song The baby I was now is far round the bend I find myself humming the tunes that I send Messengers looking for fortunes and friends The circle of fifths never ends Find me, I'm behind you a step Ahead of the foolish and far away crowd Won't you try me, I can dance like your dreams As much as invention allows Find me, I'm behind you a step Ahead of the foolish and far away crowd Won't you try me, I can dance like your dreams As much as invention allows My life goes on in a circle of fifths Around from the downs to the glorious lifts It turns face to face with a memory that shifts And dances to a Gypsy song, song, song |
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| Circle of Love | Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | Piano Rehearsal Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board |
The circle of love, these round about ways Affecting our feelings the rest of our days We'll never be free or quite close enough We simply go 'round the circle of love And so it ends where it begins This unbroken line that forever bends Winding around this family and friends Leaving some out, closing some in The circle of love, these round about ways Affecting our feelings the rest of our days We're never quite free or quite close enough We simply go 'round the circle of love Why can't we feel Why can't we see Why must we wait Till somebody leaves The circle of love, these round about ways Affecting our feelings the rest of our days We'll never be free or quite close enough We simply go 'round the circle of love |
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| Circles of Love | Ad | MJ | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Circus | Michael Johnson, Laurie Kuehn, John Denver | Laurie Kuehn was 13, she instigated idea for CIrcus Per the Wise Owl concert Also have at least 2 performances by DB&J. Find and catalog. |
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Y | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live DB&J U of Minnesota & Graceland Univ 11/22/1968 Sound Board DB&J 1969 Sound Board Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board My House Live |
If I look like home to you and if I am your sign Don't try to understand it baby, when I draw the line It hasn't come to this that you can say I've waste my time Looking everywhere, going nowhere Well the skies they are so lazy now and heavy are the clouds Therels nothin' here that I can learn what it's all about You haven't said a thing to me and you talk so very loud Looking everywhere, going nowhere So I think I'll try the circus or go back to Mexico It's time to make mistakes again, it's time to change the show But it's time and time and time again to find another way It's time to gather forces and get out of yesterday Beause I've lost what I've been looking for, there's nothing left to share I need to take myself away to be some other where To face a life a minute more, I don't think I can spare Looking everywhere, going nowhere So I tell you when you hurt me, because you just don't seem to know And I inform you when I'm lonely and you still don't think I'll go So if I lie to you and I smile a thought, it's only halfway here It's just the circus and I'm singing and I'm never really near If I look like home to you and if I am your sign Don't try to understand it baby, when I draw the line It hasn't come to this that you can say I've waste my time Looking everywhere, looking everywhere Looking everywhere, going nowhere |
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| City of the Angels | Bill Withers | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
CCity of the angels, spread your wings for me I've been other places looking for my dream Eastern cities move too fast, southern ones too slow I can't go back to my past and I need some place to grow City of the angels, clear your cloudy skies for me I heard you got some places that I ought to see L.A., L.A., find a place for me In your spacious wings, where I want to be City of the angels, spread your wings for me I heard you got some places, old man like should see Heard about your Disneyland, not too far away When it rains, I understand, the skies are clear all day L.A., L.A., find a place for me In your spacious wings is I want to be Is I want to be I can't go back to my past Find a place for me |
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| Closer Than You | Thom Schuyler | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio MY DEMO CD #2 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
Some say true love's a mountain No one's able to climb Some say true love's a diamond No one's able to mine But if I haven't found it, I am around it Every time you're with me, I am surrounded And if what they say is true, no matter what I do I know that I'll never be closer than you I could look for a lifetime Search for true happiness I don't think I could find it Any better than this But if I haven't found it, I am around it Every time you're with me, I am surrounded And if what they say is true, no matter what I do I know that I'll never be closer than you |
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| Cloudy | MJ | N | Y | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Cloudy The sky is grey and white and cloudy Sometimes I think it s hanging down on me Let s hitchhike a hundred miles I m a ragamuffin child Pointed finger-painted smile I left my shadow waiting down the road from me a while Cloudy My thoughts are scattered and they re cloudy They have no borders, no boundaries They echo and they swell From Tolstoy to Tinker Bell Down from Berkeley to Carmel Got some pictures in my pocket and a lot of time to kill Hey, sunshine I haven t seen you in a longtime Why don t you show your face and bend my mind? These clouds stick to the sky Like floating question why? They ll linger there to die They don t know where they re going, and, my friend, neither do I Cloudy, cloudy, cloudy, cloudy |
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| Cloudy Summer Afternoon | Many things make this charm-filled Travis Edmonson composition special, not the least being the idea that falling in love can be so uncomplicated or reading newspapers so romantic. The appealing rhythm and happy spirit of this breezy number - the single of which went into the Top 30 charts - propels one along both effortlessly and blissfully. Falling in love was indeed what it was all about, and the song was a gift designed to surprise the object of his affection, telling the story of that particular cloudy summer afternoon in 1958 when she won his heart. The further revelation that the lady like the song a lot should be of no surprise to anyone, however. It's kept enchanting many of his admirers as their top favorite for decades. The curious tempo is actually a 2:4 jazz rhythm, with the irresistible element being the overlay of a unique something of Travis Edmonson's own creation. He adds, when I got to the part where there is a jazz chorus, I had no jazz instrument, nor did I play one, so I whistled. And surprisingly enough, it's one of the parts of the song that people like the best. The cheerful and catchy number was a must in every live appearance, and there are fortunately several recorded versions, including the Spotlight and In Concert LPs, as well as the CDs Best of Bud and Travis, Santa Monica Concert, Tucson Tapes 2 and Live at UC Santa Barbara (the latter two being solo tracks). |
MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | On a cloudy summer afternoon We sat and waited for the raindrops Pitter patter of the raindrops Fell in love, fell in love Time was passing by the shadows fell I never noticed when the rain stopped Pitter patter of the raindrops I fell in love, I fell in love We read the paper As we laid on the floor Smoking that last cigarette Nothing was said For an hour or more But I can never forget How the time was passing by The shadows fell I never noticed when the rain stopped Pitter patter of the raindrops I fell in love, oh, I fell in love Oh, we read the paper As we laid on the floor Smoking that last cigarette Nothing was said For an hour or more But I can never forget It was on a cloudy summer afternoon We sat and waited for the raindrops Pitter patter of the raindrops I fell in love Oh, we fell in love (raindrops) Me and my girl fell in love (raindrops) |
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| Coal Tattoo | Billy Edd Wheeler | MJ | N | N | CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert | Traveling down this coal town road Listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore I am leaving you behind Well I've been a coal man all my life Laid down track in the hole Got a back like an ironwood bent by the wind Blood veins blue as the coal Somebody said that's a strange tattoo You have on the side of your head I said that's the mark of the number nine coal Just a little more and I'd been dead Oh but I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slate But it's going down this new road, looking for a job This traveling and looking I hate, hey hey I stood for the union, walked in the line Fought against the company I stood for the UMW of A Now who's gonna stand for me Yes I've got no job and I got no pay I just got a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head Left by the number nine coal Someday when I die and go To heaven, the land of my dreams I won't have to worry on losing my job To hard times and big machines Well I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slate But it's going down this new road, looking for a job This traveling and looking I hate Traveling down this coal town road Listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore I am leaving you behind Well I've got no job and I got no pay Just got a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head Left by the number nine coal Left by the number nine coal |
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| Cody | John Stewart | MJ | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio | Well Cody sang to me A song about the great Montana sky Well Cody sang to me And I could see Montana in his eye Well Cody's hair is long and dirty As the rivers of L.A. Well Cody's mind is gone You never know just what he's gonna say No, you never know just what he's gonna say Now he falls down on the road Won't you go and help him on his way Yes he falls down on the road The forgotten son of some old yesterday The forgotten son of some old yesterday Well Cody starts to tell Of how he led the wagons to the sea And Cody starts to yell And we waves his knarled hand "Hey you follow me" And we waves his knarled hand to "follow me" He's been living for so long Won't you go and help him on his way Yes he falls down on the road The forgotten son of some old yesterday The forgotten son of some old yesterday But Cody sang to me And I could see Montana in his eye |
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| Collector | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert | I'm a collector of beautiful things I capture and keep them And pin down their wings Red butterflies Green dragonflies Pretty blue beetles But she will be My most precious prize I'm a collector of beautiful things I capture and keep them And pin down their wings No longer free She begs to be free With no-one to help her She'll learn to care Depending on me No longer free She begs to be free With no-one to help her She'll learn to care Depending on me I'm a collector of beautiful things And I have collected a beautiful dream |
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| Come Back to Me | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board |
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| Come Down in Time | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | MJ | N | N | Demo Studio | In the quiet silent seconds I, I turned off the light switch And I came down to meet you in the half light the moon left While a, a cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune A mantle of bright light shone down from a room Come down in time I still hear her say So clear in my ear like it was today Come down in time was the message she gave Come down in time and I'll meet you half way Well I don't know if I should have heard her as yet But a true love like hers is a, a hard love to get And I've walked most all the way and I ain't heard her call And I'm getting to thinking if she's coming at all Come down in time I still hear her say So clear in my ear like it was today Come down in time was the message she gave Come down in time and I'll meet you half way There are women, women, and some hold you tight While some leave you counting the stars in the night |
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| Come to Me | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Hills 45 1/1/1964 Studio | |||||
| Coming Back To Me | Polly Bolton, Roger Bullen, Dave Cooper, Kevin Dempsey, Martin Jenkins | Nothing Left to Say | Nothing Left to Say, Coming Back to Me, Dando Shaft. Dando Shaft consisted of three male songwriters/pickers Martin Jenkins, Dave Cooper and Kev Dempsey composed by Polly Bolton, Roger Bullen, Cooper, Dave, Kevin Dempsey, Martin Jenkins |
MJ | N | N | O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
Now I know you're coming back to me Say it again now You're coming back to stay To try it again and the sun shines Everyday, there's nothing left to say Nothing I could do to stop you leaving Going away now You left me all the time You wouldn't remember about me Far away, there's nothing left to say You left me when the days began to be The same day everyday, you left me You said you had to take a rest you'd always been possessed Said you loved me Dreaming of the time when I first saw you Everyday now I couldn't ask for more You better believe that the sun shines Everyday, there's nothing left to say I knew that I would only have to wait Though I could never hope to see you Now I know you're coming back to stay There is no lack of love To greet you Now I know you're coming back to me Say it again now You're coming back to stay To try it again and the sun shines Everyday, there's nothing left to say |
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| Coming of the Roads | Billy Edd Wheeler | MJ | x | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
Now that our mountain is growing With people hungry for wealth How come it's you that's a going And I'm left alone by myself We used to hunt the cool cavern Deep in our forest of green Then came the road and the taverns And you found a new love it seems Once I had you and the wild wood Now it's all dusty roads And I can't help from blaming your going On the coming, the coming of the roads Look how they've cut all to pieces Our ancient poplar and oak And the hillsides are stained with the greases That burned up the heavens with smoke You used to curse the bold crewmen Who stripped our earth of its ore Well you've changed and you've gone over to them Now you love what you hated before Once I thanked God for my treasures Now like rust they corrode And I can't help from blaming your going On the coming, the coming of the roads |
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| Company Man | Bob McDill, Dan Seals | MJ | x | N | N | Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album American Music Shop 1/30/1992 TV Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board American Music Shop 4/10/1993 TV Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Morning Show MPR 6/23/2005 Radio Studio Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
She's got my picture inside of her locket She's got a most unforgettable smile She goes for walks with her hands in her pockets She is a girl of impeccable taste I work the mill and I vote with the union Just like my father, I'm a company man She'll go away to a school in New England I'll spend my life working with my hands And oh she's never gonna be mine I know Some things were decided so long ago I sit alone in a chair in her parlor And I look down at the cuts on my hands Her father smiles, he treats me kindly But I know I don't fit into his plans We'll meet tonight down at the drug store We'll say goodbye and tomorrow she'll leave She'll cry and say she'll love me forever But I know in time she'll forget about me And oh she's never gonna be mine I know Some things were decided so long ago But oh someday I'll own this factory Someday I'll own this town Someday I'll get her back Some way, somehow She's got my picture inside of her locket, ooh company man She goes for walks with her hands in her packets, ooh company man I work the mill and I vote with the union, I'm a company man She'll go away to a school in New England, ooh company man She's got my picture inside of her locket, ooh company man She goes for walks with her hands in her packets |
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| Cool me in the River of Love | Dennis Linde | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Wings 1/1/1986 Album |
COOL ME IN THE RIVER OF LOVE Dennis Linde Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Lay me down in the water It seems everything's gone wrong today Twenty four hours just thrown away Broke my back, still the bills' ain't paid Oh baby take my hand Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Lay me down in the water When I feel low like I do right now You always lift me up somehow You lay your hands on my fevered brow And my troubles all flow away When you cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Well that river of love is sweet as wine Healing my body while it soothes my mind It makes this whole world seem to shine Everything's new again When you cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Lay me down in the water Lay me down in the water Cool me in the river of love Lay me down in the water Cool me, cool me in the river of love Lay me down, lay me down in the water Cool me, cool me in the river of love Lay me down, lay me down in the water |
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| Cool Whip | Ad Spot | MJ | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Cotton Eyed Joe | Traditional | MJ | N | N | Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Charlotte's Web 1/1/1976 Concert |
MY COTTON EYED JOE If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? He came to town like a midwinter storm He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun But all he had come for was having some fun If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? He brought disaster wherever he went The hearts of the girls was to Hell, broken, sent They all ran away so nobody would know And left only men 'cause of Cotton-Eye Joe If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe I'd been married a long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? |
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| Country Road/Fire & Rain | James Taylor | MJ | N | N | Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board |
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| Crying Shame | Michael Johnson, Don Schlitz, Brent Maher | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Nashville Now 11/20/1987 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album New Country 4/8/1988 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Music City Tonight 12/21/1993 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
CRYING SHAME Michael Johnson, Don Schlitz & Brent Maher Baby said she's leaving and you know she didn't even tell me why, why, why She really broke my heart when she loaded up her car and said goodbye, bye, bye All alone in this blues cafe, wondering how we got this way When love takes the blame, well it's a crying shame When love takes the blame, well it's a crying shame Baby said she's sorry and she never really meant to make me cry, cry, cry She promised me forever but you know that she could never live a lie, lie, lie All alone in this corner booth, will I ever know the truth When love takes the blame, well it's a crying shame When love takes the blame, well it's a crying shame Love takes the blame, when only the tears remain And no one's there to hear you call when you need them most of all Baby said by morning that she'd probably be a thousand miles away, way, way She asked me to forgive her but I said it didn't matter anyway, way, way All alone with my head bowed down, wondering if she'll ever turn around Cause when love takes the blame, well it's a crying shame When love takes the blame, it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame Oh it's a crying, baby it's a crying, ooh well it's a crying shame |
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| Cuddlebug | Alan Arkin | sung by Leon Bibb | MJ | N | N | Morning Show MPR 12/19/1988 Radio | CUDDLE BUG They say it's old, they say it's small They say that I've outgrown it It's worn to shreds but still in all I think I need to own it It's very good hugging tight And pulling up above me It's warm and soft and just the right Kind of thing to love me When lights go out before I sleep My room gets awful roomy There's always my old friend to keep The dark from getting to me I call it my old cuddle bug I know it's just a blanket I know it's old and out of shape And I know that washing shrank it They say it's old, they say it's small They say that I've outgrown it It's worn to shreds but still in all I think I need to own it |
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| Daddy Was A Mover | Mitchell F Jayne, Rodney Dillard | MJ X |
N | N | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio | Daddy was a mover and a gold creek miner Never had a dollar or a hard luck song Mama ran off and he s never gonna find her Went down the river, she s a long time gone Daddy taught me everything he thought we needed In the world just to get along Brew a little feel good, cut a little cordwood Sing a little tenor on a gospel song Can you see me daddy where the river went wrong It ain t easy, high and dry and the memory s gone I ll settle down and let the river roll on Misty midnight, hunting by moonlight One shot rifle and a one eyed dog Lonesome Sundays, they seem like Monday Daddy kept the bottle in the sycamore log Lonesome yearning, the kids keep turning on Never had a woman I could call my own What s to give her, running on the river Sleeping in the gravel like a rolling stone |
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| Damn It All (Movin' in the Same Circles) | Ron Galbraith | MJ | N | N | Demos 1/1/89 Studio Three Wishes Concert MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos mix tape Studio Demos Studio Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert Amazingrace 5/1/1977 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert |
DAMN IT ALL (MOVIN' IN THE SAME CIRCLES) Ron Galbraith We called it quits a year ago Saw the writing on the wall Ain't it funny how you know When you don't really know at all See you 'round was the phrase As I remember that we used When I think back on those days All I've gotten is confused Because we're movin' the same circles, talkin' to the same folks Going to the same places, hearing the same old jokes Movin' in the same circles, going nowhere at all And I still love you baby Damn it all You said that you were leaving town Hearts grow fonder so they say But as of now you're still around Kinda think you're gonna stay But I can't take this place alone And ever since we said goodbye We've said hello but not at home Don't you think it's time to try Instead of movin' the same circles, talkin' to the same folks Going to the same places, hearing the same old jokes Movin' in the same circles, going nowhere at all And I still love you baby Damn it all Movin' the same circles, talkin' to the same folks Going to the same places, hearing the same old jokes Movin' in the same circles, going nowhere at all And I still love you baby I still love you baby And I still love you baby Damn it all |
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| Dancin' Tonight | Bill LaBounty, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert |
DANCIN' TONIGHT Bill LaBounty & Michael Johnson Don't waste time, it's now or never The girl won't stay at home forever It's time you treat her right The lady wants to got out Dancin' tonight Under the lights Romance her tonight She wants to go dancin' So don't be late, that moon is rising All the neon's hypnotizing' Don't wait around too long She'll find someone to take her Dancin' tonight Under the lights Romance her tonight She wants to go dancin' She takes you someplace where the blues don't last And colors change beneath the floor She tells the band to play her something fast She's holding out her hand Don't blow your only chance to take her Dancin' tonight Under the lights You'd better romance her tonight She wants to go dancin' Dancin' tonight Under the lights You'd better romance her tonight She wants to go dancin' and dancin' and dancin' Dancin' tonight Under the lights You'd better romance her tonight She wants to go dancin' |
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| Dancing Sandwiches | Ted Sherman | MJ | N | N | Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio | DANCING SANDWICHES (Instrumental) |
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| Dangling Conversation | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | It's a still life watercolor Of a now late afternoon As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows fill the room And we sit and drink our coffee Cast in our indifference, like shells upon the shore You can hear the ocean roar In the dangling conversations And superficial sighs The borders of our lives And you read your Emily Dickinson And I my Robert Frost And we note our place with book markers And measure what we've lost Like a poem poorly written We are verses out of rhythm Couplets out of rhyme In syncopated time Lost in the dangled conversations And superficial sighs The borders of our lives Yes, we speak of things that matter With words that must be said "Is analysis worthwhile?" "Is the theater really dead?" And now the room s softly faded And I only see your shadow And I cannot feel your hand You're a stranger to me now And the dangling conversations And superficial sighs Are the borders of our lives |
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| Day After Tomorrow | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live | DAY AFTER TOMORROW Day after tomorrow, I won't be married anymore A call from my lawyer reminded me I'm on my own Seventy-two short hours to go How could I know possibly end like this Horribly lacking in bliss Oh this is a scene I'd just as soon have missed Cause day after tomorrow, I won't be married anymore I tore up the letter my memory just can't ignore All the phrases she used to throw it away Why should she say we were so totally wrong How could I possibly know Oh this is a scene I'd just as soon have missed Cause day after tomorrow, I won't be married anymore Anymore |
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| Day I m Over You | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | N | MJ Files Disc 1 Studio Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album |
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| Daydream | MJ | N | N | unknown jam 1/1/1968 Live | What a day for a daydream What a day for a daydreamin' boy And I m lost in a daydream Dreamin' bout my bundle of joy And even if time ain t really on my side It s one of those days for takin' a walk outside I m blowin the day to take a walk in the sun And fall on my face on somebody's new mowed lawn I've been havin a sweet dream I been dreamin since I woke up today It s starrin me and my sweet dream 'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way And even if time has passing me by a lot I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for droppin my load A pie in your face for bein' a sleepy bulltoad And you can be sure that if you're feelin right A daydream will last along into the night Tomorrow at breakfast you may pick up your ears Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years What a day for a daydream Custom made for a daydreamin' boy And now I m lost in a daydream Dreamin bout my bundle of joy |
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| Deal With The Ladies | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I like to deal with the ladies I like to give 'em a real hard time Like to make 'em sigh Like to make 'em cry over me I like to swing with the good times I like to have me a real live ball Doin' what I can like a dirty old man Tee Hee Like to have 'em just to hanging around Wondering where I've been Like to see 'em with their big brown eyes Just-a drinkin' me in I like to deal with the ladies I like to hang 'em up on my line Treat 'em kinda rough But they never get enough of me Rat a tat tat tat Like to have 'em just-a hanging around Wondering where I've been Like to see 'em with their big brown eyes Just-a drinkin' me in Yeah I like to deal with the ladies I like to give 'em a real hard time Like to make 'em sigh Like to make 'em cry over Like to make 'em bawl Love to have 'em crawl over Treat 'em kinda rough But they never get enough of me Rat a tat tat tat |
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| Death of an Unpopular Poet | Jimmy Buffet | MJ | N | N | Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board |
DEATH OF AN UNPOPULAR POET Jimmy Buffett I once knew a poet, he lived before his time He and his dog, Spooner, who would listen while he'd rhyme Words to make you happy, words to make you cry And then one day the poet, suddenly did die But he left behind a closet filled with verse and rhyme Through some strange transaction, one was printed in the Times And everybody's searching for the king of underground Well they found him down in Florida, with a tombstone for a crown And everybody knows a line From a book that cost four ninety-nine I wonder if he knows, he's doing quite this fine 'Cause his books are all best sellers, all his poems were turned to songs They had his brother on a talk show, though they never got along And now he's called immortal, yes he's even taught in schools They say he used his talents, a most proficient tool But he left all of his royalties to Spooner, his old hound Growing old on steak and bacon in a dog house ten feet round And now everybody wonders, did he really lose his mind No, he was just a poet, who lived before his time |
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| Departure | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert MJ NAC DEMOS Studio Demos Studio MJ Demos 1 Studio unknown concert Studio unknown Sound Board MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Demos Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio MJ WORK 83 Nov #2 Live MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Archives 2 Studio Archives 3 Studio Demos Studio Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Departure 1/1/1995 Album Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
DEPARTURE Hugh Prestwood Hey let's go up on the mountain tonight And get blown away under stars From up there the freeways are rivers of light With diamond and rubies for cars And the city is spread like a net at your feet Catching the stars as they fall And all of the things that are driving you crazy Won't really matter at all Hey let's go up on the mountain tonight You can bring all your memories along We'll take all the very best times of our lives Put them all into a song And we'll stand all alone on the top of a hill And sing it as loud as we can Not one of the millions below us will hear it But won't the elation be grand And we'll catch us a ride on the wings of an angel Flying too close to the ground And if she is flying away to forever Maybe we'll never come down Down ... |
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| Dial Soap | Ad spot | MJ | x | N | N | Ad Spots Studio Dial Soap Commercial Video |
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| Dialogue | Tom Snow, Patti Dahlstrom | MJ | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Symphony Conglomerate Studio Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board |
DIALOGUE Tom Snow & Patti Dahlstrom Stranded in a waiting room, he turns to her, How do you do I know the book you're reading. and I've always like his point of view I'm flying out of here to somewhere I have been Set out to find it years ago and I'm finally heading in Have you been to France, I hear it's wonderful this time of year Have you really seen the English countryside, do people ride All I've ever seen is Houston, it's flat and rainy and rich And California on my own and neither one quite fits He has got the world to give and she is on her own Together they can show each other what they cannot see alone Cancel all your reservations, it's a now or never stand Final call and off they go, leaving hand in hand And he has got the world to give and she can bring him home Together they can show each other what they cannot see alone He has got the world to give and she an bring him home Together they can show each other what they cannot see alone He turns to her |
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| Diamond Dreams | Parker McGee, Bud Harner | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board unknown concert Sound Board MJ WORK 87 #1 Live unknown concert Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Minnesota Twins 10/1/1987 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert Good Evening Show MPR 5/13/1989 Radio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
DIAMOND DREAMS Parker McGee & Bud Harner Two men on, two men down Not a friendly face in this baseball town I gotta make this fool swing, gotta cut him down Or it's back to the farm I might as well throw away my arm this time And it's one strike, caught him lookin' And it's two strikes, oh now I'm cookin' Here's my hard one As he swings I see his eyes Another boy with diamond dreams like mine Mama pleaded, "Son, stay in school 'Cause you don't wanna grow up to be no big league fool And all they want is your body boy, they don't care about you" Well I'm hoping that she's wrong 'Cause I'm feeling so strong this time And it's one strike, caught him lookin' And it's two strikes, oh now I'm cookin' Here's my hard one As he swings I see his eyes Another boy with diamond dreams like mine Oh when the crowd's on its feet How I live for this moment The bitter and the sweet Caught him lookin' Oh now I'm cookin' Here's my hard one As he swings I see his eyes Another boy with diamond dreams like mine Caught him lookin' Oh now I'm cookin' Ooh Mama, I got these diamond dreams I got these diamond dreams ... |
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| Dirty Hands, Dirty Faces | Parker McGee | MJ X |
x | N | N | Vanguard Project Compilation Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Departure 1/1/1995 Album Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
DIRTY HANDS, DIRTY FACES Parker McGee Dirty hands, dirty faces, what am I going to do about you You've been out playing in those forbidden places Now run along and wash them up Your supper's getting cool, hurry up Slow down, how can you be so clumsy Didn't you see it standing there Go on now answer me before I get angry And go to your room and shut the door and see if I care Yes but someday, when we're standing eye to eye And your trucks and your guns and all behind I hope you'll be more kind and understanding with your daddy Than I was with mine The day to day, it slips away, you're in diapers and then you're dancing And the music that you hear is not for me Sometimes I forget you and the things that really matters I'm holding tighter, you're running faster, as you struggle to be free Yes but someday, when we're standing eye to eye And your trucks and your guns and all behind I hope you'll be more kind and understanding with your daddy Than I was with mine So on your way, my little one You've got some dreams to fine Still I hope you'll be more kind and understanding with your daddy Than I was with mine |
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| Distance Between Us | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL #2 Studio | ||||||
| Distant Fire | Michael Johnson, Wayne Carson, Bill Piburn | MJ | N | N | Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL #2 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live Departure 1/1/1995 Album |
DISTANT FIRE Michael Johnson I just had to hear your voice tonight My heart left me no choice tonight I'll bet you think I'm crazy And maybe I am Yes I know it's late to call like this But I was memory inspired Feelings I've been keeping, Keeping me from sleeping Burning like a distant fire Yesterdays are in my heart tonight And I can't fight that old desire Loneliness remembers love that lives in embers Flickering from a distant fire Where we were, to where we are To be so close, to be so far I'll never own the moon and stars But I still see them shine Like I said it's late to call like this Darling I apologize Not for what I'm feeling, just for not revealing This love I'm sending on the wire Burning from a distant fire |
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| Do It | Jesse Winchester | MJ | N | N | Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board | |||||
| Do It or Die | Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix | MJ | x | Y | N | Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board TPT Almanac 1/1/2008 Video |
Don't let your troubles make you cry Don't waste a moment wondering why When everything goes wrong You have to go on and do it or die Do it or die now, stand your ground Don't let your bad breaks go gettin' you down Even when times get rough and you've had enough You still gotta try (that's right) Do it no matter what the people say (no matter) They don't even know you (They don't know you at all) I'd die before you let them stand in your way (Don't you know that) You should know that Life is a gamble all along Winners are losers who keep rollin' on So go on and roll the dice, you only live twice Do it or die Do it no matter what the people say (no matter) They don't even know you (They don't know you at all) I'd die before you let them stand in your way (Don't you know that) I know that (You know that) Life is a gamble all along Winners are losers who keep rollin' on Just go on and roll the dice, you only live twice So do it or die You got nothing to to lose Just go on and roll the dice, you only live twice Do it or die |
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| Do It Yourself | Michael Johnson, Joanie Chappell Beeson | MJ | N | N | 4 TK MIXES Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON 4 TK MIXES Studio Demos Studio MJ Work 94 2 Live Demos Studio Archives 2 Studio |
Daddy always said he wouldn t leave me much If you used the brain God gave you don t need no crutch He said I ve been around a little and I m no fool Gonna teach you things you won t learn in school If you wanna it done right, better do it yourself Don t trust your heart s desire to anyone else And if it s really worth doing, it s worth doing well And you re the one to get the job done If you wanna it done right, better do it yourself Seems like every time I see another TV show They try to tell you how to hold on and when to let it go They tell you how to live and even how to love Then they tell you how to know when you ve had enough But if you wanna it done right... |
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| Don't Ask Why | Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland | MJ | x | N | N | Demos Studio MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 Studio Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video |
DON'T ASK WHY Bill LaBounty & R. Freeland Ask me any kind of question Anything you wanna know Tell you all about my lovers Heartaches and laughter From the long time ago Ask me if I'm finally happy I've never really been before Ever since you happened to me I've told all my secrets I don't have any more Ask me now And I won't tell a lie Ask me how I've been feeling inside But when somebody loves you And you know that it's true Don't ask why Ask me if I really mean it When I tell you "I love you" Ask me will I please repeat it I'll tell you forever If you want me to Ask me now And I won't tell a lie Ask me how I've been feeling inside But when somebody loves you And you know that it's true Don't ask why Don't ask why Don't ask why |
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| Don't Beat Me Down | Gordon Lightfoot | MJ | N | N | Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
Oh, when he was a man, my father would stand I never saw him run There wasn't anyone could make the man bend The strength of his will was the tool of his trade And he did his work well Till the powers that be took a liking to him And they traded his body for a cold empty shell Don't beat me down Don't beat me down I've got something to say Don't you stand in my way And don't beat me down Oh, when I was a youth, I found the truth In the eyes of a friend There wasn't anyone could make the light dim And we talked and we rambled and we gambled to win And the learning was good Till the powers that be to a liking to him They traded their fortunes for the sight of his blood When I was a child and my mother smiled At the cradle she bought For the little tot she held to her breast And the song that she sang was an anthem to love It was all that I heard Till the powers that be took a liking to me And they told me that love was a four-letter word Don't beat me down Don't beat me down I've got one life to live And that's all I can give So don't beat me down And now I've got a place, I got a worried face And a question in mind Please let me find a reason somehow Why some reap the harvest while other men die And the joker runs wild And if powers that be take a liking to us Then we all must return to the ways of a child We all must return to the ways of a child So don't beat me down Don't beat me down I've got something to say Don't you stand in my way And don't beat me down I've got one life to life And that's all I can give So don't beat me down Don't beat me down Don't beat me down |
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| Don't Let It Go to Your Heart | M. Brown, S. Dorff, L. Henley, J. Silbar | Song from the movie Waltz Across Texas | MJ | Y | N | MJ Unreleased Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio demos Studio |
I know that look, I've seen it before And I'm not into playing games any more This needs to be said before we can start Don't let it go to your heart Why don't we take it one step at a time It may not be love but whatever we find No one gets hurt if we play it smart And don't let it go to your heart Too many hearts have been broken By going too far too fast So let's leave forever unspoken Who knows, it might even last There's still time to leave, girl, if you want to go If you're not in a hurry, then let's take it slow There's no way tomorrow can tear us apart If you don't let it go to your heart Too many hearts have been broken By going too far too fast So let's leave forever unspoken Who knows, it might even last |
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| Don t Let Us Get Sick | Warren Zevon | MJ | x | Y | N | Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video | ||||
| Don't Look for Love | Thom Bishop | Love Looks for You | MJ X |
x | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 4/8/1976 Radio Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video |
DON'T LOOK FOR LOVE Fare thee well you midnight companions The night will pass no matter what we do All we did was paint my ceiling blue Don't look for love, love looks for you Regards to all my long lost relations And aren't they over long before they're through It's simple and it's sad but it's true Don't look for love, love looks for you And it will leave you standing stranded like an outlaw It'll make you wild and wasted on its trail It'll leave you riled and restless as you stumble through the night It'll throw away the key the day it locks you in its jail So goodbye to all my eager expectations The chips that fell were far between and few One and one don't always get you two Don't look for love, love looks for you It will leave you standing stranded like an outlaw It'll make you wild and wasted on its trail It'll leave you riled and restless as you stumble through the night It'll throw away the key the day it locks you in its jail So goodbye to all my eager expectations The chips that fell were far between and few One and one don't always get you two No Don't look for love, love looks for you Don't look for love, love looks for you Don't look for love, love looks for you |
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| Don t Rain on My Parade | Bob Merrill, Jule Styne | Barbra Streisand | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board |
Don't tell me not to live Just sit and putter Life's candy and the sun's A ball of butter Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade Don't tell me not to fly I've simply got to If someone takes a spill It's me and not you Who told you you're allowed To rain on my parade! I'll march my band out I'll beat my drum And if I'm fanned out Your turn at bat, sir At least I didn't fake it Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it! But whether I'm the rose Of sheer perfection Or freckle on the nose Of life's complexion The cinder or the shiny apple of its eye I gotta fly once I gotta try once Only can die once, right, sir? Ooh, life is juicy Juicy, and you see I gotta have my bite, sir! Get ready for me, love Cause I'm a "comer" I simply gotta march My heart's a drummer Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade! I'm gonna live and live now Get what I want, I know how One roll for the whole shebang One throw, that bell will go clang Eye on the target, and wham One shot, one gun shot, and bam Hey, Mister Arnstein, here I am! I'll march my band out I'm beating my drum And if I'm fanned out Your turn at bat, sir At least I didn't fake it Hat, sir, I guess I didn't make it Get ready for me, love 'Cause I'm a "comer" I simply gotta march My heart's a drummer Nobody, no, nobody Is gonna rain on my parade! |
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| Don't Remind Me Now Of Time | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | ||||||
| Don't You Go Under | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | Amazingrace 6/29/1974 Sound Board Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio |
Wo wo wo wo nothing much to day Wo wo wo wo it's not much of a day Things been going really slow since I've been on my own And I'm losing sleep at night thinking I'm alone Wo wo wo wo turn my head around Looked in and out, all about And this is what I've found Ashtrays, paper bags and no real place to go A lifetime full of days and nights And I'm running the show Do you remember dreams that you've had Don't you go under feelin' so bad Don't you go under feelin' so bad My mind is turning all night long Listen to me The light is burning till the dawn And look what I see Questions dancing in my mind They're all asking why Sitting back, feeling blue sure won't get me by Wo wo wo wo nothing much to say Wo wo wo wo it's not much of a day But everyday will be the same until I find out how Do this life of days and nights Waiting on me now |
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| Doors | Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board |
DOORS Randy Goodrum & Brent Maher Doors, why do there have to be doors 'Cause when you walked right out of yours and mine It made me wonder why they are tears Where is the end to all of these tears And where's the face that used to cheer me up Girl, it makes me wonder Why does my heart just keep on beating Why do my arms just keep on reaching For someone who's no longer there What can I say besides I'm sorry What can I say to change you mind What can I do to make tomorrow Yours and mine Chairs, why do there have be chairs 'Cause yours is empty now There's no one there It really makes me wonder Why does my heart just keep on beating Why do my arms just keep on reaching For someone who's no longer there What can I say besides I'm sorry What can I say to change you mind Why do I keep hoping for A chance you'll walk back through the door When my heart knows there's no hope anymore So why do there have to be doors Why do there have to been doors |
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| Douglas Mountain | Raffi | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
DOUGLAS MOUNTAIN Raffi Snow is falling on Douglas Mountain Snow is falling so deep Snow is falling on Douglas Mountain Putting all the bears to sleep Putting the bears to sleep Trimming the wicks on Douglas Mountain Shining my chimney so bright Trimming the wicks on Douglas Mountain So God can see the night So God can see the night |
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| Dream Within a Dream | Michael Johnson | MJ | Y | Y | Live 12/27/1993 Live Archives 1 Studio MJ Work 90 6 of 6 1/1/1990 Live 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio |
As I lay me down tonight And leave this world as I turn out the light I drift into the deep And go dancing with the angels in my sleep You're a dream within a dream within a dream You're everything I needed love to be Just a fantasy but the world to me My dream within a dream within a dream In an old abandoned heart Your shadow moves through the light and the dark This vision seems so real When I'm reaching out touch you I can feel You're my dream within a dream within a dream You're everything I needed love to be Just a fantasy but the world to me My dream within a dream within a dream Hold me, never let me go Nobody told me this life could be so cold And if I die before I wake Leaving no one's heart to break I'll just be on my way I can almost . . . With my dream within a dream within a dream You're everything I needed love to be Just a fantasy but the world to me My dream within a dream within a dream You're my dream within a dream within a dream |
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| Dreaming Sweet Dreams | Hugh Prestwood | MJ X |
x | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben's 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board |
DREAMING SWEET DREAMS Say goodnight to this day Let your cares fall away We have no need to stay Bound to this earth Any sorrow that you feel We will let the darkness heal Just close your eyes with me Quick as a wink we'll be Upon a starlit flight Drifting across this night Dreaming sweet dreams Sleeping like silver spoons Rising like free balloons Under a cloudless moon Dreaming light Nothing left to talk about We can blow our candles out Just close your eyes with me Quick as a wink we'll be Upon a starlit flight Drifting across this night Dreaming sweet dreams Just close your eyes with me Quick as a wink we'll be Upon a starlit flight Drifting across this night Dreaming sweet dreams |
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| Driving Through the Hills of Mexico | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert |
Driving through the hills of Mexico Starting to get a little on the warm side Lost my map, don't know where to go Starting to feel a little like a French fry Hey look out man, there's a cow on the road And he's looking at your right front fender Driving through the trees, sweating down to my knees It's a wonderful day to remember Texans talking about the money exchange Little brown beggar boys picking up the change Getting sort of cloudy and I think it's gonna rain Appears 5 pesos because I say so Look out man, there's a burro on the hill Standing on a 90 foot rock slide Probably shouldn't pass but I think I will All the sooner I get stateside Trying to keep my eyes off of the sun Squinting down the road just to see the path If getting there is really half the fun Getting back must be the other half Hey look out man, there's a cow on the road And he's looking at your right front fender Driving through the dirt, something's crawling up the shirt It's a wonderful day to remember It's a wonderful day to remember It's a wonderful day to remember |
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| Drops of Water | Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky's 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board St. Ben's 2/27/1989 Concert Nashville Now 7/18/1989 TV Video Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board |
DROPS OF WATER Bill LaBounty & R. Freeland There's a bird in my tree Singin' sad autumn melodies There's an old summer breeze And it's blowin away There's a cloud in my sky There's a girl who's been on my mind There's a tear in my eye And I think it would rain Drops of water, drops of water Falling down around my feet There's nothing but the rain in my life Drops of water, drops of water Falling down around my feet There's nothing but the rain in my life If a star falls tonight Let it fall and with all your might Make a wish That there won't be any rain in your life Drops of water, drops of water Falling down around my feet There's nothing but the rain in my life Drops of water, drops of water Falling down around my feet There's nothing but the rain in my life |
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| DuBuque Savings | Ad spot | Ad | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Easy Way Out | Ernie Cate | Early Train | Cate Brothers (MJ title: Early Train) | MJ | N | N | Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Demos to Peter & Phil 7/20/1977 Studio |
EASY WAY OUT I'm leaving tomorrow I can't tell you where I'll be It's too late to make amends You know that it's over Nothing here but you and me And it's best that our love ends Taking the early train, making it very plain I just don't feel like trying Taking the easy way out, you know what I'm talking about I just don't feel like trying It's too much confusion I can't play this game and pretend Too many feelings I just can't hide So making a new life Starting all over again I got my feelings and I got my pride Taking the early train, making it very plain I just don't feel like trying Taking the easy way out, you know what I'm talking about I just don't feel like trying Taking the early train, making it very plain I just don't feel like trying Taking the easy way out, you know what I'm talking about I just don't feel like trying I can't tell you where I'll be It's too late to make amends |
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| Edge of the World | Greg Brown | MJ | Y | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Demos to Peter & Phil 7/20/1977 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
I met her when I was halfway home Just about at the turn The roads were all in shadows The leaves were bound to burn She raised her hand as if to speak but then Well here comes everybody Like a flock of birds Some were riding on tricycles Some in the long black cars Going off the edge of the world I like to love by water Where there is no old or new No scarecrow in the garden Singing much adieu 'Bout all the changes he's been through But here comes everybody Sifting through the dust Singing about the mountains California or bust They're just going off the edge of the world I told her to come see me I live here in a shed With my little daughter And a loaf of day old bread I told her I had a kiss for her head Here comes everybody Reading the book of love One chapter says too much And the other says not enough If you're going off the edge of the world I spent a lot of time last summer Throwing stones at the moon Finally hit it once And it popped like a balloon Somebody blew it back up pretty soon Here comes everybody Tangled helplessly Trampling in my garden Trying to get me To go off the edge of the world Here comes everybody In the dimmest light Holding old church candles Singing it's all right To go off the edge of the world |
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| Either You or Me | Hugh Prestwood, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | VANGUARD #1 SONGS NOT USED Studio MJ@Brad's Studio MJ WORK 87 #1 Live Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben's 2/27/1989 Concert |
Old friend, I see you're still waiting That's not the way it should be You have tried long enough To catch that gypsy in me It's not a matter of wanting you It's not a question of love It just comes down to parts That two different hearts are made of And I can't keep yours from breaking Not unless I break my own And so it's either you or me There's no way I'd ever make you happy I'd be staring out the window I'd have one foot out the door And so it's either you or me I've been off chasing rainbows I know that won't surprise you But believe it or not These days I'm catching a few And the reason I am calling Is to try and set you free Because it's either you or me I'm not meant to be the one you live for With my heart out on the highway And my soul upon the sea And so it's either you or me There's no way I'd ever make you happy I'd be staring out the window I'd have one foot out the door And so it's either you or me |
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| Emilio | Michael Johnson, Tom Keaton | MJ | x | N | add original demo emailed to me | N | Morning Show MPR 6/23/2005 Radio Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
Emilio lives in an attic Plays a flamenco guitar Arpeggios fall out his window And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars They harmonize with the sirens And mix with that racket downstairs And wander out into the traffic Emilio's misguided prayers The moon is Emilio's mistress On her there's no turning his back Some nights she comes to him naked and cold Some nights she only wears black When the Fundador flows from his bottle Somehow there's always a fight When the moon and the lunatic dance Seguirias Their beautiful music spills into the night And they dance In his dreams he can see the abuelas They offer him wafers and wine Suspicious Emilio measures The vino against the divine But he never has come to believe them Or accepted their heavenly host Sabicas and Salvador Dali The saint and the sinner he prays to the most Emilio lives in an attic Plays a flamenco guitar Arpeggios fall out his window And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars |
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| Empty Hearts | Michael McDonald | MJ | x | N | N | Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Holstein's Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Bunky's 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board CAFE Radio 12/7/1994 Concert Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio |
EMPTY HEARTS Are you leaving Are you going Did you think you could lose that feeling Without me knowing Are you wishing You'd never met me Does it just take a train whistle blowing' To forget me All the losing and the knowing But you love her still Could be nothing To what empty hearts must feel Hmm Are you leaving Are you going Did you think you could lose that feeling Without me knowing All the losing and the knowing But you love her still Could be nothing To what empty hearts must feel Tell me what an empty heart must feel Are you leaving Are you going Are you leaving Are you going |
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| Every Reason | James Lee Stanley | MJ | N | N | Amazingrace 6/29/1974 Sound Board | Every reason you give makes it harder to live without you And every reason you re gone makes it harder to go on without you Without you, I wake up every morning But I still can t get past the surprise When you were there we shared a cup of coffee Now even coffee kind of makes me sigh And every reason you give makes it harder to live without you And every reason you re gone makes it harder to go on without you But I recall all your reasons for going Why you just had to walk out the door I tried to understand, I tried to tell you But you ve heard all those answers before Yes I know it s goodbye but it hurts me Yes I know it s goodbye but I cry Yes I know it s goodbye but I want you back again I tell you why Well I just go out to bars to be social Because I don t like drinking too much alone It seems I m never there more than an hour Till the keeper calls a cab to take me home Every reason you give makes it harder to live without you And every reason you re gone makes it harder to go on without you Every reason you give makes it harder to live without you And every reason you re gone makes it harder to go on without you |
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| Every Road | Richard Leigh | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
EVERY ROAD After every wrong road has taken its toll And lonely nights dreaming about you I'd be a fool to leave you again Life's been so empty without you Every road leads me back to your door Fool that I am, I just didn't see it before I never knew love could be so true Now every road leads me back to you I faced miles in the rain and nights with no wind I left you as long as I can Only to find what I've been searching for Was right in the palm in my hand Every road leads me back to your door Fool that I am, I just didn't see it before I never knew love could be so true Now every road leads me back to you Shelter me from every cold wind that blows Hold me close and don't ever let me go Every road leads me back to your door Fool that I am, I just didn't see that before I never knew love could be so true Now every road leads me back to you |
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| Every Time We Say Goodbye | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Everybody s Hip | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
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| Everyone Tuesday | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio |
Well everyone Tuesday is something sweet She's kind like a cool breeze Whispering on your cheek, oh yeah She came into my life one beautiful day How did we get here, how did we get here How we gonna stay Sun is leaving every rooftop Another yesterday has come We will sing with that bird on the wing As the twilight streams into our lovers' dreams Where the season run and run And we've time for everyone Oh Tuesday, we've every reason why To keep smiling in this new way And never let a day go by Sun is leaving every rooftop Another yesterday has come We will sing with that bird on the wing As the twilight streams into our lovers' dreams Where the season run and run And we've time for everyone Oh Tuesday, we've every reason why To keep smiling in this new way And never let a day go by To keep smiling in this new way And never let a day go by |
