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68 Nixon June Reizner

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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.
7-UP

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A-Soalin' Traditional

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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
Abundance Alix Dobkin And Then Some Intro 9140
MJ: Alex Dobkins
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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
Acapulco 1967 Michael Smith

MJ
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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
After You Andy Goldmark, Jim Ryan

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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 ...
Ain't Dis Da Life Michael Smith

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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
Ain't No Two Randy Goodrum

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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
Albatross


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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
Alexandra


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N WORK TAPE 1 Studio
All I Really Need Raffi

MJ
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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

All Our Love Come Down Paul Horan
Can t confirm songwriter MJ
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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
Almost Free Hugh Prestwood

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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


Almost Like Being in Love Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

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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
Alone Enough Robert Byrne

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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
Annie's First Rain Michael Johnson

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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
Anti-Heroes Thom Bishop, Louis Rosen

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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
April Fool Hugh Prestwood

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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
Are My Thoughts With You Mickey Newberry

MJ
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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
As Long as We've Got Each Other Gary Fry

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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
At the Drop of a Tear Michael Johnson, K. Flemming

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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
Atlantic Records

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Back in the Lone Ranger Days Janis Ian

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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
Back On Track Michael Johnson, D. Gibson

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N MJ WORK 89 1-7 Live
Back to My Blues Michael Johnson, Jack Sundrud

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N Cassette Songs 2 Studio
Bad Roads in Spring Dick Pinney

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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
Bag End Crow Johnson Amy Johnson
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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
Ballad of Howard Hughes Mark Henley

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N CONCORDIA COLLEGE 1/28/1978 Concert
Rehearsal M.J. 12/13/1980 Studio
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium 12/27/1980 Concert

Barney Mac McAnally

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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
Bartender's Blues James Taylor

MJ
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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
Beautiful Girl


MJ
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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.
Better Brother Michael Johnson & Michael Lille Suffer the Child
MJ x Y
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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
Big Lippin' Michael Johnson & J Salestrom

MJ
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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
Black Orphus


MJ
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N MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert
March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board

Blackmail B. Fasman, L. Wendelken

MJ
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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
Blame It on the Rain Eric Kaz, Tom Snow

MJ
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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 ...

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

Blossom James Taylor & Carole King

MJ
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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
Blue


MJ
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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
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
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me Arthur Swanstone, Carey Morgan, Charles McCarron
1919, John Denver Sings MJ
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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!
Bluesette Jean Toots Theilmans, Norman Gimbel
Music : Norman Gimbel / Lyrics : Jean 'Toots' Thielemans MJ
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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

Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell

MJ
DBJ
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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
Bottle of Wine


MJ
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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
Bouree in E Minor J.S Bach

MJ
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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
(Instrumental)
Breakfast Again Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins

MJ
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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
Bridge Over Troubled Water Paul Simon

MJ
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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
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
Broke Down Girl

This song is by Buffy Sainte-Marie and appears on the album Many a Mile (1965). MJ
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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
Brown-Eyed Woman Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

MJ
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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
Burning My Heart at Both Ends Jim Varsos, Michael Johnson

MJ
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N Cassette Songs 2 Studio
Business Goes on as Usual Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff

MJ
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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
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
By Then Mark Henley
did not include MH solo events MJ
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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



Bye Baby Bunting


MJ
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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
Cain's Blood Michael Johnson

MJ
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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
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

California Dreamin Michelle Phillips

MJ
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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

California is a Mental State Mac McAnally
Lose Your Fortune MJ
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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

Calypso Blues Don George, King Cole

MJ
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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
Carry Me Off Rodney Dillard, Linda Dillard, Mitchell F. Jayne
Sail Upon the WInd, Carry Me off to the Mountains MJ
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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
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
Catfish in Your Dreams


MJ x N
N Pete Ward 9/12/2006 Video
Central Standard Time Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins

MJ
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N MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio
MJ WORK 85 #2-4 Live