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| Explore Minnesota | Ad spot | MJ | x | N | N | Ad Spots Studio Ad Video Ad Video |
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| Faithful | Eric Andersen | MJ | Y | N | 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live | Loving you and leaving you's the hardest thing to do To give my foot another chance to try another shoe But every time I see someone I'm always seeing you Though I have not always been faithful I always have been true Though I sometimes go to parties I m there listening for the phone Wondering if I called you, would you be alone And when I see the looks of lovers, my heart sinks like a stone Wishing I could be there with em stead of going home alone But loving you and leaving you's the hardest thing to do To give my foot another chance to try another shoe But every time I see someone I'm always seeing you Though I have not always been faithful I always have been true Have you ever walked the empty streets till the break of dawn Listen to some lonesome sparrow sing some lonesome song Did it make you feel any better like a stranger less alone Wishing you could be there with em stead of going home alone But loving you and leaving you's the hardest thing to do To give my foot another chance to try another shoe But every time I see someone I'm always seeing you Though I have not always been faithful I always have been true Though I have not always been faithful I always have been true Though I have not always been faithful I always have been true |
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| Family Tie | Hugh Prestwood | MJ X |
x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown concert Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
FAMILY TIE Hugh Prestwood Her husband is a decent man Kind as anyone you know But whiskey got a hold of him Won't let go Even though she hates him when he's stumbling Her heart still breaks his fall It's a family tie It's a family tie It's just a family tie that binds My son, whom I have loved so well Still has somehow lost his way (slipped away) He causes me such trouble everyday You might say how many times can you forgive Well I cannot count that high It's a family It's a family tie It's just a family tie that binds It is the very best of gifts God gave You carry it with you from the cradle to the grave It's a family It's a family tie It's just a family tie that binds |
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| Far Away | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Far Away Places | Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board | FAR AWAY PLACES Far away places, with strange sounding names Far away over the sea Those far away places I've been reading about That are calling, calling me I'll go over to China or maybe Siam I want to see for myself Those far away places I've been reading about From a book that I took from the shelf I get feeling restless whenever I hear The whistle of a train I long for the day I can get underway To those beautiful castles in Spain They call me a dreamer, oh maybe I am But there's one thing I'm longing to see Those far away places with the strange sounding names That are calling, calling me I get feeling restless whenever I hear The whistle of a train I long for the day I can get underway To those beautiful castles in Spain They call me a dreamer, oh maybe I am But there's one thing I'm longing to see Those far away places with the strange sounding names That are calling, calling me |
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| Farewell to Lorien | J.R.R. Tokein/ M. Johnson & M. Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
FAREWELL TO LORIEN lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkein music: Michael Johnson & Mark Henley I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold And leaves of gold there grew Of wind I sang A wind there came And in the branches blew Beyond the sun Beyond the moon Oh Lorien, the winter comes The bare and leafless day The leaves are falling in the stream The river flows away Beyond the sun Beyond the moon Oh Lorien Too longer I have lived upon this hither shore And in a faded crown Have twined the golden elanor Oh Lorien Too longer I have lived upon this hither shore And in a faded crown Have twined the golden elanor But if of ships I now should sing What ship would come to me What ship would bear me ever Back across wide a sea Beyond the sun Beyond the moon Beyond the sun Beyond the moon |
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| Fate At the Wheel | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley | On Mark s Charlotte s Web CD | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio MJ Work 94 6 Live Demos Studio Archives 3 Studio |
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| Fate of FIreflies | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
Well I read somewhere that they re slowly disappearing. Cause there s too much light in the evening sky And in all that glare, even with their brightest flicker. They can t find another firefly. Baby I could swear that the same goes for true lovers. Don t they always find each other in the dark It was a twist of fate that I was trapped in shadows When I saw you flash your perfect spark There are all these people in the world saying true love s just a lie Every night they flit into the glow of a rosy neon sky So what do you say? Baby shall we turn these lights out? So that we can see what is right before our eyes By that faint flame, let us find salvation And escape the fate of fireflies And escape the fate, the fate of fireflies |
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| Fathers and Sons | Carl Franzen | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert |
FATHERS AND SONS Fathers and sons, flowers and birds Clinging to love, looking for life And the father called down the road He said you're going the wrong way But the son didn't hear He was looking for life, he was looking for love And did I hear the father say Help me please, did I Fathers and sons, flowers and birds Clinging to love, looking for life And I can hear the bird go (whistle) And the flowers come in Springtime But the son didn't hear He was looking for life, he was looking for love And did I hear the father say Help me please, did I Fathers and sons, flowers and birds |
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| Feelin Groovy | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Kicking down the cobblestones and Looking for fun and feelin groovy Ba da-da da-da da-da, feelin groovy Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing I've come to watch your flowers growin' Ain't you got no rhymes for me? Doo-n-doo-doo, feelin groovy Ba da-da da-da da-da, feelin groovy Got no deeds to do, no promises to keep I'm dappled and drowsy and ready for sleep Let the morning time drop all its petals on me Life, I love you, all is groovy Ba da-da da-da da-da, feelin groovy Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Kicking down the cobblestones and Looking for fun and feelin groovy Ba da-da da-da da-da, feelin groovy |
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| Find A Child | Hiram Titus | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board |
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| Folks Who Live on the Hill | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Fool's Paradise | Bill Hughes | MJ | N | N | Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room | |||||
| Foolish | Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board |
FOOLISH Tom Snow If I've treated you bad and I've acted unkind It must be that my heart is getting fooled by my mind 'Cause how could I lose What took me so long to find Sometime I get foolish Act like I ain't got no sense I get real foolish And now my back's against the fence I'm out here before you Waiting on your call I'm just a fool and that that's all Got the blues in my head Got my heart in my hand On a string of apologies, baby where do I stand I'd give anything to hear you say you understand Sometime I get foolish Act like I ain't got no sense I get real foolish And now my back's against the fence I'd give anything to hear you say you understand I'm just a fool, foolish man Sometime I get foolish Act like I ain't got no sense I get real foolish And now my back's against the fence I'd give anything to hear you say you understand I'm just a fool, foolish man |
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| For Free | Joni Mitchell | MJ | N | N | Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board | I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind kicked around in the dirty town While the children let out from school I was standing on a noisy corner Just a waiting for the walking green Across the street he stood And he played real good On his clarinet for free Now me I play for the fortunes For the velvet curtain calls I got a black limousine And two good friends Escorting me to the halls Well I play if you have the money Or if you're a friend to me But the one man band By the quick lunch stand He was playing real good for free Now nobody stopped just to hear him Though he played so sweet and high, sweet and high They knew that he had never been on a TV screen So they passed his good music on by Well I meant to cross over and ask for a song And maybe put on a harmony But I heard his refrain as the signal changed He was playing real good for free |
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| For What It s Worth | Stephen Stills | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board |
There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side It's s time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away We better stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, now, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down |
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| Forties' Medley | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 2 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
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| Fourth Grade Song | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio Archives 3 Studio |
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| Friend of Mine is Going Blind | John Dawson Read | MJ | x | Y | Y | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Demos from MJ Studio Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
A friend of mine is going blind and in the darkness He can see so much better than me How he cherishes each new thing that he sees They are locked in his head He will save them for when he's in darkness again He can't read books, he can't paint pretty pictures But his vision's much clearer than mine For he knows that all he's missing with his eyes Is more vivid in the mind when a man is going blind So he says he doesn't mind Won't you sing, Tommy Davidson, of things that you have seen Sing of winter's bite and summer nights and places you have seen Sing of dewdrops, forget-me-nots, the silver silky sheen That plays across the morning meadow on the hillside This friend of mine, he plays guitar and sings his songs so well He sings so much better than me He can sing you any pictures that you see He will sketch hem out in time, draw the details in the lines Then he colors it with rhyme And oh how he loves his guitar and it loves him And they play so much sweeter than me As if to say that come the day when he can't see He will have at his command so much beauty in his hands That the loss won't come so hard Won't you sing, Tommy Davidson, of things that you have done Sing of silver seagulls sailing into evening's golden sun Sing of city streets and villages and people on the run Won't you show them how it's done, Tommy Davidson A friend of mine is going blind but through the darkness He can see so much better than me How he cherishes each new thing that he sees They are locked in his head He will save them for when he's in darkness again A friend of mine is going blind |
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| Froggin' | Mark Henley, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Mark Henley demos 9/1/1977 Studio Mark Henley Riversong 1/1/1976 Album Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
FROGGIN' Mark Henley & Michael Johnson (Instrumental) |
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| Full Moon of April | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | add mark henley riversong | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Mark Henley Riversong 1/1/1976 Album |
FULL MOON OF APRIL Mark Henley Full moon of April, river on the rise All the frosted mornings on a final ride Gather on the lowland Journey to the sea It's a long, long way to still water A long way into the night And the morning sun burns hotter The wind can change its mind in mid-flight Ooh Watchdog of morning, Venus on the rise Sending out her warning for the planters' eyes Gather all you flowers and birds that fill the trees And sing, sing a new vibration, sing To fill the hearts of those whose spring is filled with love And bring in a new generation The children of the early have just begun And sing, sing, sing a new vibration, sing To fill the hearts of those whose spring is filled with love And bring in a new generation The children of the early have just begun |
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| Funeral Tango | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert | Oh I can see them now Clutching a handkerchief And blowing me a kiss Discreetly asking how How came he died so young Or was he very old Is the body still warm Or is it already cold All doors are open wide They grope around inside At my desk my drawers my trunk There's nothing left to hide Some love letters are there And an old photograph They've laid my poor soul bare And now all they do is laugh Oh I can see them all So formal and so stiff Like a sergeant at arms At a policeman's ball And everybody's pushing To be the first in line Their hearts upon their sleeves Like a ten cent valentine The old women are there Too old to give a damn They've brought along the kids Who don't know who I am They're thinking about the price of my funeral bouquet What they're thinking isn't nice For now they'll have to pay Oh I see all of you All of my phony friends Who can't wait for it ends Who can't wait till it's through Oh I see all of you You've been laughing all these years Now all that you have left Are a few crocodile tears Ah you don't even know That you're entering your hell As you leave my cemetery You think you're doing well With that one who's at your side You're as proud as you can be Ah she's going to make you cry But not the way you cried for me Oh I can see me now So cold and so alone As the flowers slowly die In my field of little bones Oh I can see me now I can see me at the end Of this voyage that I'm on Without a love without a friend Now all this that I see Is not what I deserve They really have a nerve To say these things to me No girls just bread and water And your money you must save For there'll be nothing left for us When you're dead and in your grave |
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| Garbage Can | Ted Anderson | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board unknown Sound Board unknown concert Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Cookhouse 3/1/1974 TV Audio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
GARBAGE CAN Ted Anderson If you think I'm gonna sing a song You're right, I am 'Bout how uptight I am Since you been gone I got the blues Don't know what else to do But maybe one of these days I'll find a garbage can that's big enough Throw myself away If you think I'm gonna say you're wrong You're right, I am 'Bout how uptight I am Since you been gone I got the blues Don't know what else to do But maybe one of these days I'll find a garbage can that's big enough Throw myself away Guitar solo Throw myself away And then they'll haul me to the dump Throw me on a some heap And in a week, I'll smell so bad That anyone coming to see me Would probably have to hold his nose But you'll come out like you always do Smellin' like a rose |
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| Gee I m Glad I Worried About That | W. T. Davidson | MJ | x | N | N | TPT Almanac 1/1/2008 Video TPT Almanac 4/1/2008 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 11/7/2016 Video |
I know a book where the hero gets skinned alive Boiled in oil Hansel and Gretel are cooked to perfection And wrapped in foil And I found myself in the stew I turned red I turned white I turned blue And under the covers I shuddered the whole night through Gee I'm glad I worried about that It's bound to do me good Just so I know when they lay me out flat I've done all the worrying I could Maybe they'll roast me with speeches and honor me Maybe they'll toast me and think of me somberly Maybe I'm just a sad sad sack Gee ain't I glad that I worried about that Sooner or later you do take a look at your life And kiss it goodbye There are an infinite number Of hideous ways to die And though I only get one I'll imagine an infinite sum Leaving not one shred of doubt when it's all said and done Gee I'm glad... Anthrax and smallpox and big clouds of poison gas Are coming our way Best be awake and alive and alert To the dangers every day And just so we don't forget They've color coded the threat Now that you know you can gasp with your very last breath Gee I'm glad... |
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| Gelco Express | Ad spot | MJ | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Gentle on My Mind | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | It's knowin' that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch And it's knowin' I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that have dried upon some line That keeps you in the back roads By the rivers of my memory That keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me Or something that somebody said because They thought we fit together walkin' It's just knowing that the world Will not be cursing or forgiving When I walk along some railroad track and find That you're movin' on the back roads By the rivers of my memory And for hours you're just gentle on my mind Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junkyards and the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence Tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind But not to where I cannot see You walkin' on the back roads By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron In some train yard My beard a rustlin' coal pile And a dirty hat pulled low across my face Through cupped hands 'round a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're waitin' from the back roads By the rivers of my memory Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind |
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| Gentle Wind | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Georgy Girl | Tom Springfield, JIm Dale | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert | Hey there, Georgy girl Swinging down the street so fancy-free Nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there inside you Hey there, Georgy girl Why do all the boys just pass you by? Could it be you just don't try or is it the clothes you wear? You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy So shed those dowdy feathers and fly a little bit Hey there, Georgy girl There's another Georgy deep inside Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there'd be The world would see a new Georgy girl Hey there, Georgy girl Dreaming; of the someone you could be Life is a reality, you can't always run away Don't be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself It's time for jumping down from the shelf a little bit Hey there, Georgy girl There's another Georgy deep inside Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there'd be The world would see a new Georgy girl Wake up, Georgy girl (Hey there, Georgy girl) Come on, Georgy girl (Hey there, Georgy girl) Wake up, Georgy girl |
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| Get Together | written in the mid-1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers, also known as Dino Valenti | MJ | N | N | unknown jam 1/1/1968 Live | Love is but the song we sing Fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring Or hear the angels cry Though the bird is on the wing You need not know why Come on people now, get together Smile on your brother Try to love one another right now Some may come and some may go We will surely pass Until that left us here Returns for us at last People, we are but a moment's sunlight Fading on the grass Come on people now, get together Smile upon your brother Try to love one another right now If you hear the song we sing You will understand You hold the key to love and fear It s in your trembling hand People s one key unlocks them both It's at your command Come on people now, get together Smile upon your brother Try to love one another right now Come on love one another right now |
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| Ghost In This House | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | Y | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert MJ NAC DEMOS Studio MJ Demos 1 Studio unknown concert Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio unknown concert Sound Board MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live MJ Albums Possiblilities 89 #2 Studio Archives 1 Studio Demos Studio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video KTCZ 12/18/1989 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Nashville Now 9/27/1990 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video |
GHOST IN THIS HOUSE Hugh Prestwood I don't pick up the mail, I don't pick up the phone I don't answer the door, I'd as soon be alone I don't keep this place up, I just keep the lights down I don't live in these rooms, I just rattle around I'm just a ghost in this house I'm just a shadow upon these walls As quietly as a mouse, I haunt these halls I'm just a whisper of smoke I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire That once burned out of control It took my body and soul I'm just a ghost in this house I don't mind if it rains, I don't care if it's clear I don't mind staying in, no, there's another ghost here She sits down on your chair and she shines with your light And she lays down her head on your pillow at night I'm just a ghost in this house I'm just the shell of the man I was I'm living proof of the damage heartbreak does I'm just a whisper of smoke I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire That once burned out of control It took my body and soul I'm just a ghost in this house That once burned out of control It took my body and soul I'm just a ghost in this house |
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| Ghosts | Randy Newman | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video |
Stay with me for a little while You've nowhere to go And I've nowhere to go It makes me so happy When you smile At me You work all your life And you end up with nothing Live in one room like a bum Once I flew in a plane And I fought in a war We lived in a castle And we slept on the floor And I don't want to be All alone anymore I'm sorry Out in the street There's little colored kids playing Where my own little boy used to play So I sit in this chair And I ache with the gout And I talk to myself 'Cause I'm scared to go out And I just want to know What was it all about I'm sorry |
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| Gimmie That Wine | Jon Hendricks | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert Holstein s Concert Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
GIMME THAT WINE written by Jon Hendricks Released by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross in 1959 My wife got tired a' me runnin 'round So she tried to keep me home Well, she broke my nose and hid my clothes But I continued to roam. Then she finally hit my weak spot Threatened to throw my bottle out Well, from the basement to the rooftop, everybody could hear me shout... Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) 'Cause I can't cut loose ...without my juice! (Spoken) Gotta have hot lucy when I go walkin' y'know Well, one day while crossin the avenue A big car knocked me down. Well I was stretched out tyin' up traffic And crowds came from blocks around Now the po-lice were searchin my pockets Before they sent me to the funeral parlor But when one o' those cops took my bottle, Jack, I jumped straight up and commenced to hollar Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) 'Cause I can't get well ...without Muskatel! (Spoken) I only drink for medicinal purposes anyway Well, now, one real dark and dreary night As I was staggerin' home t' bed Well, a bandit jumped from the shadows And put a blackjack 'side my head That cat took my watch, my ring, my money And I didn't make a sound but when he reached 'n got my bottle, you could hear me for blocks around Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Beat m' head outta shape ...but leave my grape! (Spoken)Watch, ring and money ain't nothin' but dont mess with my wine, Jim Well one day my house caught fire While I was layin' down sleepin' off a nap An' when I woke up everything was burnin' With a pop an' a crackle an' a snap. Now the fireman chopped up my TV set And tore my apartment apart But when he raised his axe to my bottle, I screamed with all my heart... Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) So I can drink one toast ...before I roast! (Spoken) No sense goin' out half baked, Might as well be all tore up You can take all those Hollywood glamor girls- Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Bridget Bardot, n' Lucille Ball, and all them chicks 'n line 'em upside the wall Put a GIGANTIC jug beside 'em, n' tell me to take my choice. Well, there'd be no doubt which one I chose, the minute I raised my voice. Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle!) Well those chicks look fine ...but I love my wine! Now, some folks like money Some like to dance and dine But I'll be happy If you give me that wine! |
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| Give Me Time | Ted Sherman | MJ | N | N | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio |
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| Give Me Wings | Rhonda Fleming, Don Schlitz | 56 events | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Symphony Conglomerate Studio unknown concert Sound Board Music Video B&W Video Holstein s Concert Solid Gold Video SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Wings 1/1/1986 Album March of Dimes 1/1/1986 Video New Country 5/7/1986 Video Morning Show MPR 9/4/1986 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video Nashville Now 8/20/1987 TV Video Nashville Now 11/20/1987 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Texas Connection 2/18/1992 TV Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board American Music Shop 4/10/1993 TV Video Miller & Co 6/1/1993 Video |
GIVE ME WINGS Rhonda Fleming & Don Schlitz He asked her, what gifts can I bring you To prove that my love you is true I want to make you mine forever There's nothing on this earth I would not do She said, anything I've wanted You have given willingly So now there's only one more thing I need If you love me, give me wings Don't be afraid if I fly A bird in a cage will forget how to sing If you love me, give me wings He walked over to the window Silently stared into space He said, I just want to protect you 'Cause this world is a dangerous place She put her arms around him She said, I know you mean well But there are lessons I must learn for myself If you love me, give me wings Don't be afraid if I fly A bird in a cage will forget how to sing You can trust me, give me wings She said, up above the clouds, you can see forever And I know you and I can learn to fly together If you love me, give me wings Don't be afraid if I fly A bird in a cage will forget how to sing You can trust me, give me wings If you really love me Give me wings Give me wings |
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| Glory | Crow Johnson | MJ | N | N | 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album |
You always wanted to be a big rock 'n' roll star Now you are You worked so hard and you dreamed so long You sang you song People are coming at you from everywhere Some are touching and others stare And it all comes, it all goes With the glory You're telling me you didn't really know How things would go For all the applause and roses lining your way You gotta pay People are coming at you from everywhere Some are touching and others stare And it all comes, it all goes With the glory Bitterly you cry about the money machine The dirty schemes Where are your seashells, those ribbons and bells That fill your dreams People are coming at you from everywhere Some are touching and others stare And it all comes, it all goes With the glory Now's not the time for you to cry and moan You're on your own So many lonely ones wanna sing along They need your song People are coming at you from everywhere Some are touching and others stare And it all comes, it all goes It all comes, it all goes It all comes, it all goes With the glory |
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| Goin' to California | Bill Loughborough & David Wheat | Bud & Travis song | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board |
Well, I'm goin' to California To live in New York got to be right out your mind Well, I'm goin ' to California I'm gonna leave big city hustlin' behind Now some hitch a ride on the highway Others zap out in a jet Makes no difference which way I travel California is the place I got to get Some hitch a ride on the highway Others zap out in a jet Makes no difference which way I travel California is the place I got to get Well, I'm goin' to California To live in New York got to be right out your mind Well, I'm going' for California I'm gonna leave big city hustlin' behind I'm gonna leave big city hustlin' behind Gonna leave big city hustlin' behind |
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| Goin to Chicago Blues | Count Basie, Jimmie Rushing | Goin to Chicago | MJ | N | N | Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board | You keep your New York Joys I'm going to Illinois just as fast as I can You New York women think you'll make a fool of any man Play all kinds of games and you'll cheat if you can Treat me mean and cruel, make a man a fool What a beautiful motto I got my money, that's it, I hope you don t mind if I split Going back where a woman really knows the way to treat a man And people are friendly without no hidden plan Yes, it's the best in the midwest because it s full of real down good city folks who come from home And when I get back, I'll never never never roam far from my little Chitown Goodbye, farewell, gonna see you later Going to Chicago, sorry but I can't take you Going to Chicago, sorry but I can't take you Cause there ain't nothing in Chicago a monkey woman can do When you see me coming, baby, raise your window high When you see me coming, baby, raise your window high But when you see me passing, mama, hang down your head and cry Going back where a woman really knows the way to treat a man And people are friendly without no hidden plan Yes, it's the best in the midwest because it s full of real down good city folks who come from home And when I get back, I'll never never never roam far from my little Chitown Goodbye, farewell, I m gonna see you later Well I m going to Chicago, sorry but I can't take you Yes, I m going to Chicago, sorry but I can't take you Cause there ain't a damn thing in Chicago that a monkey woman can do, can do And when I get to Chicago, I won't have to put up with you Goodbye |
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| Good Life | Al Day | MJ | x | N | N | For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board KMSP Minnesota State Fair 8/28/1985 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
Honey we're gonna have the good life I can tell All our trouble gonna turn out well There ain't no smile like the one I'm after Ain't no heaven like the one I know So hold on tight cause we're gonna go faster Hold on tight just like we was gonna go slow Honey we're gonna have a fine time I just know All your lovin' told me so Sun in the sky gonna shine on tomorrow Moon in the heavens that knows just why So look to your heart and forget all your sorrows Look to my arms and forget all your lies Oh you do the cooking honey and I'll get the chow And I'll do the loving if you'll show me how We'll both hang together Whispering words of oooh I love you I do I do oh indeed I do Honey we're gonna have the good life Oh you do the cooking honey and I'll get the chow And I'll do the loving if you show me how We'll both hang together Whispering words of oooh I love you I do I do oh indeed I do All of my traveling all of the while Has led me to your tender smile So smile for me and let me see How lovely the good life can be How lovely the good life can be |
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| Good to Be With You | Eric Andersen | THAT'S WHY IT FEEL SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU | MJ | Y | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert |
I've seen sorrows and misfortunes in my troubled days I've seen blindness and mistrust lead to separate ways And I opened up my eyes and this feeling's coming through And that's why it feel so good to be with you Now when I was a stranger lost out in the cold With fear and dark discourage festered deep inside my soul Well I paid the price of loneliness and I know what it can do And that's why it feel so good to be with you You know that some folks are doomed to hate themselves They never trust a friend With all their fame and fortune, well it's empty in the end Because everyone needs someone, just to know that simple truth And that's why it feel so good to be with you Well there've been times I've tried to hide my face because I felt afraid To bother to ask for someone's help because I felt afraid But I ain't afraid today and inside I know it's true And that's why it feel so good to be with you I've seen sorrows and misfortunes in my troubled days I've seen blindness and mistrust lead to separate ways And I opened up my eyes and this feeling's coming through And that's why it feel so good And that's why it feel so good to be with you |
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| Goodbye | Bob Schroeder | MJ | N | N | For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album | GOODBYE Bob Schroeder Goodbye Sad songs for a little while But I can smile And you can, too Dreams of yesterday must go Hello Hello |
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| Got You Covered | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board WORK TAPE 1 Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Cookhouse 3/1/1974 Radio Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board |
It's time to ask the homeless to go home Happenings must happen on their own Deep in your bed the truth is known You do not stand together, you stand alone You're always talkin' about what you're doin' Who you're seeing and who you're screwing It comes out subtle and it comes out soft You're always on and your one is off, oh boy Still learning where it's at, oh boy Lookin' twice at the Cadillac, oh boy Well I chewed you up a long time ago Believe me boy, but you help me grow I got you covered and I got you covered If consciousness is like the ocean I'm just a trickle in the stream Always in motion I strain the images to reach the truth When I look at me, I look at youth, oh boy Still learning where it's at, oh boy Lookin' twice at the Cadillac, oh boy Well I chewed you up a long time ago Believe me boy, but you help me grow I got you covered and I got you covered We all seem to get along fine Sharing our dimes and our cigarettes and wine But it's time to ask the homeless to go home Happenings must happen on their own Deep in your bed the truth is known You do not stand together You stand alone |
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| Gotta Learn to Love without You | Kent Robbins, Michael Johnson | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Wings 1/1/1986 Album New Country 5/7/1986 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Miller & Co 6/1/1993 Video The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
GOTTA LEARN TO LOVE WITHOUT YOU Kent Robbins & Michael Johnson Gotta hold my pillow real tight till the midnight hour ends Gotta lean on a friend sometime when your memories begin Gotta live without, forget about your love and then I gotta learn to love without you Get the feeling back in my heart on track with love without you It'll take a little time to mend Gotta learn to love without you, someone teach me how to Lift me up so I can fall again Don't need any telephone call when you think you've changed your mind Don't tempt me again, I've given in one too many times Gotta grow back strong, leave you a long, long way behind I gotta learn to love without you Get the feeling back in my heart on track with love without you It'll take a little time to mend Gotta learn to love without you, someone teach me how to Lift me up so I can fall again Gotta grow back strong, leave you a long, long way behind I gotta learn to love without you Get the feeling back in my heart on track with love without you It'll take a little time to mend Gotta learn to love without you, someone teach me how to Lift me up so I can fall in love without you Get the feeling back in my heart on track with love without you It'll take a little time to mend Gotta learn to love without you, someone teach me how to Lift me up so I can fall in love without you Get the feeling back in my heart on track with love without you |
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| Gravy Waltz | Ray Brown, Steve Allen | I had Hoyt Axton as the songwriter. Did Michael tell me that? | MJ | x | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
GRAVY WALTZ Pretty Mama's in the kitchen this glorious day Smell the gravy simmering nearly a half a mile away Lady morning glory, I say good morning to you Turkey little chicken she told me that my baby was true Well she really ran to get a frying pan When she saw me coming Gotta get a taste before it goes to waste This humming bee's humming Mister weeping willow, I'm through will all my faults 'Cause my baby's ready to do the every new gravy waltz La... Well she really ran to get a frying pan When she saw me coming Gotta get a taste before it goes to waste This humming bee's humming Mister weeping willow, I'm through will all my faults 'Cause my baby's ready to do the every new gravy waltz |
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| Great Day for Watching a Bee | Charlie Talent | From Minnesota Song | MJ | N | N | MJ MASTERS NOT USED 2 Studio Archives 1 Studio Demos Studio |
GREAT DAY FOR WATCHING A BEE Isn't it a great day for watching a bee or counting up to three Or staring at your knee It makes you want to say, hey hey isn't it amazing Isn't it a grand time for climbing a rose Or dangling your toes or following your nose It makes you want to sing, hey hey isn't it amazing It's good to be alone, so alone and warm inside It's been so long since you've tried It's good to feel as though no one knows just where you are And there you are having just a fine time just singing out loud To a single cloud, how gracefully you bowed Laughing through the day, hey hey isn't it amazing It's good to be alone, so alone and warm inside It's been so long since you've tried It's good to feel as though no one knows just where you are And there you are having such a fine time just singing out loud To a single cloud, how gracefully you bowed Laughing through the day, hey hey isn't it amazing Isn't it amazing, Minnesota song Isn't is amazing, Minnesota song |
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| Greenwood | Peter Yarrow | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio | I've seen a thousand people kneel in silence And I've seen them face the rifles with their songs I always thought that we could end the killing But now I live in fear that I was wrong The killer and the cynic waltz together Their eyes are turned into their skulls They do not feel the bullets in the bodies They do not hear the dolphins or the gulls If we do these things in the greenwood, What will happen in the dry? If we don't stop there'll come a time when women With barren wombs will bitterly rejoice With breasts that dry and never fill with promise Gladly they'll not suckle one more life Is this then the whimper and the ending? The impotence of people raised on fear, A fear that blinds the sense of common oneness Common love and life or death are here If we do these things in the greenwood, What will happen in the dry? Will no one light the candle in the darkness Will no one be my guide, not let me fall I've lost the sense that tells me where the path is I feel the chill of winter in my soul There's no way I can say the words more plainly There's no one left to point at anymore It's you and me and we must make the choice now And not destroy the life we're living for If we do these things in the greenwood, What will happen in the dry? If we do these things in the greenwood, What will happen in the dry? |
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| Guantanamera | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I'm just a man who is trying To do some good before dying. To ask each man and his brother. To hear no I'll t'ward each other. This life will never be hollow. To those who listen and folow. Guantanamera I write my rhymes with no learning And yet with truth they are burning But is the world waitin for them? Or will they all just ignore them? Have I a poet's illusion. A dream to die in seclusion? Guantanamera A little brook on a mountain The cooling spray of a fountain Arouse in me an emotion More than the vast boundless ocean For there's a wealth beyond measure In little things that we treasure. Guantanamera Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde creco la palma Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crece le palma. Yantes de morirme quiero Echarmis versos del alma. Guantanamera... |
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| Gypsy in the Photograph | Crow Johnson | MJ | N | N | For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 AlbumConcert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board |
GYPSY IN THE PHOTOGRAPH Crow Johnson The gypsy in the photograph Has a laugh you've seen before Some nights you'd give anything Just to bring her to your door Well the old ones say that your mama strayed But nobody's talkin' 'bout the beds she made You could hear her laugh on a sunny day Comin' down the road with a gypsy blade Looking through a dusty trunk Amid the just you found an album Though you never knew her well You could tell she loved her fun Well the old ones say that your mama strayed But nobody's talkin' 'bout the beds she made You could hear her laugh on a sunny day Comin' down the road with a gypsy blade In a dream you dreamed There was something very strange And you woke up quickly But you still could hear the names Magpie, evil eye You won't take, you won't take You won't take this one's life Grandma said when you were born That the ram's horn filled the glade The damp night and your mama's cries Made your eyes a darker shade Well the old ones say that your mama strayed But nobody's talkin' 'bout the beds she made You could hear her laugh on a sunny day Comin' down the road with a gypsy blade Then a golden charm That she gave to you one night What was it that she softly cried When you were out of sight Oh Magpie, evil eye You won't take, you won't take You won't take this one You won't take, you won't take You won't take this one You won't take, you won't take You won't take this one's life The gypsy in the photograph Has a laugh you've seen before |
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| Gypsy Woman | Curtis Mayfield | MJ | N | N | The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album | GYPSY WOMAN Curtis Mayfield Drifting through a caravan Around the campfire light Lovely woman in motion Hair as dark as night With eyes that shine like a cat in the dark That hypnotized me with love She was a gypsy woman She was a gypsy woman She was a gypsy woman, woman She danced around and around To guitars and melodies From the fire her face is all aglow How she enchanted me Oh how I'd love to hold her near And kiss and forever whisper in her ear I love you, gypsy woman I love you, gypsy woman I love you, gypsy woman, woman All through the caravan She was dancing with all the mean Waiting for the rising sun Just to tell her that I'm the one Hate to see the lady go Knowing she may never know That I love her Yes I love her I love my gypsy woman I love my gypsy woman I love my gypsy woman, woman |
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| Half the Moon | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Alternate Album Demos Studio Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album American Music Shop 1/30/1992 TV Video Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Morning Show MPR 9/29/1992 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board |
HALF THE MOON Hugh Prestwood Half the moon is shining tonight, half the moon is pitch black And I got half the chance that you might turn around and come back Half my love is seeing the light, half my love is still blind It keeps on thinking, that tomorrow you'll change your mind Half our hearts were doin' just fine, half our hearts were in doubt Half the time while walking the line, I ended up stepping out Half my prayers were prayers to God, half my prayers were to you Tonight it looks like the answers are overdue And I'm feeling just how hard half the moon can pull I swear my heart might crack in two if that moon were full Half the moon is shining tonight, half the moon's up and gone You must have taken half of its light to find the road that you're on Half my love is seeing the truth, half my love is still blind Makes that missing half the moon hard to find Makes that missing half the moon hard to find |
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| Hangin' On | Mickey Jupp, Chris East | MJ | x | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Wings 1/1/1986 Album New Country 5/7/1986 Video Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Miller & Co 6/1/1993 Video |
HANGIN' ON Mickey Jupp Everybody gots problems, everybody gets low Everybody got trouble, leastwise everybody I know But at times like these when I'm on my knees and everything goes wrong I turn to my baby and things won't stay wrong for long, no no When your heart is down and your brain's in a muddle You can need a little kiss and a cuddle Everything going to be all right I'll be hangin' on to my baby tonight, hangin' on tonight We come into this world, the very first thing we learn Is everybody needs someone somewhere to turn So come do what I do if only because A little bit of lovin' makes everything a little bit better than it was When your heart is down and your brain's in a muddle You can need a little kiss and a cuddle Everything going to be all right I'll be hangin' on to my baby tonight, hangin' on tonight I don't have much money and I don't really care No one needs no money when you got some love to spare Well there ain't no bank in the whole wide world gonna stop this spending spree When I'm hangin' on to my baby and she's hangin' on to me When your heart is down and your brain's in a muddle You can need a little kiss and a cuddle Everything going to be all right I'll be hangin' on to my baby tonight When your heart is down and your brain's in a muddle You can need a little kiss and a cuddle Everything going to be all right I'll be hangin' on to my baby tonight When your heart is down and your brain's in a muddle You can need a little kiss and a cuddle Everything going to be all right I'll be hangin' on to my baby tonight |
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| Happier Days | Michael Johnson | Trying to Make It Easy | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album |
HAPPIER DAYS Michael Johnson Well I could sing you a song about the happier days But the happier days ain't here String you along in a million ways And only the lies would be clear You need something to believe in, right or wrong You would sell your soul tomorrow for a song Does it seem so very strange That I can't feel like you Or do you feel so only That you cannot see me too Mama, the man you see may not be The man you saw in the boy of me Mama's uptight when she sees me free Well I may not be the man she sees I need something, right or wrong I would sell my soul tomorrow for a song Nice to think you would give up the ship And come a runnin' to me when I'm lonely Sing you a song about the happier days The happier days ain't here String you along in a million ways Only the lies would be clear You need something Right or wrong Yes and you would sell For a song You need something to believe in Right or wrong You would sell your soul tomorrow For a song |
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| Hard Day s Night | Lennon & McCartney | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do Will make me feel alright You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things And it's worth it just to hear you say you're going to give me everything So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone You know I feel ok When I'm home everything seems to be right When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight Owww! So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone You know I feel ok When I'm home everything seems to be right When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do Will make me feel alright You know I feel alright You know I feel alright... |
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| Have I Told You Lately | Van Morrison | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio Have I Told You Lately Studio Archives 3 Studio |
Have I told you lately that I love you Have I told you there's no one else above you Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do For the morning sun in all its glory Meets the day with hope and comfort, too You fill my life with laughter, somehow you make it better Ease my troubles, that's what you do There's a love less defined And it s yours and it s mine Like the sun And at the end of the day We should give thanks and pray To the one, to the one Have I told you lately that I love you Have I told you there's no one else above you Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do |
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| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Hugh Martin | MJ | x | N | N | Wisconsin News Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Let your heart be light Next year, All our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the yuletide gay Next year all our troubles will be miles away Once again as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who were near to us Will be near to us once more Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allow. Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow So have yourself a merry little Christmas now. |
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| He Gives Us All His Love | Randy Newman | "He Gives Us All His Love" is a song written and performed by Randy Newman. It first appeared in the 1971 film Cold Turkey, for which it served as a sort of theme song and played during the opening and closing credits. The ballad is both brief (being 1:52 in length) and very sparsely arranged. It opens with the delicate sounds of a string section and is maintained by Newman's piano in a slow "four to the bar" tempo. The song is gospel-influenced and shares both musical and thematic similarities with such American hymns as Jesus Loves Me. It does not, however, discuss Christian themes of redemption but merely gives a testament of faith ("he's lookin' down on us, from up above / and he's givin' us all his love"). The tone of the song is bittersweet; the succinct lyrics include the assertion that the divine witnesses human suffering ("he hears the babies crying / he sees the old folks dying") and include the implication that being seen, and loved, might comfort. More explicitly, the narrator tells the listener "...you can lean on him." As Newman himself is an atheist and regularly included satire in his compositions, the song can be interpreted through that lens as a sarcastic critique of religion, as it portrays a god who witnesses human suffering but merely "gives us all his love" while doing nothing tangible to intervene. Its presence in the film Cold Turkey certainly supports this ironical interpretation, since the song is played over the closing credits, as the town which has tried to be smoke-free for the duration of the movie is rewarded with a new factory, spewing smoke into the atmosphere. The song has sometimes been taken at face value, however, and has been covered by Wanda Jackson and Sherie Rene Scott, both born-again Christians. It has also been covered by Roy Ayers, Birtles & Goble and others. Some versions are extended to four minutes or more in length and few, if any, are as brief as Newman's original rendition. Re-releas In the 2002 CD reissue of Sail Away, this song is extended by three seconds. In the belated 2007 CD issue of the Cold Turkey soundtrack (which was Newman's first film work, and had never been issued in any format to that time), the two original versions of this song as featured in the film were included (2:35" and 2:03"). In the first version as played over the film's opening credits, the song segues into a choral gospel number called "I Love the Lord"; this portion is omitted from the soundtrack. |
MJ | N | N | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio | He gives us all his love He gives us all his love He's smiling down on us From up above And he's giving us all his love He knows how hard we're trying He hears the babies crying He sees the old folks dying And he gives us all his love If you need someone to talk to You can always talk to him And if you need someone to lean on You can lean on him He give us all his love He gives us all his love He's smiling down on us From up above And he's giving us all his love He's smiling down on us From up above He gives us all his love |
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| Heather s Money | Michael Johnson, Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio | My teeth are chattering Think Instead I m making Got to make And that s why I m cha Isn t Your Heather never had a prayer compared to you Heather s money is an offer Your love is better than It s not fair of you to take Suddenly you re acting lke a think I need What makes you think I m that kind of guy You Stop prete It doesn t You re always better Heather Heather s money Heather s money I m surprised at you, what s come time with me St |
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| Hello | Bob Schroeder | MJ | N | N | For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album | HELLO Bob Schroeder Hello I thought you might like to know I loved her She loved me Now she's gone and so am I Goodbye |
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| Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board This Must Be The Place 12/29/1973 TV Audio For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board |
HERE COMES THE SUN George Harrison Little darlin', it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right Little darlin', the smiles returning to their faces Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right Sun sun sun here it comes Sun sun sun here it comes Sun sun sun here it comes Sun sun sun here it comes La La la la la la la La la la la la la la Little darlin', I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right Here comes the sun Here comes the sun And it's all right And it's all right And it's all right |
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| Here You Are | Hugh Prestwood | Photograph | MJ | x | N | Y | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio unknown Sound Board MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Archives 1 Studio MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio KTCZ 12/1/1987 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
Well hello, never thought I'd see that face again Lord, I can't remember when the last time was But here you are, hidden in a box of odds and ends Tucked between some pictures of old men, my old friend These things just needed going through The last thing I thought I'd find was you But here you are, smiling that smile Breezy as a summer's day Here you are, looking at me that easy way As if to say, here you are Well I know I really ought to throw you out Someday I'll just have to lie about why you're here But here I am taking another chance with you Taking another glance or two at those eyes And here's a kiss for old time's sake Thank God hearts don't really break 'Cause here you are, smiling that smile Breezy as a summer's day Here you are, looking at me that easy way As if to say, here you are We lost each other then lost track But I had a feeling, one day you'd be back And here you are |
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| Here, There and Everywhere | MJ | x | N | N | Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video | |||||
| Here s That Rainy Day | "Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders.[1] Frank Sinatra recorded the song on March 25, 1959, for the Capitol album No One Cares, arranged and conducted by Gordon Jenkins. |
MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio |
Maybe I should have saved Those leftover dreams Funny But here's that rainy day Here's that rainy day They told me about And I laughed at the thought That it might turn out this way Where is that worn out wish That I threw aside After it brought my love so near Funny how love becomes A cold rainy day Funny That rainy day is here It's funny How love becomes A cold rainy day Funny That rainy day is here |
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| Hey Boys | Rodney Dillard, Mitchell F. Jayne, Joseph Pedersen, Dean Webb | MJ | N | N | Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio | When I was a young man living on a ? Washed in the river when the water ran clean Waited for the day I could buy me a Cadillac And see a lot of things I never had seen I went to the city and I got a little older And I got a little smarter and I learned good sense Went back home and I married me a woman Got a corn land ? and a barbed wire fence Hey boys I think I'm getting old Sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold Don't care, down around the farm And another little taste won't do us any harm Hard times, I made a little moonshine Never done that in my life before Kept up with the news in the winter time Sitting on a barrel in a country store Hey boys I think I'm getting old Sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold Don't care, down around the farm And another little taste won't do us any harm ?? talk about your politics Fight about religion and worry about war Pa says, spitting in the fireplace Drink a little cider when your throat gets sore Hey boys I think I'm getting old Sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold Don't care, down around the farm And another little taste won't do us any harm Hey boys I think I'm getting old Sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold Don't care, down around the farm And another little taste won't do us any harm |
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| Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new In city and in forest they smiled like me and you But now it's come to distances and both of us must try Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me It's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new In city and in forest they smiled like me and you But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye |
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| High Flyin' Bird | Richie Havens | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
There's a high flyin' bird, flying way up in the sky And I wonder does he see me as he flies on by Flying through the air so easy and high Lord, look at me here Rooted like a tree here I got the sit down, can't cry, oh God, I m gonna die blues I knew a man, he lived up by the mine But he never saw the sun, Lord But he never stopped trying Then one day that man up and died That man up and died, man up and died Well he wanted to fly And the only way to fly was to die |
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| High on the Border | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album |
HIGH ON THE BORDER Mark Henley Take me under, take me down And bend me like the willow Morning's fire and night's desire And I'm burning on my pillow Burning on my pillow Go take off your walking shoes And spread your twinkle toes Fortified for carpet ride And they'll fly right out your window Fly right out your window And then you ride into heaven's eye You won't even have to try Hand me over, have me down And we'll all dance out in order Can't explain what seems so sane While riding on the border High on the border Carousel give Tinkerbell A ride around the world She go round and round in her dancing gown That follows her into her final swirl And then you ride into heaven's eye You won't even have to try Take me under, take me down And bend me like the willow Morning's fire and night's desire And I'm burning on my pillow Burning on my pillow Yes I'm burning on my pillow Burning on my pillow |
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| Hills | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Hills 45 1/1/1964 Studio | Hills, rolling hills with purple hue Silver clouds caressed with blue Make my wish come true Wind, whisper to me soft and low Tell me what I want to know Will I find my love Morning dawns and I m alone again Stars aren t the stars I used to know Tell me why they have to go Are they lonesome, too Trees, swaying trees with emerald leaves Won t you set my heart at ease Who will share my dreams Hills, trees, wind, clouds, now it s time to go And now I walk on the lonely road That leads to life and my love And as I go, I thank the hills, the wind and stars above Hmm |
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| Hold On to Me Babe | Tom Paxton | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board | As my aching head is begging for a sleep that will not come, I rise and walk the morning street again. I keep wondering how you're doing and I wonder where you are And I know I'll be all right, but I don't know when. Hold onto me, babe, wherever you may be. Hold onto me, babe, I'm with you always. There was something locked inside you like a secret burning pain In a prison where you would not let me go. I was sure we'd find an answer, till I woke and found you gone. Now just what it was, I guess I'll never know. I keep hanging onto something, but I don't know what it is, But at least I know the sound of my own name, And I work as hard as ever and I see the same old friends, But there's something deep inside that ain't the same. Hold onto me, babe, wherever you may be. Hold onto me, babe, I'm with you always. |
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| Holding on to Nothing | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Nighttimes Radio & TV 12/1/1982 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
HOLDING ON TO NOTHING He gets off in the evening She get off in the afternoon He makes plans for the evening She begs off, she says someday soon He believes that if he is strong She'll be impressed and she'll start to care The way he sees it there's nothing wrong Nothing wrong with that, is there He's just holding on to nothing Don't pretend that he doesn't know Maybe holding on to nothing Beats the hell out of letting go He's in love with the lady She's in love with her appetite She sees him as a maybe He sees her as a future wife He believes that if he is strong He can hold up his hat and go on The way he sees it there's nothing wrong Nothing wrong with that, is there He's just holding on to nothing Don't pretend that he doesn't know Maybe holding on to nothing Beats the hell out of letting go He's just holding on to nothing Don't pretend that he doesn't know Maybe holding on to nothing Beats the hell out of letting go He's just holding on to nothing Don't pretend that he doesn't know Maybe holding on to nothing Beats the hell out of letting go |
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| Home | Denny Brooks, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board KDWB-FM Blueberry Blue Hour 10/16/1977 Radio Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Morning Show MPR 9/4/1986 Radio |
Better get my coat It's getting cold outside Better check to see my pack is tightly tied I hope it's not too long before I get a ride Home Every now and then a truck goes flying by Everywhere I look you know There is winter in the sky I hope it's not too long before I'm warm and dry Home, home Going home to the river Home to the trees Home to the woman I know how to please Home with a patch on my heart and my knees Home Better get my coat It's getting cold outside Better check to see my pack is tightly tied I hope it's not too long before I get a ride Home, home Home to the river Home to the trees Home to the woman I know how to please I'm going home with a patch on my heart and my knees Home |
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| Home Free | Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
Maybe I'm crazy but I'm only Trying to relate when there's nothing to say Maybe I'm lazy but I'm trying Maybe I'm lonely and I don't know the way What's the reason for this sudden change I'm feeling I never thought that I would act so strange Believe me, oh believe me babe Feelin' like I'm home free There's no more need for running Baby I'm home free, it's just you and me Home free There's no where to be leavin' Baby I'm home free, it's just you and me Maybe I'm leaning but I'm all right Maybe I'm losing but I won't play the game Maybe I'm dreaming but it seems like I'm living in a love that I lose everyday What's the reason for this sudden change I'm feeling I never thought that I would act so strange Believe me, oh believe me babe Feelin' like I'm home free There's no more need for running Baby I'm home free, it's just you and me Baby I'm home free There's no where to be leavin' Baby I'm home free, it's just you and me Oh baby I'm home free There's no need for running Baby I'm home free Home Free |
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| Honey Wind Blows | Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff | MJ | x | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board & Studio College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video |
The honey wind blows And the warm days dwindle The butterfly spins her silk cocoon On a silvery spindle The petals fall From the last red rose The last red rose And the honey wind blows The petals fall And the summer goes The summer goes And the honey wind blows The honey wind blows And the days grow colder Somehow the world and I Have grown just a little bit older I sit alone By the fire's glow The fire glows And the honey wind blows The fire glows And the good Lord know I miss you so When the honey wind blows |
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| House of Cards | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Studio unknown concert Sound Board Hugh Prestwood Studio MJ Work 94 6 Live MJ Work 96 2 Live MJ Work 96 3 Live House of Cards work Studio CAFE Radio 12/7/1994 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board |
HOUSE OF CARDS Hugh Prestwood With a few decks of cards and a whole lot of love I once built me a mansion for two Then I helplessly watched as it came tumbling down With the very first storm rolling through So now darling, we may be in heaven But I take it with a grain of salt And if this s love should end Well it's only the wind that's at fault So give me your heart, lend me a hand We are building a house of cards If the weather is clear and the breezes are light There's no telling how far we might go And I've come to believe that eternity is Just a whole lot of days in a row And tonight I'm feeling so lucky I'm betting this won't end too soon And if you follow suit Then we might as well shoot for the moon So give me your heart and lend me a hand We are building a house of cards So give me your heart, lend me a hand We are building a house of cards |
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| How Do You Know What You Know? | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | Y | N | Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 11/7/2016 Video |
Was it when your dad took your little hand and then you Or the heart stitched on that How do you know what you know Was it when your Or the day they put your dog down and that How do you know what you know How do you know what you know about love How do you know what you know Is it what you imagined Is it what you believe the love you give come from How do you know what you know Was it when your parents told you they ANd they both said they d be happier if they cut your life in two How do you know what you know Was it on the day you were born and you found your ANd you thought her arms were the ho Was it some amazing miracle Was the glory confirmed, was your heart Does the love you give flow from love you receive How do you know How do you know what you know |
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| Howling at the Moon | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | N | And he trades his cradle and his silver spoon For a long night howling at the moon |
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| Hurry Sundown | Yip Harburg, Earl Robinson | The Peter, Paul and Mary Album | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board |
My seed is sown now, my field is plowed My flesh is bone now, my back is bowed So hurry sundown, be on your way And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day Hurry down sundown, be on your way Weave me tomorrow out of today Tomorrow's breeze blows clear and loud I'm off my knees, I'm standing proud. So hurry sundown, be on your way And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day Hurry down sundown, be on your way Weave me tomorrow out of today My sorrow's song now just must break through That brave new dawn now long overdue Hurry sundown, get thee be gone And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day Hurry down sundown, be on your way Weave me tomorrow out of today And hurry me a sun-up from this beat-up sundown day Get lost in the sunrise of a new dawn Hurry down sundown, take the old day Wrap it in new dreams, send it my way Send it my way Send it my way |
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| Hymn | Noel Stookey | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board | HYMN Noel Stookey Sunday morning, very bright I read your book by colored light That came in through the pretty window pictures I visited some houses Where they said that you were living And they talked a lot about you And they spoke about your giving They passed a basket with some envelopes I just had time to write a note And all it said was I believe in you Passing conversations Where they mentioned your existence And the fact that you had been replaced By your assistants The subject was theology And when they smiled and turned to me All that I could say was I believe in you I visited your house again On Christmas and Thanksgiving And a balding man said you were dead But the house would go on living He recited poetry and as he saw me stand to leave He shook his head and said I'd never find you My mama used to dress me up And while my dad was sleeping We would walk down to your house Without speaking |
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| I Am a Child | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board | before Well I am afraid of the dark and the devil And being left behind and of what I might find Underneath my bed Like a cloud hanging over my head But I ve got some I ve got these tennis shoes But they alays ANd they stick You know the kind that I am a child and tigers are Dirt on my face, I found the place where I am a child |
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| I Can't Get to You From Here | F.O. Knipe, S.D. Chandler | MJ | N | N | Symphony Conglomerate Studio Home Free 1/1/1981 Album St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Nighttimes Radio & TV 11/23/1981 TV Video Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board |
I CAN'T GET TO YOU FROM HERE F.O. Knipe & S.D. Chandler I'm glad you called me, I still feel your voice Touch something inside me but I have no choice But to tell you I'm longer one of boys And I can't get to you from here Now I don't think you'd know me to see me up close I've built me a family and I don't like to boast But I'm all settled into what I need the most And I can't get to you from here I can't turn back the years And get crazy again with nothing to fear Easy as that might appear I can't turn my back on the love living here I only bet when I've got all the cards I don't take on all comers when they come on too hard I'm a daddy and a voter and I go to bed tired And I can't get to you from here I can't turn back the years And get crazy again with nothing to fear Easy as that might appear I can't turn my back on the love living here Well I'm glad you called but it's sad in a way To still fell the flame when there's nothing to say The world we once lived in is now so far away That I can't get to you from here No I can't get to you from here |
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| I Can't Live Without It | Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio PIano Rehearsal Live Piano Rehearsal Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Others demos Studio Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT If love was something time could never change Then loneliness would never need a name It's easier enough to say but I still believe Even though love's made a fool of me I know I can't live without it Though I pretend sometimes I just can't live without it Well I know it's unfair I've seen it be cruel Still love is what brought me closer to you If love was something easier to know Then I could stand to watch it come and go But I can't explain when I watch you walk away Even though love's made me feel this way I know I can't live without it Though I pretend sometimes I just can't live without it Well I know it's unfair I've seen it be cruel Still love is what brought me closer to you It's easier enough to say but I still believe Even though love's made a fool of me I know I can't live without it Though I pretend sometimes I just can't live without it Well I know it's unfair I've seen it be cruel Still love is what brought me closer to you And I know I can't live without it, no no no |
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| I Can t Sleep | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 96 4 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Nashville Public Radio - Songwriter Sessions 8/5/2004 Radio |
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| I Could Love You with My Eyes Closed | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | The tape says writers: JOHNSON/ORRALL/BICKHARDT | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ Alternate Album Demos Studio |
I could love you with my eyes closed |
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| I Did It All for Love | Robert Byrne | MJ | N | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
I DID IT ALL FOR LOVE I was such a silly boy when I was young Heart in my hand and a twisted tongue Got laid down low by a schoolboy crush She wasn't much but it still makes me blush I let down my resistance I worshipped that girl from a distance She never knew I existed And silly I was but it was all for the good cause I did it all for love I did it all wrong but that's not the point of I did it all for love And given the chance for the one right romance I 'd do it again for love You know I'd do it again for love I've been beaten and I've been bruised I've been confident and confused I have broken a heart or two And I paid all my debts and I send my regrets I did it all for love I did it all wrong but that's not the point of I did it all for love And given the chance for the one right romance I 'd do it again for love You know I'd do it again for love Did it all for love I did it all wrong but that's not the point of I did it all for love And given the chance for the one right romance I 'd do it again for love You know I'd do it again for love I'd do it again for love |
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| I Don t Have a Prayer | Jim Varsos, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | I Don t Have a Prayer w/Hobo Jim work tape Studio | |||||
| I Don t Have the Heart | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio |
Hello, I never settled down There s always something in the way You re right, I know I really should By now, I really thought I would But I don t have the heart I ll just have to live alone Cause I still have the memory Alive and strong and true And I don t have the time I spent it all on yesterday I should find somebody new But I just don t have the heart I gave it all to you Don t try to change my point of view It s the only way I know that I can still have you No lie, it s all that gets me through This ordinary life of mine I know, you re speaking as a friend But truth, I ll never love again But I don t have the heart I ll just have to live alone Cause I still have the memory Alive and strong and true And I don t have the time I spent it all on yesterday I should find somebody new But i just don t have the heart I gave it all to you should find somebody new But i just don t have the heart I gave it all to you |
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| I Got Nothing to Do | Peter McCann | MJ | N | N | O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board | I GOT NOTHING I got nothing when you're not here I got nothing to do I do nothing dear But wait for you I sit tight by the bedroom light I got nothing to do Through the lonely nights I wait for you A little more lonely is all I get Another cup of coffee and a cigarette I'm always crying from trying to see Is this how blue the blues can be Oh you go party, stay out late I got nothing to do Through the lonely nights I wait for you A little more lonely is all I get Another cup of coffee and a cigarette I'm always crying from trying to see Is this how blue the blues can be Oh someday baby, you'll find me gone You'll have nothing to do 'Cause I'll have nothing to do With you 'Cause I'll have nothing to do With you |
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| I Just Can't Say No to You | Steve GIbson, Parker McGee | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck |
I JUST CAN'T SAY NO TO YOU Parker McGee & Steve Gibson Just look at this mess that I'm in For a gentle lover, you're a terrible friend I swore I'd never get this close again But I can't seem to stop myself from falling You wanna come see me tonight I gotta be strong, I know it's not right I gotta hold on, put up some kind of fight But I'm naming the time and the place again 'Cause I just can't say no to you Though I know I'd be better off to But my heart won't admit that it's true And I just can't say no to you I guess I never understood That something so wrong could seem so good Would I give it up even if I could Come calling, let me fall with you 'Cause I just can't say no to you Though I know I'd be better off to But my heart won't admit that it's true And I just can't say no to you Tell me when will it end Break it off and then we're back again And I just can't say no to you Though I know I'd be better off to But my heart won't admit that it's true And I just can't say no No I just can't say no to you Even though I'd be better off to But my heart won't admit that it's true And I just can't say no to you |
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| I Just Want to Sing with You | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 93 1 Live MJ Work 93 3 Live Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert |
I JUST WANT TO SING WITH YOU Michael Johnson Standing on a point of view Holding on to things we do You're set in your way, I'm set in mine It's like old times, it's true I was really mad at you You said I had an attitude The words got in the way Now there's nothing left to say So I just want to sing with you, I don't know what else to do The silence of this lonely room will only make it harder I don't want to take the fall, I don't have the wherewithal I've got nothing left to lose, I just want to sing with you Didn't take the time of day The lovers who have lost their way But I believe in you How could we let it get this far There's nothing like the song of love There're something in the singing of That maybe finds a way To say all we need to say Cause I just want to sing with you, I don't know what else to do The silence of this lonely room will only make it harder I don't have the wherewithal, I don't want to take this fall I've got nothing left to lose, I just want to sing with you Baby just a simple song like Heart & Soul to sing along Sentimental Journey too, I just want to sing with you Sentimental Journey too, I just want to sing with you |
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| I Like Fast Trains | Fred Eaglesmith | MJ | N | N | Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert | Sixteen miles from Arkadelphia, right near the Texas border Traffic was stopped at a railway crossing, took it to the shoulder I stoked the kettle, I put it to the metal I shook the gravel loose I missed the train but I was happy with A glimpse of the caboose 'Cause I like trains I like fast trains I like trains That call out through the rain I like trains I like sad trains I like trains that whisper your name I was born on a Greyhound bus My mama was a diesel engine They tried to put me behind the wheel But I wouldn't let them You shoulda seen the look in their eyes And how it turned to tears When I finally told them I want to be an engineer 'Cause I like trains I like fast trains I like trains that call out through the rain I like trains I like sad trains I like trains that whisper your name |
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| I Love You by Heart | Jerry Gillespie, Stan Webb | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live I Love You by Heart work tape Live The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
I LOVE YOU BY HEART Jerry Gillespie & Stan Webb You have this way of going right to my head Boy I've been hungry but I've never been fed Now here you are, you fill my heart and my soul I know without you I could never be whole You put the other lovers to shame And boy it's more than a spark, it's an eternal flame I knew I felt it right from the start I don't just love you boy, I love you by heart I never though that just one touch of your hand And all of my dreams would go according to plan Sweet smells of passion from last night's perfume Still linger softly right here in this room You put the other lovers to shame And girl it's more than a spark, it's an eternal flame When I'm not with you, we're too far apart I don't just love you girl, I love you by heart Take my tomorrows and give me today I'll live to love you every step of the way It feels so natural, I'm just doing my part I don't just love you girl, I love you by heart You put the other lovers to shame And girl it's more than a spark, it's an eternal flame I knew I felt it right from the start I don't just love you boy, I love you by heart I don't just love you girl, I love you by heart I don't just love you, I love you by heart I don't just love you boy, I love you by heart I don't just love you girl, I love you by heart I don't just love you boy, I love you by heart |
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| I Need You Now | Michael Johnson, Rick Beausford | assuming by cassette note | MJ | N | N | I Need You Now Rewrite w/Rick Beausford Studio Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
but it s much I can t look into someone else s freedom I was granted never And I really really need you now lonely like you trying to be hones I m still lovin I need you now, wait another Got lovin, now it s up to you Won t you give Like Remember how you But I feel And tomorrow seems so distant, Cause I need you now and I really need you now be good for you been awhile I d make it worth your while |
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| I Need Your Light | Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos | MJ | Y | N | 4 TK MIXES Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ Work 92 5 Live MJ Work 93 1 Live Archives 2 Studio |
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| I Shall Be Released | Bob Dylan | MJ | N | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | They say every man must need protection They say every man must fall Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above the wall I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released Down here next to me in this lonely crowd Is a man who swears he's not to blame All day long I hear him cry so loud Calling out that he's been framed I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released |
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| I Still Love You | Craig Birkhardt, E. Fries, R. Bell | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album | I STILL LOVE YOU C. Birkhardt & E. Fries & R. Bell The arms that long to hold you are empty tonight I've tried to live without you but it's useless to fight And how can I give my heart to someone new I still love you, I still love you How can I forget you after so many tears I tell myself it's over but my heart never hears It's harder to say what I know is true I still love you Every time you're near me, it's so easy to pretend We could be together once again I know I'm only dreaming But I just won't let it end Wish it could be that you still loved me The arms that long to hold you are empty tonight I've tried to live without you but it's useless to fight And how can I give my heart to someone new I still love you, I still love you I still love you |
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| I Want a Son | Stephen Dorff, Martin Panzer | MJ | N | N | Nighttimes Radio & TV 12/1/1982 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board |
I WANT A SON I want a son Someone I can blame for turning gray To share my name and share my day To share the things I've earned The lessons that I've learned along the way He'd have a friend and we'd have fun I love to laugh and I would love to have a son I want a girl Twirling round the room in pink and blue To count on me to see her through She'd worry when I'm late And tell me that I'm great when it's not true She'd have a friend and we'd have fun I'd love a daughter just as much As I would love to have a son I want to care I want to wonder where they are I want to see that they go farther than me To carry on the things I love After I'm gone Forgetting me I'd be good for them, I really would I'd be the one who understood Who'd always be around To never let them down, I never could He'd have a friend and we'd have fun She'd have a friend, we'll be one I'd give the world to have a girl Or have a son |
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| I Will | Lennon & McCartney | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Work 96 3 Live Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
Who knows how long I've loved you, you know I love you still Will I wait a lonely lifetime, if you want me to, I will For if I ever saw you, I didn't catch your name But it never really mattered, I will always feel the same Love you forever and forever, love you with all my heart Love you whenever we're together, love you when we're apart And when at last I find you, your song will fill the air Sing it loud so I can hear you, make it easy to be near you For the things you do endear you to me and you know I will Love you forever and forever, love you with all my heart Love you whenever we're together, love you when we're apart And when at last I find you, your song will fill the air Sing it loud so I can hear you, make it easy to be near you For the things you do endear you to me, and you know I will I will |
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| I Will Whisper Your Name | Randy Van Warmer | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown concert Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio That's That 1/1/1988 Album New Country 4/8/1988 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Good Evening Show MPR 5/13/1989 Radio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
I WILL WHISPER YOUR NAME Randy Van Warmer Tonight I am thankful 'cause tomorrow begins A lifetime together and two hearts will win I have loved you as surely as love has no shame For as long as you're listening, I'll whisper your name I will whisper your name when you're wounded and caught Or when love beats so loudly, a whisper is lost And I made the rules and if time was the game I would promise forever to whisper your name Well if you strike a match and set the whole world aflame And they used up the oceans and still prayed for rain When they cry for the guilty, I'll take the blame And when no one is listening, I'll whisper your name I will whisper your name when you're wounded and caught Or when love beats so loudly, a whisper is lost And I made the rules and if time was the game I would promise forever to whisper your name And I made the rules and if time was the game I would promise forever to whisper your name I will whisper your name when you're wounded and caught Or when love beats so loudly, a whisper is lost And I made the rules and if time was the game I would promise forever to whisper your name I will promise forever to whisper your name |
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| I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | MJ DBJ |
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I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains holding me I wish I could say all the things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars that keep us apart I wish you could know what it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free I wish I could give all I'm longing to give I wish I could live like I'm longing to live I wish that I could do all the things that I can do Though I'm way overdue I'd be starting anew Well I wish I could be like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be if I found I could fly Oh I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea And I'd sing cos I'd know that And I'd sing cos I'd know that And I'd sing cos I'd know that I'd know how it feels to be free I'd know how it feels to be free I'd know how it feels to be free |
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| I Wish You Love | Paul Young | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Goodbye, No use leading with our chins This is where our story ends Never lovers, ever friends Goodbye, Let our hearts call it a day But before you walk away I sincerely want to say I wish you bluebirds in the Spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love And in July, a lemonade To cool you in some leafy glade I wish you health and more than wealth, I wish you love My breaking heart and I agree That you and I could never be So with my best, my very best, I set you free I wish you shelter from the storm A cozy fire to keep you warm But most of all, when snowflakes fall I wish you love I wish you bluebirds in the Spring To give your heart a song to sing And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love And in July, a lemonade To cool you in some leafy glade I wish you health and more than wealth, I wish you love My breaking heart and I agree That you and I could never be So with my best, my very best, I set you free I wish you shelter from the storm A cozy fire to keep you warm But most of all, when snowflakes fall I wish you love |
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| I'll Always Love You | Tom Snow & Eric Kaz | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Symphony Conglomerate Studio Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Tom Snow & Eric Kaz Standing by my window, listening for your call Guess I really miss you after all Time won't let me keep these sad thoughts to myself I'd just like to let you know, I wish I'd never let you go And I'll always love you Deep inside this heart of mine I do love you And I'll always need you And if you ever change your mind I'll still, I will love you Wish you'd never left me but love's a mystery You can break a heart so easily The days and nights reveal how much I feel for you Time has come for me to see how much your love has meant to me And I'll always love you Deep inside this heart of mine I do love you And I'll always need you And if you ever change your mind I'll still, I will love you Time like a river keeps on rollin' right on by Nothing left for me to do So I watch the river rise And I'll always love you Deep inside this heart of mine I do love you And I'll always need you And if you ever change your mind I'll still, I will I'll still, I will love you |
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| I'm a Drifter | Travis Edmundson | If Travis Edmonson has more than demonstrated his ability to portray the lifestyle and philosophy of the unsullied in his songs, I'm A Drifter takes the opposite tack. Written for real-life rolling stone Jefferson Davis, whom the composer became acquainted with in his teens, this song presents a graphic series of snapshots to depict the roving lifestyle of one whose numerous memories are used to mask and compensate for his lonely heart. A classic and haunting piece on its own, when Travis Edmonson sings it, every nuance of the words and imagery are brought out. | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
I'M A DRIFTER Travis Edmundson I've sat in the shade of an old apple orchard Watched the big trucks rolling by I've shared a grape soda with a man from Dakota And I've seen a June bug in July I'm a drifter, I'm a loner I've seen every village and town I've passed by here, I might die here And a stranger gonna lower me down I envy the ships that sail out of your harbors I share silent thoughts with your children and barbers I've sung to the stars while a jukebox was playing I've fought back the tears that come when I'm saying: I'm a drifter, I'm a loner I've seen every village and town I've passed by here, I might die here And a stranger gonna lower me down I've made love in your city to the poor and the pretty I've thought myself lucky and smart But I ended up lonely with nothin' But only a song and a half of a heart I'm a drifter, I'm a loner I've seen every village and town I've passed by here, I might die here And a stranger gonna lower me down I'm a drifter, I'm a loner I've seen every village and town I've passed by here, I might die here And a stranger gonna lower me down |
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| I'm All Smiles | Barbra Streisand | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | I'm all smiles, darling You'd be too If you knew, darling All of my smiles were for you I'm all chills, darling Through and through But my cold hands, darling Warm to the touch of you Rain hasn't fallen for days now But rainbows are filling the skies My heart must have painted those rainbows Shining before my eyes Can't you tell that I'm in love, darling? Deep and true, with guess who, darling Someone I die for Beg steal or lie for Eat humble pie for Someone to fly to the sun, moon and sky for Someone to live for To laugh with and cry for And that someone is you |
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| I m Always Chasing Rainbows | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| I'm Going Back to the Red Clay Country | Red Clay Country | Bud & Travis | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | I'm goin' back to the red clay country I'm goin' back to the red clay country I'm goin' back to the red clay country Where I come from Where I come from I don't want cold iron shackles I don't want cold iron shackles I don't want cold iron shackles Hurt my pride Bud, it hurt my pride All I need is one sweet woman All I need is one sweet woman All I need is one sweet woman To hold my hand My weary hand I'm goin' back to the red clay country I'm goin' back to the red clay country I'm goin' back to the red clay country That's my home Buddy, that's my home That's my home Buddy, that's my home That's my home Buddy, that's my home |
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| I'm Gone | Eric Kaz, W. Waldman | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee Studio Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
I'M GONE Eric Kaz & W. Waldman When you came to me, you said love could not erase The ever present memory of another face I tried to make you love me, how could I be so blind To think I'd be the one to change your mind And If I'm gone before you start Well you can find me in your heart Who can say if it's right or wrong I've waited for you too long And I can't hold on, I'm gone When you cam to me, I said love will find a way For every heart that leaves, another heart will stay But I guess you couldn't see past the shadows in the night It seems the time for us just wasn't right And If I'm gone before you start Well you can find me in your heart Who can say if it's right or wrong I've waited for you too long And I can't hold on, I'm gone And If I'm gone before you start Well you can find me in your heart Who can say if it's right or wrong I've waited for you too long And I can't hold on, I'm gone Gone, gone, gone I can't hold on Gone, gone I'm gone, gone, gone I'm gone, I can't go on, gone |
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| I'm Hurtin' | Michael Johnson, Bill LaBounty | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Rehearsal #3 Live Demos Studio |
I'M HURTIN' I got a house full of dusty furniture I got a heart full of memories I got a mouth full of broken promises I got a drawer full of guarantees You were such a crazy girl to put your faith in me And I was just a fool to think you'd never want to leave And I'm hurtin', I'm hurtin' Never felt the pain like this before I'm cryin', almost dyin' And I don't think I'll ever find a cure I got a friend on the telephone Who's giving me directions to another town I got a place to stay for a couple of days And there's nobody else around I can look outside these lies I know I must have told I can hold my head up high And maybe then my soul Will stop hurtin', I'm hurtin' And I don't think I'll ever find a cure So you were such a crazy girl to put your faith in me And I was just a fool to think you'd never wanna leave I'm hurtin', yeah I'm hurtin' Never felt the pain like this before I'm cryin', almost dyin' And I don't think I'll ever find a cure |
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| I m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain Third is the roses that grow in the lane No need explaining, the one remaining Is somebody I adore I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain Third is the roses that grow in the lane No need explaining, the one remaining Is somebody I adore I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain Third is the roses that grow in the lane No need explaining, the one remaining Is somebody I adore I'm looking over a four-leaf clover I overlooked before I overlooked before I overlooked before |
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| I ve Already Flown | Michael Johnson, S. Franks | MJ | N | N | I ve Already Flown Cut #2 Studio Archives 1 Studio |
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| I've Been Alone Too Long | Mark James, Cynthia Weil | MJ | N | N | Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert |
Funny how you can go on living Lose the simple knack of giving It slips away before you know it's gone You build up walls and before you know it Someone moves you and you'd love to show it You just can't find a way to lettin' on I've been alone too long Baby, now don't you see I've been alone too long It's all that's wrong with me I wanna build you a dream Paint you a sunrise Write you a beautiful song But I don't know how I've been alone too long Funny how you can cut off feelings Tell yourself your wounds are healing And all you've done is turn the paid inside Just when you think no one can get to you Someone smiles and it goes right through you Bringing our those things you thought had died I've been alone too long Baby, now don't you see I've been alone too long It's all that's wrong with me I wanna build you a dream Paint you a sunrise Write you a beautiful song But I don't know how I've been alone too long |
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| I've Been Around | Dave Mallett | MJ | N | N | WCCO-AM Radio 12/18/1984 Radio Good Company 12/25/1984 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
I'VE BEEN AROUND I've been around, you've been around, there's things that we both know Like nothing real good ever comes real easy, going along ins the hard way to go Love and affection need some direction, I'm all through keeping score That's all in the past, love, this is my last love I'll never need any more I have been here, you have been here, for such a long, long time You hang down your head and I hold out my heart, like an empty bottle of wine Some wear it well but your loneliness tells me, you're been through this before That's all in the past, love, this is my last love I'll never need any more Now you got some dreams and I got some dreams Oh but I've learned a thing or two I used to deal dreams by the dime, by the dozen But now I need your love to put mine through And I'll never run, no the hard part is done I've never felt so sure That's all in the past, love, this is my last love I'll never need any more I've been around, you've been around, there's things that we both know Like nothing real good ever comes real easy, going along ins the hard way to go Love and affection need some direction, I'm all through keeping score That's all in the past, love, this is my last love I'll never need any more That's all in the past, love, this is my last love I'll never need any more |
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| I've Just Seen a Face | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I've just seen a face I can't forget the time or place Where we just met She's just the girl for me And I want all the world to see We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-m'mmm-mmm Had it been another day I might have looked the other way And I'd have never been aware But as it is I'll dream of her Tonight, di-di-di-di'n'di Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again I have never known the likes of this I've been alone, and I have missed Things and kept out of sight But other girls were never quite Like this, da-da-n'da-da'n'da Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again I've just seen a face I can't forget the time or place Where we just met She's just the girl for me And I want all the world to see We've met, mmm-mmm-mmm-da-da-da [Chorus] Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again Falling, yes I am fallin' And she keeps callin' Me back again |
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| Ice Cream Phoenix | Charles Cockey, Jorma Kaukonen | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 2 Studio Demos Studio Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
ICE CREAM PHOENIX You don't know just When to stop and when to go City streets in the dead of winter Stop your mind with dirty snow Walk at night and touch your hand To the golden lights and let them show you Shadows disappear As I smile and say I told you so Baby tell me how if you think you know how People love when there's no tomorrow And still not cry when they have to go The wall of your memory will echo your sorrow These pictures of sadness are not all they seem So hold out your smile, take my hand and be happy These pictures of sadness are not all they seem Are you so old that you've no childhood Is your time line so unreal That all your sunsets come in the morning Baby tell me how do you feel Shelves of books in your mirrors reflecting The sidewalks and alleys that you've seen Show colors change as the images fade In your magical vanishing memory machine Baby tell me how if you think you know how People love when there's no tomorrow Do people love when there's no tomorrow And still not cry when they have to go Still not cry when they have to go Still not cry when they have to go Still not cry when they have to go |
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| If I Could Only Win Your Love | Emmylou Harris | MJ | N | N | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio | If I could only win your love I'd make the most of everything I'd proudly wear your wedding ring My heart would never stray one dream away If I could only win your love I'd give my all to make it live You'll never know how much I give If I could only win your love Oh how can I ever say How I crave your love when your gone away Oh how can I ever show How I burn inside when you hold me tight If I could only win your love I'd give my all to make it live You'll never know how much I give If I could only win your love Oh how (oh how) can I ever say (can I ever say) How I crave your love when your gone away Oh how can I ever show How I burn inside when you hold me tight If I could only win your love I'd give my all to make it live You'll never know how much I give If I could only win your love |
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| If I Fell From Grace With You | R Kimmel & Lisa Aschmann | MJ | x | N | N | Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board |
If I fell from grace with you, I pray I'd never fall in love again If our ship should sail from view, I'd never want to feel another breath of wind If you lost your faith in me, I don't know what I'd do And I'm not sure who I'd be, if I fell from grace with you If you turned and walked away, could I find the voice to turn you round Would you hear the words I'd say, somewhere inside the hollow sound If you never called my name, how could I answer true If you turned and walked away, and I fell from grace with you Would my life roll on, as if gray were blue As if right were wrong, and December June If I never touched your face, would the morning find the light Would the rivers lose their way, or careless moon forget to rise If you wandered from this place, would roses know to bloom Who would hold me close this way, if I fell from grace with you If I fell from grace with you |
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| If Wishes Were Horses | Mike Settle | Kenny Rogers & 1st Edition | MJ | Y | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board |
IF WISHES WERE HORSES If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride On clouds of white stallions with bright, fiery eyes Chasing stars into corners of yesterday's skies If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride Ride through the gone empty playgrounds of time Where life was a game and to frown was a crime Where love was the buddies who lived down the street and pain was no root beer or cookies to eat If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride On clouds of white stallions with bright, fiery eyes Chasing stars into corners of yesterday's skies If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride Off to a bright colored castle of dreams Where folks are just people and things what they seem Well I'll play the game but the young always win And love to the losers For losing again If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride |
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| If You Can't Feel Love | Jeffrey Lubbock, Chris Montan | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album | IF YOU CAN'T FEEL LOVE J. Lubbock & C. Montan You closed the door Before I asked to have it opened You say what for, love only makes you cry But you won't even try If you can't feel love Then it's only in your mind If you can't feel love, all you need is time But you might feel love, I know a place we can run 'Cause if it feels like love, I'm the one The nights are long, you toss and turn When dreams are broken, the day comes on Somehow the sun will rise And you might be surprised If you can't feel love Then it's only in your mind If you can't feel love, all you need is time But you might feel love, I know a place we can run 'Cause if it feels like love, I'm the one If you can't feel love Then it's only in your mind If you can't feel love, all you need is time But you might feel love, I know a place we can run 'Cause if it feels like love, I'm the one If you can't feel love Then it's only in your mind If you can't feel love, all you need is time But you might feel love, I know a place we can run 'Cause if it feels like love, I'm the one |
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| Imogene | Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson | MJ | N | N | MJ NAC DEMOS Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Others demos Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Archives 1 Studio Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Departure 1/1/1995 Album Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
IMOGENE Gene Nelson I remember images of bridges crossed Being left on the other side I guess I died last somewhere near Savannah Oh Imogene, can I take you down South in my dreams Oh Imogene, everybody's playing good-time music Could it be some sort of sign That everybody's playing good-time music No one's having a good time Simon, my best friend, he cut his hair He added strings, became a millionaire Oh it's oh so simple so Simon said Oh but Imogene, time goes by And so did I Oh Imogene, everybody's playing good-time music Could it be some sort of sign That everybody's playing good-time music No one's having a good time The sign on the border says welcome to Georgia You don't have to go through Savannah no more Nothing makes sense anymore Why should I Why should I |
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| In Love Like You and Me | D. Tracy | MJ | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 4/8/1976 Radio Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert |
IN LOVE LIKE YOU AND ME D. Tracy Well these dusty old rags we call our best Won't get us our names on the list of best dressed It isn't the clothes, it's the smiles you wear That turn all the heads and make people stare The old car we drive got a ticket for smoke The horn sticks a lot, the radio's broke But the music is there as we travel along 'Cause the love that we share is a beautiful song And there are so many people who'd like to know The kind of love and it makes you grow So many people who'd like to be in love like you and me Yes there are so many people who'd like to feel The kind of love that you know is real So many people who'd like to be in love like you and me Well our big old house is not fancy or new We're fixing it up, it's all we can do The walls creak at night, the faucets drip too But it all seems all right 'cause I hear it with you And there are so many people who'd like to know The kind of love and it makes you grow So many people who'd like to be in love like you and me Yes there are so many people who'd like to feel The kind of love that you know is real So many people who'd like to be in love like you and me |
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| In the Name of God | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio MJ Arrangements Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live Archives 2 Studio Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
Everyday, I see this preacher on TV He makes it clear, got his sights on saving me From myself He's got the proof, what he wants for me is best It's in the book, if I agree I will be blessed Well I don't agree And glory be, he's coming after me And he's got a bible in his hand And he's mad as hell cause he can tell I am a devil masquerading as a man And when he lies, he does it in the name of God He does it in the name of God The gentle words, that Jesus spoke he cannot hear With righteousness, he preaches ignorance and fear And I am afraid Around the world are other holy men like him They do their work with bloody wars that never end They deal in hate And glory be, one's coming after me And he's got a rifle in his hand And he's mad as hell cause he can tell I am a devil masquerading as a man And when he kills, he does it in the name of G |
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| In the Name of Love | Estelle Levitt, Kenny Rankin | "Agua de Beber," in the middle; it a Jobim/Morales/Gimbel 9016 | MJ | Y | N | Earl of Old Town Sound Board Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board |
What burns and glows without flame What lives and grows without rain What brings a smile that lasts for a little while And then makes me cry without shame How can you grieve me and you torture and you tease me And you do it in the name of love Hey don't you know how to be nice You hurt me without thinking twice You're as warm as an oven when you want a little lovin' And then you go from fire to ice How can you grieve me and you torture and you tease me And you do it in the name of love Am I comin', am I goin , is it raining or snowing I got no way of knowin' your mind Hey you make me rise and fall Make me stumble and crawl Baby, get with it, you got to admit it That you don't love me at all How can you grieve me and you torture and you tease me And you do it in the name of love And don't make me rise and all Don't make me stumble and crawl And don't do it baby and don't do it at all Your love is rain, my heart's a flower Will I grow and blossom or will I wither and die And don't make me rise and all Don't make me stumble and crawl Don't do it, baby, don't do it at all In the name of love |
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| In Your Eyes | Crow Johnson | Fiddle and Drum | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board party Live Demos Studio Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board |
IN YOUR EYES Amy Johnson In your eyes I go flying In your lies I see you hiding Some things are worth the denying Others known with never trying Berries in your pockets And a dream for everyday We'll greet the people That we meet along the way Watch the sun falling in the sea People laughing crying needlessly Unspin the web of is and ought to be I hear you're looking round Just like me You play the fiddle And I'll the beat the drum We'll dance a crooked path For those who wanna come Hold my hand and I'll hold his We can form a circle just like this Throw your colors to the morning mist Trying hard to talk We can sing like this You play the fiddle And I'll the beat the drum We'll dance a crooked path For those who want to come Do you want to |
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| Isn t That So | Jesse Winchester | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio | Well, he knew what he was doin' When he put eyes into my head If he didn't want me to lookin' at them pretty little women He'd'a left my ol' eyeballs dead Isn't that so Tell me, isn't that so You got to go when your heart says go Isn't that so Well, he knew what he was doin' When he made that magic vine His own son got a reputation For turnin' water into wine Isn't that so Tell me, isn't that so You got to go when your heart says go Isn't that so Let that line of least resistance lead me on Let the line of least resistance lead me on Well, he know what he was doin' When he divided the high from the low You got to bury seed in the womb, my friend If you want the little seed to grow Now, isn't that so Isn't that so You got to go when your heart says go Isn't that so You got to go when your heart says go Isn't that so Let that line of least resistance lead me on Let the line of least resistance lead me on Let your heart, let your heart, your heart lead you on Let your heart, let your heart lead you on |
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| It Don't Matter Now | Michael McDonald | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio MJ Unreleased Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
IT DON'T MATTER NOW It's finally come Is that sorry on your breath Where were you when I was sittin' back here Missing you to death It don't matter now Girl, I wanna know, can you tell me plain and true How high will you fly Without me there to be your sky Well it don't matter now I don't mean to leave you standin' on your own To think back on days and nights we had long ago Then maybe love was just a game you played This much I do know, it don't matter now Cause it's finally come Is that sorry on your breath Where were you when I was sittin' back here Missing you to death It don't matter now Lady, I don't tell stories and I don't pretend And I won't be around to say I told you then Cause it seems that something's finally broken That'll take a while to mend Well it don't matter now Cause it's finally come Is that sorry on your breath Where were you when I was sittin' back here Missing you to death It don't matter now It don't matter now It don't matter now It don't matter now |
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| It Goes Like It Goes | David Shire & Norman Gimbel | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board | Ain't no miracle bein' born People doin' it everyday Ain't no miracle growin' old People just roll that way So it goes like it goes and the river flows And time it rolls right on And maybe what's good gets a little bit better And maybe what's bad gets gone Bless the child of the workin' man He knows too soon who he is And bless the hands of a workin' man He knows his soul is his So it goes like it goes and the river flows And time it rolls right on And maybe what's good gets a little bit better And maybe what's bad gets gone Yeh it goes like it goes like the river flows And time keeps rollin' on And maybe what's good gets a little bit better And maybe what's bad gets gone |
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| It Hasn t Rained in More Than 40 Days | MJ | N | N | Demo Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio |
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| It Might As Well Be Spring | Rodgers & Hammerstein | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 96 2 Live Live 12/15/1995 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING Rodgers & Hammerstein I'm as restless as a willow in a wind storm I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing I'd say that I had spring fever But I know it isn't spring I'm starry eyed and vaguely discontented Like a nightingale without a song to sing I'd say that I had spring fever But I know it isn't spring I keep wishing I was somewhere else Walking down a strange new street Hearing words that I have never heard From a girl I've yet to meet I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud Or a robin on the wing But I feel so gay in a melancholy way That it might as well be spring It might as well be spring |
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| It Must Be You | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Studio unknown concert Sound Board MJ Alternate Album Demos Studio Nashville Now Video That's That 1/1/1988 Album New Country 4/8/1988 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
IT MUST BE YOU Hugh Prestwood If there are reasons why I should come down off this cloud I don't know them If the law says that walking on air is not allowed I'll just show them, I'll just show them And if I am not dreaming, then dreams do come true And if someone loves somebody anymore than I do It must be your, it must be you, it must be you If there are reasons why I should not feel so alive I don't buy them And if they tell me our love's just too hot to survive I deny them, I defy them And if true love is unending then this love is true And if someone loves somebody anymore than I do It must be you When it comes to forever, it's never too late And if this isn't heaven, then heaven can wait And if love was a candle, I'd shine like the sun When the sun is an ember, you'll still be the one And if someone loves somebody anymore than I do It must be you, it must be you It must be you, It must be you Must be you Must be you Must be you Must be you Must be you, must be you Must be you, must be you |
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| It Suits Me Well | Sandy Denny | MJ | N | N | Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert |
JOHN THE GYPSY Sandy Denny My name is John the Gypsy I travel the land There are no chains upon me I am me own man I can tell a fair old story Which I'm sure ain't no surprise Of the places I have been Oh and they ain't no lies I never had a proper house Not one like yours is I nearly always had a caravan With horses And I know you won't believe me Though it is the truth to tell That the living, it is hard Oh but is suits me well |
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| It s a Gift | MJ | x | Y | N | Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video | |||||
| It s All Done With Mirrors | Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos | TItle unknown | MJ | N | N | Production Masters Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio Archives 1 Studio |
Painted faces in the circus Two little children laughing right out loud Tricks they were using all just a allusino and we the last to know It s all done with mirrors It s all just fantasy You tough my hand Came a magic and a mystery Can t be done with mirrors Take your chance at Siliently sigh as you Lies vanish Like a magician, you But it s all done with mirrors Turn away and That the magic that you Can t be done with mirrors You are so beautiful You are all And that s everything to me Painted faces in the circus crowd |
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| It's My Job | Mac McAnally | 56 events | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Sound Board Holstein s Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert KMSP Minnesota State Fair 8/28/1985 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
IT'S MY JOB Mac McAnally In the middle of late last night, I was sittin' on a curb Didn't know what about but something had me quite disturbed Street sweeper comes whistling by and he's bouncing every step Seems strange how good he felt so I asked me while he swept He said it's my job to be cleaning up this mess And that's enough reason to go for me It's my job to be better than the rest And that make the day for me Got an uncle that owns a bank, he's a self made millionaire Never had anyone to thank, never had no one to care He always seemed kind of sad to me and I asked him why that was And he told me it's because, in my contract there's a clause That says it's my job to be worried half to death And that's the thing people respect in me It's my job and without it I'd be less Than what I expect to be I've been lazy most all my life, singing songs and sleeping late Any manual labor I've done is purely by mistake If street sweepers can smile then I got no right to feel upset But sometimes I still forget till the lights come on and the stage is set And the song hits home and you feel that sweat It's my job to be different that the rest And that's enough reason to go for me It's my job to be better than the rest And that's a tough break for me It's my job to be cleaning up this mess And that's enough reason to go for me It's my job to be better than the rest And that make the day for me |
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| It's Not Easy Being Fifteen | Chick Rains | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