Changing World Lalo Schifrin, Norman Gimbel
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Lyric by Norman Gimbel
MJ
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N Serial 1/1/0980
Cheatin' on the Blues Kix Brooks, Chick Rains, Don Cook

MJ
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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
Chicken Road Joe Greene

MJ
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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
Children of the Wars

MJ s songwriter in iTunes. Can t find proof. MJ
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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
Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Mel Tormé, Bob Wells
written in 1944 by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. MJ
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N Orchestra Hall 12/26/1986 Sound Board
Orchestra Hall 12/27/1986 Sound Board

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
Circle of Love Tom Snow

MJ
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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
Circles of Love

Ad MJ
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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.
MJ
DBJ

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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
City of the Angels Bill Withers

MJ
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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
Closer Than You Thom Schuyler

MJ
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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
Cloudy


MJ
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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
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
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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)
Coal Tattoo Billy Edd Wheeler

MJ
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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

Cody John Stewart

MJ
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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

Collector


MJ
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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
Come Back to Me


MJ
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N MIKE JOHNSON AT JUDY COLLINS CONC Concert
March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board

Come Down in Time Elton John, Bernie Taupin

MJ
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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
Come to Me Michael Johnson

MJ
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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
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
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
Cool me in the River of Love Dennis Linde

MJ
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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
Cool Whip

Ad Spot MJ
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N Ad Spots Studio
Cotton Eyed Joe Traditional

MJ
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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?
Country Road/Fire & Rain James Taylor

MJ
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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

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
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
Daddy Was A Mover Mitchell F Jayne, Rodney Dillard

MJ
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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

Damn It All (Movin' in the Same Circles) Ron Galbraith

MJ
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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
Dancin' Tonight Bill LaBounty, Michael Johnson

MJ
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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'
Dancing Sandwiches Ted Sherman

MJ
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N Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio DANCING SANDWICHES


(Instrumental)
Dangling Conversation


MJ
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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
Day After Tomorrow Randy Goodrum

MJ
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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
Day I m Over You Hugh Prestwood

MJ
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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

Daydream


MJ
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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
Deal With The Ladies


MJ
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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
Death of an Unpopular Poet Jimmy Buffet

MJ
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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
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 ...
Dial Soap

Ad spot MJ x N
N Ad Spots Studio
Dial Soap Commercial Video

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

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 ...
Dirty Hands, Dirty Faces Parker McGee

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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
Distance Between Us


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Distant Fire Michael Johnson, Wayne Carson, Bill Piburn

MJ
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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

Do It Jesse Winchester

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Do It or Die Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix

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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
Do It Yourself Michael Johnson, Joanie Chappell Beeson

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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...


Don't Ask Why Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland

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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
Don't Beat Me Down Gordon Lightfoot

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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
Don't Let It Go to Your Heart M. Brown, S. Dorff, L. Henley, J. Silbar
Song from the movie Waltz Across Texas MJ
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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
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
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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
Don t Rain on My Parade Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
Barbra Streisand MJ
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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!
Don't Remind Me Now Of Time


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N Mike at Kuehn s 6/9/1968 Live
Don't You Go Under Mark Henley

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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
Doors Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher

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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
Douglas Mountain Raffi

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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
Dream Within a Dream Michael Johnson

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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

Dreaming Sweet Dreams Hugh Prestwood

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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
Driving Through the Hills of Mexico Michael Johnson

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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
Drops of Water Bill LaBounty, Roy Freeland

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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
DuBuque Savings

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Easy Way Out Ernie Cate Early Train Cate Brothers (MJ title: Early Train) MJ
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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
Edge of the World Greg Brown

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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
Either You or Me Hugh Prestwood, Michael Johnson

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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
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
Empty Hearts Michael McDonald

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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

Every Reason James Lee Stanley

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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

Every Road Richard Leigh

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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
Every Time We Say Goodbye


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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Everybody s Hip


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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

Everyone Tuesday Mark Henley

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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
Explore Minnesota