IT'S NOT EASY BEING FIFTEEN Well it's not easy being fifteen The same old, same old chuck and jive routine Subject to the rules laid down by adult regimes Oh I know it's not easy And it's not so easy these days to be young We don't know who to blame sometimes so I guess you're the one We got tears for this, cheers for that but you're getting none Oh I know it's not easy But you get down and out and you got nowhere to go Somehow you always bounce back, just how I don't know And then you'll turn the other cheek and get just one more blow Oh I know it's not easy And it's not so easy keeping your cool You lose the one you love and it makes you feel like a fool No one cares, never shares the mystery with you Oh I know it's not easy And it's not easy finding out who Lives behind that face that everyone know is you But you'll look back and laugh someday 'cause you'll see this through But for now, I know it's not easy Well you'll get down and out someday and one you know Someone who'll help you bounce back when you're feeling real low And then you'll turn the other cheek and get a kiss for your woe And you'll know love doesn't come easy |
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| It's Only Over for You | Mike Reid, Rory Bourke | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Wings 1/1/1986 Album |
IT'S ONLY OVER FOR YOU Mike Reid & Rory Bourke Somehow I knew I'd see you tonight Here at our old rendezvous I'm at the mercy of old memories And you've got your somebody new You may wonder why I keep coming by With this heart so broken in two Any fool could see with a one look at me It's only over for you It's only over for you Oh I'm not the one who found somebody new So go on believing we're through Oh it may be over but it's only over for you As I watch you falling in love You can't see me falling apart And even though you hurt me I know I still love you with all of my heart But I won't hide my face in a stranger's embrace When we dance into each other's view So don't be surprised at these tears in my eyes Cause it's only over for you It's only over for you Oh I'm not the one who found somebody new So go on believing we're through Oh it may be over but it's only over for you You can go on believing we're through Oh it may be over But it's only over for you |
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| It s Over | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| It's Still You | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL #2 Studio MJ Work 92 4 Live Live 12/27/1993 Live |
IT'S STILL YOU Michael Johnson My thoughts take me spinning back to the beginning There's a black and white movie And you're right here beside me sleeping Memories can move you so There's the lightning and thunder and the spell I was under And it still hasn't left me Is there no way to get you out of my heart What to do, where to start It's still you, only you I'm afraid I'm waiting my whole life through But if you want me to I will cause it's still you Now it's four in the morning Will you appear without warning, haunting me Whether dreaming or dancing, you're right on cue No matter who I see, what I do It's still you, only you I'm afraid I'm waiting my whole life through But if you want me to I will cause it's still you I will cause it's still you |
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| Jacques Cousteau | Andy Paley, Plastic Bertrand | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio KTCZ 12/1/1987 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Morning Show MPR 12/19/1988 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Good Evening Show MPR 5/13/1989 Radio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board |
JACQUES COUSTEAU Well he's my favorite frog man you all know He's got a black web suit and he's ready to go He's got ? and he don't care If he don't every come up for air Cause he's Jacques Cousteau How low, how low baby can you go From sea to shining sea He's checking them out for you and me He's got a tank on his back strapped and locked He's got goggles and flippers and he's ready to rock And he shoots the fishies one by one Only with ze camera, never ze gun Cause he's Jacques Cousteau How low, how low baby can you go From sea to shining sea He's checking them out for you and me Atlantic, magnific, Pacific, terrific Well he's a friend of the whale and a friend of the shark And all the little fishies that glow in the dark Well Jacques and the fishes they're doing the swim I said jump back Jacques and do it again He don't work no nine to five He say se la vie,, he take another dive Cause he's Jacques Cousteau How low, how low baby can you go From sea to shining sea He's checking them out for you and me He say scuba dooba, scuba doo wa, scuba dooba doo wa He say scuba dooba, scuba doo wa, scuba dooba doo wa He say scuba dooba, scuba doo wa, scuba dooba doo wa He say scuba dooba, scuba doo wa, scuba dooba doo wa |
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| Jambalaja | Hank Williams | MJ | N | N | Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio | |||||
| Jamie | Hedge & Donna | MJ | N | N | Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert |
JAMIE Hedge & Donna Mama I see you smiling And it's plain to me and Jamie That your life has brought you places Where your mind can make you happy Where your thoughts don't drive you crazy They just flow on free and easy And I know Mama I bought some licorice Because I know how much it pleases And I ran all the way from downtown And I only ate three pieces And I love to hear your laughter Cause it comes from deep within you And I know I know that we've got to meet on the mountain We've got to meet on the mountain We've got to meet on the mountain I love the long lost mountain, I love the sea And I do believe you are me Yes I do believe you are me Whoever you may be Mama I see you smiling And it's plain to me and Jamie That your life has brought you places Where your mind can make you happy Where your thoughts don't drive you crazy They just flow on free and easy And I know I know that we've got to meet on the mountain We've got to meet on the mountain We've got to meet on the mountain I love the long lost mountain, I love the sea And I do believe you are me Yes I do believe you are me Whoever you may be |
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| Jewels of the Soul | J Henry | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 2 Studio Archives 1 Studio |
The sea is like an inner space So vase Like constellations in the night, like jewels of the soul Some carry light and some are blind And some are never seen And whether they No living hting is set aprt from The singing whale, the lizard s tale We may never Like faces Like jewels of the soul |
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| Jimmy | Jeff Klaser, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio | |||||
| John Riley | Judy Collns | MJ | N | N | Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live | A fair maid was in her garden A srange young man came riding by He said fair maid, will you marry me And this answer was her reply Oh no kind sir I cannot marry thee For I've a love and he sails the sea Though he's been gone for seven years Still he will return to me Well, what if he's in some battle slain Or if he's been drowned in the deep salt sea Or if he's found another love And he and his love both married be If he's in some battle slain Then I shall die when the moon doth wane And if he's been drowned in the deep salt sea Still I'm true to his memory And if he's found another love And he and his love both married be I wish them health and happiness Where they live across the sea He picked her up in his arms so strong And kisses he gave her one two three Saying weep no more my own true love I am your long lost John Riley Saying weep no more my own true love I am your long lost John Riley |
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| Joker | MJ | Y | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board |
There's always a joker in the pack There's always a lonely clown The poor laughing fool falls on his back And everyone laughs when he's down There's always a funny man in the game He's only funny by mistake Everyone laughs at him, just the same They can see his lonely heart break No, they don't care as long as there is a jester Just a fool, as foolish as he can be There's always a joker, that's the rule But fate deals a hand and I see The joker is me Always a funny man in the game He's only funny by mistake Everyone laughs at him, just the same They can see his lonely heart break They don't care as long as there is a jester Just a fool, foolish as he can be There's always a joker, that's the rule But fate deals a hand and I see The joker is me Always a funny man in the game He's only funny by mistake Oh everyone laughs at him, just the same They gonna watch his lonely heart break They don't care as long as there is a jester Just a fool, as foolish as he can be There's always a joker, that's the rule But fate deals a hand and I see The joker is me, the joker is me |
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| Jolly Coppers | Randy Newman | MJ | N | N | Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck & Dressing Room | JOLLY COPPERS Randy Newman They're comin' down the street They're comin' right down the middle See how they keep the beat And they';re as blue as the ocean How the sun shines down How their feet hardly touch the ground Jolly coppers on parade Here come the black-and-whites Here come the motorcycles Listen to those engines roar Now they're doing' tricks for the children Oh mama they look so nice Look like the angels have come down from paradise Jolly coppers on parade Oh mama That's the life for me And when I'm grown That's what I'm gonna be They're comin' down the street They're comin' right down the middle See how they keep the beat And they're as blue as the ocean Oh mama they look so nice Looks like the angles have come down from paradise Jolly coppers on parade |
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| Just Because You Didn't Answer | Thom Bishop | MJ | x | N | N | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live MJ WORK 83 Nov #2 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Nashville Public Radio - Songwriter Sessions 8/5/2004 Radio Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio |
JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ANSWER So much has happened since the last time We both know how long that's been Still we find out ways to pass time Like we'll have to do again Guess you thought I didn't need you But that wasn't it at all Just because you didn't answer Doesn't mean I didn't call Just because you didn't see me Doesn't mean I wasn't there Just because I didn't tell you Doesn't mean I didn't care So I'm facing you at last now So rub the writing off the wall Just because you didn't answer Doesn't mean I didn't call Guess you never got my letters Hell I wrote you everyday Some were tender, some were bitter I never mailed them anyway I went to every place we used to Took myself out, had a ball Just because you didn't answer Doesn't mean I didn't call Just because you didn't see me Doesn't mean I wasn't there Just because we called it even Doesn't mean it ended fair Patience isn't such a virtue So I'll leave before I fall Just because you didn't answer Doesn't mean I didn't call Just because you didn't answer Doesn't mean I didn't call |
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| Just One Look | Tom Snow, F. Golde | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album | JUST ONE LOOK Tom Snow & F Golde I guess you know me better than I've ever known myself Funny how advise is always good for someone else You say you know what's right for me is not always right for you You're a sculptor, a believer, and I'm the living proof Just one look in my eyes tells the story Just one look in my eyes gives me away And it does no good to hide Cause I know that I'll confide in you anyway I wish that you could see yourself the way that you see me Maybe then you wouldn't be your own worst enemy Loving you's a habit I don't have the strength to break And I don't have to tell you, you'll see what I can't say Just one look in my eyes tells the story Just one look in my eyes gives me away And it does no good to hide Cause I know that I'll confide in you anyway Go through all the motions as if nothing were at stake What's the good of that when you can't give and you can't take I looked to you for happiness, depended on your strength But I've learned that if it's not my own, then yours won't take the place Just one look in my eyes tells the story Just one look in my eyes gives me away And it does no good to hide Cause I know that I'll confide in you anyway Just one look in my eyes tells the story Just one look in my eyes gives me away Just one look in my eyes tells the story Just one look in my eyes gives me away |
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| Just Want to Say | check | MJ | N | N | Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert | |||||
| Keep It Simple recitation | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board |
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| Kiss Me Goodbye | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | N | Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album |
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| Kodachrome | Paul Simon | MJ | N | N | Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert | |||||
| La Malaguena | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
Que bonitos ojos tienes Debajo de esas dos cejas Debajo d esas dos cejas Que bonitos ojos tienes Ellos me quieren mirar Pero si tu no los dejas Pero si tu no los dejas Ni siquiera parpadear Malagueña salerosa Besar tus labios quisiera Besar tus labios quisiera Malagueña salerosa Y decirte niña hermosa Que eres linda y hechicera Que eres linda y hechicera Como el candor de una rosa Si por pobre me desprecias Yo te concedo razón Yo te concedo razón Si por pobre me desprecias Yo no te ofrezco riquezas Te ofrezco mi corazon Te ofrezco mi corazon A cambio de mis pobrezas Malagueña salerosa Besar tus labios quisiera Besar tus labios quisiera Malagueña salerosa Y decirte niña hermosa Que eres linda y hechicera Eres linda y hechicera Como el candor de una rosa Como el candor de una rosa |
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| Labor of Love | Michael Johnson, J.D. Martin | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio Archives 1 Studio MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live |
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| Lady on the Horse | Michael Johnson | MJ | Y | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
Time has come, I've been beyond the circles once again To distances that had to take their toll You never were the lady on the horse, my friend I never was the beggar on the road Yesterday's bag of dreams good morning once again I'd change my ways but don't believe I can I never thought I'd be so long or wandering But furies fly and losers try my hand hmm You never were the lady on the horse, my friend I never was the beggar on the road |
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| Ladybug and the Centipede | Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff | performed by Leon Bibb | MJ | x | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Morning Show MPR 9/4/1986 Radio Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video |
THE LADYBUG AND THE CENTIPEDE The ladybug and the centipede got married The ladybug and the centipede, they wed Do do do On their wedding night I heard it said Fifty-one pairs of slippers were near that bed Hey ho, hey ho What a wonder wedding day On their honeymoon they called each other darling Their happiness was total and complete Do do do Until she slipped beneath the sheets On her back fifty pair of cold, cold feet Hey ho, hey ho What a wonder wedding day Next day Mr. Centipede, he came home early The ladybug looked slyer that a fox Do do do She was sitting 'neath the hollyhocks Knitting lots and lots of little socks She winked her eye with a twinkle that seemed to say Hey ho Hey ho Hey ho What a wonderful wedding day |
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| Ladyfriends I (Sing a Song to Your Lady) | Bill Hughes | MJ | N | N | Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert | SING A SONG TO YOUR LADY Like the joy of love when first it's found A simple melody Will come and go and leave you old And flowering in your spring For a moment's time of endless stance So lest your harmony Will come and go and leave you old And flowering in your spring And flowering in your spring Sing a song to your lady Sing a song t your friends Sing a song, to those who'll use you And to those who'll do you in Sing a song to your lady Sing a song to your friends And you'll hear sweet music till the end And you'll hear sweet music till the end |
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| Ladyfriends II | Bill Hughes | TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN | check | MJ | N | N | Early in the morning mama, late at night Especially around supper time I start thinking 'bout my need for a real fine lady To be a good friend of mine Talkin' about my need to find a woman Talkin' about my need to find a friend Talking about my need to be with you again La... Do you believe in extreme situations Or unnatural phenomenon Do you believe in the need for a real fine lady To be my real good friend Talkin' about my need to help you mellow Talkin' about my need you help you know Talkin' about my need for a lady o the road It ain't easy I know this euphoria Tell me is it really so Yes, yes, I confess you're truly good For my body and my soul Talkin' about my need to help you mellow Talkin' about my need you help you know Talkin' about my need for a lady o the road Talkin' about my need to find a woman Talkin' about my need to find a friend Talking about my need to be with you again Yeah |
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| Lágrima | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Last One Singing the Blues | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown concert Studio WCCO-FM Radio 12/22/1980 Radio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video |
I've always tried to level with you eye to eye I knew I'd find the devil in you by and by 'Cause I don't really wanna be the last one singin' the blues When it comes to fiction you're the best I've met All the little lies are gonna get you yet 'Cause I don't really wanna be the last one singin' the blues You say that you love me If you really love me Then why do you treat me this way The game is that you're gone again It's off and then it's on again But someday, I just won't play If all I do is catch you in the same old lies I'll just have to look at you with different eyes 'Cause I don't really wanna be the last one singin' the blues You say that you love me If you really love me Then why do you treat me this way The game is that you're gone again It's off and then it's on again But someday, I just won't play Fate will soon determine who's the one to lose I will be the one to find my walkin' shoes 'Cause I don't really wanna be the last one You know I'd really hate to pull a fast one 'But I don't really wanna be the last one singin' the blues |
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| Lavender Lady | Ted Sherman | MH MJ |
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| Lean on Me | Bill Withers | MJ | Y | N | Demos Studio | LEAN ON ME Bill Withers Sometimes in our lives We all have pain, we all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me when you're not strong And I'll be your friend to help you carry on For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need some body to lean on You just call on me brother when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow For no one can fill Those of your needs that you won't let show Lean on me when you're not strong And I'll be your friend to help you carry on For it won't be long Till I'm gonna need some body to lean on You just call on me brother when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you'll understand We all need somebody to lean on If you need a friend, lean on me Won't you call me, lean on me Won't you call me, lean on me If you need a friend, lean on me Won't you call me, lean on me Won't you call, lean on me If you need a friend, lean on me Call me |
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| Learning How to Love | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Nashville Public Radio - Songwriter Sessions 8/5/2004 Radio Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album |
My old man was long gone when I grew up And my mom she had locked her heart away You might say I never I had a lesson In the way two people bare their souls from day to day Chorus: Come here, show me how I can Get this callused hand in a velvet glove I know I don t have the grace but someday I will, b Baby, I am still learning how to love I can see by your eyes that I ve hurt you And I m not even sure what I ve done Baby you re just gonna have to lead me In this beautiful slow dance that we ve only just begun |
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| Leave It Alone | Michael Johnson & Bill LaBounty | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album | LEAVE IT ALONE Michael Johnson & Bill LaBounty Girl, don't let him take your pride Be good to yourself You need courage to smile Cause you let him break your heart Now get him of your mind Or it'll tear you apart Leave it alone It's not gonna go away for awhile Give it some time, gettin' used to the sky It's gonna be gray for a while I don't like to see you cry I wanna help you forget And kiss the tears from your eyes Cause I think you've had enough It's gonna take more than a night For you to fall out of love Leave it alone It's not gonna go away for awhile Give it some time, gettin' used to the sky It's gonna be gray for a while There's nothing like a heartache, cause girl, I know Nothing like a sad song, let the feelings show Oh, leave it alone It's not gonna go away for awhile Give it some time, gettin' used to the sky It's gonna be gray for a while Leave it alone It's not gonna go away for awhile Give it some time, gettin' used to the sky It's gonna be gray for a while |
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| Leave It to a Child | Michael Johnson, Randy Sharp | MJ | Y | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio Archives 1 Studio |
Feeling the anger and pain, he walked in to stand between us And suddenly everything s changed What s the point in being wrong or right Oh it s hard to fight when someone s tugging on my sleeve It s easier to leave it to a child Find a way to still the water They lead us back to higher ground It s just amazing how they always know the way To the things that really matter Nothing else we found could stop the bridge from falling down Leave it to a child Somebody had to give in We couldn t hold out any longer Why did it have to be him You know the children are the love we make So make no mistake they re not easily deceived We discover when we leave it to a child... |
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| Leavin Lonesome | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ Work 92 5 Live |
There ll be no one leaving Lonesome anymore |
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| Let It Be Me | MJ | x | N | N | Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video | |||||
| Let Me Go Back Home | Scott McCarl | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album | LET ME GO BACK HOME Scott McCarl Memories fill me on lonely, empty nights The light that burns on Then dims and it's gone Retreating into time So fill me, memory And hold me while I cry And let me believe you never will leave And take me back Take me home Let me go back home Let the days past live on Maybe I'm crazy But who wouldn't like to go back home Memories haunt me on certain, special nights The boy that became a man today Comes running back To laugh with me Let me go back home Let the days past live on Maybe I'm crazy But who wouldn't like to go back home Let me go back home Let the days past live on Maybe I'm crazy But who wouldn't like to go back home |
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| Let This be a Lesson to You | Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board |
LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU Tom Snow Isn't it nasty, isn't it sad Don't it make you wonder Don't it make you mad Same old heartache, your best friend Has come to visit once again Your mistake was in the beginning When you thought that she would last But you weren't looking and you weren't listening And when she left, you broke like glass Let this be a lesson to ya Take this message to your heart Love is gonna slip right through ya You'd better watch it from the start You thought you had yourself a true love You thought she was in love with you But you found out she was like a devil She stole your heart, she broke it too But there's no telling who's on the level, no And there's no way to know what's real Just remember how it all happened And be sure that you know just how you feel Let this be a lesson to ya Take this message to your heart Love is gonna slip right through ya You'd better watch it from the start Let this be a lesson to ya Take this message to your heart Love is gonna slip right through ya You'd better watch it from the start |
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| Letter Sung to Friends | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Thank you for being beautiful in my time That's something real to evaluate all my life For the taste with which you choose and give your life to You gave me in the forms of what you're into You stand above the lifeless shells around me And fill the emptiness that almost drowns me As your gift of you and love finds me again, finds me again The memories can show us the value of our time spent And if you've no memories, your past has no existence Ohh, we only need to live this life with fullness With days remembered clear that hold their purpose Devoid of wasting time with those who fake it But rather find some truth and not forsake it That'll come with time that's spent in love with friends, with friends My life is better sharing in your richness And as I go on it calls me now don't you waste this For we're a part of all that we retain of The good and bad and how we make the use of And what we were before becomes extended In everyone we meet and how we spend it As it all adds up to what becomes the depth The depth of ourselves |
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| Life After You | MJ | x | N | N | Suzanne Sherwin 4 Song Demo MJP Studio Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio |
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| Life's a Bitch | Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch | MJ | x | N | N | Holstein s Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video |
LIFE'S A BITCH Thom Schuyler & Fred Knobloch Fresh out of college, carrying a Ph.D. I thought with all of my knowledge The world couldn't wait for me But then my eyes was opened Just as wide as they could be Now I'm busy coping with this harsh reality Life's a bitch and then you die You don't know when and you don't know why You love a little and you say goodbye Fate comes in and throws the switch Life's a bitch and then you die I went to see the preacher, such a righteous man He's a healer and a teacher I was sure he would understand Well he prayed and meditated While I told him about my life I told him that I hated all this daily stress and strife Well he took off his collar and he looked me in the eye He closed the good book lying there and much to my surprise He said life's a bitch and then you die You don't know when and you don't know why You love a little and you say goodbye Fate comes in and throws the switch Life's a bitch and then you die I went to see the doctor to cure me of my ills He reached into his locker and handed me a bunch of pills He said, "Boy, by your description, I can tell you're near the end Take this here prescription, you'll be on your feet again Follow these directions and in a week give me a call And if these ain't effective, boy, you might as well take 'em all" Why? Life's a bitch and then you die You don't know when and you don't know why You love a little and you say goodbye Fate comes in and throws the switch Life's a bitch and then you die Life's a bitch and then you die |
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| Lifetime Guarantee | Chris Montan | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album | LIFETIME GUARANTEE Chris Montan You say inside you beats a heart that could love someone But up till now you've only known the ones who hit and run Just because you hurt inside Doesn't mean you'll stay that way 'Cause what the others never tried I can give you every day Lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy, happy Givin' you a lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy with me You come into this world alone Looking for a friendly face But all the while you know know What lies behind each new embrace You won't have to hide your eyes 'Cause I will never turn away Leave this world of pain and lies Find ourselves a better day Lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy, happy Givin' you a lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy with me You won't have to hide your eyes 'Cause I will never turn away Leave this world of pain and lies Find ourselves a better day Lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy, happy Givin' you a lifetime love guarantee Gonna be happy with me |
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| Light My Fire | José Feliciano | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board |
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| Line | Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos | You Can't Go Home Again | MJ | x | Y | N | The Line Demo Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio VANGUARD #1 SONGS NOT USED Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL #2 Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Live 12/27/1993 Live Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
May you never be a fugitive or a wanderer on this earth Who leaves behind a trail of tears and never knows what love is worth When you find yourself out on the edge, wasted by the wind And you finally cross that line you know, you can't go back again When you've left behind a family without thinking 'bout them twice And you're dancing with the demons of every earthly vice And you fly so high and you fall so hard just to find out in the end That you finally cross that line you know and you can't go back again Children lose their way Happens every day When you've weary of the drifting, on the road to anywhere And you reach up to the heavens and you cry some lonesome prayer And the light within you flickers like a candle in the wind And you finally cross that line you know, you can't go back again When you finally cross that line you know, you can't go home again |
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| Little Bird | 2nd song JJW wrote. Close to his first recording. | MJ | N | N | Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live | A little bird sat upon the window sill Sat there through the falling rain As I watched the bird upon the window sill I saw the thoughts of you go by again And the picture of my face reflected on the pane Is it tears I see or is it rain Many a things go many ways, the course of life is such And we all must pick the road we d like to walk But I can t help remembering that frame of time When love was ours and time was just a thought And the picture of my face reflected on the pane Is it tears I see or is it rain I ll remember how we talked the night we said goodbye Too young to know the world outside the door Well, time and events have built a wall, my love And though I try I just can t tear it down And the picture of my face reflected on the pane Is it tears I see or is it rain A little bird sat upon the window sill Sat there through the falling rain As I watched that bird upon the window sill I saw my thoughts of you go by again And the picture of my face reflected on the pane Is it tears I see or is it rain |
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| Little Land | Malvina Reynolds | MJ | N | N | Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live | When you're in the Little Land They fill your hands with gold You think you stay for just a day You come out bent and old Dead leaves in your pockets O my enchanted, have a care Run, run from the little folk Or you ll have dead leaves in your pockets And snowflakes in your hair Music in the little land Like diamonds on the wall But when you're back on the cold, cold ground It's cold pebbles after all Dead leaves in your pockets O my enchanted, have a care Run, run from the little folk Or you ll have dead leaves in your pockets And snowflakes in your hair |
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| Little Paper Ball | Jon Hendricks | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
LITTLE PAPER BALL Better believe it cause I mean it when I say it Juliette I love you so, love you most of all Love you like I love the Lord in heaven Don't wad me up and throw me out I'm not your little paper ball I'll even go to the bank, take out my whole account Quite a large amount if you would only go for settling down In a little house in the country With lots of trees and flowers around |
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| Little Town | Dave Mallett | MJ | N | N | Others demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board |
LITTLE TOWN This little town is much the same as others I have known Nothin' much to do round here 'cept work and then go home Get your paycheck Friday night, Monday it's all gone And you don't know how you'll make ends meet But you know you'll carry on Susan keeps the counter clean, Donald pumps the gas Walter lives in yesterday 'cause today goes by too fast TV nights and family fights, a young girl crying in the night 'Cause she lost the one that she thought was so right A couple days ago In that store upon the corner There's a man lives by himself He never knew just what his love was worth So he kept it on the shelf Spend your money, spend your time Teach your children to be kind They'll all come home at Christmas time Catch up on the news This little town's a quiet town, I've lived here for a while Young girls dream of far away and learn to use their smiles They often marry much too young, they give up when the party's done And they dream of flight but they'll never every run away And this little town is much the same as others I have known Nothin' much to do round here 'cept work and then go home Get your paycheck Friday night, Monday it's all gone And you don't know how you'll make ends meet But you know you'll carry on |
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| Long About Now | Harry Belafonte | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | 'Long about now, my woman s waking Shaking the sleep from out of her eyes Starting a smile so warm That smile is making the morning sun Ashamed to rise 'Long about now My woman s bending Tending the fire and setting the bread Starting a song, so sweet That at it s ending that fire is burning extra red Oh, 'long about now, my woman s waiting Shading the sun from off of her brow Searching the winding road with eyes That try to find me and longing after me 'Long about now |
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| Long TIme Blues | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Long time blues it's a hard way down Sittin' by the window waitin' for the dawn Waitin' for a girl a long time gone Long time gone is a lonesome sound Long time blues is a hard way down Long time blues, long time blues Long time blues it's a hard way down Walkin' by the river, walkin' in the rain Down by the depot waitin' for the train Long time gone is the evenin' train Long time blues is an achin' pain Long time blues, long time blues Long time blues it's an achin' pain Listen to the sparrow singin' his song Listen for a voice a long time gone A long time gone is a silent song A long time blues keep a comin' on, comin' on Sittin' by the window waitin' for the dawn Waitin' for a girl a long time gone Long time gone is a lonesome sound Long time blues is a hard way down Long time blues, long time blues Long time blues it's a hard way down Long time blues, long time blues Long time blues it's a hard way down |
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| Look of Love | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | MJ | N | N | Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck |
The look of love is in your eyes The look that time can't disguise The look of love is saying so much more than words can ever say The look my heart has heart when it takes my breath away I can hardly wait to hold you Feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited just to love you Now that I have found you Don't ever go The look of love is on your face The look that time can't erase Be mine tonight Let this be just the start of so many nights like this Let's make a lover's vow and seal it with a kiss I can hardly wait to hold you Feel my arms around you How long I have waited Waited just to love you Now that I have found you Don't ever go |
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| Looking for a Sign | Eric Kaz | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos Studio |
LOOKIN' FOR A SIGN Please don't call me, I don't need you Can't you tell when I'm through I've been feeling this way for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been feeling this way for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been lookin' mighty hard a for a long time I should've never fell in the love, the pain's too great The heart beat hurts and the mind aches You know I've been feeling this way a for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been feeling this way for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been lookin' mighty hard a for a long time Looking for a sign Waiting for a long, long time Believing you were here to stay You went searching without me Heaven helps you, how about me I've been feeling this way, lookin' for a sign I've been feeling this way for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been lookin' mighty hard a for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been feeling this way for a long time Feeling this way, lookin' for a sign You know I've been lookin' mighty hard a for a long time |
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| Looking for Rainbows (Without an Umbrella) | Charles Cochran, Roger Cook, M. Carcassi | MJ | x | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
Looking for rainbows without an umbrella Better make sure your heart doesn t follow your eyes If the colors amaze you with the promise of sunshine Forever young, never too wise If the child in you prevails And your common sense still fails you Looking for rainbows without an umbrella That s maybe the reason I m looking for you |
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| Louie and the Belgians | Gary Scruggs | had Scruggs, Gary as songwriter | MJ | N | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
LOUIE AND THE BELGIANS Louie stands six feet fall, he's forty, maybe older And his two Belgian horse stand seven at the shoulder In the dark before the dark, he's got half the day's work done Daylight finds him on a ridge, the timber's marked and the team is hitched Hears the labored log trucks whine, winding through the back yards Ignoring all the highway signs, hauling too much ? There's not a man on God's green earth who know the woods the way he does He prefers old fashioned ways, a simple life and amazing grace The golden eagle rides the wind, barely moves at all The early morning fog is still and covers half the mountain The creek is rushing through the field, you can hear a bobwhite call And if you look real hard, you'll see Louie and the Belgians Louie and the Belgians Day is coming to a close, the yellow moon is rising The horses standing in the dark against the red horizon Louie fills the stove with wood and he knows the day's been good And the fire warms his hands, a peaceful heart, a peaceful man The golden eagle rides the wind, barely moves at all The early morning fog is still and covers half the mountain The creek is rushing through the field, you can hear a bobwhite call And if you look real hard, you'll see Louie and the Belgians Louie and the Belgians |
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| Love and Sex | Tom Rapp | MJ | Y | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board MJ Demos 1 Studio Holstein s Concert Archives 3 Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live This Must Be The Place 12/29/1973 TV Audio Cookhouse 3/1/1974 TV Audio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
I wanna meet somebody that I can talk to I wanna met somebody that I can make love with, not to Bodies on bodies like sacks upon shelves People just using each other to make love to themselves We all use our bodies for a place to hide We meet all the other bodies with people hiding inside And if all that is touching is just what you wear Then I guess that not sharing is the only thing that we share Somewhere, we lost true love, somewhere along the line They say get it while you can Oh get it while you can But don't get left behind And if you don't love the one that you're with Why don't you wait for the one that you love She'll love you, too Today I met somebody that I can talk to Today I met somebody that I can make love with, not to She says love will get you through times of no sex Better that sex will get you through times of no love And we wrote that on the wall We wrote that on the wall We wrote that on the wall And why don't you write that on your wall, too |
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| Love at Last Sight | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | Y | N | Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board | |||||
| Love City (Postcards to Duluth) | Noel Stookey | Love City (Postcards to Duluth | PP&M Late Again | MJ | Y | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | Hey, Margaret, I landed today, I flew all the way Now I know what you say about airplanes If God had meant man to fly He would have supplied him with wings I believe it I can't waste a minute, a minute won't wait How would you like if I found it a minute too late? I ll write you a letter from time to time While I, while I m in love city Hey, Margaret, I'm not comin' home, and I'll stay here alone If you can't get free to follow It s happening sometime, it happens today Something more beautiful happens inside me everyday I m sending a flower, they re hard to find They grow as you know in love city |
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| Love is a Cross | Hugh Prestwood | Love Is a Cross You Bear - BMI legal title | MJ | Y | N | MJ NAC DEMOS Studio MJ Demos 1 Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio unknown Sound Board Demos Studio unknown concert Sound Board Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Archives 1 Studio Archives 2 Studio Demos Studio Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board |
Deep down in Texas, some years ago There was a poor preacher I came to know He'd been preaching for most of his life But the thing he was known for most was his wife She was as pretty as she was wild She gave him no comfort, she bore him no child She set him no table, she baked him no bread And once when I asked him about it, he said Love is a cross you bear A thorny crown you wear I ain't no saint, I never was But brother, she knows not what she does Love is a cross you bear Soon I moved on, soon I lost track But one night in Denver, it all came back In a beautiful church with a glorious choir There he was preaching his brimstone fire Then appeared this angel I'd seen before Came down and joined him in his holy war She looked at her husband and as the bell rang She lifted her angelic voice up and sang Love is a cross you bear A thorny crown you wear Once I was lost but now I'm found Once I was weak and let love down Love is a cross you bear As I left that church, amazed as could be A great revelation came onto me Of all of the good things this life is made of The best is the sweat and the labor of love Love is a cross you bear A thorny crown you wear Sinner, repent and make amend Love has been dying for all your sins Love is a cross you bear |
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| Love Me Like the Last Time | R. Van Hoy, Dan Seals | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Album Album Album |
LOh my love, now that you're here by me I can see it in your eyes that the feeling is growing This old world is so full of uncertainties And as hard as we both try, we don't know where it's going So love me like the last time We could ever be together Let's make it like the last time As if this world wouldn't be here tomorrow There are times when we tell ourselves we're safe And it's so easy to believe it will be never ending But I know even though we feel this way There can be no guarantee in a world that keeps changing So love me like the last time We could ever be together Let's make it like the last time As if this world wouldn't be here tomorrow Forever and always If tomorrow it falls, them tomorrow it falls It won't matter at all It won't matter at all So love me like the last time We could ever be together Let's make it like the last time Then make it last forever Love me like the last time We could ever be together Make it like the last time Love me like the last time... |
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| Love My Angel Eyes | Allen Ramsey | MJ | N | N | Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert | Looking in a corner Looking any place Going to the city And try a pretty face Then come round to my house And I will show you more My love adored She is one with the mountains She is one with the plains She is one with the woodlands She's always at home on the range And all these things of beauty Are left to kiss on her I'll tell you sir I say Lord, she's the sweetest one of her pecan pies Listening to her laughter I get hypnotized Goodness know I love my angel eyes Love my angel eyes She is understanding And patient with my dreams She is not demanding Not the kind to stomp and scream And you know each night as I love her I thank the great divine That she is mine I say Lord, she's the sweetest one of her pecan pies Listening to her laughter I get hypnotized Goodness know I love my angel eyes Love my angel eyes Goodness know I love my angel eyes |
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| Love of the Common People | John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins | MJ | N | N | Collection of Old & New Live Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live |
Living on free food tickets Water in the milk from a hole in the roof Where the rain came through, what can we do, hmmm? Tears from your baby sister Crying because she doesn't have a dress without a patch for the party to go Ah but you know she'll get by Living in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of a family man Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can and she can It's a good thing you don't have bus fare It would fall through the hole in your pocket and you'd lose it In the snow on the ground Walkaing into town to find a job Tryin' to keep your hands warm But the hole in your shoe let the snow come through And it chills to the bone Boy you'd better go home where it's warm And you can live in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of a family man Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can and she can Living on a dreams ain't easy But the closer the knit the tighter the fit and the chills stay away You take 'em in stride, family pride You know that faith is your foundation With a whole lot of love and a warm conversation and many a pray It's making it strong where you belong Living in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of a family man Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can and she can Living in the love of the common people Smiles from the heart of a family man Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can and she can |
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| Love Out Loud | Tom Skyler | MJ | N | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
I don't brag about you to everyone I meet I don't sing your praises in a crowd And deep inside my heart, you're the most important part But I'm just no good at love out loud When you're here beside me, laying in my arms I can't seem to get my feelings out I know that you deserve the tenderest of words But I'm just no good at love out loud Love out loud, it don't come easy Love out loud, it's hard for me Deep inside my heart is singing and reciting poetry So please don't let my silence be a cause for any doubt You see I'm just no good at love out loud There's some fancy talkers, you hear them every day I'm not sure they know what love's about Cause everything I do is a silent I love you But I'm just no good at love out loud Love out loud, it don't come easy Love out loud, it's hard for me Deep inside my heart is singing and reciting poetry So please don't let my silence be a cause for any doubt I'm just no good at love I'm no good at love I'm just no good at love out loud Love at loud |
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| Love She Found in Me | B. Morrison, Dennis Linde | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board |
She looked into a heart so sad And saw what no one ever had Beneath the snow she saw the spring She finds good in everything Give her thorns and she'll find the roses Give her sand and she'll find the sea Give her rain and she'll find the rainbows Just see the love she's found in me Just see the love she's found in me She looks beneath each tear that's cried And somehow sees a sunny side Even on the darkest night She know where to find the light Give her thorns and she'll find the roses Give her sand and she'll find the sea Give her rain and she'll find the rainbows Just see the love she's found in me Just see the love she's found in me When the world starts closing in She gives me strength to smile again Give her thorns and she'll find the roses Give her sand and she'll find the sea Give her rain and she'll find the rainbows Just see the love she's found in me Just see the love she's found in me |
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| Love You Back | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio | Your eyes just told me that something's gone wrong Your kiss just told me goodbye Do I feel you drifting out into someone else's arms And babe I'd better love you back, love you back while there's time I'm gonna love you back, love him right out of your mind Cause you and I got something I know was meant to be That's why I gotta love you back, right back to me I feel suspicions that I don't want to feel Someone trying to steal you away Better stop pretending that he is not real And babe I'd better love you back, love you right back to me I'm gonna love you back, he's not gonna win so easily You and I got something I know was meant to be That's why I gotta love you back, right back to me Your heart started wandering must out of reach I'm not gonna let him win so easily I'm gonna love you back, love you back while there's time I'm gonna love you back, love him right out of your mind You and I got something I know was meant to be That's why I gotta love you back, love you right back to me I'm gonna love you back, he's not gonna win so easily Cause you and I got something I know was meant to be That's why I gotta love you back, love you back while there's time, baby I'm gonna love you back, love him right out of your mind You and I got something I know was meant to be That's why I gotta love you back, love you right back to me I'm gonna love you back, he's not gonna win so easily |
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| Love's Laughter | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio |
In my house I've got a friendly room With curtains on the windows To hide the gloomy mornings that come in between The walls of my house and the things I've seen Down to downtown you can be sure Your smile will be met with eyes to the floor And maybe, maybe they'll look through you And out to the window see if day is through Just outside the place you're waiting Love's laughter is celebrating Maybe tomorrow you will hear it too Follow the echo as it passes you Then run with the feeling It's so easy to do, both of you Follow the echo as it passes you Then run with the feeling It's so easy to do In my life I got plenty of dreams But times like these and you know it seems to me That I should be with you With nothing between us to destroy the view Just outside the place you're waiting Love's laughter is celebrating Maybe tomorrow you will find it too Follow the echo as it passes you Then run with the feeling It's so easy to do, both of you Follow the echo as it passes you Then run with the feeling It's so easy to do |
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| Lucky Stars | Raun MacKinnon | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio Three Wishes 1/1/89 Concert MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos Studio Demos Studio Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert |
LUCKY STARS Raun MacKinnon Time turns to dust Things that we trust Time works on us More than you think Gold goes to rust It's gone in a flash In the flick of an eyelash Just a wink But you still make my heart turn over You still make my love smoke and smolder Rest your head on my shoulder And I'll thank my stars for the woman you are We've been together so long With passions that strong It's a wonder we didn't blunder and fall But somehow we've made it Love has treats us well So I won't mind when time finally takes it all No if you still make my heart turn over You still make my love smoke and smolder Rest your head on my shoulder No if you still make my heart turn over You still make my love smoke and smolder Rest your head on my shoulder And I'll thank my stars for the woman you are |
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| Madame Jeanette | Alan Murray, Edward Lockton | MJ | N | N | Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room | MADAME JEANETTE Madame Jeanette When the sun goes down Sits at her window And looks through the town Waiting for someone to pass down the way For someone who fell at some pier they say Madame Jeanette When the stars shine bright Sits at her window And looks through the night Waiting for someone at closing of day For someone who fell at some pier they say Madame Jeanette She'll wait there I know Till her eyes have grown dim And her hair's white as snow Wait there and watch there Till one of these days They take her to some in Pierre Lashay In Pierre Lashay |
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| Magic Time | Jamie O'Hara, Kevin Welch | MJ | x | N | N | Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Holstein s Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Wings 1/1/1986 Album New Country 5/7/1986 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Miller & Co 6/1/1993 Video Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Woodsongs Radio 6/17/2002 Radio Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
MAGIC TIME Jamie O'Hara & Kevin Welch He pulls into her driveway His headlights flash across her bedroom wall He slips in through the screen door And he glides like a shadow down the hall The fan upon the ceiling whirls around He moves his hands in front of her And her black hair falls down Well it's magic time, it's magic time The couple takes the stage He lights the candles with his eyes And music starts to play Slowly they dance and then they read each other's minds Ooh it's magic time, ooh it's magic time Right outside her window The night owl screams and flies off towards the moon She can feel his heartbeat And he can almost taste her sweet perfume The wind out in the blackjack trees gently blows He reaches up into thin air And pulls her down a rose Well it's magic time, it's magic time The couple takes the stage He lights the candles with his eyes And music starts to play Slowly they dance and then they read each other's minds Ooh it's magic time, ooh it's magic time The silver moon is sinking And it shines like a spotlight on her bed There a lonely lady Lies awake and shakes her pretty hair For three nights running How strange the dream has been She blows out the candles To sleep and dream again Well it's magic time, it's magic time The couple takes the stage He lights the candles with his eyes And music starts to play Slowly they dance and then they read each other's minds Ooh it's magic time, ooh it's magic time |
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| Many a New Day | Rodgers & Hammerstein | MJ | x | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video |
MANY A NEW DAY Rodgers & Hammerstein Many a new face will please my eye Many a new time will find me Never have I once said with a sigh Over the romance behind me Many a new day will dawn before I do Many an old flame will kiss and fly A kiss gone by as bygone Never have I asked an August sky Where has last July gone Never have I wandered through the rye Wondering where has some guy gone Many a new day will dawn Many a red sun will set Many a new day will dawn before I do Never have I asked an August sky Where has last July gone Never have I wandered through the rye Wondering where has some guy gone Many a new day will dawn Many a red sun will set Many a new day will dawn before I do |
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| Marcie | Joni Mitchell | Song To A Seagull LP | MJ | N | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | Marcie in a coat of flowers Stops inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at the door So she'll wash her flowered curtains Hang them in the wind to dry Dust her table with his shirt and Wave another day goodbye Marcie's faucet needs a plumber Marcie's sorrow needs a man Red is autumn green is summer Greens are turning and the sand All along the ocean beaches Stares up empty at the sky Marcie buys a bag of peaches Stops a postman passing by And summer goes Falls to the sidewalk like string and brown paper Winter blows Up from the river there's no one to take her To the sea Marcie dresses warm it s snowing Takes a yellow cab uptown Red is stop and green's for going Sees a show and rides back down All along the Hudson River Past the shipyards in the cold Still no letter's been delivered Still the winter days unfold Like magazines Fading in dusty gray attics and cellars Make a dream Dream back to summer and hear how he tells her Wait for me Marcie leaves and doesn't tell us Where or why she moved away Red is angry green is jealous That was all she had to say Someone thought they saw her Sunday Window shopping in the rain Someone heard she bought a one-way ticket And went west again |
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| Marie | Randy Newman | MJ | x | Y | N | O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
MARIE Randy Newman You looked like a princess on the night we met With your hair piled up high I will never forget And I'm drunk right now, baby, but I've got to be Or I never could tell you what you mean to me I loved you the first time I saw you And I always will love you, Marie I loved you the first time I saw you And I always will love you, Marie You're the song that the trees sing when the wind blows You're a flower, you're a river, you're a rainbow And sometimes I'm crazy but I guess you know That I'm weak and I'm lazy and I've hurt you so And I never listen to a word you say When you've got troubles, I just turn away But I love you And I loved you the first time I saw you And I always will love you, Marie I loved you the first time I saw you And I always will love you, Marie |
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| Martha | Hugh Prestwood | Ohio, St Louis, Cincinnati | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert MJ NAC DEMOS Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio unknown Sound Board Demos Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio Archives 1 Studio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video KTCZ 12/18/1989 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board |
Martha, you were famous for your tendency to roam Anywhere across the wide Missouri was your home Everybody knew you but no one understood When you left Ohio, Martha, you were gone for good Oh Martha, lonesome was your fate Are you out there somewhere still looking for a mate A solitary passenger across the sky of blue Martha, there will never be another you As your sun was setting, did it ever cross your mind That the one you looked for wasn't there to find If you had lived forever and searched your whole life long You still would not have heard a lover answering your song Oh Martha, lonesome was your fate Are you out there somewhere still looking for a mate A solitary passenger across the sky of blue Martha, there will never be another you Sail away, sail away Oh Martha, lonesome was your fate Are you out there somewhere still looking for a mate A solitary passenger across the sky of blue Martha, there will never be another you |
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| May You Never | John Martyn | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Holstein s Concert Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Cookhouse 3/1/1974 TV Audio University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board |
MAY YOU NEVER John Martyn May you never lay your head down Without a hand to hold May you never make your bed out in the cold And you're just like my very own brother to me You know that I love you true I do And you don't talk dirty behind my back And I know that there's those that do So please, won't you please, won't you bear it in mind Love is the lesson to learn in our time And please, won't you please, won't you bear it in mind May you never lose your temper when you get in a barroom fight May you never lose your woman overnight And you're just like my very own sister to me You know that I love you true I do And you don't talk dirty behind my back And I know that there's those that do So please, won't you please, won't you bear it in mind Love is the lesson to learn in our time And please, won't you please, won't you bear it in mind May you never lose your temper when you get in a barroom fight May you never lose your woman overnight May you never lose your woman overnight May you never lose your woman overnight |
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| Memo to My Son | Randy Newman | MJ | N | N | Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Dressing Room | |||||
| Miami Beach | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Work Tape Live Hugh Prestwood Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio MJ Work 94 6 Live Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Live 7/18/1994 Live Departure 1/1/1995 Album Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Music City Tonight 9/13/1995 TV Video Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Ralph Emery Show 12/6/1995 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Bluebird Cafe 1/31/2001 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video |
MIAMI BEACH Back in '37, when she first walked down that street She was such a knockout, she could make your heartstrings flip Hiding from the winter, living in pink hotel In Miami Beach, oh in Miami Beach So she lived a long life underneath a pastel sky She let the ocean bathe her and the trade winds blow her dry The sun shone on her beauty till it faded clear away In Miami Beach, oh in Miami Beach Now she sits all day in front of her hotel As if waiting for somebody to arrive Yes and now the whole wide world has dwindled down To a single wicker chair on Ocean Drive Million dollar babies walk right by her everyday They don't care to know her But if they should ask she'd say I must be your future cause you surely are my past In Miami Beach, oh in Miami Beach Oh in mi, in Miami Beach |
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| Michelob | Ad spot | Ad | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
| Minnesota Nights | Daniel Koopmans | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live MJ Work 96 2 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Live 12/17/1995 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
MINNESOTA NIGHTS Through the window it comes calling and in the dark I find I can smile for a moment, the times you comes to mind And then you're gone, but there's a thought that lingers on They weren't all that bad, the Minnesota nights that we once had How the memories creep in softly as around me night descends And somewhere in the shadows, I see your face And then you're gone again but I remember now and then They weren't all that bad, the Minnesota nights that we once had Thoughts of you surround me And I remember how you found me And I was just a wandering fool And how you took me home And smiles rush up to greet me And eventually they lead me Back into a time and place Where love was all we'd known How my thoughts can bring me closer to mornings spent with you How I love to touch the memory of a love that once was true But now it's gone with only thoughts to carry on They weren't all that bad, it wasn't all that sad The Minnesota nights that we once had The Minnesota nights that we once had |
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| Minnesota Song | MJ | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board | ||||||
| Minnesota State Fair | Ad spot | Ad | x | N | N | Ad 8/1/1988 Video | ||||
| Minuet | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board |
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| Minute She's Gone | Michael Johnson, Craig Carp | MJ | N | N | demos Studio Live 9/18/1995 Live |
MINUTE SHE'S GONE Michael Johnson & Craig Carp Looks like she's finally done it Just like she promised she'd do She took off her ring, packed all her things Where she's going I don't have a clue In a few minutes she's gonna leave And I'm gonna finally be free But what could be wrong, she's taking so long And it seems like a lifetime to me The minute she's gone and the door has been closed I'll be feeling fine I know The minute she's gone There'll be no regretting that I ever let her go And if she were the last drop of water on earth Before I'd let her back I'd rather die of thirst At least for the first minute she's gone It's gonna be a pleasure Watching her walk away I'll do much better, I'll just forget her, Who needs her anyway I'll let the dog on the couch We'll be living the good life now I'll just do as I please, Knowing she won't be around to show me how The minute she's gone, gonna call my old friends, Let them know I'm back again The minute she's gone, There'll be no regretting that I ever let her go And if I were the loneliest man on the earth, This heart of mine could handle the worst At least for the first minute she's gone At least for the first minute she's gone |
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| Mommy, You Can Trust Me | Michael Johnson, & Martin Yarborough | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
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| Mona Ray | Leo Kottke, Michael Johnson | Mona Rae | MJ | x | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Nighttimes Radio & TV 11/23/1981 TV Video & Radio KTCA Leo K & M Johnson 12/1/1981 TV Video & Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Folkstage 6/16/2001 Internet Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
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| Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown Sound Board unknown concert Sound Board Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder Music Video Video MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder Studio Symphony Conglomerate Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Wings 1/1/1986 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video Nashville Now 8/20/1987 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Music City Tonight 12/21/1993 TV Video Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video |
She's fixed in his mind like the picture He's kept in his wallet for years And the image has never been tarnished By the blood, sweat and tears And to him it appears That the moon is still over her shoulder And the ribbon is still in her hair And he can still see her dancing And music is still in the air Sometimes he finds it amazing That all of his children are wed When their mother is still turning eighteen And turning his head She still turns his head That the moon is still over her shoulder And the ribbon is still in her hair And he can still see her dancing And music is still in the air That the moon is still over her shoulder And the ribbon is still in her hair And he can still see her dancing And music is still in the air |
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| Moon River | J. Mercer, H. Mancini | MJ | x | N | N | Live 7/18/1994 Live Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video |
MOON RIVER J. Mercer & H. Mancini Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style someday You dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you're going, I'm going your way Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end Waiting 'round the bend, my huckleberry friend Moon river and me |
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| Moonlight in My Head | MJ | N | N | Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MJ NAC DEMOS Studio Demos Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio |
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| More | Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riziero Ortolani, Marcello Ciorciolini | Theme From Mondo Cane | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | More than the greatest love the world has known, This is the love I give to you alone, More than the simple words I try to say, I only live to love you more each day. More than you'll ever know, my arms long to hold you so, My life will be in your keeping, waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping, Longer than always is a long long time, but far beyond forever you're gonna be mine. I know I've never lived before and my heart is very sure, No one else could love you more. [musical interlude] More than you'll ever know , my arms they long to hold you so, My life will be in your keeping, waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping, Longer than always is a long long time, but far beyond forever you'll be mine, I know that I've never lived before and my heart is very sure, No one else could love you more, no one else could love you more. |
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| Mother Nature's Son | Lennon & McCartney | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert |
MOTHER NATURE'S SON Lennon & McCartney Born a poor young country boy Mother nature's son All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone Sit beside a mountain stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies Do.. La.. Find me in my field of grass Mother nature's son Swaying the daisies, sing a lazy song beneath the sun Do.. La.. Mother nature's son |
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| Mother Night | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert |
MOTHER NIGHT Mark Henley Mother night, starling flight On homeward path do bend Colored light, for the sight Of window watching friends I can tell you've been here in the morning Insweeping on the grass But I know it won't last too long Violin echo in And deeper darkened still Cow bells, chow bells Over the hill swells Infant winter's chill Seen the sun going down in the meadow In streaking all the grass And I know it won't last too long And you carry me though These empty hours again And you, and you Making it truly easy to pretend Seen my feelings melt down all around you Incasing you in glass But I know it won't last And I know it won't last And I know it won't last too long |
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| Motherlode | Dick Pinney | Richard Pinney | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert |
MOTHERLODE Dick Pinney I got beggars on my trail I lean on a ragged rail There to hold me while I'm ailing again And if I think in code To find that motherlode I will be back on again Cause you may know me when I've been blessed When I give you some I move on with the rest leave a space in the corner Leave a key by the door And I will leave in jubilation Be returning for some more But your face is froze across It's long ago been frosted over And it looks unreal And when I doubt your mind I'm pulled along by kind of a spirit And it makes me feel But you may know me when I've been blessed When I give you some I move on with the rest Leave a space in the corner Leave a key by the door And I will leave in jubilation I'll be returning for some more 9427: I got beggars on my trail I lean on a ragged rail There to hold me while I'm ailing again And if I think in code To find that motherlode I ll be back on again You may know me when I've been blessed Well I give you some And I m gone with all the rest Leave a place in the corner Leave a key by the door And I will leave in jubilation Be returning for some more But your face is froze across It's long ago been frosted over And it looks unreal And when I doubt your mind I'm pulled along by kind of a spirit And it makes me feel You may know me when I've been blessed Well I give you some And I m gone with all the rest Leave a place in the corner Leave a key by the door And I will leave in jubilation Be returning for some more I got beggars on my trail I lean on a ragged rail There to hold me when I'm ailing again And if I think in code I m trying to find the motherlode Then I ll be back on again You may know me when I've been blessed Well I give you some And I m gone with all the rest Leave a place in the corner Leave a key by the door And I will leave in jubilation Be returning, returning for some more |
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| Mr. Arthur's Place | Thom Bishop | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert Thom Bishop Studio WCCO-FM Radio 4/8/1976 Radio Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video |
MR. ARTHUR'S PLACE Thom Bishop Mr. Arthur's place is set about a mile just off the interstate highway It's kinda hard to get to so you really gotta know where to go And it's there you'll hear the music they played before the children were children How the sound and the spirit sends you swinging as you step through the door And they show you to a table, you have a drink or two You ask her if she wants to dance, she says it's up to you So you take her by the hand and you lead her to the edge of the dance floor She whispers to you, Honey I'm afraid my gown's a little too long You get into the rhythm and remember what it was that you came for And forget the thirty years that have happened since they played you that song And as you twirl around the room, you no longer feel a fool It's just the way it used to be when she was your girl at school Slide with me, Julia I can lead if you will follow through Glide with me, Julia To see the simple pleasure we once knew Just to see the simple pleasure we once knew You had one terrific evening and you tell her as you drive down the highway She says, Yes I really loved it and you know we gotta go there again But you get that empty feeling as you pull the car back into your driveway You know exactly where you are but you're not too sure where you've been As you turn out the bedroom light, you have a word or two You ask her if she wants to sleep, she says it's up to you Slide with me, Julia I can lead if you will follow through Glide with me, Julia To see the simple pleasure we once knew Just to see the simple pleasure we once knew Glide, glide, glide, glide Glide, glide, glide, glide |
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| Mr. Bojangles | MJ DBJ |
N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you In worn out shoes Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants He did the old soft shoe He jumped so high He jumped so high Then he'd lightly touch down I met him in a cell in New Orleans I was down and out He looked to me to be the eyes of age As he spoke right out He talked of life He talked of life He laughed slapped his leg a step He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick across the cell He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high He clicked his heels He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh Shook back his clothes all around Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Dance He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him traveled about His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves He said I dance now at every chance in honky-tonks for drinks and tips But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars Hell I drinks a bit He shook his head and as he shook his head I heard someone ask him please Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles Dance |
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| Mr. Sawyer/Mr. Finn | Gary Scruggs, Don Schlitz | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live MJ Work 91 1 Live MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio MJ Alternate Album Demos Studio Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album |
MR SAWYER/MR FINN Don Scruggs & Don Schlitz Oh there's a steamboat coming half a mile around the bend Hear the voice of old man river calling him again Old man Sawyer he wakes at down, he puts his tie and his coffee on He lives in a room on the second floor where everyday is like the one before From his window he can see the river flowing endlessly Down on the banks the children play, he closes his eyes and he drifts away Oh there's a steamboat coming half a mile around the bend Hear the voice of old man river calling him again Oh and it would be so easy for a boy and his best friend To tell the world that they've gone fishing, Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Finn Every afternoon about five o'clock, old man Sawyer goes down to the dock He knows the folks at the corner bar, has a glass of beer and a good cigar Now and then someone will ask well just when did old Finn pass Old man Sawyer says he never died, he just went fishing on the other side Oh there's a steamboat coming half a mile around the bend Hear the voice of old man river calling him again Oh and it would be so easy for a boy and his best friend To tell the world that they've gone fishing, Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Finn And if fishes were wishes and wishes came true I know what old man Sawyer'd do He'd go riding on a raft and reel one in And laugh once more with young Huck Finn Oh there's a steamboat coming half a mile around the bend Hear the voice of old man river calling him again Oh and it would be so easy for a boy and his best friend To tell the world that they've gone fishing, Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Finn There's a steamboat coming Old man Sawyer and Mr. Finn There's a steamboat comin' A steamboat coming around the bend |
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| Music Cup | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board |
MUSIC CUP Mark Henley I take a little from here And I take a little from there And I mix it up in my music cup And I breathe in this love of the air And I mix it up in my music cup And I breathe in this love of the air It's so late in the evening There must be some thoughts we can share Well they say it will come and I am waiting And wondering when and where They say it will come and I am waiting And wondering when and where And who we are Sometimes I look to the Northern Star For who we can be Sometimes I look for you in me And I lie alone, reading my mind While I'm sailing a windless kite It's easier said than done they say Go good luck my friend and good night Who we are Sometimes I look to the Northern Star For who we can be Sometimes I look for you in me And I take a little from here And I take a little from there And I mix it up in my music cup And I breathe in this love of the air I mix it up in my music cup And I breathe in this love of the air |
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| Music Weaver | Sandy Denny | MJ | Y | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Archives 3 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
I'm a long way from you, I'm a long way from home And who cares for the feeling of being alone The months and the words, they will always unfold And I'm left with a manuscript that soon will grow old And the secrets all told anywhere So the song it is yours and the song it is mine And the cold wind it blows through the fortunes of time The hobo, he leaves when the going is bad And the music he weaves is so gentle and sad But freedom he has anyway |
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| Muskrat Love | Willis Allen Ramsey | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
Muskrat, muskrat, candy light Doing the town in Doing it right in the evening It's pretty pleasing Muskrat Suzy, Muskrat Sam Do the jitterbug out in Muskrat land Watch 'em shimmy Sammy's so skinny And they whirl and the twirl and they tango Singing and jinging the jango Floating like the heavens above Must be Muskrat love Nibbling on bacon, chewing on cheese Sammy says to Suzy, honey Would you please be my missus She says yes with her kisses So he's tickling her fancy, rubbing her toes Muzzle to muzzle now, anything goes Watch 'em wiggle Till she starts to giggle And they whirl and the twirl and they tango Singing and jinging the jango Floating like the heavens above Must be Muskrat love Muskrat, muskrat, candy light Doing the town in Doing it right in the evening It's pretty pleasing So he's tickling her fancy, rubbing her toes Muzzle to muzzle now, anything goes Watch 'em wiggle Till she starts to giggle |
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| My Father's Shoes | Michael Johnson, Susan Longacre | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio unknown concert Sound Board 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio Continued from 013 Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio Archives 1 Studio MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live |
He was a complicated man and I'm still in the dark When every footstep on the stair was a fist in the heart We had to stand apart My father's shoes are hard to fit, big as that old heart of his And it's hard to find the sunshine in his shadow My father's house is not my home, still his dreams end up my own And no matter what I do, I am living in my father's shoes He was always a man of his word, but not too much to say He said it all so well with a look anyway And some days I do the same My father's shoes are hard to fit, big as that old heart of his And it's hard to find the sunshine in his shadow My father's house is not my home, still his dreams end up my own And no matter what I do, I am living in my father's shoes Part of who I'll be, proud of what I do Captive in his time, he doesn't know the ? And time isn't missing a beat My father's shoes are hard to fit, big as that old heart of his And it's hard to find the sunshine in his shadow My father's house is not my home, still his dreams end up my own And no matter what I do, I am living in my father's shoes |
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| My Favorite Lies | Clive Gregson | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Files Disc 1 Studio Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video Nashville Public Radio - Songwriter Sessions 8/5/2004 Radio Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album |
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| My Old Flame | Mary Jane Alm | MJ | x | N | N | MN Music Awards 5/20/1986 Video | MY OLD FLAME I imagined your face changing much more After these years have gone by And I knew that one day we'd meet again What a pair, you and I Although you found another and I've someone new I think about you now and then When I think of the time spent getting over you Oh why would I try once again But I wonder if this time be different somehow Were my shameless advances in vain Oh you still have that same way of melting my heart And I wonder if you feel the same My old flame Well who knows why love dies, it just fades away You woke up to find it was gone But I haven't forgotten, I wonder have you Oh I want you still, right or wrong And I wonder if this time be different somehow Were my shameless advances in vain Oh you still have that same way of melting my heart And I wonder if you feel the same My old flame Oh you still have that same way of melting my heart And I wonder if you'll feel the same And I wonder if you feel the same Won't you tell me do you feel the same My old flame |
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| My Old Yellow Car | Thom Schuyler | Yellow Car | MJK s title: Yellow Car | MJ | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board Holstein s Concert Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board |
YELLOW CAR Tom Skyler Well she weren't much to look at, she weren't much to ride A window was missing on her passenger's side The floor boards were covered with paper and tar But I really was something in my old yellow car An American boy with his hands on the wheel Of a dream that was made of American steel There was no road too winding and nowhere too far With two bucks of gas in my old yellow car Somewhere in a pile of rubber and steel Lies a rusty old shell of an automobile And if engines could run on desires alone My old yellow car would be driving me home You could see where poor Billy threw up on his date And where Larry and Sandy could no longer wait The seat cover smelled like a nickel cigar But I really was something in my old yellow car Somewhere in a pile of rubber and steel Lies a rusty old shell of an automobile And if engines could run on desires alone My old yellow car would be driving me home Take a look at me now, I'm the talk of the town Got a man who gets paid just to drive me around Got a Mercedes Benz with a TV and bar God I wish I was driving my old yellow car God I wish I was driving my old yellow car |
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| My Opening Farewell | Jackson Browne | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
MY OPENING FAREWELL Jackson Browne The lady stands before the open window Staring so far away She can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching her restless days She turns from the window to me A sad smile, her apology Sad eyes reaching for the door Daylight loses to another evening And still she spares me the word goodbye She sits alone beside me fighting her feelings She struggles to speak but in the end can only cry Suddenly, it's so hard to find The words that would help her speak her troubled mind I'm offering these to her as if to be kind There's a train everyday, leaving either way There's a train everyday, leaving either way There is a world you know There is a way to go There is a world you know And we'll soon be gone It's just as well This is my opening farewell A child's drawing on the table A woman's silk lying on the floor And I would them if I were able To lock them safe behind my open door Suddenly it's so clear to me I've asked her to see what she may never see Now my kind words find their way back to me 'Cause there is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a world you know There is a way to go There is a world you know And we'll soon be gone It's just as well This is my opening farewell |
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| My Own Satie | Leo Kottke, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
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| Never Gonna Look Back | Bill LaBounty, Michael Johnson | Never Gonna Let You Go | MJ | x | N | N | Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video |
NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO Michael Johnson & Bill LaBounty I used to stay out all night looking for someone to show me that light The shadows I've chased before have fallen behind I'm closing the door on that whole part of my life It's gone forever I'm never gonna look back now that I've found you I know I'm on the right track and I'm ready to roll I'm never gonna look back with my arms around you I know Never gonna let you go I used to believe the lies, staring at strangers' mysterious eyes But I was just keeping score and losing my mind I'm closing the door on that whole part of my life It's gone forever I'm never gonna look back now that I've found you I know I'm on the right track and I'm ready to roll I'm never gonna look back with my arms around you I know Never gonna let you go Fading races Lonely lovers just keep trading faces all night Time to leave them all behind And I'm never gonna look back now that I've found you I know I'm on the right track and I'm ready to roll I'm never gonna look back with my arms around you I know Never gonna let you go Now that I've found you I know I'm on the right track and I'm ready to roll I'm never gonna look back with my arms around you I know Never gonna let you go |
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| New Boots | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 12/22/1980 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board |
NEW BOOTS Mark Henley I walked down Christmas morning, I looked under my tree Covered with dead needles, a package there for me With a big ribbon, red and green, and an inscription To a head filled with rocks and water fillin' socks The one who stands outside the door and squishes before he knocks Here are some new boots One for each of your two foots Yes indeed My feet slipped into them shoes like a cow slips into moos I ran outside to slip and slide and generally cruise And the heels feel like steel, the soles have no holes They're my new shoes Gonna love them everyday till rot takes them away And when they're gone I'll put them on a shelf up in my room With my old boots The ones that ruined both of my good foots Yes indeed |
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| Night of Passion | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio Night of Passion, A Studio MJ Albums Possiblilities 89 #2 Studio |
siles across She can t And so she ll brush her golden hair He sighs to go It won t get easier She wears a diamond that s It s what he traded And she feels like she s a A glimm Yeah she d trade It s the next A night of passion Hasn t she waited long enough She could be true to him if only in her passion With a night of passion Working out of town Her body s restless Now she s wearing a dress Her heart is pounding She can still turn back like But she knows To a night a passion, it s the n e everything she w If only she could find some She ll And the sacrifice if small if she could have it all |
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| NIght Song | Form Golden Boy play | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert | Summer, not a bit of breeze. Neon signs are shining Through the tired trees. Lovers walking to and fro. Everyone has someone And a place to go. Listen! Hear the cars go past, They don't even see me, Flying by so fast. Moving, going who knows where? Only thing I know is, I'm not going there. Where do you go When you feel that your brain is on fire? Where do you go when you don't even know What it is you desire? Listen! Laughter everywhere! Hear it! Life is in the air! As the night comes and the town awakes, Sounds of children calling And the squeal of brakes, Music, but a lonely song, When you can't help wondering, "Where do I belong?" Where do you turn When you burn with this feeling of rage? Who do you fight when you wanna break out But your skin is your cage? Uptown, just another Joe. Downtown, where you gonna go? Always looking for that place to be. Where's that bright tomorrow For a guy like me? Damn it! Life is going by, And I stand and wonder, "Who the hell am I?" |
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| No Love You re Not Alone | Jacques Brel | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
No, love, you're not alone It's all right if you cry If things don't turn out right All we can do is try We'll see a show tonight There's something we can buy No, love, you're not alone Don't let it get you down It's just another day And everything's turned brown You've walked your bloody mile I'll hold you for a while No, love, you're not alone I swear the sun will rise I promise you you'll laugh Here, love, dry your eyes Come on Come, we've got each other now That's got to be enough Pretend you're really tough, love Come on, come on, love, come on We've got each other now And it that's not enough Remember being young The days all strung with bells We caught the sea in shells We conquered wishing wells And songs of carousels, love Come on Come on, love, come on And if you still feel sad Remember making love, it really wasn't bad When that was all we had The paradise in bed, remember that instead Instead of all this sorrow So rest here in my arms, love For we still hold tomorrow No, love, you're not alone When shadows cut like knives And none of this seems real We wish away our lives Yet somehow we survive No, love, you're not alone Your wounds one day will heal Perhaps you feel too much And maybe that's the crime Perhaps you pray too much And there isn't any shrine No, love, you're not alone I swear the earth will stay White doves will soon fly down Come on. Come. We'll sing old melodies We'll sit with birds in trees And sing for whom it pleases Love, come on, come on, love, come on We'll dance across the moon Turn midnight into noon Pour perfume on the breezes When nothing ever grows Where no one ever goes In lands of storms and snows We'll plant one burning rose, love Come on And if you still feel sad I'll seize the passing years Squeeze out all the tears The newsreel of our life I'll play it in reverse Your pain will fall away We'll relive yesterday And start where we began, love We'll do it if we can, love We'll do it if we can source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/j/jacquesbrelisaliveandwellandlivinginparislyrics/noloveyourenotalonelyrics.html |
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| No More | Golden Boy play lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. |
MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | I gave you my soul -- No more. Now I'll kiss your eyes No more. How I trusted you! Now I ask what for. You were life to me -- No more. Well, you had your chance -- No more. Now I'll play the fool No more. How I needed love, But you closed the door. Oh, you'll laugh at me No more. How I bled for you! No more. Shed my skin for you! No more. Oh, I worshipped you, That you can't ignore, But I ain't your slave No more. Well, you had your way -- No more. Well, it ain't your day No more. Yes, I'm standin' up, I ain't on the floor, I ain't bowin' down No more. I ain't gonna cry No more. No, I ain't gonna cry No more. I just wanted love, Why'd it turn to war? I ain't bowin' down No more. |
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| No One Can Hurt You Like a Friend | Dick Pinney | Dick said he didn t write it. | MJ | N | N | Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert |
NO ONE CAN HURT YOU LIKE A FRIEND There's a mountain of snow everywhere you go All across the Iron Range And as I flew, babe, I thought of you With cabin fever burning in my brain And I get to thinking that the best of friends Sometimes just can't bear the strain I call to you because I thought that you would understand No one can hurt you like a friend No one can hurt you like a friend I've reached a point in this singer's life Where I have learned to say goodbye And I drift in the doldrums while the daylight slips away Just now I fear the channel might just be running dry And in my search for sustenance, I turn to you And all you can do is criticize I call to you because I thought that you would understand No one can hurt you like a friend No one can hurt you like a friend You navigate by neon lights And I navigate by stars They say a lover's sword is in a lover's tongue Well surely you have left your share of scars But if sometimes at night, it gets lonely Well I try to be a friend of yours I call to you because I thought that you would understand No one can hurt you like a friend No one can hurt you like a friend |
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| No One I Know | Michael Johnson, Jon Vezner | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio Archives 2 Studio |
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| Nobody Home in My Heart | Michael Johnson, Liz Hengber | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ Work 93 4 Live Archives 2 Studio 4TK MIXES 2 9/22/1993 Studio |
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| Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | Jimmie Cox | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Sound Board MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board |
NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT Once I lived a life of a millionaire Spent all my money, Lord I didn't care Taking my friends out for a mighty good time Spending lots of money on liquor, oh, women and wine Then my money began to fall so low Didn't have nobody, no place to go In my pocket, not one penny As far as my lousy friends go, you know, ain't too many Oh nobody knows you when you're down and out If I ever get my hands on a dollar bill again I'm gonna squeeze that dollar until the eagle grins Hey but when you make it, when you make it to the top You're on your feet again Everybody wants to be your long lost friend Hey you know it's kinda strange without a doubt Nobody knows you or wants you or needs you, listen to me Baby, when you're down and out |
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| Nobody s Got to Live With It But You | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio Nobody s Got to Live With It But You Studio |
I can see it in your eyes You really don t , don t look so surprised It s written all over your face You just can t erase with your lie Nobody s got to live with It but you Nobody s got to live with It but you Hide it from your friends but you can t keep it yourself Nobody s got to live with It but you When you ve finally done the thing you can forgive yourself for Nobody s got to live with It but you |
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| Nocturne - Original | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
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| Nothing Sweeter than Sin | Gene Nelson | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert MJ@Brad s Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio Archives 3 Studio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Good Company 12/18/1989 TV Video WCCO-AM Radio 12/20/1989 Radio Good Company 12/21/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board WCCO-AM Radio 12/18/1990 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video |
NOTHING SWEETER THAN SIN I remember Sunday school Scratching my name on the back row pew While the preacher raved on 'bout Peter and Paul Through it all, the old ladies sat with their last supper fans Handkerchiefs rolled in the palm of their hands Looking to heaven with faraway stares While I couldn't wait till I got out of there Well nothing was hotter than brimstone Nothing as cold as the truth Nothing as quick as my first time And nothing as confusing as youth Oh nothing as far as tomorrow Nothing as close as a friend Nothing as sure as salvation But nothing was sweeter than sin Watching mama's stockings run Walking the aisle while she talked in tongues I guess that fire never burned in my veins Or so it seems They'd sing Just As I Am but I wasn't moved I guess I had nothing but something to prove But later at night I would secretly pray That heaven forgive me the hell that I raised Well nothing was hotter than brimstone Nothing as cold as the truth Nothing as quick as my first time And nothing as confusing as youth Oh nothing as far as tomorrow Nothing as close as a friend Nothing as sure as salvation But nothing was sweeter than sin I remember Sunday school |
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| Now That I've Taken My Life | MJ | N | N | unknown jam 1/1/1968 Live | Now that I've taken my life, pleading reality Mumbling moralities and losing the child I was Smiling my youth to the wall and recalling how wild I was My telephone never stops ringing Now that I've taken my life Now that I've taken my life, hiding the damp remains Scouring the stubborn stains erasing them carefully Breaking the dreams of a life and entering them pray fully I'm a very popular man Now that I've taken my life It was a foolish life I know ivory towered and quite out of touch It was a life that had to go, I guess I don't miss it much For the solid gold women are standing in line And they re dangling a solid gold key Hostesses pour me my wine introducing their daughters to me Now that I've taken my life, remembering the April air My hands in a cursory prayer, my eyes on the crowd outside Oh the music is groovy the laughter is comfortably loud outside And the laughter I'm hearing is mine Now that I've taken my life For the solid gold women are standing in line And they re dangling a solid gold key Hostesses pour me my wine introducing their daughters to me Now that I've taken my life |
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| Number and the Name | Steve Gillette | MJ | x | N | N | party Live Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video |
How many times have I read farewell lines In the words that you never seem to say How many times have I read those last lines In the words that you never seem to say Each sunny day I'm getting further away, yeah I must've been blind Seems to me a shame that the number and the name Both have changed with the passing of time Seems to me a shame that the number and the name Both have changed with the passing of time Each sunny day I'm getting further away, yeah I must have been blind How you would write all about the bright lights And your words always clouded up my mind How you would write all about the bright lights And your words always clouded up my mind Words of goodbye and all them lovin' lies I must have been blind How many times have I read farewell lines In the words that you never seem to say How many times have I read those last lines And wondered why it ended this way Each sunny day I'm getting further away, yeah I must have been blind |
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| O.B. Glad | Mark Henley, Michael Johnson | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert Holstein s Concert Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board This Must Be The Place 6/21/1975 TV Audio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert |
O.B. GLAD Mark Henley O. B. Glad you're alive And today is the one day You've been waiting to try Walking out between the rain O. B. Glad I am here To have the fun to share the tear It will be gone in a wink but honey It's gonna last longer than you think Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey O.B. Glad don't be sad There's a leftover moon a smiling Over the hen house door Here comes morning looking for more It's calling to you Hear the footprints cross the dew Oh do you hear those footprints Cross the dew Do you Hey O. B. Glad And today is the one day You've been waiting to try Walking out between the rain Walking out between the rain Sing it one more time again Henn Henn Henn |
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| Oh Rosalee | Don Schlitz, Brent Maher, Craig Bickhardt | MJ | N | N | MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio That's That 1/1/1988 Album Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album |
Bye bye to Chicago, so long to St. Lou Going back to Tennessee where my baby waits for me I love that windy city, I love to hear those blues Ain't no way those city lights can take the chill from a lonely night Oh Rosalee Oh what your love has done to me Makes me crazy No one knows me like my Rosalee Rosalee, she told me the day I hit the road If your dream should let you down Honey you just turn around I may have found my fortune, I've seen my name in lights I will not be satisfied till hat woman's by my side Oh Rosalee Oh what your love has done to me Makes me crazy No one knows me like my Rosalee I'm gonna hold her all night Wrap my arms around her so tight Tell her that I love her all night long Oh Rosalee Oh what your love has done to me Makes me crazy No one knows me like my Rosalee Oh Rosalee Oh what your love has done to me Makes me crazy No one knows me like my Rosalee My Rosalee Rosalee, my Rosalee Rosalee, my Rosalee My Rosalee, Rosalee |
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| Okay It s Over | Michael Johnson, T Damphier | MJ | N | N | 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio Demos Studio MJ Work 94 3 Live Archives 2 Studio |
Well, isn't this amusing, we finally agree I'm finally through deceiving you You're through believing me And if there's nothing left to argue Then there's no doubt in my mind Okay, it's over, so now who says goodbye Am I supposed to walk away now Aren't you supposed to cry You always did see things more clearly When clouds were in my eyes You're not about to make this easy You're making me decide Okay, it's over, tell me who says goodbye You're not about to make this easy Hell, you're not even going to try I know it's over, shall we call it a tie Okay, it's over, so now who says goodbye |
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| Oklahoma Stray | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | MJ Files Disc 1 Studio Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Morning Show MPR 6/23/2005 Radio Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
Baby once in Oklahoma, I took in a stray cat I came home from work one day and there she sat But someone long before me had injured her so much Although I fed her for a year, never did we touch Chorus: Some hearts truly, Baby some hearts truly, truly break Well I swear nobody chooses to live a life alone But I guess trust just drains away when hearts cut to the bone God forbid I lose you cause baby come that day I swear I will be just another Oklahoma Stray Nothing is more gentle Nothing is more fragile Nothing more in danger Nothing more courageous Than an open heart Baby once in Oklahoma, I took in a stray And then one night I found her on the roadside where she lay And then at last I held her and then I dug a grave And cried for her and cried for all the hearts love could not save |
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| Ol' 55 | Tom Waits | MJ | N | N | Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert | |||||
| Old Coat | Tom Waits | MJ | N | N | Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board |
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| Old Fashioned Love | Roy Freeland, Bill LaBounty | MJ | x | N | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio MJ Work 95 2 Live Rehearsal #3 Live Demos Studio St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Nighttimes Radio & TV 11/23/1981 TV Video & Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Departure 1/1/1995 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
OLD FASHIONED LOVE I take my love seriously 'Cause I don't believe that love is free Fast and loose just ain't my style A good thing should last a while That's an old fashioned love Longer lasting love Old fashioned, full of the passion Of an old fashioned love Some people go for one-night stands Short, sweet and no romance Some people just go too far Well I sure don't need a ?? That's an old fashioned love Longer lasting love Old fashioned, full of the passion Of an old fashioned love Trying to lead a simple life And this one woman man needs a one man wife It's an old fashioned love Longer lasting love Old fashioned, full of the passion Of an old fashioned love I don't go to the singles bars 'Cause I don't intend to swing that far I'm just a-trying to lead a simple life And this one woman man needs a one man wife That's an old fashioned love Longer lasting love Old fashioned, full of the passion Of an old fashioned love |
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| Old Folks | Jacques Brel | MJ | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Symphony Conglomerate Studio There Is A Breeze demo 1/1/1972 Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert |
OLD FOLKS Jacques Brel The old folks don't talk much and they talk so slowly when they do They are rich, they are poor, their illusions are gone, they share one heart for two Their homes all smell of time, of old photographs and an old fashioned song Though you may live in town, you live so far away when you've lived too long And have they laughed too much, do their dry voices crack talking of times gone by And have they cried too much, a tear or two still always seems to cloud the eye They tremble as they watch the old silver clock when day is through It tick-tocks oh so slow, it says yes, it says no, it says I'll wait for you The old folks dream no more, the book have gone to sleep and the piano's out of tune The little cat is dead and no more do they sing on a Sunday afternoon They old folks move no more, the world's become too small, their bodies feel like lead They might look out the window or else sit in a chair or else they stay in bed And if they still go out arm in arm, arm in arm, in the morning chill It's to have a good cry, to say their last goodbye to one who's older still And then they go home to the old silver clock when day is through It tick-tocks oh so slow, it says yes, it says no, it says I'll wait for you The old folks never die, they just put down their heads and go to sleep one day They hold each other's hand, like children in the dark but one would get lost anyway And the other will remain just sitting in a room which makes no sound It doesn't matter now, the song has died away and echoes all around You'll see them when they walk through the sun filled park where children run and play It hurts too much to smile, it hurts too much, but life goes on for still another day As they try to escape the old silver clock when day is through It tick-tocks oh so slow, it says yes, it says no, it says I'll wait for you The old, old silver clock That's hanging on the wall That waits for us all |
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| On a Good Day | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Continued from 013 Studio |
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| On The Line | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert | Something about your chemistry gets to mine Something about you is sinister Makes me lose track of time I can tell by the way we're talking just for talking sake The only thing that we have in common we have at stake This is a touching conversation, I can feel it This is a hopeless situation But you seem to want to stay the duration Is it you that sends those shivers down my spine Or do I shake because I know what's on the line Something about this table won't let me be This inanimate object Can change the very things I believe I should be home trying to let this renegade feeling pass Instead of sitting here daring fate to come and kick my ass This is a touching conversation, I can feel it This is a hopeless situation But you seem to want to stay the duration Is it you that sends those shivers down my spine Or do I shake because I know what's on the line |
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| On the Night Before Christmas | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS On the night before Christmas When you turn down the lights And you build up the fire And you look at the lights Just remember to wish for The blessings of peace For the human reunion For hunger to cease For the laughter of children With nothing to fear For the hands holding hands For the love drawing near For the wisdom to know And the courage to speak There's just one gift to give There's just one to receive |
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| On the Road | Carl Franzen | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 3/24/1984 Studio WORK TAPE 1 Studio Earl of Old Town Sound Board Demo Studio Archives 2 Studio Demos Studio Demos Studio Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio There Is A Breeze demo 1/1/1972 Studio Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board |
ON THE ROAD Carl Franzen Back in 1958, we drove an old V-8 And when it turned a hundred thou We pushed it a mile We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road Heading south from Canada On a graveled road a mile from Montana Then my daddy read the sign That took us in the wrong direction I asked my daddy where are we going He just said we're following our nose So I looked out the window And dreamed I was a cowboy We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road I met a girl in a truck cafe I fell in love almost right away But the Mercury was ready to go And I had to leave her We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road Way away from my home, I spent a day or two To see the world around And when I'd seen all the sights, there was the moon so round Go home, said the man in the moon, go home Go home, said the man in the moon, go home Because it's getting sorta late, and I'll soon put out my light So go home, said the man in the moon, go home We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just on the road We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we did We were just a-riding on We were just a-riding on We were just on the road |
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| One Honest Tear | Susan Longacre, Randy Sharp | MJ | x | N | N | Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album Nashville Now 5/1/1992 TV Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album |
ONE HONEST TEAR Susan Longacre & Randy Sharp You wonder how long we'll last and when I see your fear I want to answer forever with an honest tear It's so easy to say what you're needing to hear But I'd give anything sometimes for an hones tear I can whisper your name and tell you how lucky I am Oh but nothing can say what one honest tear can I still don't know why it's taken me all these years To trust in something so simple as an honest tear I'd move the earth for you and maybe I do now and then Oh but nothing can do what one honest tear can One of these nights when I'm holding you near You'll see all my love in one honest tear I can whisper your name and tell you how lucky I am Oh nothing can say what one honest tear can I'd move the earth for you and maybe I do now and then Oh but nothing can do what one honest tear can |
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| One Mile Apart | Lisa Aschmann, Michael Johnson, Karen Taylor-Good | MJ | x | Y | N | demos Studio unknown concert Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON 4 TK MIXES Studio MJ Work 94 3 Live MJ Files Disc 1 Studio Music City Tonight 2/1/1994 Video Live 9/18/1995 Live Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 11/7/2016 Video |
My name is Mary Frances And I live in El Paso In a large house on Mt. Franklin I have quite a view I can see the desert The pecan trees in the valley Those little shacks in Juarez I can see them too My name is Juan Contreras And from my home in Juarez I can see El Paso The houses of the rich I leave my children sleeping To earn a few centavos Selling red pistachios To the tourists on the bridge Which side of the river Did someone flip a coin It's sad enough to break a river's heart How can there be so much distance between us When our houses are one mile apart My house is Spanish stucco I have a blue Jacuzzi Four bedrooms and a fireplace A swimming pool with heat My house is brown adobe I don't have running water I don't have indoor plumbing Or pavement on my street Which side of the river Did someone flip a coin It's sad enough to break a river's heart How can there be so much distance between us When our houses are one mile apart |
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| One Mint Julep | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert | ||||||
| One Note Samba | Carlos Jobim | MJ | x | N | N | Earl of Old Town Sound Board Holstein s Concert Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Legion Arts at CSPS Hall 2/1/2013 Video |
ONE NOTE SAMBA This is just a little samba Built upon a single note Other notes are bound to follow But the root is still this note Now this new one is the consequence Of the one we've just been through As I am bound To be the unavoidable consequence of you There's so many people who just talk and talk and talk And don't say nothing And I have used up all the notes I know And in the end I've got to nothing Nothing so I come back to my first note As I must come back to you I will pour into that one note All the love I have for you Anyone who runs the whole show Re me fa so la ti do He will find himself with no show You've got to play the note you know There's so many people who just talk and talk and talk and talk and talk And don't say nothing But I have used up all the notes I know And in the end I've got to nothing Nothing so I come back to my first note As I must come back to you I will pour into that one note All the love I have for you Anyone who runs the whole show Re me fa so la ti do He will find himself with no show You've got to play that note you know You know, you know, you know, you know, you know |
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| One Step Ahead of the Bad News | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal #3 Live Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck & Dressing Room Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BAD NEWS One step ahead of the bad news One step back and there's no return You told me things that my heart ain't ready for One step ahead of the bad news Just a short distance from a crying shame Don't tell me you're leaving I don't wanna know I got a red Ferrari It goes real fast And there ain't nobody that it can't pass And that's how I keep one step ahead of the bad news Just a few inches from a broken heart First you were here Now you're out there lying in someone else's arms One step ahead of the bad news No indication that I should stop Don't tell me you're leaving I already know I got a red Ferrari It goes real fast And there ain't nobody that it can't pass And that's how I keep one step ahead of the bad news One step back and there's no return You told me things that my heart ain't ready for No no Of the bad news Don't tell me you're leaving I already know I got a red Ferrari It goes real fast And there ain't nobody that it can't pass And that's how I keep one step ahead of the bad news One step back and there's no return First you were mine Now you're out there lying in someone else's arms And one step ahead of the bad news Just a short distance from a crying shame Don't tell me you're leaving Don't tell me you're leaving Don't tell me you're leaving |
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| Oranges and Roses | Dave Mallett | MJ | N | N | Publisher demos Studio University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
ORANGES AND ROSES Here in California, the grass is green all winter There are mountains by the ocean and the sun is bright above Here among the millions with songs instead of children And with oranges and roses, I am lonesome for your love I met a man from Canada, he came to look for answers And all he found were questions, so he turned and headed home Somewhere up in Canada, the air is a little colder Some men need a little contrast, some men need to be alone It's a long night for a stranger so I read my way till morning On the bed that I have borrowed from the kindness of a friend There are cars along the highway just like pictures from the postcards And there is work to do tomorrow, I got a letter I must send I read of book of fantasy, of exile and survival There's a hero and there's a prophet from a better place in time There are people I remember who are characters from stories Like the one that I am reading but they're lost between the lines Oh here in California, oh the grass is green all winter There are mountains by the ocean and the sun is bright above Here among the millions with songs instead of children And with oranges and roses, I am lonesome for your love |
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| Other People Say | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 83 Nov #2 Live Publisher demos Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
Don't know what to say to you Never had, I never knew We're closer than it's comfortable to be Look for something wrong with you Try to pass the blame but it belongs on what is Wrong inside of me Other people say they change their minds Say that it happens all the time Never thought about it till it turned out that way Other people say they love someone Never knowing when they'll turn and run Well you always told me I just do what other people say I acted out my dreams with you All those things I wished were true I close my eyes and almost made them real All those times we made it through How could someone ever take their place When they based on what I feel Other people say they change their minds Say that it happens all the time You never could say it, don't look at me that way Other people say they love someone Never knowing when they'll turn and run Well you always told me I just do what other people say Don't you know I had to do what other people say |
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| Our Snowflake Dreams | Ted Anderson | MJ | N | N | Collection of Old & New Live Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
OUR SNOWFLAKE DREAMS Ted Anderson Our snowflake dreams In a crystalline flurry and swirlin' they hurry For day has already begun Circlin' and siftin' and blowin' and driftin' And trying to outrun the sun Our snowflake dreams In their fancy dress laces They show off their graces In places of laughter and fun Each one too vain to admit he's just rain And trying to outrun the sun Our snowflake dreams With their patters all broken And battered and soaking From doorway to doorway they run Then losing their faces In watery traces While trying to outrun the sun |
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| Over in the Meadow | Traditional | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio |
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| Ox Driver | The Brothers Four & Odetta | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | To me rol, to me rol, to my rideo To me rol, to me rol, to my rideo To my rideo, to my rodeo To me rol, to me rol, to my rideo. It was early in October-o I hitched my team in order-o To ride the hills of Saludio To me rol, to me rol, to my rideo. I pop my whip and I bring the blood I make the leaders take the mud We grab the wheels and we turn them around One long pull and we're on hard ground. When I got there the hills were steep 'T would make any tender person weep To hear me course and pop my whip And see my oxen pull and slip. When I get home I'll have revenge I'll have my family, I'll have my friends I'll say goodbye to the whip and line And drive no more in the wintertime... |
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| Paper Moon | Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg | Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose | MJ | x | N | N | 4TK MIXES 2 9/22/1993 Studio Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board |
Say, it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me Yes, it's only a canvas sky Hanging over a muslin tree But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me Without your love It's a honky-tonk parade Without your love It's a melody played in a penny arcade It's a Barnum and Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me Yes, it's only a canvas sky Hanging over |
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| Passion Flower | Pat Garvey, Victoria Garvey | MJ | Y | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
Passion flower, burning so discreetly by the hour Loving you completely, the sweet perfume is filling the living room And the clouds begin to lower I'll still love you, passion flower Sitting in your old wicker chair Underneath the Tiffany glare Reading from the farm catalogue Looking for places to which to repair Passion flower, burning so discreetly by the hour Loving you completely, the sweet perfume is filling the living room And the clouds begin to lower I'll still love you The flames have worn the silver swans And put them both to sleep Around the hills, the tipples hang suspended Where the snow falls deep Passion flower, burning so discreetly by the hour Loving you completely, the sweet perfume is filling the living room And the clouds begin to lower I'll still love you |