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Ad Video

Faithful Eric Andersen

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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
Family Tie Hugh Prestwood

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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
Far Away


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Far Away Places Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer

MJ
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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
Farewell to Lorien J.R.R. Tokein/ M. Johnson & M. Henley

MJ
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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
Fate At the Wheel Michael Johnson, Mark Henley
On Mark s Charlotte s Web CD MJ
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N 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio
MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio
MJ Work 94 6 Live
Demos Studio
Archives 3 Studio

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
Fathers and Sons Carl Franzen

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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
Feelin Groovy


MJ
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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
Find A Child Hiram Titus

MJ
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N MJ Work 90 1-6 1/1/1990 Live
Orchestra Hall 12/26/1994 Sound Board

Folks Who Live on the Hill


MJ
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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Fool's Paradise Bill Hughes

MJ
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N Gustavus Field House 11/10/1979 Dressing Room
Foolish Tom Snow

MJ
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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

For Free Joni Mitchell

MJ
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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
For What It s Worth Stephen Stills

MJ
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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
Forties' Medley


MJ
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N MJ Demos 1 Studio
Archives 2 Studio
Demos 2/1/1992 Studio

Fourth Grade Song


MJ
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N 4 TRACK MIXES #1 Studio
Archives 3 Studio

Friend of Mine is Going Blind John Dawson Read

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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
Froggin' Mark Henley, Michael Johnson

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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)
Full Moon of April Mark Henley

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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
Funeral Tango


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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
Garbage Can Ted Anderson

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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
Gee I m Glad I Worried About That W. T. Davidson

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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...
Gelco Express

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Gentle on My Mind


MJ
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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
Gentle Wind


MJ
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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Georgy Girl Tom Springfield, JIm Dale

MJ
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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
Get Together

written in the mid-1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers, also known as Dino Valenti MJ
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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
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
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
Gimmie That Wine Jon Hendricks

MJ
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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!
Give Me Time Ted Sherman

MJ
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N Michael Johnson, Mark Henley & Mary MacGregor 1/1/1976 Studio
Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio

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
Glory Crow Johnson

MJ
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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
Goin' to California Bill Loughborough & David Wheat
Bud & Travis song MJ
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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
Goin to Chicago Blues Count Basie, Jimmie Rushing Goin to Chicago
MJ
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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
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
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
Goodbye Bob Schroeder

MJ
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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
Got You Covered


MJ
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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
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
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
Great Day for Watching a Bee Charlie Talent
From Minnesota Song MJ
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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

Greenwood Peter Yarrow

MJ
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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?
Guantanamera


MJ
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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...
Gypsy in the Photograph Crow Johnson

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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
Gypsy Woman Curtis Mayfield

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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

Half the Moon Hugh Prestwood

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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

Hangin' On Mickey Jupp, Chris East

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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

Happier Days Michael Johnson Trying to Make It Easy
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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
Hard Day s Night Lennon & McCartney

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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...
Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison

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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
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin

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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.
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.
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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
Heather s Money Michael Johnson, Randy Goodrum

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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
Hello Bob Schroeder

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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
Here Comes the Sun George Harrison

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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
Here You Are Hugh Prestwood Photograph
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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
Here, There and Everywhere


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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.
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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
Hey Boys Rodney Dillard, Mitchell F. Jayne, Joseph Pedersen, Dean Webb

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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
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye


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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
High Flyin' Bird Richie Havens

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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
High on the Border Mark Henley

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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
Hills Michael Johnson

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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
Hold On to Me Babe Tom Paxton

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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.