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| People In Your Life | Marc Jordan | Where Do You Go | MJ | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Others demos Studio St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
WHERE DO YOU GO Sometimes in your life You really think about the people in your life The ones that drift at night, wake you in the day The ones that sit in clubs and hear you play Oh you can find me here almost every night Sometimes I think that I'm addicted Where do you go when you get out of here And they turn the lights down low, everybody lets go Where do you go, when they close the door Where do you go when you want a little more now Where do you go when they close the door I had your number once, I don't have it anymore I don't have it, I don't have it anymore |
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| People Still Fall in Love | Thom Schuyler | People Still Dance in the Dark | MJ s title: People Still Dance in the Dark | MJ | x | N | N | Nighttimes Radio & TV 12/1/1982 TV Video & Radio What s New 12/1/1982 Video Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Morning Show MPR 9/4/1986 Radio St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert WCCO-AM Radio 12/20/1989 Radio |
PEOPLE STILL DANCE IN THE DARK Life here on earth, starting at birth Is hard to look straight in the eye You're naked and blind so they slap your behind Just to see that you know how to cry They send you school, they assume you're a fool So they write in your name on your shoes When you get on your feet, then they make you compete Just to see that you know how to lose But people still dance in the dark Hold hands in the park, send a wish up above Things aren't as bad as they sometimes appear 'Cause people still fall in love If you're shy when you're young, they say the cat's got your tongue If you're skinny, they say you eat like a bird Then they put to sleep counting all of their sheep Just to see that you're part of their herd Weary and worn, tattered and torn The journey must come to an end When they lower you down, it's the love that you found That would make you go through it again 'Cause people still dance in the dark Hold hands in the park, send a wish up above Things aren't as bad as they sometimes appear 'Cause people still fall in love And they dance in the dark Hold hands in the park, send a wish up above Things aren't as bad as they sometimes appear 'Cause people still fall in love |
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| Pet Store Bird | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board | |||||
| Photographs and Memories | Dave Mallett | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES Well I gotta leave these photographs and memories I gotta get back outside and face the day 'Cause whenever I get on that train to memories Lord how I seem to slip away I see Christmas scenes and summer lawns and roses Nineteen fifty-six and sixty-five Back when we were all so young and happy And living in the best years of our lives Well I can see my life pass through these pages And I can picture every move I made Down the line across the dusty stages I got thirty years of marching on parade I see Christmas scenes and Uncle Ben and Edie Nineteen fifty-six and sixty-five Back when we were all so young and happy And living in the best years of our lives Some have said that time runs like a freight train Well I believe that time is standing fast And I am on the bow of my own vessel Just sailing through the waters of my past And everyone I've ever known and needed And everything I've ever dared to try Is floating on the ocean of my memory Leaving me a-living in the best years of my life And I gotta leave these photographs and memories I gotta get back outside and face the day 'Cause whenever I get on that train to memories Lord how I seem to slip away I see Christmas scenes and summer lawns and roses Nineteen fifty-six and sixty-five Back when we were all so young and happy And living in the best years of our lives |
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| PHP | Ad spot | MJ | x | N | N | Ad Video Ad Video |
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| Pilot Me | Greg Brown | MJ | N | N | There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board |
PILOT ME Greg Brown No way I see through the storm Pilot me, pilot me No way I see to stay warm Pilot me, pilot me Pilot me, pilot me When I'm lost at sea Bad dreams roll and rise Pilot me, pilot me No tears wash my eyes Pilot me, pilot me This boat is turning around This day might go right down My body cannot go My feet they move too slow I don't know I don't know where to go Pilot me, pilot me The sea is too big alone Pilot me, pilot me Pilot me, pilot me I am lost At sea |
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| Piney Wood Hill | Buffy Sainte-Marie | MJ | Y | N | Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio | I'm a rambler and a rover and a wanderer it seems I've traveled all over chasing after my dreams But a dream should come true and a heart should be filled And a life should be lived in the piney wood hills I'll return to the woodlands, I'll return to the snow I'll return to the hills and the valley below I'll return like a poor man or a king if God wills But I'm on my way home to the piney wood hills I was raised on a song there I done right I done wrong there And it's true I belong there And it's true it's my home From ocean to ocean, I've rambled and roamed And soon I'll return to my piney wood home Maybe someday I'll find someone who will Love as I love my piney wood hills I was raised on a song there I done right I done wrong there And it's true I belong there And it's true it's my home I'll return to the woodlands, I'll return to the snow I'll return to the hills and the valley below I'll return like a poor man or a king if God wills But I'm on my way home to the piney wood hills |
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| Places and Old Friends | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
PLACES AND OLD FRIENDS Mark Henley There's so much to do This lying around catches up with you It catches up with you And lately I do need a push or two To get where I'm going on time Everything I do says I'm still in love with you Still holding on to places and old friends And the things we wanted then To fall in love and stay Live our lives that way There's so much to do This lying around catches up with you It catches up with you And lately I do need a push or two To get where I'm going on time Everything I do says I'm still in love with you Still holding on to places and old friends And the things we wanted then To fall in love and stay Live our lives that way Still holding on to places and old friends And the things we wanted then To fall in love and stay Live our lives that way |
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| Please | Solomon Feldthouse & Mark Freedman | Cate Brothers (don t know where that came from) This was a Kaleidoscope song, a band from the late 60 s |
MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert |
I know you mean to help by giving me advice Don't you realize that you can't live my life I've got to get me up and fly I can't breathe down here And if I crash, keep standing by I'm just gettin' into gear Stand by me You don't need to say a word If I stumble or I fall If I can't see the writing on the wall Please don't you say nothing at all Don't tell me about how I'm doing right or wrong Don t you realize I ve got sing my song I've got to make my own way And do my own thing And if you wanna be my friend Let me push my own swing Stand by me You don't need to say a word If I stumble or I fall If I can't see the writing on the wall Please don't you say nothing at all Stand by me You don't need to say a word If I stumble or I fall If I can't see the writing on the wall Please don't you say nothing at all |
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| Political Science | Randy Newman | Drop the Big One | MJ | x | Y | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video |
POLITICAL SCIENCE Randy Newman No one likes us, I don't know why We may not be perfect but heaven knows we try And all around, even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens We give them money but are they grateful No, they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us so let's surprise them Let's drop the big one and pulverize them Asia's crowded and Europe's too old Africa's far too hot, Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one, there'll be no one left to blame us We'll save Australia Don't want to hurt no kangaroo We'll build an all American amusement park there 'Cause hey they got surfing, too I say boom goes London, boom Parie More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh how peaceful it'll be We'll set everybody free You wear a Japanese kimono, babe And there'll be Italian shoes for me Cause they all hate us anyhow So let's drop the big one now Let's drop the big one now |
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| Ponies | Jeffrey Bullock | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Sound Board Wings 1/1/1986 Album New Country 5/7/1986 Video Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Miller & Co 6/1/1993 Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board |
PONIES Jeffrey Bullock Somewhere out on the prairie Is the greatest cowboy that's ever been And when he lays his hands upon the ponies They shudder with that understanding skin And he says ponies, now ponies, don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day When the storm clouds in the west are quickly gathering The ponies they run wildly before it rains You'll see their sleek dark bodies brightly gleaming You'll know the fire is flying through their brains And he says ponies, now ponies, don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day And he says ponies, now ponies, don't you worry I have not come to steal your fire away I want to fly with you across the sunrise Discover what begins each shining day And he says ... |
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| Poor Little Robin | Rick Cunha | MJ | N | N | For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board |
POOR LITTLE ROBIN Rick Cunha Poor little robin, down with the blues She could make a grown man cry Dirty old city's got me on my knees Reaching for a clear blue sky Thoughts of mine, standing in line Waiting for a matinee Box kite hanging on my bedroom wall Waiting for a windy day Dear friends, please understand Something's got a hold on me Springtime, she leaves you behind But she never really left you be Well the day is done, your work's all done You're looking for a place to be Day is done and you reach for the sun You've already begun to feel lonely, oh lonely Poor little robin, tears in her eyes Singing like it hurt so bad She's got the way of making you feel Like you're the only friend she's had Well the day is done, your work's all done You're looking for a place to be Day is done and you reach for the sun You've already begun to feel lonely, oh lonely Poor little robin, down with the blues She could make a grown man cry Dirty old city's got me on my knees Reaching for a clear blue sky |
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| Power (This Love Has Over Me) | A. Williams, D. WIlliams | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board |
I tell myself it's wrong to think of you I say that I am strong and I'll make it through But no matter what I claim I still feel the same 'bout loving you Oh the power this love has over me It's taken control of my heart Oh the power this love was over me It doesn't let go and it's tearing me apart Well I know that I should try forgetting you But I still wonder why not wanting to So I hold on to this paid I know I'm the one to blame for loving you Oh the power this love has over me It's taken control of my heart Oh the power this love was over me It doesn't let go and it's tearing me apart Why do I always end up this way I know I've known for a long, long time We will never be together So why do I cry Oh the power this love has over me It's taken control of my heart Oh the power this love was over me It doesn't let go and it's tearing me apart Oh the power this love has over me It's taken control of my heart Oh the power this love was over me It doesn't let go and it's tearing me apart |
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| Pretty Saro | Traditional | MJ | N | N | Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Charlotte's Web 1/1/1976 Concert |
PRETTY SARO Traditional Down in some low valley In a lonesome place Where the wild birds all whistle And their notes do increase Farewell, pretty Saro I bid you adieu But I'll dream of you, Saro Wherever I go My love she won't have me And I understand She wants a freeholder And I have no land I cannot maintain her I've no silver or gold Can't give her the nice things That a big house would hold Oh if I were a merchant And I could write a fine hand I'd write her a letter That she'd understand I'd write it by the river Where the waters overflow And I'll dream of you, Saro Wherever I go |
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| Punchline | Michael Johnson, Michael Lille | Punchlines | MJ | N | N | Punchline Live | ||||
| Q.T. | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
Q.T. Randy Goodrum See your car at the bottom of the hill In twenty more seconds, you'll be here I just got time to kiss my baby goodbye Show her out the back way Got some loving on the Q.T. Got me loving on the Q.T. Well the love ain't true but it sure will do On the Q.T., ah Q.T. See you smiling as you walk my way You ask me if I've had a real good day I tell you something off the tope of my head But the last thing I would've said was I was loving on the Q.T. Loving on the Q.T. Well the love ain't true but it sure will do On the Q.T., ah Q.T. Wait a minute girl, I didn't know You started wearing cologne And your clothes are disheveled Your hair is a mess Started crying as I heard you confess You've been loving on the Q.T. Have you been loving on the Q.T. You say the love ain't true but it sure will do On the Q.T., Looks like the joke's on me Maybe someday I can love you on the Q.T. Just you and me on the Q.T. Well the love ain't good But I'm loving on the Q.T. Making love on the Q.T. Maybe someday I can love you on the Q.T. Lovin' on the Q.T. Well the love ain't true but it sure will do On the Q.T., ah Q.T. Maybe someday I can love you on the Q.T. Just you and me on the Q.T. Well the love ain't true but if it's all right with you We can love on the Q.T. |
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| Quel Domage Pour L'Amour | Michael Snow | MJ | N | N | Quel Domage Pour L'Amour Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio |
QUEL DOMAGE POUR L'AMOUR Nobody's got the time for romance anymore It's tell it all and show it all today No hidden hand holding, no mystery No ? to the noblest degree Nobody's got the time for romance anymore That's for sure, that's for sure Quel domage pour l'amour Nobody's got the time for moonlight anymore You know they walked all over moonlight on TV No ? doing no ? You make a few dates and then you take off your clothes Nobody's got the time for moonlight anymore That's for sure, that's for sure Quel domage pour l'amour You know your kids won't know what romance is It's just a word in a book In days to come they'll have to look it up Nobody's got the time for romance anymore Oh that's for sure, that's for sure Quel domage pour l'amour Such a shame for love Quel domage pour l'amour |
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| Quinto | Alan Arkin, Lee Hays, Goffredo Petrassi | from film Bitter Rice | MJ | N | N | MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board |
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| Ready for the Rain | Michael Johnson, R. Orrall | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ Demo Studio Demos Studio Archives 2 Studio |
We have The choice is clear we can stop Or we can make love last We ve seen the lightning and we ve heard the thunder roar We ve been up against the We ve got to make the time it takes to stop the storm before it starts If we have it in our hearts We re ready for the rain We can lean on each other We can try We ll have to live by judgement day We ve seen the lightning and we ve heard the thunder roar We ve been up against the We ve got to make the time it takes to stop the storm before it starts If we have it in our hearts We re ready for the rain We ve seen the lightning and we ve heard the thunder roar We ve been up against the We ve got to make the time it takes to stop the storm before it starts If we have it in our hearts We re ready for the rain |
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| Recovery | John Farrar, Tom Snow | Olivia Newton-John s lyrics | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ Artist Demos Studio Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Archives 3 Studio Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
I live on an island far away All by myself, there's no one else Nobody calls, but that's okay Don't need their help, I'm by myself Nobody here to make a career Of hurting me, deserting me Your crazy life ain't ever gonna get me Don't worry about my recovery Cause lover, you won't recover me I'm not too low, I'm not too high I'll get by makin' my recovery When I go wrong as people do There's only me to answer to Nobody here to bring me down No feelings I need step around Trouble and care are waiting out there But I'm alright, I'm safe tonight Your crazy life ain't ever gonna get me Don't worry about my recovery Cause lover, you won't recover me I'm not too low, I'm not too high I'll get by makin' my recovery Don't need your sympathy Save all your tears I've lived without tenderness For too many years Why would I need it now Nobody here to make a career Of hurting me, deserting me Your crazy life ain't ever gonna get me Don't worry about my recovery Cause lover, you won't recover me I'm not too low, I'm not too high I'll get by makin' my recovery |
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| Reunion | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
REUNION Hugh Prestwood Well this old world is big enough, big enough for two And I guess I could live my life and not run into you Wouldn't it be funny on some ordinary day To turn around and see you walk my way After all that swearing we were meant to be Wouldn't it be funny to hear you asking me Hey you, how you doing, hope you're doing fine And baby, ain't it been, ain't it been a long, long time You were in the kitchen, cooking up the lies I was out there singing Smoke gets in your eyes And now it's gone, gone, gone, Gone, gone, gone Once a pair of children running for their lives One almost a father and one almost a wife Once upon a time, hey, I remember when A pair of hearts looked good enough, looked good enough to win You were in the kitchen, cooking up the lies I was out there singing "Smoke gets in your eyes" And now it's gone, gone |
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| Rich Like Me | Kent Robbins, Mike Reid | MJ | N | N | MJ Albums Possiblilities 89 #2 Studio Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album |
RICH LIKE ME Kent Robbins & Mike Reid On a hill at the edge of town There's a man who lives like a king looking down on the city There's a gate at the end of the drive Every morning a long limousine rolls by shining pretty 'Bout the same time I'm being kissed goodbye By the woman I've held all night Who knows if the rich man's lady wants to hold his money Or hold him tight Oh he may be a rich man, living in the lap of luxury Oh but if you talk about a rich man Don't you understand man you're talking about me He's got his treasure in the bank, but I've got you and I'm so thankful Oh well it's good to be rich like, oh well I'd rather be rich like Oh well it's good to be rich like me Got a boss, he's a self made man, he owns this town and he's hell bent not to lose it He works eighteen hours a day Got a house and a pool and a plane and the ulcer to prove it We got a home on a third of an acre with big dreams about adding on You might not call it a mansion but why have a mansion if you never go home Oh well he may a rich man, living in the lap of luxury Oh but if you're talking about a rich man Don't you understand man you talking about me He's got his treasure in the bank but I've got you and I'm so thankful Oh but it's good to rich like, oh but I'm glad to rich like Oh well it's good to be rich like me Oh he may be a rich man, living in the lap of luxury Oh but if you're talking about a rich man Don't you understand you're talking about me He's got his treasure in the bank, but I've got you and I'm so thankful Oh well it's good to be rich like, oh well I'd rather be rich like Oh well it's good to rich like me Rich like me |
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| Rich Man, Poor Man | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I need a bride, but the dolphins are runnin' A woman who'd cry, but the sea must provide. A child to unravel the snarled nets of lovin'; First things first when you get to the sea. A rich man eats when he wishes; a poor man whenever he can. I need a home, but my boots keep goin' Healing and peace that a fire could provide. A place to unburden my brain of its sorrow; First things first when you get to the fire. A rich man eats when he wishes; a poor man whenever he can. I need a song, but the spring is for sowing A word to the wise that the earth must provide. A tune to untangle the riddle of growing; First things first when you get to the land. A rich man eats when he wishes; a poor man whenever he can. I need the moon, but the landlord needs money A field of wildflowers that the stars could provide. A bird for my shoulder to fly through the rainbow; First things first when you get to the sky. A rich man eats when he wishes; a poor man whenever he can. |
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| Ridin' in the Sky | Crow Johnson | MJ | N | N | The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album | RIDIN' IN THE SKY Crow Johnson Which way's the wind, how hard does it blow Up over the hill and away we go Ridin' in the sky You never wanna come down You never wanna touch the ground Somehow mother nature's gonna bring you back down Sky surfer, ridge rider, latest thing to try Don't give a damn for our hot-dogging gliders I just wanna fly, wanna fly Feel the lift coming off of that rise You're moving up, can't believe your eyes Ridin' in the sky You never wanna come down You never wanna touch the ground And you wonder how mother nature's Gonna bring you back down Friends and parents think you've lost your mind They think you wanna die Some have crashed and burned before their time But I just wanna fly, wanna fly Check all the lines The sail's okay Helmet on Here comes your day |
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| Right Through the Heart | Robert Byrne | MJ | N | N | Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album |
RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART Robert Byrne Baby goes for prettier boys With shinier toys that make the most noise The way you look you could easily afford Slam your door on any given night's score Win the world with womanly wiles Flip your hair, flash a smile Get what you want till you don't want what you got Baby be a deadly shot You got me right through the heart Well you got me right through the heart You got me right through the heart But you'll g et it right smack back Through the middle of your heart Sometime when you're feeling alone Won't you throw me a bone and answer your phone When you're free, you can some and see me Anytime you feel the need you wanna watch me bleed If the world ever put you on trial Flip your hair, flash a smile Get what you want till you don't want what you got Baby be a deadly shot You got me right through the heart Well you got me right through the heart Well you got me right through the heart But you'll g et it right smack back Through the middle of your heart If the world ever put you on trial Flip your hair and flash a smile Get what you want till you don't want what you got Baby be a deadly shot You got me right through the heart Well you got me right through the heart Well you got me right through the heart But you'll g et it right smack back Through the middle of your heart Well you got me Well you got me Someone gonna get you Someday Baby you got me Well you got me... |
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| Rising of the Moon | Traditional | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Ah then tell me Sean O'Farrell Tell me why you hurry, so. Hush my boy now hush and listen And his eyes were all aglow I bear orders from the captain Get ye ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together At the rising of the moon Ah then tell me Sean O'Farrell Where the gatherin' is to be In the old spot by the river Right well known by you and me One word more, a signal token Whistle of the marchin' tune With your pike upon your shoulder At the rising of the moon There beside the singing river That dark mass of men were seen Far above their shining weapons On their own immortal ring Death to every fallen traitor Forward strike the marchin' tune And hurrah my boys, for freedom! 'Tis the rising of the moon How well they fought for poor old Ireland And full bitter, was their fate Oh what glorious pride and sorrow Fills the name of ninety-eight Yet thank God while hearts are beating Each man bears a burning wound We will follow in their footsteps At the rising of the moon. |
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| River Colorado | Jeffrey Bullock | MJ | N | N | MJ Unreleased Studio Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board |
RIVER COLORADO I was traveling west along the Colorado Where that river turns mountains into canyon walls In a place you can't cross that water at all For miles and miles High above the trees I heard wing beats on the breeze In a free and wild fall What a great life to lead Imagine flying free All along that river, Colorado I slept there for the night as the sun went down Listened to the music of the river sound In the canyon Last winter's snows are flowing down to Mexico Where the clouds will rise up and the wind will blow To water north again Where the eagle dives for at least a mile In a free and wild fall What a great life to lead Imagine flying free All along that river, Colorado What a great life to lead Imagine flying free All along that river All along that river Colorado |
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| Riversong | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert |
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| Roller Coaster Run (Up Too Slow, Down Too Fast) | Hugh Prestwood | 52 events | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown Sound Board Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio unknown concert Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album New Country 4/8/1988 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Good Evening Show MPR 5/13/1989 Radio Nashville Now 7/18/1989 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Bemidji KAWE/KAWB-TV BSU 9/23/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board |
ROLLERCOASTER RUN Hugh Prestwood I ride a roller coaster up and down, an asphalt track Runs fro Kingsport, Tennessee to Baltimore and back I drive the Blue Ridge mountains in an eighteen year old truck Takes a little cheating and it takes a little luck And it's up too slow, down too fast When will I be done And each hill's higher than the last On this roller coaster run It's one day there, it's one day back, it's one day with my wife And late at night we talk about our roller coaster life Seems to me when going up, the law should be obeyed But you got to come down flying if you want to make the grade And it's up too slow, down too fast When will I be done And each hill's higher than the last On this roller coaster run And it's up too slow, down too fast When will I be done And each hill's higher than the last On this roller coaster run Up to slow, down too fast, roller coaster life One day there, one day back, one day with my wife |
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| Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon | Greg Brown | MJ | x | N | N | Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video |
ROOTY TOOT TOOT FOR THE MOON Greg Brown The whole kit and caboodle is in disrepair There's no where to go that's not here Little captains and cuckoos from here to Timbuktu Are counting their dough in the mirror Singing rooty toot toot for the moon It's the biggest star I've ever seen It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese Burning just like kerosene, burning just like kerosene He was just some young white kid trying to sing tough and black With gravel and spit in his voice He laughed at the things we do, the radio laughed too I help up my arms to rejoice Singing rooty toot toot for the moon It's the biggest star I've ever seen It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese Burning just like kerosene, burning just like kerosene So God bless motorcycles and far out heavy trifles You know you can't memorize them Hang your hat on your nose, don't hide in your clothes Smile at someone, begin to begin Singing rooty toot toot for the moon It's the biggest star I've ever seen It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese Burning just like kerosene, burning just like kerosene Singing rooty toot toot for the moon It's the biggest star I've ever seen It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese Burning just like kerosene, burning just like kerosene |
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| Rosalee | Stuart Harris | MJ | x | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
Rosalee, why do you look at love so carefully Where is the sultry smile I used to see So clearly in your eyes Rosalee, who took from you the fire I used to see The one that made me fall so desperately In love with you, Rosalee There's no time for contemplating For the night is waiting for you and me Soon you'll be my love When the night is over I know you will see That you are fire You are a miracle to me Can't you see that I remember when You'd only call me when you'd need a friend Never caring when the night would end Ah do you remember, Rosalee Now and then Do you ever long for those sweet nights again Just come with me and let the love begin And smile for me, Rosalee You are fire You are a miracle to me Can't you see, Rose Oh Rosalee Where is the sultry smile I used to see Rosalee, Rosalee Rosalee, Rosalee Where is the sultry smile I used to see Rosalee |
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| Rose | Bill LaBounty, Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal #3 Live Live 3/22/1979 Live Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board |
ROSE Bill LaBounty & Michael Johnson Rose, stay here when summer's gone Winter lasts so long Rose, I promise I won't change The music to the song Spoons go in the right hand drawer Skillet on the wall Isn't that the winter's hard It's dreaming through the fall Seasons change but they don't end They grow to see another morning Sun and wind both feel the same When nighttime disappears at dawning I know the years can be unkind To me you're still a lady Rose, I promise I won't ever Swear around the baby Seasons change but they don't end They grow to see another morning Sun and wind both feel the same When nighttime disappears at dawning Oh Rose, stay here when summer's gone Winter lasts so long Rose, I promise I won't change The music to the song |
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| Run My Life | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Publisher demos Studio Classics 2 Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
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| Rusty Rails | Michael Johnson, Gary Scruggs | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ Work 92 1 Live Archives 1 Studio |
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| Sailing Without a Sail | Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland | MJ | N | N | Symphony Conglomerate Studio Holstein s Concert The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Tennessee Theater 5/25/1979 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
SAILING WITHOUT A SAIL Bill LaBounty & R. Freeland In the dark of the night something magic In the words that you breathe in my ear Let the highway unwind Get me lost, love me blind Take me sailing without any sail Rolling without a rail Traveling on a mysterious trail with you There's a spark in your touch when we're dancing And the light in your eyes seems to say I don't care where we go Take me fast, take me slow Take me sailing without any sail Rolling without a rail Traveling on a mysterious trail with you I don't care where we go Take me fast, take me slow Take me sailing without any sail Rolling without a rail Traveling on a mysterious trail with you Take me sailing, take me rolling Take me traveling on a mysterious trail with you Take me sailing without any sail Rolling without a rail Traveling on a mysterious trail with you Take me sailing, take me rolling Take me traveling on a mysterious trail with you Take me sailing without any sail Rolling without a rail... |
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| Sailor s Life | Judy Collins song: Did not include verse 2: Oh, Father, Father, build me a boat And on the world's oceans, I will float Hail each captain, as I pass by There, I'll ask for my sailor boy |
MJ | N | N | Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live | Oh a sailor's life is a weary life For he robs the girls of their delight Causes them to weep causes them to mourn Loss of a true love, never to return Oh captain captain tell me true Does my own Willie sail with you Tell me quick to give me joy None will I have but my sailor boy Oh no kind lady he is not here For he drowned in the gulf and we buried him there On the island as we passed by There we left your sailor boy She rung her hands and tore her hair Just like some lady in great despair Called for a chair to sit her down Pen and ink for to write it down Oh dig my grave wide and deep Put a marble stone at the head and feet On my grave a turtle dove Tell the world I died for my love Oh a sailor's life is a weary life For he robs the girls of their delight Causes them to weep causes them to mourn Loss of a true love, never to return |
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| Same Heart | Michael Johnson, C. Carpe | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live |
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| Samson and Delilah | J. Fred Knobloch, Paul Oversteet | MJ | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio That's That 1/1/1988 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board |
SAMSON AND DELILAH J. Fred Knoblock & Paul Overstreet When we first met, it was Juliet and that rascal Romeo For a while it was hugs and smiles like heaven don't you know But day by day all that went away and now things have changed We're still the same two people in an old love story but we're known by different names It's like Samson and Delilah History is repeating itself It's like Samson and Delilah All over, all over again Yeah my weakness lies in her lovely eyes, they always hit the spot I can't resist her wicked kiss with all the strength I've got Like a moth I've been caught in the tangled web she weaves She lives me blind but I always find that my heart has been deceived It's like Samson and Delilah History is repeating itself It's like Samson and Delilah All over, all over again Samson had a woman who was out of control Deceived his heart and tried to steal his soul And just like Samson I feel the pain And one of these days I'm gonna break these chains It's like Samson and Delilah History is repeating itself It's like Samson and Delilah All over, all over again History is repeating itself, Samson and Delilah All over, all over again Samson and Delilah It's like Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah It's like Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah |
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| San Diego Serenade | Tom Waits | MJ | x | N | N | Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video |
SAN DIEGO SERENADE Tom Waits Never saw the morning till I stayed up all night Never saw the sunrise till you turned out the light Never saw my hometown till I stayed away too long Never heard the melody till I needed the song Never saw the white line till I was leaving you behind Never knew I needed you till I got caught up in a bind Never spoke I love you till I cursed you in vain Never felt my heartstrings till I nearly went insane Never saw the east coast till I moved to the west Never saw moonlight till it shone off of your breast Never saw your heart until someone tried to steal it away Never saw your tears till they rolled down your face Never saw the morning till I stayed up all night Never saw the sunrise till you turned out your love light Never saw my hometown till I stayed away too long Never heard the melody till I needed the song |
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| Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio | Randy Sparks | MJ | N | N | Collection of Old & New Live Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert |
SATURDAY NIGHT IN TOLEDO, OHIO Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio Is like being no where at all All through the day how the hours rush by Go sit in the park and just watch the grass die Ah but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight When shadows of night start to fall They roll up the sidewalks precisely at ten And people who live there are not seen again Just two lonely truckers from Great Falls, Montana And a salesman from places unknown (ces unknown) All huddled together in downtown Toledo To spend their big night all alone You ask how I know of Toledo, Ohio Well I spent a week there one day They've got entertainment to dazzle your eyes Go visit the bakery and watch the buns rise But let's not forget that the folks of Toledo Unselfishly gave us the scale No springs, honest weight, that's the promise they made So smile and be thankful next time you get weighed So wive and wet wive, let this be our motto And let's let the sleeping dogs lie (ping dogs lie) So here's the dogs of Toledo, Ohio Ladies we bid you goodbye |
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| Savin' It Up | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album | SAVIN' IT UP Randy Goodrum There've been lots of other girls since I first met you But they haven't met a thing at all since I met you, girl Well that something deep inside of me that you can have so easily Is waiting for you, only for you I've been savin' it up for a long time, baby Building it up till it's higher than the sky I've been savin' all my love for you All my love for you There've been lots of pretty words I should have told you But I let you slip right through my hands and if I told you, girl Well I'd have you standin' next to me but words don't come so easily So if you give me one more chance, I'll show you, only you I've been savin' it up for a long time, baby Building it up till it's higher than the sky I've been savin' all my love for you All my love for you I've been savin' it up ever since I met you Hoping that luck will somehow make you mine I've been savin' all my love for you All my love I've been savin' it up for a long time, baby Building it up till it's higher than the sky ... |
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| Seasons of the Heart | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio Demos Studio MJ Work 94 3 Live A Single Word Studio Demos Studio |
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| Secret of Life | James Taylor | MJ | N | N | PIano Rehearsal Live Holstein s Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
SECRET OF LIFE James Taylor The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time And fool can do it, there ain't nothing to it Nobody knows how we got the top of the hill Since we're on our way down, we might as well enjoy the ride The secret of love is in opening up your heart It's okay to be afraid, don't let that standin your way Anyone knows that love is the only road But since we're only here for awhile, we might as well show some style Give us a smile Isn't it a lovely ride We'll go gliding down, sliding down Try not to try too hard It's just a lovely ride The thing about time is that time isn't really real It's just your point of view, how does it feel for you Einstein said we could never understand it all Planets are spinning through space, the smile upon your face Welcome to the human race Isn't it a lovely ride We'll go gliding down, sliding down Try not to try too hard It's just a lovely ride The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time |
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| See You Soon | Paul Johnson | MJ | x | Y | N | unknown concert Studio unknown concert Sound Board Earl of Old Town Sound Board Holstein s Concert Demos Studio Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
You know it seems I been about everywhere I been out of my mind maybe a year or more I don't believe the condition of my travelin' things To look at them makes me sore And it certainly is awfully lonesome Without you hanging around my door You know I'm tired of all the hustle And the dues I have to pay to make it by Because there's a man inside there bothering me And I have to face him daily in the eye And I believe I might die tomorrow, girl If I don't know you're standin' by Hard to keep on tryin' When the words don't come to point you out the way So I smoke awhile and drink some more And beg my mind to ponder what to say And I believe I might die tomorrow girl If I don't see you soon someday Yes I believe I might die tomorrow girl If I don't see you soon someday |
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| Sermonette | Jon Hendricks | MJ | x | N | N | party Live Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board KDWB-FM Blueberry Blue Hour 10/16/1977 Radio Nighttimes Radio & TV 12/1/1982 TV Video & Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio |
SERMONETTE I heard me a sermonette, have you heard it yet With that soulful message that you won't soon forget It talks about real true love that people lost sight of With their sinful living and scorning the heavens above It tells you to love one another It says that each man's your brother Live right 'cause you know That you reap what you sow And so to have no regrets And to find what you're missing Bow your head and listen To this sermonette It tells you to, yes it tells you to love one another It says that each man's your brother Live right 'cause you know That you reap what, you reap what you sow And so to have no regrets And to find what you're missing Bow your head and listen To this sermonette Bow your head and listen To this sermonette |
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| Seth Davy | MJ | N | N | Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live | He sat on the corner of Bevington Bush, astride an old packing case, And the dolls on the end of the plank went dancing, as he crooned with a smile on his face. CHORUS: "Come day, go day. Wishing me heart for Sunday. Drinking b***ermilk all the week; whisky on a Sunday." 2; His tired old hands drummed the wooden plank, and the puppet dolls they danced the gear. A far better show then you ever would see, at the Pivvy or new Brightion Pier. CHORUS; Come day go day........ 3; But in 1905, old Seth Davy died, and his song was heard no more. And the three dancing dolls ended up in a bin, and the plank went to mend a back-door. CHORUS:"Come day, go day 4; But on some stormy nights, down Scotty Road way, when the wind blows up from the sea, You can still hear the song of old Seth Davy, that he sang to his dancing dolls three; CHORUS; "Come day, go day... |
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| She Put the Sad in All His Songs | Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album | He was a good time beer bar picker Only until she came along Gave up his women and his liquor She put the sad in all his songs Something about her made him sorry She was holy in his eyes She had him bound and hypnotized She put the sad in all his songs She put the blue in his guitar She took what he had and the dreams are gone She put the sad in all his songs She was the rattlesnake that bit him It was a blow from out behind She thought the tear in his eye just might fit him He was the last thing on her mind She put the sad in all his songs She put the blue in his guitar She took what he had and the dreams are gone She put the sad in all his songs She put the sad in all his songs She put the blue in his guitar She took what he had and the dreams are gone She put the sad in all his songs |
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| She's Almost Gone | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 87 #1 Live MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio Demos Studio Studio Studio Studio Studio Studio Studio |
She's almost gone and I'm almost crazy I sleep with one eye open in case today's the day She knows I know the door's half open I'm waiting, she's waiting, she's almost gone Now when she smiles, she's only dreaming She's here but might as well be a million miles away And she's in my heart, I'm in her memory I'm sorry, she's sorry, she's almost gone Yesterday, we loved like there was no tomorrow Funny thing, tomorrow is already gone To all the world, we're still together But I know her, it's over She's almost gone Yes I know her, it's over She's almost gone |
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| She's My School | Dick Pinney | MJ | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board |
SHE'S MY SCHOOL (SEAGRAM DREAMS) Dick Pinney Strong weary eyes turning from the wall Gazing on me, wondering what they call Seagram dreams take me down Take me back to your face Who on the earth, who among my fears Touches me so, rolling back the years Help me friends I have gone through a lifetime today She 's my school, she is change, she's a home to me And her style in the dark has a hold on me In the morning she follows, by night she leads And I need her as ever a man did need a friend I feel some sweet steppin' time carry me along But then it stops on a dime when I'm doing wrong Help me please I have gone through a lifetime today She's my school, she is change, she's a home to me And her style in the dark has a hold on me In the morning she follows, by night she leads And I need her as ever a man did need a friend I feel some sweet steppin' time carry me along But them it stops on a dime when I'm doing wrong Seagram dreams take me down Take me back to your face |
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| She's Real | W. T. Davidson | MJ | x | Y | N | unknown concert Studio MJ@Brad s Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MJ Albums Possiblilities 89 #2 Studio Archives 3 Studio Music City Tonight Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Music CIty Tonight 2/1/1994 Video Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Departure 1/1/1995 Album Ralph Emery Show 12/6/1995 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert |
I had stuffed animals when I was just a kid I dreamed they'd come alive and play but they never did Now I've found someone that I can call my own And unlike others I have known She's real She's flesh and blood and bone and love that I can feel And she's not perfect but it's all part of the deal Yes I know she's real I still remember my first Playboy magazine And they had photographs in there like I'd never seen But all in all they never did have much to say They'd just lie there on the page But she's real She's flesh and blood and bone and love that I can feel She's not perfect but it's all part of the deal Yes I know she's real Sometimes she hurts my feelings, sometimes I hurt her feelings And we just don't get along, no But before we say goodnight, I just might find out that she's right And even if she's wrong She's real She's flesh and blood and bone and love that I can feel She's not perfect but it's all part of the deal Yes I know she's real |
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| Shop | Fred Koller | Shop Shop | Koller | MJ | Y | N | unknown concert Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
SHOP Rita told her sister she'd been fighting with her mister She's just about to end it all She thought it might funny to take his plastic money And head down to the nearest mall Half an hour later they were on the escalator Heading for the promised land Little sis saw Rita clutch his Mastercard and Visa Like two pistols in the palm of her hand She said Shop, shop, Rita getting even today She said Shop shop slap it to the plastic he'll pay She wishes he could see her buy the satellite receiver And a TV and a VCR She bought a Sony ghetto blaster and a fender stratocaster And she don't even play the guitar And then Rita gets to thinking Married life isn't living at all She don't call a lawyer, she calls her sister And they go to the nearest mall Shop, shop, Rita getting even today Shop, shop, slap it the plastic sail away They bought some Nikes they could run in Bikinis they could sun in A beach towel and a barbecue They bought a camera in a case, they hit a little travel place For a trip to the Bahamas for two Meanwhile he's sitting at home thinking Any minute she's gonna call Soon he'll get the picture of Rita and her sister On the beach having a ball Shop shop, Rita getting even today Shop shop, slap it to the plastic, sail away Sail away, sail away |
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| Short People | Randy Newman | MJ | N | N | SHORT PEOPLE Randy Newman Short people are just the same as you and I A fool such as I It's a wonderful world Short people got nobody Short people got nobody Short people got nobody to love them Tall people got nobody Tall people got nobody |
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| Simple Gifts | Joseph Bracket | Tis a Gift to Be Simple | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board 2nd Album Demo for Gary Gauger 1/1/1973 Live |
Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be And when we find ourselves just right We ll be in the land of love and delight When true simplicity is gained To bow and to bend, we must not be ashamed To turn, turn, turn, will be our delight Till by turning around we come round right Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be And when we find ourselves just right We ll be in the valley of love and delight When true simplicity is gained |
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| Since You've Asked | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live |
What I'll give you since you asked Is all my time together Take the rugged summer days The warm and rocky weather Take the roads that I have walked upon Looking for tomorrow's time Peace of mind As my life spills into yours Changing with the hours Filling up the world with time Changing time to flowers, I can sing you all the songs That I never sang to one girl before We have seen a million stones lying by the water You have climbed the hills with me To the mountain shelter Taken off the days one by one Setting them to breathe in the sun Take the lilies and the lace From the days of childhood All the willow winding paths Leading up and outward This is all I give This is all I ask you for Nothing more |
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| Single Word | Michael Johnson, Chappell Beeson | MJ | N | N | 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL #2 Studio MJ Work 94 7 Live MJ Work 95 2 Live A Single Word Studio Archives 2 Studio Archives 3 Studio |
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| Slow Dancin Ends Too Fast | Michael Johnson, C. Carpe | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live |
The fast songs are over The with your head Touching me slweetly Just you and me dancing alone You re in my arms When you re close like this, all I want is the music to I could dance to this song Over and over again Cause when you re in my Slow dancing is too fast There s a light in your that We re both up here f It makes me So let s go around one more When you re in my arms slow dancing is too fast When you re close like this all I want is the music to last I could dance to this song all night long |
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| So Are You | MJ | N | N | Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio | ||||||
| So So | Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon, Michael Johnson | MJ | x | N | N | Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video WCCO TV interview 2/26/2004 Video Morning Show MPR 6/23/2005 Radio Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 1/10/2011 Video Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album Moonlit Deja Vu Promo 7/30/2012 Album |
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| So Soft Your Goodbye | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 2 Studio Archives 1 Studio Demos Studio |
Love isn't always a victimless crime Some make it through but some don't survive And human emotions are not always kind So soft do you whisper, so soft your goodbye One less companion to haunt you at night Like a ghost I will flee you with the new morning light No more confusion that you left behind So soft do you whisper, so soft your goodbye One little reason why all your feelings have changed I thought forever was yours and mine Till the end of time Was it all a lie What will you leave me to help me survive A picture, a flower, a tear from your eye And what can I tell you that might change your mind I wait for your answer, your tender reply So soft do you whisper, so soft your goodbye |
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| Software | Michael Johnson, Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 2 Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Demos Studio Departure 1/1/1995 Album |
She came to me inside a package all the way from Japan She give me more than satisfaction and she's right in the palm of my hand And there's so much she makes me do, guess I'm a slave to my new Software, we are so compatible, software, we can write the manual Software, she is so expandable, software, it's unbelievable And there's no reason to be discreet, because my program is now complete Software, software, software And when I look in her directions, quite suddenly I am scared Because her technical perfection is displayed beyond compare If we could interface awhile in some file inside my Software, we are so compatible, software, we can write the manual Software, she is so expandable, software, it's unbelievable And there's no reason to be discreet, because my program is now complete Software, software My little geisha wheel, she's so unreal My little geisha wheel She makes me feel like I'll never need anyone but my Software, we are so compatible, software, we can write the manual Software, she is so expandable, software, it's unbelievable And there's no reason to be discreet, because my program is now complete With software, we are so compatible, software, we can write the manual Software, she is so expandable, software, it's unbelievable... |
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| Some People's Lives | Rhonda Fleming, Janis Ian | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ DEMOS 2 Studio unknown concert Sound Board MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Cafe Carpe 5/21/2004 Concert |
SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES R. Fleming & J. Ian Some people's lives run down like clocks One day they stop and that's all they've got Some lives run out like old tennis shoes No one can use, it's sad but it's true Didn't anybody tell them Didn't anybody see Didn't anybody love them Like you love me And some people's lives fade like their dreams Too tired to rise, too tired to sleep And some people laugh when they need to cry And they never know why Didn't anybody tell them Didn't anybody see Didn't anybody love them Like you love me Some people ask if the tears have to fall Then why take your chances, why bother at all And some people's lives are as cold as their lips They just need to be kissed Doesn't anybody tell them Doesn't anybody see Doesn't anybody love them Like you love me 'Cause that's all they need |
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| Someone s Out There | Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos | MJ | Y | N | 4 TK MIXES Studio 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON 4 TK MIXES Studio Archives 2 Studio |
Maybe tonight, maybe when you re all alone You ll see the light just as if you ve always known you ll find You never choose your love, it s something you discover And you didn t lose your love, you only lost a lover So close your eyes and dream tonight And know that while you sleep the whole night through Someone s out there dreaming bout you, too He broke your heart, everybody s heart s been through that Tore you apart when you found he could be that may Making you feel so low every time he leaves you But you got to leave him go, can t you see you need to Close your eyes and dream tonight And know that while you sleep the whole night through Someone s out there dreaming bout you, too Someone s out there dreaming bout you, too |
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| Something That We Do | C. Black, H. Nichols | For Kirby (wedding?) | MJ | Y | N | 4TK MIXES #ZZ Studio Archives 2 Studio MY DEMO CD #2 Studio |
I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head I still believe the words we said Forever will ring true Love is certain, love is kind Love is yours and love is mine But it isn't something that we find It's something that we do It's holding tight and It's letting go It's flying high and laying low You let your strongest feelings show And your weakness too It's a little and a lot to ask An endless and a welcome task Love isn't something that we have It's something that we do We help to make each other all that we can be We can find our strength and inspiration independently The way we work together is what sets our love apart So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start Love is blind and love is long Love is blind and love is long Love is deep and love is strong Love is why I love this song I hope you love it too I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head Love isn't just those words we said It's something that we do There's no request too big or small We give ourselves, we give our all Love isn't some place that we fall It's something that we do |
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| Song For Canada | Pete Growski, Ian Tyson | One Single River | MJ | Y | Y | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Mike Dad & Barrie 11/1/1969 Live |
How come we can't talk to each other any more Why can't you see I'm changing too We got by far too long to end it feeling wrong And I still share too much with you Just one great river always flowing to the sea One single river rolling in eternity Two nations in the land that lies along its shore But just one river rolling free How come you shut me out as if I wasn't there What's this new bitterness you found However wronged you were, however much it hurt It wasn't me that held you down Just one great river always flowing to the sea One single river rolling in eternity Why can't you understand I'm glad you're standing proud I know you made it on your own But in this pride you've earned, I thought you might have learned That you don't have to stand alone Just one great river always flowing to the sea One single river rolling in eternity Two nations in the land that lies along its shore But just one river you and me |
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| Song of Old Lovers | Jacques Brel | Song for Old Lovers | found reference online translators for this version were possibly Robert Cuccioli & Eric Blau | MJ | Y | Y | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Moore On Sunday 1/17/1974 TV Audio Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert |
In spite of all we're still together, so many years of smiles and tears How many times we'd part forever, and I would leave for parts unknown A day, a week, and I'd feel terror, crumble on the telephone Then in bed we'd play confessions To tell the truth, what truth we knew, that's how it's been with me and you Then start upon a new digression Oh my love My sweet, my soft, my old, my gentle love From year to year as all the seasons fall I love you more you know, I love you In spite of all we're still together, so many years of smiles and tears How many times I'd find another, but you had others too, my dear A day, a week, and I'd need pardon, fumble out the keys to home Take a wound that was unhealing Well, you'd forgive without forgiving but of course we went on living With a love locked up in Christmas scenes Oh my love My sweet, my soft, my old, my gentle love From year to year as all the seasons fall I love you more you know, I love you Sometimes we were almost open, sometimes we could almost touch I think we wanted very little, but that always seemed too much And did we say we wanted children, I really can't recall What we wanted was our freedom To dance through life, to have a ball, we are just surrealist pilgrims Melting clocks in marble halls Oh my love, my sweet, my soft, my old, my gentle love From year to year as all the seasons fall I love you more you know I love you Still |
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| Soon It's Gonna Rain | Barbra Streisand | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Hear how the wind begins to whisper See how the leaves go streaming by Smell how the velvet rain is falling Out where the fields are warm and dry Now is the time to run inside and stay Now is the time to find a hideaway Where we can play Soon it's gonna rain, I can see it Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell Soon it's gonna rain, what are we gonna do? Soon it's gonna rain, I can feel it Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell Soon it's gonna rain, what will we do with you? We'll find four limbs of a tree We'll build four walls and a floor We'll bind it over with leaves Then duck inside and play Then we'll let it rain, we'll not feel it Then we'll let it rain, rain pell mall And we'll not complain if it never stops at all We'll live and love within our castle Hear how the wind begins to whisper Feel how the rain is falling now |