Holding on to Nothing Mac McAnally

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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

Home Denny Brooks, Michael Johnson

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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
Home Brand

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Home Free Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson

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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

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
House of Cards Hugh Prestwood

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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

How Do You Know What You Know? Hugh Prestwood

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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
Howling at the Moon Hugh Prestwood

MJ
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And he trades his cradle and his silver spoon
For a long night howling at the moon
Hurry Sundown Yip Harburg, Earl Robinson
The Peter, Paul and Mary Album MJ
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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
Hymn Noel Stookey

MJ
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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
I Am a Child Mark Henley

MJ
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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
I Can't Get to You From Here F.O. Knipe, S.D. Chandler

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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
I Can't Live Without It Tom Snow

MJ
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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
I Can t Sleep


MJ
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N MJ Work 96 4 Live
Orchestra Hall 12/26/1996 Sound Board
Nashville Public Radio - Songwriter Sessions 8/5/2004 Radio

I Could Love You with My Eyes Closed Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins
The tape says writers: JOHNSON/ORRALL/BICKHARDT MJ
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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
I Did It All for Love Robert Byrne

MJ
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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

I Don t Have a Prayer Jim Varsos, Michael Johnson

MJ
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N I Don t Have a Prayer w/Hobo Jim work tape Studio
I Don t Have the Heart


MJ
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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
I Got Nothing to Do Peter McCann

MJ
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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

I Just Can't Say No to You Steve GIbson, Parker McGee

MJ
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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
I Just Want to Sing with You Michael Johnson

MJ
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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
I Like Fast Trains Fred Eaglesmith

MJ
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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
I Love You by Heart Jerry Gillespie, Stan Webb

MJ
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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
I Need You Now Michael Johnson, Rick Beausford
assuming by cassette note MJ
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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
I Need Your Light Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos

MJ
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N 4 TK MIXES Studio
4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio
MJ Work 92 5 Live
MJ Work 93 1 Live
Archives 2 Studio

I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan

MJ
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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
I Still Love You Craig Birkhardt, E. Fries, R. Bell

MJ
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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
I Want a Son Stephen Dorff, Martin Panzer

MJ
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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
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

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
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free


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N Denver, Boise & Johnson - Live from Greenwich Village Video
unknown jam 1/1/1968 Live
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
I Wish You Love Paul Young

MJ
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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
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
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
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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
I'm All Smiles

Barbra Streisand MJ
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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
I m Always Chasing Rainbows


MJ
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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
I'm Going Back to the Red Clay Country
Red Clay Country Bud & Travis MJ
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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
I'm Gone Eric Kaz, W. Waldman

MJ
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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
I'm Hurtin' Michael Johnson, Bill LaBounty

MJ
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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
I m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover


MJ
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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
I ve Already Flown Michael Johnson, S. Franks

MJ
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N I ve Already Flown Cut #2 Studio
Archives 1 Studio

I've Been Alone Too Long Mark James, Cynthia Weil

MJ
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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
I've Been Around Dave Mallett

MJ
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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

I've Just Seen a Face


MJ
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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
Ice Cream Phoenix Charles Cockey, Jorma Kaukonen

MJ
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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
If I Could Only Win Your Love Emmylou Harris

MJ
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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
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
If Wishes Were Horses Mike Settle
Kenny Rogers & 1st Edition MJ
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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
If You Can't Feel Love Jeffrey Lubbock, Chris Montan

MJ
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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

Imogene Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson

MJ
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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
In Love Like You and Me D. Tracy

MJ
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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
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
In the Name of Love Estelle Levitt, Kenny Rankin
"Agua de Beber," in the middle; it a Jobim/Morales/Gimbel 9016 MJ
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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
In Your Eyes Crow Johnson Fiddle and Drum
MJ
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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

Invisible People


MJ
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Isn t That So Jesse Winchester

MJ
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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
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

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
It Hasn t Rained in More Than 40 Days


MJ
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N Demo Studio
Cassette Songs 2 Studio

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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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


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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

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
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

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
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

Ladyfriends I (Sing a Song to Your Lady) Bill Hughes

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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

Ladyfriends II Bill Hughes TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN check MJ
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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
Lágrima


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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
Lavender Lady Ted Sherman

MH
MJ

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Lean on Me Bill Withers

MJ
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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
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
Leave It Alone Michael Johnson & Bill LaBounty

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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
Leave It to a Child Michael Johnson, Randy Sharp

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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...


Leavin Lonesome


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MJ Work 92 5 Live




There ll be no one leaving Lonesome anymore
Let It Be Me


MJ x N
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Let Me Go Back Home Scott McCarl

MJ
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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
Let This be a Lesson to You Tom Snow

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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
Letter Sung to Friends


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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
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

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

Lifetime Guarantee Chris Montan

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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
Light My Fire José Feliciano

MJ
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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

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
Little Bird

2nd song JJW wrote. Close to his first recording. MJ
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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
Little Land

Malvina Reynolds MJ
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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
Little Paper Ball Jon Hendricks

MJ
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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
Little Town Dave Mallett

MJ
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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

Long About Now

Harry Belafonte MJ
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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
Long TIme Blues


MJ
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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
Look of Love Burt Bacharach, Hal David

MJ
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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
Looking for a Sign Eric Kaz

MJ
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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
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
Louie and the Belgians Gary Scruggs
had Scruggs, Gary as songwriter MJ
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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
Love and Sex Tom Rapp

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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
Love at Last Sight Hugh Prestwood

MJ
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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
Love is a Cross Hugh Prestwood Love Is a Cross You Bear - BMI legal title
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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

Love Me Like the Last Time R. Van Hoy, Dan Seals

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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...

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
Love of the Common People John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins

MJ
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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
Love Out Loud Tom Skyler

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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
Love She Found in Me B. Morrison, Dennis Linde

MJ
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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
Love You Back Randy Goodrum

MJ
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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
Love's Laughter Mark Henley

MJ
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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
Lowenbrau

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Lowenbrau

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Lucky Stars Raun MacKinnon

MJ
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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

Madame Jeanette Alan Murray, Edward Lockton

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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
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
Many a New Day Rodgers & Hammerstein

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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

Marcie Joni Mitchell
Song To A Seagull LP MJ
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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
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
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

Mary, Rejoice


MJ
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N Production Masters Studio
May You Never John Martyn

MJ
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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
Memo to My Son Randy Newman

MJ
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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
Michelob

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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
Minnesota Song


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N Orchestra Hall 12/26/1983 Sound Board
Minnesota State Fair

Ad spot Ad x N
N Ad 8/1/1988 Video
Minuet


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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Mike & Ted 3/22/1968 Concert
College Inn 4/25/1970 Sound Board

Minute She's Gone Michael Johnson, Craig Carp

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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
Mommy, You Can Trust Me Michael Johnson, & Martin Yarborough

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N Wise Owl 1/1/1970 Sound Board
Queen City Balladeers Wise Owl Coffeehouse, U of Cincinnati 1/1/1970 Sound Board

Mona Ray Leo Kottke, Michael Johnson Mona Rae
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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

Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder Hugh Prestwood

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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
Moon River J. Mercer, H. Mancini

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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
Moonlight in My Head


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MJ NAC DEMOS Studio
Demos Studio
Vanguard Project Compilation Studio

More Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riziero Ortolani, Marcello Ciorciolini
Theme From Mondo Cane MJ
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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.
Mother Nature's Son Lennon & McCartney

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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
Mother Night Mark Henley

MJ
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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
Motherlode Dick Pinney Richard Pinney
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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


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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
Mr. Arthur's Place Thom Bishop

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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
Mr. Bojangles


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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
Mr. Sawyer/Mr. Finn Gary Scruggs, Don Schlitz

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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
Music Cup Mark Henley

MJ
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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
Music Weaver Sandy Denny

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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
Muskrat Love Willis Allen Ramsey

MJ
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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

My Father's Shoes Michael Johnson, Susan Longacre

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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
My Favorite Lies Clive Gregson

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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

My Old Flame Mary Jane Alm

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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

My Old Yellow Car Thom Schuyler Yellow Car MJK s title: Yellow Car MJ
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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
My Opening Farewell Jackson Browne