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| Souvenirs | John Prine | MJ | N | N | Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board |
Well all the snow has turned to water Christmas day has come and gone Broken toys and faded colors Are all that's left to linger on Well I hate graveyards and old pawnshops For they always bring me tears I can't believe the way they robbed me Of my childhood souvenirs Memories that can't be boughten Can't be won in a carnival for free It took me years to get those souvenirs And I wonder how they slipped away from me Broken hearts and dirty windows Make life difficult to see That's why last night and this morning Always look the same to me Well I hate reading old love letters For they always bring me tears I can't believe the way they robbed me Of my sweetheart souvenirs Well memories that can't be boughten And they can't be won in a carnival for free It took me years to get those souvenirs And I wonder how they slipped away from me Well all the snow has turned to water Christmas day has come and gone Broken toys and faded colors Are all that's left to linger on |
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| Star Spangled Banner | MJ | x | N | N | Minnesota Twins 4/11/1986 Video | |||||
| Staying With It | Tom Snow, John Lewis Parker | MJ | N | N | Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album |
STAYING WITH IT Tom Snow & John Lewis Parker This is it, this is what I've waited for so long Starting now, gotta trust these feelings coming on Take a chance even though I feel like I should run Staying with it, let my heart take me there Got a feeling, ooh I'm getting somewhere Deep in it and I really do care Wait a minute now, oh don't walk out I can see, I can see your disbelieving eyes Don't you know holding back your live is so unwise Take a chance, ain't it time you took a lover's stand Staying with it, let my heart take me there Got a feeling, ooh I'm getting somewhere Deep in it and I really do care Wait a minute now, oh don't walk out Staying with it, let my heart take me there Got a feeling, ooh I'm getting somewhere Deep in it and I really do care Wait a minute now, oh don't walk out Staying with it, let my heart take me there Got a feeling, ooh I'm getting somewhere Deep in it and I really do care Wait a minute now, oh don't walk out |
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| Sticky Summer Weather | John Denver | MJ | Y | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | Sticky summer weather always pains me It's like living beneath a blanket I can't breathe The days are like an oven the nights are forever Nothing to do, not much else to see Seems like twenty years ago that it was springtime The wind was cool, the rain was sweet and clean I had a girl she was a lady I could talk to Now it's almost like she never been I've been a long time looking for rainbows Trying to find a way to believe in tomorrow Once upon a time I think I remember dreaming I had a reason but I can't find it now As I recall it almost made my life worth living It must be hiding like the sun behind a cloud |
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| Story | Someone Told a Story | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio The Story Rehearsal Studio |
someone said I d been untrue in falling out of love with you But someone told a story Sometimes your friends don t act so friendly They find it hard that you re so happy I said I d go against To know when someone told a story Sometimes your friends don t act so friendly They find it hard that you re so happy So I go against the flow I ve loved and lost enough to know To know when someone told a story someone told a story |
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| Study in E Minor | H. Villa Lobos | Prelude #4 | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board |
STUDY IN E MINOR H. Villa Lobos (Instrumental) |
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| Study No. 5 in B Minor | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Sunny | MJ | N | N | Collection of Old & New Live | Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here, My Sunny one shines so sincere Sunny one so true, I love you Sunny, thank you for the sunshine bouquet Sunny, thank you for the love you brought my way You gave to me your all and all Now I feel ten feet tall Sunny one so true, I love you Sunny, thank you for the truth you let me see Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to C My life was torn like a windblown sand, And the rock was formed when you held my hand Sunny one so true, I love you Sunny Sunny, thank you for the smile upon your face Sunny, thank you for the gleam that shows its grace You're my spark of nature's fire, You're my sweet complete desire Sunny one so true, I love you Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here, My Sunny one shines so sincere Sunny one so true, I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you |
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| Sunset Years | Mark Henley | MJ MH |
N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Mark Henley demo 7/20/77 7/20/1977 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board |
Donald Duck's bill is due He's been lucky it's true He's in Who's Who with the best He bids adieu to Huey and Duey and Louie As you can see, he needs a rest He is buying a home in Florida In Florida with a swimming pool To keep him cool Do do do... No more sailor suit, no more retakes to shoot No more Uncle Scrooge in his way He and Daisy will fly to their pie in the sky In their golf cart through ocean spray He and Daisy got it made In the sunshine and shade And a fresh grapefruit everyday They will write letters Visit in the afternoon Singing old cartoon for the people there Such a famous pair Oo... But all your fans surely still Think of you as top bill We will keep all souvenirs And our hearts pour out As you finally duck out Into your sunset years |
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| Susceptible | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live |
But I never THought I d seen it Imagine She s so susceptible I should be ashamed Susceptible I know it s more than just a game She s more susceptible But there s nothing I can do Because I m susceptible, too Liittle bits of Little bit myseterious softly I d just So I told her I shold scold face againts my sholder chances I close my eyes |
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| Suzanne | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by And you can spend the night beside her And you know, that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said: "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind Now, Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbor And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind |
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| Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes In) | Every Night When The Sun Goes In | Harry Belafonte | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Ev'ry night when the sun goes down Ev'ry night when the sun goes down Ev'ry night when the sun goes down Hang my head and mournful cry Suzanne, Suzanne, Suzanne you're gone True love don't weep, true love don't mourn True love don't weep, true love don't mourn True love don't weep or mourn for me Goin' back to mobile town Suzanne, Suzanne, Suzanne you're gone Someday I pray my train will come Someday I pray my train will come Someday I pray my train will come Then I can go back where I come from Suzanne, Suzanne, Suzanne you're gone |
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| Sweet Lorraine | Burwell & Parrish | MJ | x | N | N | Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video |
SWEET LORRAINE Burwell & Parrish Just found joy I'm as happy as a baby boy One that's got a brand new choo-choo toy A pair of eyes That are bluer than the bluest skies When you see them you will realize Why I love my sweet Lorraine When it's raining I don't miss the sun Cause it's in my sweetie's eyes Just to think that I'm the lucky one Who will lead her down the aisle Each night I pray That nobody steals her heart away I can't wait until that lucky day When I marry sweet Lorraine |
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| Sweet Misery | Hoyt Axton | MJ | N | N | Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert |
SWEET MISERY Hoyt Axton Heard you had some trouble, thought I'd try to help some In my time I've had a little trouble, too If you let it get you down, you know I'll bet you It will get you down and walk around on you Sweet misery, she loves her company She's in a crowd when she's all alone She doesn't care, follows you everywhere She is most happy when she makes you moan My dog had some puppies, would you like to have one He will be your friend and he will lick your face He will never cheat you, he will not mistreat you Make you be a winner in the human race Sweet misery, she loves her company She's in a crowd when she's all alone She doesn't care, doesn't care, follow you everywhere She is most happy when she makes you moan Heard you're feeling better, glad you found some happy In my time I've had a little happy, too If you let it get you up, you know I'll bet you It will get you up and keep you smiling through Sweet misery, don't want your company She's in a crowd when she's all alone She doesn't care, doesn't care, follows you everywhere She is most happy when she makes you moan |
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| Sweet Substitute | Jelly Roll Morton | MJ | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert |
SWEET SUBSTITUTE Jelly Roll Morton My gal went away Lord And I knew that I would miss her both night and day And so I stopped and I began to look around Lord don't you know what I found A sweet substitute God almighty don't my new recruit look cute She says she loves me Says she's mine, all mine Does everything I tell her Lord That old true love is blind And I love, I love her silly ways She's got my poor heart down in a daze My new recruit She's might sweet and cute I'm plumb crazy bout my sweet substitute Well my sweet substitute God almighty don't my new recruit look cute She loves me, says she loves me Says she's mine, all mine Does everything I tell her Lord That old true love is blind And I love her silly ways She's got my poor heart down in a daze My new recruit She's might sweet and cute I'm plumb crazy bout my sweet substitute Don't want no regular I'm plumb crazy bout my sweet substitute |
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| Sweet Summer Blue and Gold | K. Edwards, R. Kimmel | MJ | N | N | Collection of Old & New Live | Look out your window, the rain is turning into snow So the time has come you know, you must decide to stay or go Oh how you love me! Sweet summer blue and gold. Will you stay with me? Long winter's grey and cold Go love, open up the door you'll see the winds aren't warm anymore The birds we heard all summer long were chased away by winter's storms Oh how you love me! Sweet summer blue and gold. Will you stay with me? Long winter's grey and cold Tell me with just a word if you're going to stay love, we'll wait the winter out, when summer comes we'll play, love Oh how you love me! Sweet summer blue and gold. Will you stay with me? Long winters grey and cold |
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| Sweet Voice | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio | ||||||
| Swing Dat Hammer | Harry Belafonte | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Swing dat hammer, swing dat hammer Swing it higher ´bove your head Making little ones out of big ones Hammer kill you almost dead If I ever leave this chain gang I'm coming home once more Mama, mama do not scorn me Do not turn me from your door Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Swing dat hammer till you dead Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Swing dat hammer till you dead Yes, yes but I'm back in dear ol´ Georgie And I got to serve this time Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Swing dat hammer till you dead Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Swing dat hammer till you dead Mama, mama, mama, mama Ain't you ´shamed of your dear son Ain't you sorry that you born me When you see what I've done done Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Look a here ma what I've done done Swing it high boys, swing it low boys Swing dat hammer till you dead |
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| Take Five | Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Old Concerts 1/1/1972 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert |
TAKE FIVE Paul Desmond & Iola Brubeck Won't you stop and take a little time out with me Just take five Stop your busy day and take the time out to see I'm alive Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do you say It's a pantomime and not a place Still I know all eyes are for me I feel tingles down to my feet When your smile gets much too discreet Sends me on my way It would be better not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now It's all right Just take five Though I'm going out of my way Just so I can pass by each day Not a single word do you say It's a pantomime and not a place Still I know all eyes are for me I feel tingles down to my feet When your smile gets much too discreet Sends me on my way, hey, hey Oh wouldn't it be better not to be so polite You could offer a light Start a little conversation now It's all right Just take five, just take five, just take five, just take five, just take five Just take five, just take five, just take five, just take five, just take five |
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| Take Me Out to the Ballgame | Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer | MJ | N | N | party Live Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert |
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME Take me out to the ball game take me Out with the crowd buy me Some peanuts and cracker jack I don't Care if I never get back And it's root root root For the home team if they Don't win it's a shame and It's one two three strikes and you're out at the old ball game |
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| Take Me To Aruanda | Carlos Lyra, Geraldo Vandré, Norman Gimbel | Adaptations An adaptation is a musical work which uses most of the music or lyrics of another musical work. Aruanda written by Carlos Lyra, Geraldo Vandré Portuguese 1962 (Take Me to) Aruanda written by Norman Gimbel English September 1965 |
MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | There's a land, Aruanda Golden sand, Aruanda Silver stars on the hill top Take me to Aruanda Lots of fish in the stream there Lots of time just to dream there Golden sun in the valley Take me to Aruanda There where nobody worries There where nobody hurries Easy life waving a welcome Take me there I ll leave my sadness behind me Let sweet paradise find me Heaven waits over yonder Take me to Aruanda There where nobody worries There where nobody hurries Easy life waving a welcome Take me there I ll eave my sorrows behind me Let sweet paradise find me Heaven waits over yonder Take me to Aruanda Take me to Aruanda... |
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| Take Me to Tomorrow | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Hey everybody, tell me how do you feel Are you satisfied with your life, do you think it's real Tell me where is your head, do you have anything share Do you have any plans, do you have any cares Do you care about about somebody I'd like to know, is the answer "no" Take me to tomorrow, take me there today Well I've had my fill of sorrow and living this way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting for me .... Do you have any plans, do you have any cares Do you care about about anybody I'd like to know, is the answer "no" Well, maybe so [Chorus] Take me to tomorrow, take me there today I've had my fill of sorrow and living your way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting for me Hey take me to tomorrow, take me there today I've had my fill of sorrow and living your way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting The day after tomorrow is waiting The day after tomorrow is waiting for me |
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| Take My Body Home | Paul Johnson | MJ | N | N | Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck |
Well you can see here in my eyes I'm moving on my own So take my hand and close your eyes And take my body home You are so much more together Than you are alone I will not try to make you cry But take my body home You will see tomorrow on your own you know And I have got a place I've got to be in me So take my hand And I will try to understand somehow And I will see that you could be A little warmer now Chasing daisies Chasing round the bend And I will be myself again Knowing you're my friend And I have got a place I've got to be in me So take my hand And I will try to understand somehow And I will see that you could be A little warmer now Chasing daisies Chasing round the bend And I will be myself again Knowing you're my friend |
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| Take My Mother Home | Harry Belafonte | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | https://lyricstranslate.com/en/harry-belafonte-take-my-mother-home-lyrics.html I think I heard him say when he was struggling up the hill I think I heard him say, take my mother home Then I'll die easy, take my mother home I'll die so easy, take my mother home I think I heard him say, when they was raffling off his clothes I think I heard him say, take my mother home I think I heard him cry when they was nailing in the nails I think I heard him cry, take my mother home I'll die this death on Calvary, ain't gonna die no more I'll die on Calvary, ain't gonna die no more Ain't gonna die no more I think I heard him say, when he was giving up the ghost I think I heard him say, please, take my mother home Please, take my mother home |
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| Talking Atomic Blues | Irving Bibo, Vern Partlow | Old Man Atom | MJ | N | N | Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board | (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini) I'm gonna preach you all a sermon about Old Man Atom, that's me I don't mean the Adam in the Bible datum I don't mean the Adam that Mother Eve elated I mean the thing that science liberated The thing that Einstein says he's scared of And when Einstein's scared, man, you'd better be scared If you're scared of the Atom Here's what you gotta do You got to get all the people in the world with you 'Cause if you don't get together and do it Well, first thing you know I'm gonna blow this world plum through (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini) Now, life used to be such a simple joy My cyclotron was just a super toy And folks got born, they'd work and marry And 'Atom' was a word in the dictionary And then it happened The science boys from every clime They all pitched in with overtime And before they knew it, the thing was done And they'd hitched up the power of the gosh-durn sun And put a harness on Old Sol Splittin' atoms while the diplomats was splittin' hairs (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini) But the Atom's here in spite of hysteria Flourishes in Utah, as well as Siberia And whether you're black, white, red or brown The question is this when you boil it down To be or not to be, that's the question The answer to it all ain't military datum Like who gets there firstest with the mostest atoms No, the people of the World must decide their fate They gotta get together or disintegrate I hold this truth to be self-evident That all men may be cremated equal (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini) Yes, it's up to the people, 'cause atoms don't care You can't fence me in, I'm just like air I don't give a hoot about any politics Or who got what into whatever fix All I wanta to do is sit around And have my nucleus bombarded by neutrons Now the moral is this, just as plain as day That Old Man Atom is here to stay I'm gonna stick around, and that's for true But, ah, my dearly beloved, are you? So, listen folks, here is my thesis Peace in the world, or the world in pieces! |
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| Tangalayo | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio | ||||||
| Temporary Tattoo | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio Demos Studio |
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| Temptation | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Lifetime Guarantee Studio Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board |
Casey ought to know by now, she's had time enough to figure it out She ain't gonna be no queen, she's just way too down and out She's saved her money but it will not help her now Temptation, gotta pay the people Temptation, till she's old and feeble The judge says let's deliver this girl from temptation She draw a picture on the wall with her mind that's only partially gone But she's got more that she can do figuring out why the sky is blue And she won't bother us till 1992 Temptation, gotta pay the people Temptation, till she's old and feeble The judge says let's deliver this girl from temptation What she would've given to live in a neighborhood Just like me and you With someone to show her the rules she's broken But society has spoken Temptation, gotta pay the people Temptation, till she's old and feeble The judge says let's deliver this girl from temptation |
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| Tennessee Waltz | Jesse Winchester | MJ | x | N | N | Live Video Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video |
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| Testament to Amelia | Traditional | El testament d'Amelia | Miguel Llobet or Boyd, Liona Maria El testament d'Amelia by Miguel Llobet |
MJ | x | Y | N | Publisher demos Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
TESTAMENT TO AMELIA (Instrumental) |
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| Thanks to You | Jesse Winchester | MJ | x | Y | N | Holstein s Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video Hopkins Fine Arts Auditorium 12/26/2006 Sound Board |
Goodness, is it really real It would take a baby boy to know the way I feel Oh my, floating in the blue I would take the credit but it's thanks to you Oh yeah, I'm a sinner and I'm not some beginner I'll uncork a pint of trouble And sit down and drink a double I'm thirsty for something lighter That'll get me even tighter and tighter Until one day I think I hear angels play Goodness, is it really real It would take a baby boy to know the way I feel Oh my, floating in the blue I would take the credit but it's thanks to you Well, someday up in glory I'll weep and tell the story To someone who will smile and say "You're a mess, but you're my child." Goodness, is it really real It would take a baby boy to know the way I feel Oh my, floating in the blue I would take the credit but it's thanks to you Goodness, is it really real It would take a baby boy to know the way I feel Oh my, floating in the blue I would take the credit but it's thanks to you |
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| That's That | Hugh Prestwood | 42 events | MJ | x | N | N | Making of That s That Video Video Work Tape Live unknown concert Sound Board unknown concert Sound Board That s That Video TV Video MJ Album Demos 87 1/1/1987 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board That's That 1/1/1988 Album New Country 4/8/1988 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Nashville Now 7/18/1989 TV Video Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board The Best of Michael Johnson 1/1/1990 Album unknown concert 1/1/1990 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Nashville Now 9/27/1990 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Music City Tonight 12/21/1993 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Music City Tonight 6/1/1994 Video Radio/TV Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album |
There's a quarter moon that's laying up on the ridge And he's making up his mind to rise or to set There's a lot of water flowing under this bridge There's a voice inside me saying get your feet wet 'Cause that's that, I can scream, I can should I can cry my eyes out but she's not coming back That's that, I can hope, I can pray But she's still gone away and she's not coming back That's that There's a weeping willow on the outskirts of town Where I took a pocket knife and carved out our names In the morning I am gonna cut that tree down Gonna build a fire and watch us go up in flames And that's that, I can scream, I can shout I can tear my hair out but she's not coming back That's that, I can hope, I can pray But she's still gone away and she's not coming back That's that Ooh there's a lonesome whisper in the wind Ooh don't you hate to see the season end But then That's that, I can scream, I can shout I can cry my eyes out but she's not coming back That's that, I can hope, I can pray But she's still gone away and she's not coming back That's that. that's that Oh that's that, that's that That's that, oh that's that That's that |
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| That s the Way It s Gonna Be | MJ DBJ |
x | N | N | Denver, Boise & Johnson - Live from Greenwich Village Video Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board |
If you say all the good times are gone If you say this rain will keep rainin' on-- I'll walk along with my head held high; I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky-- I may be wrong but I'll live 'til I die That's the way it's gonna be Wait and see Even though you say hard times knock at my door Though you say I'll never smile any more-- I just imagine that I'm ten feet tall Then if I try I can climb the highest wall It doesn't matter if I slip down and fall: That's the way it's gonna be Wait and see Just you wait and see Even though you say I've reached the end of my row Though you say my times are all running low-- It's been so long since I tried to frown That Old Man Trouble will never get me down It's all that easy when you know where you're bound That's the way it's gonna be Wait and see Even though you say all the good times are gone Though you say this rain will keep rainin' on-- I'll walk along with my head held high; I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky-- I may be wrong but I'll live 'til I die That's the way it's gonna be Wait and see Just you wait and see |
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| That s What a Dream Will Do | MJ | N | N | demos Studio MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio |
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| That's What Your Love Does to Me | Chick Rains, Bill Caswell | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Nashville Now Video Wings 1/1/1986 Album RCA Video Bio 1/1/1987 Video Nashville Now 8/20/1987 Video Nashville Now 11/20/1987 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album |
I used to love the free and easy Hitting the road any time I pleased You came and turned me around Now all I think about is settling down That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me Made me wonder what I ever saw in being free I'm used to running but my heart says stay This time there ain't no running away That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me Out every night when the sun goes down Neon lights and juke box sound I used to be first in line now Now it's the last thing on my mind That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me Made me wonder what I ever saw in being free I'm used to running but my heart says stay This time there ain't no running away That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me Every heart gets the chance to be untrue There'll come a time when mine will, too Well don't you worry when it comes my time my heart's gonna walk the line That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me Made me wonder what I ever saw in being free I'm used to running but my heart says stay This time there ain't no running away That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me That's what your love does to me, that's what your love does to me |
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| There is a Breeze | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Holstein s Concert There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board |
There is a breeze that comes by here everyday Freshens the spirit, takes the dead away There is a sun that shines for you and you and me It's been healing nights for centuries Fool, I say fool You make time as a rule You don't measure days one by one I don't mean to draw tears or being sorrow to your years I love you and I'd like to see you freer You stopped believin' years ago Been retrieving ever since you know She says you're doing fine And you believe her La ... There is a feelin', it comes here everyday Turns your head around, takes your breath away It clears the morning eyes of you and you and me We've been sleeping now for centuries Don't you understand We've wasted all the time we can The waters of your soul are getting drier And the circles that grow from the stones that we throw Rush to the shore and then they die there And your far away dream Is only there because you seem to think it is |
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| There's a Love | J. P. Pennington | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
You don't ever have to change your world Cause I can fit right in, of that I'm sure And I won't ask too much of your privacy Cause there's a place in time for you and me Just put your faith in me, we'll see it through Cause I just can't resist the things you make me do There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere I can see yeah yeah a definite possibility for you and me When you're feeling like nobody's needing you If things don't work out right the way you want them to I'll be there to understand your ups and downs Don't you ever worry cause I'll be around Got my mind made up, made up on you And I'll be by your side whenever you want me to There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere I can see yeah yeah a definite possibility for you and me Just put your faith in me, we'll see it through And I'll be by your side whenever you want me to There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere I can see yeah yeah a definite possibility for you and me There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere There's a love out there somewhere I can see yeah yeah a definite possibility for you and me |
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| There s a New Kid in Town | Don Cook, Claude Putman, Keith Whiteley | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board |
NEW KID IN TOWN We're looking for the king, the new messiah We're following the star shining brighter Old man, won't you help us if you can He shook his head but he pointed his hand There's a new kid in town And he's lying in a manger down the road There's a new kid in town But he's just another baby, I suppose Heaven knows, there's a new kid in town Here in Bethlehem I see you've traveled far, bearing treasures You say these gifts are for the new king's treasures I have heard that a king might come But up till now there hasn't been one There's a new kid in town And he's lying in a manger down the road There's a new kid in town But he's just another baby, I suppose Heaven knows, there's a new kid in town Here in Bethlehem There's a new kid in town There's a new kid in town And he's lying in a manger down the road There's a new kid in town But he's just another baby, I suppose Heaven knows, there's a new kid in town Here in Bethlehem |
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| These Days | Jackson Browne | MJ | N | N | Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live |
I been out walkin' I don't do that much talkin' these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all of the time I had the chance to I had a lover I don't think I'll risk another these days These days And if I seem to be afraid To live the live that I have made in songs Well it's just cause I've been losin' so long I quit my scheming I don't do that much dreaming these days These days These days I sit on cornerstones And count the time in quarter tones to ten Don't confront me with my failures I have not forgotten them I been out walkin' I don't do that much talkin' these days These days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all of the time I had the chance to |
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| Things Found in My Pocket | Bill Gable | Old Coat | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 92 4 Live Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board |
In an old coat that I never wear Sitting by myself in a dark cafe And the rain comes down, I just sit and stare But I'm thinking of somewhere else a million miles away Things found in my pocket Things lost and forgotten so very long ago Things found in my pocket A sudden reminder of someone I used to know A copper key on a cotton string A little ball of dust around a silver ring A fortune card from a county fair A ride on a Ferris wheel, a ticket to anywhere Things found in my pocket Things lost and forgotten so very long ago Things found in my pocket A sudden reminder of someone I used to know |
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| This Ain't the Night to Be Me | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | x | N | N | Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album Nashville Now 5/1/1992 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board |
Life of the party, feel like a fool Just look at this smile I'm wearing And this isn't easy faking it all Hiding the pain I'm bearing She left a note on the dresser today She said it's over and she's gone away This ain't' the night to be me Counting the hours, checking my watch Wishing this evening was over Feeling my heartache, fighting the tears Lord I could sure use a shoulder I gotta go now cause I can't wait To get home and let this poor heart break This ain't the night to be me Tonight the only thing I need is just another chance with you You know I really need you here with me tonight I'm feeling so alone and I never thought that I would cry Like I'm crying these tears inside tonight I gotta go now cause I can't wait To get home and let this poor heart break This ain't the night to be me Tonight the only thing I need is just another chance with you You know I really need you here with me tonight I'm feeling so alone and I never thought that I would cry Like I'm crying these tears inside tonight Life of the party, feel like a fool Feeling the heartache, fighting the tears Counting the hours, checking my watch Life of the party Feeling the heartache |
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| This Country's Bigger than Texas | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | N | N | MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert |
Standing on a corner in Manhattan Finally flagged a taxi down And as I climbed into the back seat I heard a most familiar sound From the radio came gliding Sliding Nashville peddle steel And as the driver took me riding His fingers danced upon the wheel This country's bigger than Texas It's bigger that Nashville, Tennessee It reaches border to border Stretches shining sea to sea This country's got no boundary A redneck farmer out of Lincoln Met a lady lawyer from L.A. They did not have a thing in common Or at least it seemed that way Then the jukebox started playing Just your average country song And both their bodies started swaying They did a two step all night long This country's bigger than Texas It's bigger that Nashville, Tennessee Reaches border to border Stretches shining sea to sea This country's got no boundary |
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| This Night Won't Last Forever | Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board Work Tape Live Symphony Conglomerate Studio Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board SYMPHONY COMPILATION ROCHESTER 6/24 1/1/1984 Concert Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Abilene Symphony 9/18/1993 Concert Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Music City Tonight 12/21/1993 TV Video Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
Everybody likes a celebration Happy music and conversation I'd be lying if I said I didn't have the blues In the corner there's a couple dancing From the kitchen I can hear her laughing Oh I wish I was celebrating, too I know this night won't last forever I know the sun gonna shine sometime I need some hope for a bright tomorrow To show this heart is gonna mend just fine So pardon me for my disposition Wish I didn't have to sit and listen She's playing the same old songs on the stereo She's been lying since the day I met her I'd be better off to just forget her Oh I would rather be lonesome all alone I know this night won't last forever I know the sun gonna shine sometime I need some hope for a bright tomorrow To show this heart is gonna mend just fine Such a ridiculous situation Pretending there's nothing wrong She's coming on with the invitations I wonder who is taking her home I know this night won't last forever I know the sun gonna shine sometime I need some hope for a bright tomorrow To show this heart is gonna mend just fine |
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| This Time of Year | Richard Leigh, Peter McCann | MJ | x | Y | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ Unreleased Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live KTCZ 12/1/1987 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Nashville Now 12/1/1988 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board KTCZ 12/18/1989 Radio WCCO-AM Radio 12/20/1989 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Good Company 12/18/1990 TV Video WCCO TV News 12/24/1990 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert CAFE Radio 12/7/1994 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board |
The last leaves are falling, a chill is in the air Old memories are calling, the holidays are here Sentimental feelings when I think of days gone by No one really blames you if you get a little misty eyed This time of year something happens in our hearts We stop and think of who we are and why we're here This time of year I've got so much to be thankful for But most of all I thank the Lord for you Oh 'cause the holidays just wouldn't be The same without you here with me This time of year The days are growing shorter, the nights are cold and long The year is almost over but our love goes on and on We'll gaze into the fire, darling tell me what you see I'm glad you'll always be there to make the winter warm for me This time of year something happens in our hearts We stop and think of who we are and why we're here This time of year I've got so much to be thankful for But most of all I thank the Lord for you Oh 'cause the holidays just wouldn't be The same without you here with me This time of year |
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| Time and Sky | MJ | Y | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | People come and call, they say let s go and have a ball They always try to get me out because I was once a gadabout Now I stay at home and I no longer care to roam And all my friends are calling me names because I don t play their silly games Let them call me what they will, of empty life I ve had my fill I have no need to be blasé, I ve lost the urge to live that way Let them have their cars, the dinghy broads and the fancy bars I m quite content to let the pleasures pass me by I need only time and a little sky |
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| Time Sweet Time | Robert Alan Day | MJ | N | N | Ain't Dis Da Life 1/1/1977 Album | If you're lonely, wait awhile Someone's coming by who'll fit your style All it takes is time sweet time alive To be giving you good reason to survive Well I was lonely all my life Half of been fire and half been ice All it took was time sweet time alive To be giving me good reason to survive There's so many ways for a man to show his love So many ways I can't even think of But I showed mine with pain and I cried every mile When all it really takes is time and a smile So if you're lonely, step inside I've got room for you and all you hide All it takes is time sweet time alive To be giving you good reason to know I love you |
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| Time to Live | Buzzy Linhart | MJ | N | N | Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert |
THE TIME TO LIVE Buzzy Linheart The time to live is now You should be riding on a big fat cow I'm here to show you how The time to live is now The time for now is live They're gonna pull you through a great big sieve Give all the love you can give The time for now is live The time for now is live The time to live is now Who buys the money when you pay the rent Did you really think that money was the president And who could convince you, who could even try You could go on believing till the day you die But when you've got troubles, worries on your mind You should be glad that you don't look like Frankenstein When you've got the ball, I'll be on your side I will try to catch you when your mind begins to slide The time to live is now You should be riding on a big fat cow I'm here to show you how The time to live is now The time to live is now, the time for now is live The time to live is now, the time for now is live The time to live is now, the time for now is live The time to live is now |
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| Time to Say Goodbye | Will Jennings | MJ | N | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
Tomorrow never goes the way we plan The odds are high against the strongest hand But we might as well try You can always find the time to say goodbye Blind fortune isn't always Pharaoh kind And I for one have never been inclined To let chances go by You can always find the time to say goodbye This heart of mine can see the promise in your eyes Two eyes that shine on me If ever hope lived anywhere It surely would be there And though tomorrow is a mystery And today becomes past history Here's hoping that I Will never find the time to say goodbye This heart of mine can see the promise in your eyes Two eyes that shine on me If ever hope lived anywhere It surely would be there And though tomorrow is a mystery And today becomes past history Here's hoping that I Will never find the time to say goodbye Here's hoping that I Will never find the time to say goodbye |
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| Time to Time | Michael Johnson, female unknown | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio | |||||
| Time Will Tell | MJ X |
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| Tingalayo | MJ | N | N | Archives 3 Studio | ||||||
| Tiny Sparrow | Traditional | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone If I'd known before I courted I never would've courted none I'd a lock my heart in a box of golden And fastened it up with silver pin I wish I were some little sparrow And I had wings and I could fly I'd fly away to my false true lover And when he'd speak, I would deny But I am not some little swallow I have no wings, neither can I fly So I will sit down here to weep in sorrow And try to pass my troubles by Oh don't you remember our days of courting When your head lay upon my breast You could make me believe by the falling of your arm That the sun rose in the west Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court your men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone |
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| To Feel a Friend | Michael Johnson | MJ | N | N | WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album |
And she told me of the lover So I listened like the others And the weather had the mood But I'd never understood to feel a friend And then the sky got mixed up with the bedroom And the children and the sun got mixed up with the tree in the window And the day would scream a song, you'd have to hear, it was so easy So be still because the morning is a good one People never learn to love in millions, they just love their mothers And send their sons to war to kill the millions And the weather stays the same And they never understand to feel a friend And then the sky got mixed up with the bedroom And the children and the sun got mixed up with the tree in the window And the day would scream a song, you'd have to hear, it was so easy So be still because the morning is a good one And we will still be here And you will still be near me When I'm gone |
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| To My Folks | Randy Handley | MJ | x | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Live 8/22/1995 Live Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video |
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| Too Late For Changing | MJ | N | N | MJ Unreleased Studio Cassette Songs 2 Studio |
Is Too late for praying that he ll If it s too late for changing We will have nothing Creatures share their Dangers stalk Blood is on Milk and honey |
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| Too Long in the Moonlight | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio Too Long in the Moonlight w/Greg Sutton 2/23/1989 Studio |
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| Too Soon to Tell | Mike Reid, Rory Bourke | MJ | N | N | That's That 1/1/1988 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board |
So now there's somebody new And these dreams I've been dreaming have all fallen through You say I'll be fine, it only takes time Someday that may be true But it's too soon to tell It's too soon to say Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well Oh but right now, it's too soon to tell It's all for the best so you say And you never intended to hurt me this way You wanna hear I won't drown in my tears Oh but baby, the best I can say Is it's too soon to tell Oh it's too soon to say Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well Oh but right now, it's too soon to tell Oh but right now, it's too soon Right now, it's too soon to tell |
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| Totinos | Ad spot | MJ | N | N | Ad Spots Studio | |||||
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| Trouble in the Fields | Nanci Griffith | MJ | N | N | American Music Shop 5/1/1990 TV Video & Radio | TROUBLE IN THE FIELDS Nancy Griffith & Rick West Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields When the bankers swarm like locusts they're turning away our yields Our dreams roll by our silos silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing and our dreams in the golden grain Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station They're all buying their tickets out and they're talking the Great Depression Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago When they stood out in the these empty fields in dust as deep snow And all this trouble in the fields If this rain can fall these wounds can heal They'll never take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere And we'll work this farm with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these trouble fields There's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me in the photos in every page Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder And all this trouble in the fields If this rain can fall these wounds can heal They'll never take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere And we'll work this farm with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these trouble fields You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these trouble fields |
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| Troubled For You | Ted Sherman | MJ | x | N | N | WORK TAPE 1 Studio Amazingrace 4/8/1973 Sound Board Amazingrace 6/29/1974 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album This Must Be The Place 6/21/1975 TV Audio Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Guthrie Theatre 6/22/1975 Concert Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board |
TROUBLED FOR YOU Ted Sherman I've troubled for you from time to time That's why nothing new can break the bind It's the time you waste for them That makes a friend a friend Unique in all the world until the end We've traveled for years through mindless miles And shared us some tears through aimless trials And though you're old and worn You're the only home I've known Through memories stretched beyond so many dawns I've troubled for you from time to time That's why nothing new can break the bind It's the time you waste for them That makes a friend a friend Unique in all the world until the end I find it hard to believe that time brings change Now all of my friends are broken with age But what's essential you cannot see I'm responsible for my friends and they for me Oh troubled for you from time to time That's why nothing new can break the bind It's the time you waste for them That makes a friend a friend Unique in all the world until the end Unique in all the world until the end |
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| True Love | Chick Rains, Gary Nicholson | MJ | N | N | MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live Wings 1/1/1986 Album Life's a Bitch 1/1/1989 Album |
TRUE LOVE Chick Rains & Gary Nicholson True love takes a long time to make Losing it causes a whole lot of heartache True love ain't easy to find Sometimes you don't know you got it Till you leave it behind There's a feeling I get when I think about you Realize what we had was true I could've saved it but I was too blind And I know I might search a lifetime through And never find another love like you It was true love and that's a hard love to find Cause I know true love takes a long time to make Losing it causes a whole lot of heartache True love ain't easy to find Sometimes you don't know you got it Till you leave it behind Well I've known love burning hot Love turning cold Until I lost it, I didn't know True love takes a long time to make Losing it causes a whole lot of heartache True love ain't easy to find Sometimes you don't know you got it Till you leave it behind Sometimes you don't know you got it Till you leave it behind |
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| Try To Remember | Barbra Streisand | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain so yellow. Try to remember the kind of September When you were a young and callow fellow, Try to remember and if you remember then follow Try to remember when life was so tender That no one wept except the willow. Try to remember when life was so tender That dreams were kept beside your pillow. Try to remember when life was so tender That love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember and if you remember then follow Deep in December it's nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow. Deep in December it's nice to remember Without a hurt the heart is hollow. Deep in December it's nice to remember The fire of September that made you mellow. Deep in December our hearts should remember then follow. Then follow |
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| Trying to Make It Easy | Unknown songwriter - Michael? No google lyrics |
MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
Trying to make it easy Trying not to take it hard Trying to get back to the country Flurries fly and the children die And the wind grows strong And the night belongs to the brown sky And the bricks down here below city be my bones Trying to make it easy Trying not to take it hard Trying to get back to the country To the morning sky and the children Life is taller than buildings there And it seems so easy to dream Life is taller than buildings there And it seems so easy to dream Just to dream, just to dream Oh it s a long way to zero sometimes And I cry full cry Trying to make it easy Trying not to take it hard Trying to get back to the country |
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| Tuesday Afternoon | Moody Blues | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Tuesday afternoon I'm just beginning to see Now I'm on my way It doesn't matter to me Chasing the clouds away Something calls to me The trees are drawing me near I've got to find out why Those gentle voices I hear Explain it all with a sigh I'm looking at myself, reflections of my mind It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind So gently swaying through the fairy-land of love If you'll just come with me you'll see the beauty of Tuesday afternoon Tuesday afternoon Tuesday afternoon I'm just beginning to see Now I'm on my way It doesn't matter to me Chasing the clouds away Something calls to me The trees are drawing me near I've got to find out why Those gentle voices I hear Explain it all with a sigh Evening has come to pass The time of day doesn't last Evening, has earned its place today I'm tired of working away Working, living it brings Only way to have those things Toiling has bought too many tears Turn 'round all those past years Evening time to get away Evening time to get away Evening time to get away 'Til next day Live all you people You can't see where you're at It doesn't really hurt you So that can't be bad Live all you people You can't see where you're at It doesn't really hurt you So that can't be bad Evening time to get away Evening time to get away |
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| Twenty-Five Words or Less | Bill LaBounty | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board I know Where We Are Tonight - Pilot Sound Board The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board St. Cloud State University 10/9/1981 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
TWENTY-FIVE WORDS OR LESS Bill LaBounty & R. Freeland I like springtime flowers That grow along the lane I like sunshine showers And walking in the rain I like a three day weekend And Sundays at the zoo And in 25 words or less I'll tell you why I like you You got he sensational smile, irresistible eyes Wo but the fascinatin' thing about you Is you look lonesome too I like a wet martini but I take my whiskey neat I like toast and honey Cause that makes my morning sweet I like a nightclub after hours I like the Coleman Hawkins blues And in 25 words or less I'll tell you why I like you You got he sensational smile, irresistible eyes Wo but the fascinatin' thing about you Is you look lonesome too I like a tropical island I play my ukulele in the lagoon I climb up the coconut tree Hula-hula with the local baboon I like milkshakes, cupcakes, clambakes, sweepstakes Lazy afternoons And in 25 words or less I'll tell you why I like you Cause you got he sensational smile, irresistible eyes Wo but the fascinatin' thing about you Is you look lonesome, I'm so lonesome You look lonesome too |
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| Two in Love | Mark Henley | MJ | N | N | Demos to Peter & Phil 7/20/1977 Studio Mark Henley demo 7/20/77 7/20/1977 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1990 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
TWO IN LOVE Mark Henley Two in love, life is worth living Two in love, takes all your giving And you let it show and everyone knows When you are two in love Once in a while, life surprises you Turns a gray day into blue The sun shines for you When you are two in love Hold on tight, love is kite in the wind Looking for wings Pulling the strings of your heart From the very start you were Two in love, holding one another Two in love, making room for the other And you let it show and everyone knows When you are two in love Hold on tight, love is kite in the wind Looking for wings Pulling the strings of your heart From the very start you were Two in love, life is worth living Two in love, takes all your giving And you let it show and everyone knows When you are two in love When you are two in love When you are two in love |
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| Two Ships that Crossed in the Moonlight | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | Y | N | MJ NAC DEMOS Studio Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Michael Johnson 1/1/1992 Album |
TWO SHIPS THAT PASSED IN THE MOONLIGHT Hugh Prestwood He was chasing fame and fortune, glory bound He was too much in a hurry to slow down And she was running from some devils that she had inside of her I'd like to say it was romantic but the truth is that they were Two ships that passed in the moonlight Two stars that crossed around midnight Without a chance either one might ever turn back Two ships that passed in the moonlight Two hearts that flashed on a hot night And then sailed on till they lost sight And never looked back There their story might have ended but you see On that cross was born a child and that child was me And darling now I must be going even though this might be love I'd like to stay a little longer but I'm just a product of Two ships that passed in the moonlight Two stars that crossed around midnight Without a chance either one might ever turn back Two ships that passed in the moonlight Two hearts that flashed on a hot night And then sailed on till they lost sight And never looked back Two ships that passed in the moonlight... |
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| Ugly Woman | Jerry Reed | Gonna Go Out and Find An Ugly Woman to Love | Recorded by Jerry Reed 1970 Georgia Woman album | MJ | Y | N | Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board |
Ain't gonna drink no more tobacco Aiin't gonna smoke no more moonshine Ain t gonna talk about pretty women Ain't gonna bother now to waste my time Ain't gonna drink no more black coffee Thinkin' about her till the broad daylight I'm gonna go out and find an ugly woman to love I'm gonna go get on my walkin' shoes And walk on down the avenue I'm gonna keep on walkin' till I find an ugly woman to love I don't care if she's short, don't care if she's fat Good to me and that's where it's at I'm gonna go and find an ugly woman to love |
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| Unconditionally | Brian O'Doherty | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Studio unknown concert Sound Board Departure Master Mix s Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MJ Album Possibilities 89 #1 Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board Departure 1/1/1995 Album Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Woodsongs Radio 6/17/2002 Radio |
UNCONDITIONALLY Well if it's me you want, I'm yours I'm a house of open doors Why should I be afraid to let you in But if you need to run, okay I'm not standing in your way You're not some prize for me to lose or win It's not some game I'm trying to play 'Cause I love you unconditionally, unconditionally Maybe you find it hard to understand You're in my heart wherever I go And I want you to know I love you still unconditionally You say you've been hurt before And there's no way to know for sure As if I'm hiding something up my sleeve There's no bridge you need to burn 'Cause I want nothing in return It's little consequence what you believe 'Cause there's no reward I'm trying to earn 'Cause I love you unconditionally, unconditionally Maybe you find it hard to understand You're in my heart wherever I go And I want you to know I want you baby, unconditionally My love is true No matter what you do It still believes in you And I do, unconditionally Maybe you find it hard to understand You're in my heart wherever I go And I want you to know I love you still, unconditionally Unconditionally |
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| Unicorn Song | Margie Adam | Best Friend | MJ | N | N | Northrup Auditorium 4/10/1976 Concert Mankato 10/22/1976 Concert Wilmar 4/6/1977 Concert MTSU 4/14/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert |
When I was growing up, my best friend was a unicorn The others smiled at me and called me crazy But I was not upset in knowing I did not conform I always thought their thinking must be hazy The unicorn and I would wile away the hours Dancing, prancing and romancing through the wild flowers And we'd sing seeing is believing in the things you see Loving is believing in the ones you love When I was seventeen, my best friend was the Northern Star The others smiled at me and called me dreamy But I was not upset because my thoughts were far away From day to day, the cares and fears and scheming The Northern Star and I would share our dreams together Dancing, prancing and romancing through all kinds of weather And we'd sing seeing is believing in the things you see Loving is believing in the ones you love And now that I am grown, my best friend lives inside of me The others smile at me and call me crazy But I am not upset for long ago I learned the key I always saw their seeing must be hazy The friend inside and I will wile away the hours Dancing, prancing and romancing through the wild flowers And we sing seeing is believing in the things you see Loving is believing in the ones you love Seeing is believing in the things you see Loving is believing in the ones you love |
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| Until It s Time for You to Go | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | I m not a dream I m not an angel I m a man You re not a queen You re a woman Take my hand We'll make a space In the lives that we planned And here we'll stay Until it's time for you to go Yes, we're different worlds apart We're not the same We laughed and played At the start like in a game You could have stayed Outside my heart But in you came And here you'll stay Until it's time for you to go Don't ask why Don't ask how Don't ask forever Love me now This love of mine Had no beginning It has no end I was an oak Now I'm a willow Now I can bend And tho' I'll never In my life see you again I still stay Until it's time for you to go Don't ask why, love me Don't ask how, love me Don't ask forever of me Love me, love me, now I m not a dream I m not an angel I m a man You re not a queen You re a woman Take my hand We'll make a space In the lives that we planned And here we'll stay Until it's time for you to go |