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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
My Own Satie Leo Kottke, Michael Johnson

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Archives 3 Studio
Demos 2/1/1992 Studio

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
New Boots Mark Henley

MJ
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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
Night of Passion


MJ
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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
NIght Song

Form Golden Boy play MJ
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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?"
No Love You re Not Alone Jacques Brel

MJ
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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
No More

Golden Boy play
lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.
MJ
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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.
No One Can Hurt You Like a Friend Dick Pinney
Dick said he didn t write it. MJ
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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
No One I Know Michael Johnson, Jon Vezner

MJ
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4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio
Archives 2 Studio

Nobody Home in My Heart Michael Johnson, Liz Hengber

MJ
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MJ Work 93 4 Live
Archives 2 Studio
4TK MIXES 2 9/22/1993 Studio

Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Jimmie Cox

MJ
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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

Nobody s Got to Live With It But You


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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
Nocturne - Original


MJ
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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Not


MJ
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Cassette Songs 2 Studio

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
Now That I've Taken My Life


MJ
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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
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

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
Oh Rosalee Don Schlitz, Brent Maher, Craig Bickhardt

MJ
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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

Okay It s Over Michael Johnson, T Damphier

MJ
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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
Oklahoma Stray Hugh Prestwood

MJ x N
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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

Ol' 55 Tom Waits

MJ
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N Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Concert
Old Coat Tom Waits

MJ
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N Souix Falls SD 12/5/1975 Concert
Sound Board

Old Fashioned Love Roy Freeland, Bill LaBounty

MJ x N
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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
Old Folks Jacques Brel

MJ
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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
On a Good Day


MJ
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Continued from 013 Studio

On The Line Mac McAnally

MJ
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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

On the Night Before Christmas


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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
On the Road Carl Franzen

MJ
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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
One Honest Tear Susan Longacre, Randy Sharp

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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

One Mile Apart Lisa Aschmann, Michael Johnson, Karen Taylor-Good

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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
One Mint Julep


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One Note Samba Carlos Jobim

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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

One Step Ahead of the Bad News Randy Goodrum

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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
Oranges and Roses Dave Mallett

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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
Other People Say Mac McAnally

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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

Our Snowflake Dreams Ted Anderson

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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
Over in the Meadow Traditional

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Archives 3 Studio

Over the Hill


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N Worthington Community College 12/4/1975 Sound Board
Sound 80 12/10/1976 Radio

Ox Driver

The Brothers Four & Odetta MJ
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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...
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
Passion Flower Pat Garvey, Victoria Garvey

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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
People In Your Life Marc Jordan Where Do You Go
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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
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
Pet Store Bird Mac McAnally

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N Charlotte s Web 9/1/1977 Sound Board
Photographs and Memories Dave Mallett

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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
PHP

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Ad Video

Pilot Me Greg Brown

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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
Piney Wood Hill Buffy Sainte-Marie

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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
Places and Old Friends Mark Henley

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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
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
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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
Political Science Randy Newman Drop the Big One
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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
Ponies Jeffrey Bullock

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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 ...

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
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
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
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.
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
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

Radio Ad for Concert


MJ
N
N Ad Spots Studio
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
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.
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

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

Road


MJ
N
N Earl of Old Town Sound Board
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

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
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
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

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

Rusty Rails Michael Johnson, Gary Scruggs

MJ
N
N 4 TRACK MIXES #Z Studio
MJ Work 92 1 Live
Archives 1 Studio

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...
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
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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
Same Heart Michael Johnson, C. Carpe

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N MICHAEL JOHNSON MATERIAL MUSIC Tape 1 Studio
MJ WORK 88 1-2 Live

Samson and Delilah J. Fred Knobloch, Paul Oversteet

MJ
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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
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
Saturday Night in Toledo Ohio Randy Sparks

MJ
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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
Savin' It Up Randy Goodrum

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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 ...
Seasons of the Heart


MJ
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N MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio
Demos Studio
MJ Work 94 3 Live
A Single Word Studio
Demos Studio

Secret of Life James Taylor

MJ
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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
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
Selected Funds

Ad spot Ad
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N Ad Spots Studio
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
Seth Davy


MJ
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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...
She Put the Sad in All His Songs Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally

MJ
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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
She's Almost Gone Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins

MJ
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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
She's My School Dick Pinney

MJ
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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
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
Shop Fred Koller Shop Shop Koller MJ
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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
Short People Randy Newman

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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

Simple Gifts Joseph Bracket Tis a Gift to Be Simple
MJ
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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
Since You've Asked


MJ
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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
Single Word Michael Johnson, Chappell Beeson

MJ
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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

Slow Dancin Ends Too Fast Michael Johnson, C. Carpe

MJ
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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
So Are You


MJ
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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

So Soft Your Goodbye Randy Goodrum

MJ
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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
Software Michael Johnson, Randy Goodrum

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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...
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
Someone s Out There Michael Johnson, Jim Varsos

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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
Something That We Do C. Black, H. Nichols
For Kirby (wedding?) MJ
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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
Song For Canada Pete Growski, Ian Tyson One Single River
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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
Song of Old Lovers Jacques Brel Song for Old Lovers found reference online translators for this version were possibly Robert Cuccioli & Eric Blau MJ
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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
Soon It's Gonna Rain

Barbra Streisand MJ
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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
Souvenirs John Prine

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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
Spin Away Love


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Star Spangled Banner


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Staying With It Tom Snow, John Lewis Parker

MJ
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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
Sticky Summer Weather John Denver

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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
Story
Someone Told a Story
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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
Study in E Minor H. Villa Lobos Prelude #4
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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)

Study No. 5 in B Minor


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Sunny


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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
Sunset Years Mark Henley

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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
Susceptible


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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
Suzanne


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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
Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes In)
Every Night When The Sun Goes In Harry Belafonte MJ
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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
Sweet Lorraine Burwell & Parrish

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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
Sweet Misery Hoyt Axton

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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
Sweet Substitute Jelly Roll Morton

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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


Sweet Summer Blue and Gold K. Edwards, R. Kimmel

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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
Sweet Voice


MJ
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Swing Dat Hammer

Harry Belafonte MJ
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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
Take Five Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck

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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
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer

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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
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
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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...
Take Me to Tomorrow


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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
Take My Body Home Paul Johnson

MJ
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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
Take My Mother Home

Harry Belafonte MJ
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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
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!
Tangalayo


MJ
N
N MJ Demos 1 Studio
Temporary Tattoo


MJ
N
N MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio
Demos Studio

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
Tennessee Waltz Jesse Winchester

MJ x N
N Live Video
Hopkins Center for the Arts 12/26/2002 Video

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)

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
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
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
That s What a Dream Will Do


MJ
N
N demos Studio
MICHAEL JOHNSON SESSION, MY ONLY ALMO SESSION Studio

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

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

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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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

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

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
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
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

Time to Time Michael Johnson, female unknown

MJ
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Time Will Tell


MJ
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Tingalayo


MJ
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Tiny Sparrow Traditional Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
MJ
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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
To Feel a Friend Michael Johnson

MJ
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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

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

Too Late For Changing


MJ
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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

Too Long in the Moonlight


MJ
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N Cassette Songs 2 Studio
Too Long in the Moonlight w/Greg Sutton 2/23/1989 Studio

Too Soon to Tell Mike Reid, Rory Bourke

MJ
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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
Totinos

Ad spot MJ
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N Ad Spots Studio
TPT 50th Anniversary

Ad spot MJ x N
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Trouble in the Fields Nanci Griffith

MJ
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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
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

True Love Chick Rains, Gary Nicholson

MJ
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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

Try To Remember

Barbra Streisand MJ
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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
Trying to Make It Easy

Unknown songwriter - Michael?
No google lyrics
MJ
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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
Tuesday Afternoon

Moody Blues MJ
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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
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

Two in Love Mark Henley

MJ
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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
Two Ships that Crossed in the Moonlight Hugh Prestwood

MJ
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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...
Ugly Woman Jerry Reed Gonna Go Out and Find An Ugly Woman to Love Recorded by Jerry Reed 1970 Georgia Woman album MJ
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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
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

Unicorn Song Margie Adam Best Friend
MJ
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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

Until It s Time for You to Go


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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
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

Useless Landscape


MJ
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N March 1967 Demos 3/1/1967 Sound Board
Very First Time Randy Goodrum

MJ
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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


Violets of Dawn


MJ
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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
Waitin Around to Die Townes Van Zandt

MJ
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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
Waiting For a Sunny Day


MJ
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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
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
Way Too Blonde Michael Johnson & WT Davidson

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N MJ Work 92 5 Live
Live 11/8/1995 Live
Michael Johnson & W. T. Davidson
We Can Live on Love (Baby You're Just Like Me) J. Buckinham, M. Gray

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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
We re Still Holding Hands Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins Still Holding Hands
MJ
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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
Weeping Annaleah Mickey Newberry

MJ
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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
What Did I Do With You Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins

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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
What I Had With You Curly Putman, Sonny Throckmorton All I Want is All I Want is What I Had With You MJ
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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
What If B. Gari

MJ
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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
What She Doesn t Know


MJ
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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

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?
What's Time to a Hog Dean Webb, Mitchell F. Jayne

MJ
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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
When I Fall In Love


MJ
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N Work Tape Live
MJ Work 95 2 Live
Bluebird Cafe 2/23/1995 Sound Board

When I m Home Michael McDonald
If She'll Be There MJ
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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
When She Smiled at Him Michael Johnson, Chappell Beeson

MJ
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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
When the Feeling Comes Around Rick Cunha

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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
When the World Was Young


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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
When You Come Home Eric Kaz, Tom Snow

MJ
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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
Whenever I Call You Friend


MJ
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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

Wherefore and the Why Gordon Lightfoot

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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

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

Who Am I This Time


MJ
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N Cassette Songs 2 Studio
Who's That Look in Your Eye Robert Byrne & T. Brasfield

MJ
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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

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

Wild Mountain Thyme Traditional

MJ
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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
Willie and the Hand Jive


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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
Wilson Girl Michael Johnson, Ted Sherman, Mark Henley Ballad of Debbie Wilson, Debbie Wilson
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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

Win Back Your Heart Randy Goodrum

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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 ...

Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod Eugene Fields, Lucy Simon

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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
Winner in Your Eyes Randy Goodrum

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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
Winter Sky Billy Edd Wheeler

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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

With You, With Me Michael Johnson, Kent Robbins

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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
Woman Like You


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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
Wonderful World of Sex Michael Smith

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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

World I Used To Know

Kingston Trio MJ
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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
Worth the Trouble Hugh Prestwood

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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


Yellow Cat Steve Fromholz

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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

Yellow Lights Mac McAnally

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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

Yesterday


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You Are Too Beautiful Rodgers & Hammerstein

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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
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
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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
You Can Call Me Blue Larry Brown, David Morgan

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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...
You Can Hold On


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You Didn't Have to Be So Nice


MJ
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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)
You Don t Know What Love Is


MJ
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You Never Get a Chance to Raise Your Children Twice


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You Sure Fooled Me Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow

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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
You Sure have got a Pretty Nice Bod Michael Smith You Certainly Have Got a Pretty Fantastic Bod
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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
You Take Me Home Craig Bickhardt

MJ
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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

You Were On My Mind


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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
You Will Wear Velvet

Mabel Mercer song MJ
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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
You, You, You Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford

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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 ...

You'll Always be Heart and Soul to Me Pat Alger

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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

You re Discovering I m Not What I Seem


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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
You're Not Easy to Forget Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow

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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 ...

You've Got to Be Carefully Taught Rodgers & Hammerstein

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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