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| Upon a Christmas Eve | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert unknown concert Sound Board MJ Work 94 1 Live Good Company 12/14/1988 TV Video Morning Show MPR 12/19/1988 Radio Good Company 12/21/1988 Video Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Galesville 12/27/1992 Concert Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Music City Tonight 12/21/1993 TV Video Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Clark Place 12/28/2002 Video Pioneer Place 12/30/2006 Sound Board The Rosemary and Meredith Wilson harmony for Mayo Program 11/7/2016 Video |
UPON A CHRISTMAS EVE Hugh Prestwood I walked out on Christmas Eve to see the city lights Up and down the avenue, I marveled at the sights Flung out diamonds, strung out pearls, shimmered in the cold While dark skyscrapers stood their watch on windows dressed in gold And like a wise man chasing stars, I looked for a child One asleep inside of me who Christmas once beguiled Through the falling snow I tracked a fading memory Until decked out in ragged clothes, an angel came to me She smiled and said the one you've lost is easy to retrieve All you need to bring him home is something to believe Then a thousand bells rang out announcing Christmas morn And at that moment I did feel the child in me reborn So fill your heart with love tonight and wear it on your sleeve For all good things are possible upon a Christmas Eve For all good things are possible upon a Christmas Eve |
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| Useless Landscape | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| Very First Time | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | N | Dialogue 1/1/1979 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
What a change you've made in me I can't get the chill off of my back, I can't keep my heart from going pitter-pat It's a shame no one could ever see They'll just have to feel it to believe it but I know that it's real From the very first time I saw you And I felt myself floating on air For the very first time I knew I was falling in love Oh my hands keep trying to find me 'Cause when you look into my eyes, I can't seem to get a hold of myself And my only alibi is That I'm absolutely sure beyond a doubt this is real From the very first time I met you, girl And my heart sailed around the moon For the very first time I knew I was falling in love For the very first time I knew I was falling in love Knew I was falling in love Knew I was falling in love Knew I was falling in love |
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| Violets of Dawn | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | Take me to the night I'm tippin topsy turvy turning upside down Hold me close and whisper what you wish For there is no one else around You may sing song me sweet smiles Regardless of the city's careless frown Come watch the no colors fade blazing Into pedal sprays of violets of dawn In blindful wonderments enchantment I can lift my wings softly to fly Your eyes are like swift fingers reaching out Into the pockets of my night Whirling twirling puppy warm before the flashing cloak of dark is gone Come see the no colors fade blazing Into pedal sprays of violets of dawn Prince charming I'll be On Two white steeds to bring you diamond crowns And climb your tower sleeping beauty Before you ever know I've left the ground You can wear a Cinderella Snow White Alice Wonderlanded gown Come watch the no colors fade blazing Into pedal sprays of violets of dawn I don't mean to wake you up it's only loneliness just a coming on Come watch the no colors fade blazing Of violets of dawn Take me to the night I'm tippin topsy turvy turning upside down Take me to the night I'm tippin topsy turvy turning upside down |
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| Waitin Around to Die | Townes Van Zandt | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Eastman Dorm 7/25/1972 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board |
One time, friends, I had a ma I even had a pa He beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried She told him to take care of me Headed down to Tennessee It's easier than just waitin' around to die |
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| Waiting For a Sunny Day | MJ | N | N | Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board |
All day long, dreaming badly, feeling something s wrong Am I waiting for a sunny day Oh who can say which wind is blowing Oh who can say which wind is blowing You know I can t wait for winds to blow my way Let them shake the world, I know I know my way I know the songs that died unsung knew their way, too Most songs do, most songs do Where s your song Did you leave it in your throats too long Were you waiting for a sunny day Oh who can say which wind is blowing I can t wait for winds to blow my way Oh, let them shake the world, I know I know my way I know the songs that died unsung knew their way, too Most songs do, most songs do All day long, dreaming badly, feeling something s wrong Was I waiting for a sunny day |
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| Walk Me Round Your Garden | Dick Pinney | MJ | x | N | N | Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio WCCO-FM Radio 11/27/1974 Radio Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board For All You Mad Musicians 1/1/1975 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/27/1991 Concert Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
WALK ME ROUND YOUR GARDEN Dick Pinney For all you mad musicians when your dreams of fortune melt For all the crazy artists locked up painting for themselves For all the captive dancers in their motion sickness hell Well I hope that it goes well And I hope somehow you sell to someone sometime And you're all dressed up like paradise But when it's goodbye to the crowd Won't you walk me round your garden Before your sun goes down For all the politicians with their conscience for the earth For all the aging teachers looking round so far from birth For all excited scientists who run for all they're worth Well I hope that it goes well And I hope somehow you sell to someone sometime And you're all dressed up like paradise But when it's goodbye to the crowd Won't you walk me round your garden Before your sun goes down Well I hope that it goes well And I hope somehow you sell to someone sometime And you're all dressed up like paradise But when it's goodbye to the crowd Won't you walk me round your garden Before your sun goes down |
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| Way Too Blonde | Michael Johnson & WT Davidson | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 92 5 Live Live 11/8/1995 Live |
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| We Can Live on Love (Baby You're Just Like Me) | J. Buckinham, M. Gray | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
WE CAN LIVE ON LOVE (BABY YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME) J Buckingham & M. Gray Baby, you're just like me Wearing your heart out on your sleeve Making it hard for me to leave But baby I believe you got it bad as me Baby you're just like me, you're not afraid to trust your dreams Or to say the things you mean You let the good in me Be all you ever see We can live on love They said it can't be done But they don't know you like I do We can live on love Ask the stars above cause they won't lie to you But if they do Baby you're just like me, you don't believe a word they say You're gonna love me anyway No matter how hard they try They'll never change our minds We can live on love They said it can't be done But they don't know you like I do We can live on love Ask the stars above cause they won't lie to you But if they do, believe We can live on love, They said it can't be done But they don't know you like I do We can live on love Ask the stars above cause they won't lie to you baby We can live on love They said it can't be done But they don't know you like I do We can live on love Ask the stars above cause they won't lie to you We can live on love They said it can't be done But they don't know you, no they don't know you |
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| We re Still Holding Hands | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | Still Holding Hands | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio We re Still Holding Hands Studio Archives 1 Studio |
She s always there in the moonlight Smiling year after year after all this time she s been mine Through lost dreams and changes of plans Through all these years, of ups downs and tears Know what, we re still holding hands kids everywhere There s no time, just years flying by Still love makes time she s |
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| Weeping Annaleah | Mickey Newberry | MJ | N | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio Collection of Old & New Live Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live University of Minnesota 10/11/1974 Concert Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board |
WEEPING ANNALEAH Mickey Newbury Yesterday the sun was shining but you're finding The sun don't shine all the time Winter days suddenly came your way And you ran into your mind Weepin' Analeah Sleepin' Analeah So you think you're ready For me Yesterday's gone forever and ever And never to return again Though you look to the sunshine That brought warmth to your mind You find only rain Weepin' Analeah Sleepin' Analeah Oh no you're not ready For me When yesterday becomes a memory A memory that we uncover in time If you still remember that cold December When I'm reigned in your mind Weepin' Analeah Sleepin' Analeah Then you'll be ready For me All the time Weepin' Analeah Sleepin' Analeah Then you'll be ready For me |
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| What Did I Do With You | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live |
I wish I d kept all my baseball cards I bed they d be worth a fortune now In a shoebox full of san I guess my mama threw them out My first bike arrived on Christmas day Red and shiney by the tree Now it s been painted twice To a family down the street But what did I do with the greatest gift of all How could I let it just slip away The one thing I never wanted to lose What did I ever do with you All these memories dance before me now It s hard to keep from losing track I taken love Some you never But what did I do with the greatest gift of all How could I let it just slip away The one thing I never wanted to lose What did I do But what did I do with the greatest gift of all How could I let it just slip away The one thing I never wanted to lose What did I ever do with you |
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| What I Had With You | Curly Putman, Sonny Throckmorton | All I Want is | All I Want is What I Had With You | MJ | N | Y | VANGUARD #1 SONGS NOT USED Studio MJ DEMOS 2 Studio What I Had With You Studio Vanguard Project Compilation Studio MY DEMO CD #2 Studio Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert |
All I want is what I had with you It's what I just can't find with someone new I've tried other loves but they won't do 'Cause all I want is what I had with you Looking back in time, I see yesterday When I held the whole word, let it slip away Changing times and strange new loves just leave me blue All I want is what I had with you Looking back in time, I see yesterday When I held the whole word, let it slip away Changing times and strange new loves just leave me blue All I want is what I had with you All I want is what I had with you |
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| What If | B. Gari | MJ | N | N | 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live Archives 1 Studio |
What if some December The days just grew shorter and spring never came What if one summer evening The stars just grew dimmer till no light remained What if you stop loving me What if you stop loving me What if the ice age was upon us And snow just kept falling for ten thousand years What if the sea was overflowing Life as we know it just disappeared What if you stop loving me What if you stop loving me I can t imagine my world without you What would life be Now that I built my whole world around you Say you ll never leave me What if the flowers bloomed in April And sun rose at dawning the way it should be What if you keep loving me What if you keep loving me |
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| What She Doesn t Know | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ Work 92 5 Live MJ Work 93 1 Live MJ Work 93 2 Live |
I memorized the note she left Said I didn t need her anymore I thought of all the nights she spent Waiting at the door And I never meant to hurt her Never dreamed she d go away My friends use to warn me that I d stay out at night I d just smile at them and say What she doesn t know won t her Now I see what she doesn t know won t hurt her But it s killing me But what she doesn t know is she s the only one Who makes my life worth living for What she doesn t know won t hurt her anymore I pretended not to see Now words so long unsaid now come back to me Friends tell me they ll anything Why won t they tell her to come home I can hear them whisper man he ll never change What she doesn t know won t her Can t they see What she doesn t know won t hurt her But it s killing me But what she doesn t know is she s the only one Who makes my life worth living for What she doesn t know won t hurt her anymore What she doesn t know won t hurt her anymore |
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| What ll I Do | Irving Berlin | MJ | x | N | N | Joe Murphy #1 Symph Studio MJ SONGS FOR 4-29-99 1/1/1999 Studio Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio Memorial Hall 10/20/2001 Video Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Machine Gun Johnson: Love Songs for Big People 1/1/2012 Studio Moonlit Deja Vu 7/30/2012 Album |
Gone is the romance that was so divine. 'Tis broken and can not be mended. You must go your way and I must go mine. But now that our love dreams have ended. What'll I do when you are far away And I am blue, what'll I do? What'll I do when I am wond'rin who Is kissing you, what'll I do? Chorus: What'll I do with just a photograph To tell my troubles to when I'm alone With only dreams of you That won't come true, what'll I do? --- Instrumental --- Chorus: What'll I do with just a photograph To tell my troubles to when I'm alone With only dreams of you That won't come true, what'll I do? What'll I do? What'll I do? |
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| What's Time to a Hog | Dean Webb, Mitchell F. Jayne | MJ | N | N | Publisher demos Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Amazingrace 6/29/1974 Sound Board Earl of Old Town 12/8/1974 Sound Board WCCO-FM Radio 5/23/1975 Radio Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert Sound Board Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert |
WHAT'S TIME TO A HOG The Dillard Brothers Dean Webb - Mitch JayneDean Webb - Mitch Jayne What's time to a hog What's a Nobel prize to a toad Or a fiddle to a frog What's time to a hog Well everybody knows that a hog don't hurry Everybody knows that a hog don't worry Well it seems to me We could figure it out What's a hoot to an owl What's Claire Booth Luce to a goose Or fame to a fowl What's time to a hog Well everything depends on how you see it Be the kind of person that you can be Well it seems to me That's what it's all for What's money to a dog What's dynamite dope to the dope Or religion to a round ground hog What's time to a hog Well everything depends on how you see it Be the kind of person that you can be Well it seems to me That's what it's all for What's a rubber to a duck What's the old cow think When you load her on a truck What's time to a hog |
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| When I Fall In Love | MJ | N | N | Work Tape Live MJ Work 95 2 Live Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board |
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| When I m Home | Michael McDonald | If She'll Be There | MJ | N | N | PIano Rehearsal Live Piano Rehearsal Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board |
Wonder if this road is ever really gonna end Wonder if it hurts this time, do I just pretend Wonder if the pieces to her heart fit back the same And I wonder if she'll be there when I'm home Wonder if that honky-tonk still needs a guitar man Cause it don't suit me out working on no highway gang again Wonder should I call ahead before I'm mostly there And I wonder if she'll be there when I'm home Daydreams tend to lead us off every now and then I recall pretending who I'd be when I saw her again But that was far from being busted on some bus for home again And I wonder if she'll be there when I'm home Oh I wonder if she'll be there when I'm home |
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| When She Smiled at Him | Michael Johnson, Chappell Beeson | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 1 Studio MJ Demos Studio MJ Work 93 2 Live Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board |
Well he wasn't prepared for a daughter He thought how nice a son would have been She had her way with her father When she smiled at him Years ago he stopped trying to change her He knew that he just couldn't win She'd come home with stray dogs and strangers And he'd have to let them in When she smiled at him Now those old memories linger In his mind she's still only ten And he's still wrapped around her finger like the first time When she smiled at him When he gave her away at the wedding He paused for a moment and then He whispered I thiknk now I m ready And then she smiled at him Now as the years fade into each other He may forget things now and then But her face now so much like her mother's Still carries him back again When she smiled at him How those old memories linger In his mind she'll always be ten And he's still wrapped around her finger like the first time When she smiled at him How those old memories linger In his mind she's still only ten And he's still wrapped around her finger like the first time When she smiled at him When she smiled at him |
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| When the Feeling Comes Around | Rick Cunha | MJ | x | Y | N | Demos to Peter & Phil 7/20/1977 Studio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Concordia College 1/28/1978 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video |
WHEN THE FEELING COMES AROUND We were walking in the sand And I could feel your heart pound A man and a woman walking in the sundown Maybe now I understand Why you feel the way you do We all have the same emotions And I can feel it, too It's like the rocking of the ocean Like the rolling of the sea The feeling comes around The feeling comes around It's like the rocking of the ocean Like the rolling of the sea When the feeling comes around You know that something down inside Tells me this is real Not just going through the motions this time I know it's love we feel And I have looked at love before And I was looking all around you And I'm not looking anymore Ever since I found you, I found you It's like the rocking of the ocean Like the rolling of the sea Feeling comes around Feeling comes around Like the rocking of the ocean Like the rolling of the sea When the feeling comes around |
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| When the World Was Young | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | It isn't by chance I happen to be A boulevardier, the toast of Paris For over the noise, the talk and the smoke I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a jokeI walk in a room, a party or ball "Come sit over here" somebody will call "A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all! But how many times I stop and recall Ah, the apple trees, blossoms in the breeze That we walked among, lying in the hay Games we used to play while the rounds were sung Only yesterday, when the world was young Wherever I go they mention my name And that in itself, is some sort of fame "Come by for a drink, we're having a game Wherever I go I'm glad that I came The talk is quite gay, the company fine There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine And beautiful girls and some of them mine But often my eyes see a diff'rent shine Ah, the apple trees, sunlit memories Where the hammock swung On our backs we'd lie looking at the sky Till the stars were strung Only last July when the world was young Ah, the apple trees, blossoms in the breeze That we walked among, lying in the hay Games we used to play while the rounds were sung Only yesterday, when the world was young While sitting around, we often recall The laugh of the year, the night of them all The blonde who was so attractive that year Some opening night that made us all cheer Remember that time we all got so tight And Jacques and Antoine got into a fight The gendarmes who came, passed out like a light I laugh with the rest, it's all very bright |
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| When You Come Home | Eric Kaz, Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | The Michael Johnson Album 1/1/1978 Album Northrup Auditorium 10/14/1978 Sound Board Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Soundcheck Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert |
WHEN YOU COME HOME Eric Kaz & Tom Snow When you come home, fire'll be burning deep inside my heart I've been a fool, I never knew what missing you could put me through When you come home, I'm going show you how I really feel I can't believe I ever let you go, the truth is hard to show And darling, you should know And now I tell myself that loving you is all I wanna do I'd give anything just to have you back again 'Cause I can't make it on my own, feel I'm sinking like a stone Oh rescue me, darling please come home And now I tell myself that loving you is all I wanna do I'd give anything just to have you back again 'Cause I can't make it on my own, feel I'm sinking like a stone Oh rescue me, darling please come home Darling please come home Darling please come home |
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| Whenever I Call You Friend | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 96 3 Live Then & Now 1/1/1997 Album Manila 1/1/1999 Sound Board Manila 2 1/1/1999 Sound Board |
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| Wherefore and the Why | Gordon Lightfoot | MJ | Y | N | Earl of Old Town Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Concert Holstein s Folk Club 11/4/1983 Sound Board |
When I awoke this morning, something inside of me Told me that this would be my day I heard the morning train, I felt the wind change Too many times I'm on my way But come on sunshine, what can you show me Where can you take me to make me understand The winds can shake me, brothers forsake me The rain can touch me but can I touch the rain I saw the sunrise above a cotton sky Just like a candy cane delight I saw the milkman, I saw the businessman I saw the only road in sight Then I got to thinking, what makes you wanna go To know the wherefore and the why So many times now, oh God, I can't remember Was it September or July Come on sunshine, what can you show me Where can you take me to make me understand The winds can shake me, brothers forsake me The rain can touch me but can I touch the rain So much to lose, so much to gain All at once it came to me, I saw the wherefore And you can see it if you try It's in the sun above, it's in the one you love You'll never know the reason why Come on sunshine, what can you show me Where can you take me to make me understand The winds can shake me, brothers forsake me The rain can touch me but can I touch the rain So much to lose, so much to gain |
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| White House Pet | Mac McAnally | favorite Mac McAnnally song of MJ s | MJ | x | N | N | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Holstein s Concert Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Orchestra Hall 4/1/1984 Concert Burnsville High School 9/9/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Rochester 6/27/1985 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1985 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Three Wishes 1/1/1989 Concert St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Minnesota State Fair 9/1/1992 Sound Board Morning Show MPR 9/29/1992 Radio Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Folkstage 6/16/2001 Radio |
Well some kind of parties are lots of fun But right now I can't think of one 'Cause the only arty that's on my mind Is that low down politician kind It takes a whole lot less to beat a donkey than an elephant But a donkey, he's more likely to forget Either way you lose the human element Well it's an animal kingdom, let's elect anew white house pet Some old buzzard asked some old goat If the donkey or the elephant got his vote Well the goat's been a donkey most of his life But he changed his tune for this elephant wife It takes a whole lot less to beat a donkey than an elephant But a donkey, he's more likely to forget Either way you lose the human element Well it's an animal kingdom, let's elect anew white house pet Well there's lots of parties at election time Party favors and party lines Well it's a costume party, what shall I wear Well I believe I'll go as a man that cares It takes a whole lot less to beat a donkey than an elephant But a donkey, he's more likely to forget. yeah Either way you lose the human element Well it's an animal kingdom, let's elect anew white house Well it's an animal kingdom, let's elect anew white house Well it's an animal kingdom, let's elect anew white house pet |
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| Who Am I This Time | MJ | N | N | Cassette Songs 2 Studio | ||||||
| Who's That Look in Your Eye | Robert Byrne & T. Brasfield | MJ | N | N | Lifetime Guarantee 1/1/0983 Album Demos - Conglom 3/82 1 of 2 3/1/1982 Studio |
WHO'S THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE Robert Byrne & T. Brasfield You used to never could let go Now you hold me like someone you don't know I used to be your look of love Now you're staring blindly like there's someone behind me Who's that look in your eye Who's the man on your mind Who's the reason why you don't love me anymore Who's that look in your eye It don't look like me 'Cause I've never seen that look in your eye before Is it anyone I know Is it a perfect stranger, baby I don't wanna know 'Cause he don't look so good to me I just think I'll close my eyes 'cause I don't want to see Who's that look in your eye Who's the man on your mind Who's the reason why you don't love me anymore Who's that look in your eye Well it don't look like me And I've never seen that look in your eye before Who's that look in your eye Who's the man on your mind He's the reason why you don't love me anymore Who's that look in your eye Well it just can't be me 'Cause I've never seen that look in your eye before Who's that look in your eye Who's the man on your mind Who's the reason why you don't love me anymore Who's that look in your eye 'Cause it don't look like me And I've never seen that look in your eye before |
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| Why It Kills Us to Compromise | Bill Gable | MJ | x | N | N | unknown concert Sound Board MJ Work 92 4 Live HIlton Hotel 8/26/1992 Live Morning Show MPR 9/29/1992 Radio Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 2/12/1993 Sound Board Galesville 6/27/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board CAFE Radio 12/14/1993 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1993 Sound Board Concert Orchestra Hall 12/26/1995 Concert Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/1/1996 Sound Board Memorial Hall 11/15/1996 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sinnissippi Bandshell 8/8/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Old Metropolis 11/10/2000 Video Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board |
there was no word of warning it hit him one morning he was still in the prime of his life he took to his bed with a terrible feeling while the doctors were rushed to his side some kind of voodoo curse some dark aboriginal spell too malignant to ever reverse too abstract for the power of science to quell they huddled around him with pills and prescriptions they filled up his head with advice but they left him no cure for the things he was seeing that kept him awake every night there isn t a medicine made to put back the fire in your eyes nobody knows why it kills us to compromise is it chemical, spiritual emotional, material the dye that we use on our hair the creamer in coffee that lowers our resistance to something unseen in the air how can the soul stand up subjected to all this disease from the day we drop dead on the street to the prickly rash we develop on the soles of our feet no talking in tongues no laying on of hands no soaking the body in ice can ever replenish the vitamins lacking that keeps us on edge all our lives there isn t a medicine made to put back the fire in your eyes nobody knows why it kills us to compromise |
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| Wild Mountain Thyme | Traditional | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Oh the summertime is coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will ye go, Lassie go? And we'll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, Lassie go? I will build my love a tower Near yon' pure crystal fountain And on it I will build All the flowers of the mountain Will ye go, Lassie go? And we'll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, Lassie go? If my true love she were gone I would surely find another To pluck wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will ye go, Lassie go? And we'll all go together To pluck wild mountain thyme All around the blooming heather Will ye go, Lassie go? Let us go, lassie, go |
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| Willie and the Hand Jive | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live | I know a cat named Way-Out Willie Had a cool little chick named Rockin' Billie Made a heart of stone Susie-Q, doin' that crazy hand jive too Papa said "You will ruin my house. You and that hand jive have got to go" Willie said "Papa, don't you put me down, Been doin' that hand jive all over town." Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive I don't want you to get on the floor Gettin' low, getting down with sister go Come on, get baby, little sister'll die Said doin' that hand jive one more time Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive Doctor getting low and he getting check Now they're all digging that crazy beat Way-Out Willie gave 'em all a treat Been doin' that hand jive with his feet Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive Willi and Billie got married last fall Had to live with his sisters and that ain't all Daddy got famous it's plain to see Been doin' that hand jive on his knees Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive |
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| Wilson Girl | Michael Johnson, Ted Sherman, Mark Henley | Ballad of Debbie Wilson, Debbie Wilson | MJ | N | N | MJ Demos 1 Studio Archives 3 Studio Charlotte s Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board Amazingrace 6/29/1974 Sound Board Amazingrace 5/26/1975 Sound Board Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
archives: The devil held a meeting, had the bad guys all around He said I'd like a breakdown of the programs goin' round Ouija boards are doing fine, astrology as well We've a winner here in drug abuse; said Satan, give 'em hell Little Debbie Wilson, just sixteen years in May Mama died the year before Papa drunk himself away She took to drugs a year before she took out on her own The devil's got her mother while her Grandma prays at home We need an angel to help Grandma keep the devil from her door She's been prayin' all night long and her knees are gettin' sore Oh please Dr. Hensley, don't let us hear you say The devil's drug division took the Wilson girl away A séance was suggested by a hippie friend she knew Madame Van Tossel said "I bring your mama back to you" She heard the voice, she saw the face, she said "Mom, is that really you" The devil lied, his voice disguised, he said "Yes, I'm here, it's true" We need an angel to help Grandma keep the devil from her door No no no she's in Satan's camp, please send Debbie home She's been prayin' all night long and her knees are gettin' sore Put a burden on her heart but don't let him get her soul Oh please Dr. Hensley, don't let us hear you say Put snakes before the enemy, she knows not what she's done The devil's drug division, it took the Wilson girl away Please send Debbie home to me and prove once more your love Sixty LSD trips, her brain began to gel During that third flashback, her face began to melt Rushed to the infirmary and lying on her bed She cast aside the devil's pride, she took the Lord instead We need an angel to help Grandma keep the devil from her door Oh Lord Jesus, please hold back the darkness from her door She's been prayin' all night long and her knees are gettin' sore I'm pleading, pleading the blood of Christ Oh please Dr. Hensley, don't let us hear you say I'm praying you'll let Debbie become conscious just once more The devil's drug division, it took the Wilson girl away I can lead her to the savior if I get her before she goes We need an angel to help Grandma keep the devil from her door She's been prayin' all night long and her knees are gettin' sore Oh please Dr. Hensley, don't let us hear you say Grandma cried when Debbie died, she thanked the Lord that day |
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| Win Back Your Heart | Randy Goodrum | MJ | Y | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos Studio |
WIN BACK YOUR HEART Please don't tell him that I'm calling you up Make believe it's just a friend who is keeping in touch Don't tell him I'm crying, still crying Please don't listen if you don't feel you should 'Cause what I tell you might have an effect on you Don't tell him I'm trying, still trying to Win back your heart again, baby Win back the part that you once promised me Take back some love that is rightfully mine That's all I want is just to Win back your heart again, baby Win back the part that is mine Tell him all that I want Is just to have a little bit of your time I'll want you till the day I die Please don't tell that it's me on the phone 'Cause if he knew it wouldn't take him too long To figure out that I'm trying, still trying Win back your heart again, baby Win back the part that you once promised me Take back some love that is rightfully mine That's all I want All I want is just to Win back your heart again, baby Win back the part that you once promised me Take back some love that is rightfully mine That's all I want is just to Win back your heart again Win back the part that you once promised me Take back some love that is rightfully mine ... |
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| Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod | Eugene Fields, Lucy Simon | MJ | N | N | Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod | Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod one night Sailed off on a wooden shoe Sailed down a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew Now where are you going and what do you wish The old moon asked the three Well we`re going out fishing for Herring fish That live in the beautiful sea And some silver and gold have we Said Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod The old moon laughed and sang a song As they rocked in their wooden shoe And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew While the little stars were the Herring fish That lived in the beautiful sea Now cast your nets where ever you wish Never afeared are we So sang the stars to the fishermen three Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod All night long their nets they threw To the stars in the twinkling foam Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe Bringing the fishermen home T`was all so pretty a sight it seemed As if it could not be And some folks thought t`was a dream they dreamed Of sailing the beautiful sea But I shall name you the fishermen three Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod Now Winkin` and Blinkin` are two little eyes And Nod is a little head And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee ones trundle bed So close your eyes while mother sings Of the beautiful sights that be And you will see the wonderful things As you rock in your misty sea Where the old moon rocked the fishermen three Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod |
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| Winner in Your Eyes | Randy Goodrum | MJ | N | Y | Rehearsal Solo New Songs for Orchestra Hall 1983 Live Orchestra Hall 3/8/1983 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board Chicago 1/1/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert |
If I'm never the winner that you think I am If I never hold the golden prize I want you to know what it means to me To always be a winner in your eyes So here's to things only the heart can see For the love I feel for you and the faith you have in me Though I may not be the best at anything I try It's enough for me to be a winner in your eyes A winner in your eyes Sometimes at night when we're lying here In the darkness, it all becomes so clear I turn to kiss you and that's when I see The reflection of a winner in your eyes So here's to things only the heart can see For the love I feel for you and the faith you have in me Though I may not be the best at anything I try It's enough for me to be a winner in your eyes A winner in your eyes Though I may not be the best at anything I try It's enough for me to be a winner in your eyes A winner in your eyes |
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| Winter Sky | Billy Edd Wheeler | MJ | Y | N | This Must Be The Place 12/29/1973 TV Audio Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board |
WINTER SKY Out under the winter sky Out under the winter sky Stars come trembling on my eye Stars do trembling my eye And I feel like something's gonna die I feel like something's gonna die And I feel like something's gonna die Hand me wings for to fly High is heaven in early morn High is heaven in early morn Men lie sleeping in beds that are warm Sleep in beds that are warm And I feel like something's being born I feel like something's being born And I feel like something's being born Tells my soul not to mourn |
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| With You, With Me | Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins | MJ | N | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live |
Cadillac With you, with me WIth you I ll never need With you, I ll be supre With me, you ll never worry With me, there s a guarantee it s all gonna be alright, with you, with me With you, with me |
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| Woman Like You | MJ | Y | N | MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live |
Moonight I get so close, you know it s But I can get that feeling back again I ve been looking My heart won t settle for a substitute This time is gonna be the best time I know I tried stand ins and now they re And now I know I Cause My I m gonna win you Cause there s a lot of men like I ve been |
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| Wonderful World of Sex | Michael Smith | MJ | x | N | N | unknown Set 2? Sound Board unknown Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board College Concert 1/1/1971 Sound Board Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/25/1978 Sound Board Exit Inn 9/26/1978 Sound Board Gusman Cultural Center 6/14/1981 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1982 Sound Board Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert University of Washington 10/11/1984 Sound Board Bunky s 3/14/1985 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Shoreline Amphitheatre 10/8/1993 Video Gustavus 12/10/1993 Concert Gustavus 12/10/1993 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board |
I could learn to speak Vietnamese by myself I can even teach it to my good dog, Ralph I could learn to read your every book upon the shelf And I can learn to tell your fortune like the Oracles of Delphi I could learn to tell you every flower bud's color And I can learn to swim as fast as Johnny Weismuller But I couldn't every learn to get along without you Don't you run away from me I sure dig sex You can get love from your papa or your mama You can get warm from a Turkish or a sauna You can get hot from tortillas and lasagna But you get all three when you make it with me baby Well now I really must confess it gets me in the solar plexus When I think about the differences there are between the sexes Peanut butter sandwiches are pretty damn neat But when you get right down to it, you can't compete With good ol' double S E double X It's campers and Batman and bigger than Texas You're concave, I'm convex Welcome to the world of sex Do I love you, is the pope Catholic Do I need you, is the rubber bank elastic Do I want you, is the atom bomb drastic Let's be heterosexually entwined We fit like a Hong Kong suit I dig you more than I dig root beer Green giant peas need a big green pod I spend a lot of time needing your bod Well now we're walking around through fields of clover Can't we lie down and talk things over You never know what's coming off next Do you, huh In the wonderful world of sex |
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| World I Used To Know | Kingston Trio | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | Some day some old familiar rain will come along and know my name And then my shelter will be gone and I'll have to move along But 'till I do I'll stay awhile and track the hidden country of your smile Some day the man I use to be will come along and call on me And then because I'm just a man, you'll find my feet are made of sand But 'till that time I'll tell you lies and chart the hidden boundaries of your eyes Some day the world I use to know will come along and bid me go Then I'll be leaving you behind for love is just a state of mind But 'till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can And 'till that day I'll be your man and love away your troubles if I can |
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| Worth the Trouble | Hugh Prestwood | MJ | x | N | N | Charlotte s Web Sound Board Concert MJ NAC DEMOS Studio MJ Demos 1 Studio Demos Studio Departure Master Mix s Studio MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live Vanguard Project Compilation Studio Archives 2 Studio Demos Studio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video KTCZ 12/18/1989 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1989 Sound Board MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live Texas Connection 2/18/1992 Video Departure 1/1/1995 Album |
WORTH THE TROUBLE Even though you love her, even though she loves you Even though you're both committed to seeing it through Seems no matter how it's going, the going is tough You thought that love was all you need, well it ain't enough You've been thinking is she worth the trouble Is she worth it Is she worth the trouble Is she really worth it It's a basic disagreement between your head and your heart You know you'd say goodbye tomorrow if you were smart But your heart keeps saying hold on, don't give up now You can try a little harder and work it out somehow You keep thinking is she worth the trouble Is she worth it Is she worth the trouble Is she really worth it Is she worth the trouble Is she worth the trouble Is she really worth the trouble Is she really worth the trouble |
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| Yellow Cat | Steve Fromholz | MJ | Y | N | MJ DEMOS 2 Studio Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board Demos to Peter & Phil 7/20/1977 Studio KDWB-FM Blueberry Blue Hour 10/16/1977 Radio O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 11/25/1977 Concert Demos 2/1/1992 Studio |
YELLOW CAT Steve Fromholz It's late December and the new year's never coming Time passes slowly in a two room walk up flat The sun is silent, there's a cold rain gonna come on No one to talk to but my lady's yellow cat The wind is whipping up the papers in the streets below I got some books to read but seems they've all been read The clouds are crowded in a misty drifting sky above And I wish to hell I could remember what I said Well I guess I'll just go walking The cat's no good for talking to And he don't know what I'm saying And the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind The street lights sifting through the blinds that cover window panes Blending softly with the bare lights overhead Then together they run swiftly through my memory An eerie image of a strange and empty bed Well I guess I'll just go walking The cat's no good for talking to And he don't know what I'm saying And the rain is always playing on my mind, on my mind One crystal wine glass on a table filled with scarlet stains Stands alone and empty where there once were two The jug is silent on the table by the broken glass The wine is gone, my lady, and so, my love, are you Well I guess I'll just go walking The cat's no good for talking to And he don't know what I'm saying And the rain is always playing on my mind On my mind, on my mind |
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| Yellow Lights | Mac McAnally | MJ | N | N | Publisher demos Studio Classics 2 Studio Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board Bemidji 12/28/1990 Concert |
Flowing in this river of cars Following these traffic light stars I drive because I'm driven to be more than what I am I got a roll of ones and a car that runs and a girl that's cute from an angle And sometimes that ain't nothing Those are the times that got me tangled up in Trying to make them yellow lights last Oh trying to make them yellow lights, yellow lights Radio plays a never ending song When it's good and when it's bad I sing along And the words they don't mean nothing, just a soundtrack for my life Give me gas to burn and a dance to learn and I look so tough from a distance The old folks can't ignore me They put their ears to the ground and listen for me Trying to make them yellow lights last Oh trying to make them yellow lights Everybody's taking their chance Maybe finance, power or romance And the things they think they need are out here flashing all the time When they laugh at me, my philosophy looks the same as theirs with an angle One way or another almost everybody's tangled up in Trying to make them yellow lights last Oh trying to make them yellow lights, yellow lights |
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| Yesterday | MJ | N | N | Tangerine Room 2/1/1966 Sound Board | ||||||
| You Are Too Beautiful | Rodgers & Hammerstein | MJ | N | N | Hudson 3/24/1984 Concert | YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL Rodgers & Hammerstein You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true And I'm a fool for beauty Fooled by the feeling that because I have found you I could have bound you, too You are too beautiful for one man alone For one lucky fool to be with When there are other men with eyes of their own To see with Love does not stand sharing Not if one cares Have you been comparing My every kiss with theirs If on the other hand I'm faithful to you It's not through a sense of duty You are too beautiful And I am a fool For beauty |
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| You Belong to Me | Chilton Price | It is credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song, and gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity. She did this because of the success of an earlier hit which she had written, "Slow Poke," which had done so well with a similar arrangement that she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song herself. | MJ | N | N | O'Shaughnessy 12/28/1979 Sound Board | You Belong to Me See the pyramids along the Nile Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle Just remember, darling, all the while You belong to me See the marketplace in old Algiers Send me photographs and souvenirs Just remember, when a dream appears You belong to me And I'll be so alone without you May you'll be lonesome, too And blue Fly the ocean in a silver plane See the jungle when it's wet with rain Just remember till you're home again You belong to me |
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| You Can Call Me Blue | Larry Brown, David Morgan | MJ | N | N | Minnesota State Fair 8/21/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album The Very Best Of Michael Johnson: Bluer Than Blue (1978-1995) - 1999 1/1/1999 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
YOU CAN CALL ME BLUE Larry Brown & David Morgan Well I'm not a foolish man but I'm half out of my head Sitting here remembering the foolish things I said Here nobody knows me, nobody asks my name But it doesn't really matter 'cause it feels about the same You can call me blue, you can call me untrue You can call me wrong even if the love is gone You can call me friend till the very end Anytime you got an extra dime, call me sometime Well I really let you down and I watched you rise above Now I'm trying to get used to not believing in your love I'm sitting here remembering, trying to drink away my tears But the dreams won't die easy, I'll be dreaming them for years You can call me blue, you can call me untrue You can call me wrong even if the love is gone You can call me friend till the very end Anytime you got an extra dime, call me sometime Could've called me fool, you should've called me mad But you didn't have to call if off, you made me feel so bad You can call me blue, you can call me untrue You can call me wrong even if the love is gone You can call me friend till the very end Anytime you got an extra dime, call me sometime You can call me blue, you can call me untrue You can call me wrong even if the love is gone You can call me friend till the very end Anytime you got an extra dime, you can call me, call me You can call me blue... |
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| You Didn't Have to Be So Nice | MJ | N | N | Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert | You didn't have to be so nice I would have liked you anyway If you had just looked once or twice And gone upon your quiet way Today I said the time was right for me to follow you I knew I'd find you in a day or two And it's true You came upon a quiet day (ooh) You simply seemed to take your place (ooh) I knew that it would be that way (ooh) The minute that I saw your face And when we've had a few more days (when we've had a few more days) I wonder if I'll get to say (wonder if I'll get to say) You didn't have to be so nice (be so nice) I would have liked you anyway (would have liked...) Today I said the time was right for me to follow you (...today said that the time was right to follow you) I knew I'd find you in a day or two (I knew that I would find you in a day or two) And it's true You didn't have to be so nice (didn't have to be so nice) I would have liked you anyway (would have liked you anyway) If you had just looked once or twice (once or twice) And gone upon your quiet way (quiet way) |
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| You Don t Know What Love Is | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | ||||||
| You Never Get a Chance to Raise Your Children Twice | MJ | N | N | Tape marked ERASE Studio | ||||||
| You Sure Fooled Me | Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album | YOU SURE FOOLED ME Cynthia Weil & Tom Snow I must have been too good to be true So trusting and so naive You must have laughed when you said I love you And I honestly did believe The night I whispered don't be afraid I could've sworn it was love we made Baby, you sure fooled me Had me going right up to the end Baby, you sure fooled me But I bet you no one's ever gonna fool me again I thought you shared the feelings I felt From the very first time we kissed But you were just amusing yourself Adding one more heart to your list I never thought I could be so dumb But you were just as smooth as they come Baby, you sure fooled me Had me going right up to the end Baby, you sure fooled me But I bet you no one's ever gonna fool me again The night I whispered don't be afraid I could've sworn it was love we made Baby, you sure fooled me Had me going right up to the end Baby, you sure fooled me But I bet you no one's ever gonna fool me again You sure fooled me Had me going right up to the end Baby, you sure fooled me But I bet you no one's ever gonna fool me again |
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| You Sure have got a Pretty Nice Bod | Michael Smith | You Certainly Have Got a Pretty Fantastic Bod | MJ | N | N | Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board Summer 70 concert & 5 Songs from Recording Studio 1/1/1970 Sound Board Studio Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board Hamline University 2/10/1978 Concert |
YOU SURE HAVE GOT A PRETTY NICE BOD Mike Smith So you say your favorite actor is Troy Donahue And you've never read a book except in school And your family likes to sing along with Mitch ? And you think that you'd like to go to Europe For if France and Spain ? Your favorite jazz musician is far out Lawrence Welk There's one reason why I've got to make you mine You certainly have got a pretty fantastic bod It's true ? ? And I appreciate your bod My God, I appreciate your bod your brains don't rate a passing nod Oh God, I appreciate your bod So ? Oh how happy we could be You and me and that B O D My God I do appreciate your bod |
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| You Take Me Home | Craig Bickhardt | MJ | N | N | MJ Work 96 3 Live Classics and Publsihers Demos Studio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Galesville 12/28/1993 Concert Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board |
YOU TAKE ME HOME Sometimes it feels like I'm on the moon Something inside of me is out of tune Water has a funny taste And the stars are out of place And I know I don't belong here Back home the leaves would be turning now A gentle snow would be on the ground Here it's only cold and gray But I always have a way Back to where my heart is Cause you take me home When you wrap your arms around me You take me home To a place where love surrounds me With a gentle locomotion, you take me home No one knows my name at the grocery store Guess they don't know what a smile is for I dream about the place I miss Then you wake me with a kiss And I'm as good as going Cause you take me home When you wrap your arms around me You take me home To a place where love surrounds me With a gentle locomotion, you take me home I don't need no airplane ticket, you take me home Hang up on the operator, you take me home I don't need no Greyhound station, you take me home, take me home I don't need no homesick letter, you take me home |
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| You Were On My Mind | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live |
When I woke up this morning You were on my mind And you were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind So I went to the corner Just to ease my pains Yeah, just to ease my pains I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I came home again When I woke up this morning You were on my mi-i-i-ind and You were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind And I got a feelin' Down in my sho-oo-oo-oes, said Way down in my sho-oo-oes Yeah, I got to ramble, whoa-oh I got to move on, whoa-oh I got to walk away my blues When I woke up this morning You were on my mind You were on my mind I got troubles, whoa-oh I got worries, whoa-oh I got wounds to bind |
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| You Will Wear Velvet | Mabel Mercer song | MJ | N | N | March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board | You will wear velvet, little girl When you grow up, you'll brighten the world You will take laughter everywhere Slippers of silver will carry you there All your life waits for you And somewhere love waits, too Smiling and sleepy, close your eyes Follow your dreams to paradise All your life waits for you And somewhere love waits, too Smiling and sleepy, close your eyes Follow your dreams to paradise |
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| You, You, You | Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford | MJ | N | N | You Can Call Me Blue 1/1/1988 Album | YOU, YOU, YOU I was so full of hope, I was so full of plans I was so sure you'd love me back, take me for your man And I had so much love and I had so much time I was sure you'd come around How could I know you're not the kind Oh you, you, you, you, what did I ever do To hurt you, you, you, oh you Listen to my tears, they're crying for one who never hears They're crying for someone, you know who, it's you, it's you I thought I had your heart, I thought I had a chance I'd stand in line in freezing rain just to watch you dance I thought you knew my name, I thought you liked my face I held your coat, I held your hand I thought that you would hold my place Oh you, you, you, you, what did I ever do To hurt you, you, you, oh you Listen to my tears, they're crying for one who never hears They're crying for someone, you know who, it's you, I can't get to sleep at night Tears have made me blind I just stay awake With only one thing on my mind Oh you, you, you, you, what did I ever do To hurt you, you, you, oh you Listen to my tears, they're crying for one who never hears They're crying for someone, you know who It's you, you, you ... |
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| You'll Always be Heart and Soul to Me | Pat Alger | MJ | x | N | N | Classics and Publsihers Demos ODemos Orchestra Hall 12/26/1987 Sound Board Morning Show MPR 12/19/1988 Radio Orchestra Hall 12/26/1988 Sound Board St. Ben s 2/27/1989 Concert Good Evening Show MPR 5/13/1989 Radio Rockford Theater 12/16/1989 Video Minnesota State Fair 8/29/1990 Sound Board Nashville Now 9/27/1990 TV Video Gustavus 12/1/1991 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/23/1991 Sound Board Appleton High School Auditorium 10/3/1992 Sound Board unknown concert 10/5/1992 Sound Board Gustavus 12/1/1992 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1992 Sound Board Concert Massacoit Community College 5/13/1994 Video Gustavus 12/13/1996 Sound Board Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 1/24/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/21/1998 Video Sangre De Cristo Arts Center 10/2/1998 Sound Board Memorial Hall 3/5/1999 Video Live At The Bluebird Cafe 1/1/2000 Album Bluebird Cafe 6/20/2000 Sound Board Gustavus 1/13/2001 Sound Board Gustavus 1/11/2002 Sound Board Cedarburg Cultural Center 9/20/2002 Sound Board Mendelssohn Club 10/11/2003 Video |
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE HEART AND SOUL TO ME Four hands, heart and soul Out of tune on my old piano Days were soft, nights were slow Fingers poppin' to the radio Oh you were always there beside me When trouble came, you would hide me You will always be heart and soul to me And you'd write me poetry Simple lines so innocently Songs would pour from my guitar Easy ones 'bout the moon and stars And you were always there beside me When trouble came, you would hide me You will always be heart and soul to me I wonder where you are tonight I wonder in whose arms tonight I wonder if you think of me With your heart and soul in the key of C Oh you were always there beside me When trouble came, you would hide me You will always be, in my mind I can see You will always be heart and soul to me |
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| You re Discovering I m Not What I Seem | MJ | N | N | Reel to Reel Demos Duets 1/1/1968 Studio | You re discovering I m not what I seem You re discovering you don t like my dreams I take a little when I m lonely, tell a lie now and then And maybe I drink too much But I m just coming down from the clouds Just walking back to the crowds Figure it out, I m lonely And every man here is an island in the sea |
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| You're Not Easy to Forget | Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow | MJ | N | N | Home Free 1/1/1981 Album Classic Masters 1/1/2002 Album |
YOU'RE NOT EASY TO FORGET Cynthia Weil & Tom Snow Everyone's saying it's for the best and I shouldn't be feeling so depressed Everyone's telling me I'll be fine and all that it takes is time They say I should get my heart in hand But nobody seems to understand That you're not easy to forget, seems no matter what I do I just can't seem to remember I'm not in love with you You're not easy to forget, I've been trying everyday But your memory keeps getting in my way Ever since you've been gone I find not a day goes by you don't cross my mind Then when I close my eyes it seems, there you are, running through my dreams When somebody tries to take your place I just look at her and see your face 'Cause you're not easy to forget, seems no matter what I do I just can't seem to remember I'm not in love with you You're not easy to forget, I've been trying everyday But your memory keeps getting in my way There's no getting into getting over you After all we've been though I just can't get the knack Of not wanting you back 'Cause you're not easy to forget, seems no matter what I do I just can't seem to remember I'm not in love with you You're not easy to forget, I've been trying everyday But your memory keeps getting in my way You're not easy to forget ... |
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| You've Got to Be Carefully Taught | Rodgers & Hammerstein | MJ | N | N | Demos Studio MJ MASTERS NOT USED 1 Studio Demos Studio Charlotte's Web 9/14/1972 Sound Board There is a Breeze 1/1/1973 Album |
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT Rodgers & Hammerstein You have got to be taught to hate and fear Day after day, year after year You have got to be drummed in your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught You have got to be taught before it's too late Before you are six, or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught |