These Are The Days
These are the days
They might be the best that I’ve seen
These are the ways
I hope that I will always be
But time doesn’t care
Time doesn’t care
Much for me
I’ve made many beds
Just to find myself wrapped in the sheets
I’ve lost many friends
Some days take much more than they need
But time doesn’t care
Time doesn’t care
Much for me
I look far ahead
And fill in my calendar days
So many plans
To ride on the tracks that I laid
But time doesn’t care
No, time doesn’t care
Much for me
Love Is All Around You
Love is all around you
Love is all around you
Love is all around
Everywhere you go
See it in a new face
Feel it in a strange place
Love is all around
Deeper than you could know
Maybe it changed the room
So only you could notice
Was it a different color
Yesterday
Maybe it took the place
Of something you were holding
Onto
Hands are free
Submit to the embrace
Love is all around you
Love is all around you
Love is all around
Everywhere you go
Hear it in a haiku
Or see it in a tattoo
Love is everywhere
Deeper than you know
Maybe it came in late
And woke up all the neighbors
Locked all the doors
And threw the keys away
Maybe it wore a path
That led into a garden
Planted years ago
For only you to have
Love is all around you
Love is all around you
Love is all around
Deeper than you know
Seated in the front row
Or hiding in the shadows
Love is everywhere
Believe me ‘cause I know
Love is all around you
Love is all around you
Love is all around
I see it every day
Love is all around you
Like a watch it wound you
Look at how it found
A needle in the hay
Alwaya Been Summer
It feels like it’s always been summer
And the leaves never fell from the trees
The time of the year doesn’t matter
When she’s in the scene
It feels like it’s always been summer
To me
I used to think that if I moved again
Walked away from the life that I made
I’d finally be content
I don’t need much
And some would say I had it coming to me
Meet my match on the longest of nights
Ready to see the light
I don’t need much
I don’t need much
I don’t need much
When it feels like it’s always been summer
And the leaves never fell from the trees
Somehow I know all the mountains of snow
were a dream
The time of the year doesn’t matter
It could be autumn, winter or spring
When she’s near it’s always like summer
To me
And it’s all right (all right)
It’s all right (all right)
It’s all right
It’s all right
It’s alright with me
This isn’t heaven
Or a perfect escape
Just a chapter I want to re-read
Over and over again
Cause I don’t need much
Well please stop me if I said it before
There’s is magic up all of our sleeves
Open your arms and see
You don’t need much And I don’t need much Well we don’t need much
When it feels like it’s always been summer
And the leaves never fell from the trees
I finally know all the mountains of snow
Were a dream
The time of the year doesn’t matter
It could be autumn, winter or spring
When she’s near it’s always like summer
To me
It feels like it’s always been summer
when she’s near it’s always like summer
It feels like it’s always been summer
when she’s near it’s always like summer
It feels like it’s always been
feels like it’s always been
feels like it’s always been summer
to me . . .
It feels like it’s always been summer
Keys To The Kingdom
There was a house of mirrors here
I remember from my younger years
When I accepted mostly everything
It wasn’t strange to see the dancing
going on behind the fancy shades of
Paper velvet lace and macrame
If I listen I can almost hear them sing
Teddy tied a rope on time itself
And he wondered why he sometimes felt
A tap upon his shoulder every day
It was the tug of time’s reaction
From his midnight call to action
In a game that only gets old in the end
But he had the keys to the kingdom
This was the place he always wanted to be
Crawling across the floor with broken glass in his knees
Keys to the kingdom
He was smarter than he wished he was
Like a bee who when he heard his buzz
Assumed it was enough to please the queen
But there was no part of the story
And he knew the words by heart
Where he avoided her intoxicating sting
But he had the keys to the kingdom
This was the place he always wanted to be
Crawling across the floor with broken glass in his knees
Keys to the kingdom
Nobody feels the pain like
You feel it here and now
But just like all the others
This day is gonna end
Someday you’ll understand
Everyone’s trying to find
Their way through the forest
Before darkness falls
The queen was on her way one rainy day
Left without a smile
It’s hard to see the wisdom pouring down like gold
But like the glass reflects our story
And as the silver shines its light
Teddy found a way to crown himself the king
If you listen you can almost hear him sing
But he had the keys to the kingdom
This was the place he always wanted to be
Crawling across the floor with broken glass in his knees
Keys to the kingdom
Save Me
How can I live
In the moment
When I know you won’t be there
And I pass the future we planned
Every day
I’m so mindful of the space
Between these last few busy days
They slip away
Slip away
Slip away
Will the glitter
Be forever
Chasing down my heavy eyes
Such a sunny sided needy speck in time
All those paint drops
On the baseboard
Bring me back to better days
Then they slip away
Slip away
Slip away
Well you know
How they go
so very slow sometimes
Save me
Save me
I’m barely breathing
And I can’t believe it
I walk through my door
And I pull it closed behind
I just can’t bear to lock it
In case you change your mind
I see your car
On the highway
Well I’m never quite prepared
And it gets me lost
on these familiar roads
Evidently I’m surrounded
By the things I once held near
And they slip away
Slip away
Well you know
How they go
so very slow sometimes
Mind over matter, they say
I just can’t imagine this away
I wake up with melodies
Composed in a major key
What kind of a world could they be from
(Not this one)
I renewed your
magazines dear
Seasons greetings summer trends
But the coupons have a mind all of their own
I draw hearts with my ring finger
On the foggy shower door
Then I slip away
Slip away
Slip away
Do you know
How I go
So very slow sometimes
Save me
Save me
I’m barely breathing
And I can’t believe it
I walk through my door
And I pull it closed behind
(I just can’t bear to lock it)
In case you change your mind
Save me
Save me
I’ll let society say what they want of me
I walk through my door
And I pull it closed behind
(I just can’t bear to lock it)
In case you change your mind
Want To Be Everywhere
How long have I been
Watching the screen
Waiting for someone
To reach out to me
Could there be a bigger problem
I can’t see
I am part of this elegant hive
Fools argue it helps keep me alive
But where could they cast their shade on me
How would the common people rise
Well I want to be everywhere
And I want to see everything
All the time
Cause I’m already popular
And I’m already powerful
In my mind
From my tower window
All is fine
Sleep is where I plan
My journey home
One more chance to feel like I am alone
But I only push the door so far
I only see that flash of light
From my tower window
All is fine
Well I want to be everywhere
And I want to see everything
All the time
Cause I’m already popular
And I’m already powerful
In my mind
From my tower window
All is fine
Eyes Like Fire
Welcome to my everyday
Much like the vapors that float away
I’m not really here
To stay
Hung out and hooked on the line
The hill was to rocky
The tread too fine
As the markers fade
To a final trail
It’s the gravity we pay
Wound up and let loose
I’m riding off the rails
Eyes like fire
No one can stop all
This wind in my sail
Eyes like fire
Are my two feet on the ground
Deaf, dumb and blind to the love around
As the floor gives way
I should know by now
It’s the gravity we pay
Wound up and let loose
I’m riding off the rails
Eyes like fire
No one can stop all
This wind in my sail
Eyes like fire
Shadows escape
I reach for the light
Eyes like fire
Give It Away
I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised
At the way this is all unfolding
But I’m finally fine with the
Weight of the book in my hands
It’s a lot to take in I know
Like a stray at the door in the morning
One way or another I’m callin’ this house my home
I looked over my shoulder and saw you
I looked over and then you were gone
I should take the advice that you gave me
I got it written here on my arm
It’s so easy to cast a net
In the sea of my disillusion
I could dance on the water
And live off the salt in the air
I guess it’s really gonna be okay
Or at least that’s what they keep on saying
I’m just happy that the voices on each side of my brain can agree
I looked over my shoulder and saw you
I looked over and then you were gone
I should take the advice that you gave me
I’m gonna tattoo it on my arm
You got to give it away
If you want to ever see it back someday
Just give it away
If you want to ever see it back someday
Every fire was a single flame
Every tangle was a single fiber
You know these are the days
That’ll weave our victory flag
You got to give it away
If you want to ever see it back someday
Just give it away
If you want to ever see it back someday
Golden Age
I can’t read the news anymore
Every time I open my door
And see the print below
say it isn’t so
no no
Could I make it through just one day
Free from lies, confusion and hate
The life I used to know
Connected by love understanding and hope
I believe in a golden age
With pure fascination and faith that each day
Might wind up somewhere unexpected and real
But you and I know the score
We sign our name on the line each time we walk out the door
So I feel I can speak for everyone gathered here today
Please stop the pain
Theres only so much I can take
Whoever might be listening
I’ll say it again and again and again
Please stop the pain
I’m telling you
My heart can only break
In so many pieces
But that’s where we are once again
I know I never asked to be here
But I learned to adapt through the years
I am but natures guest
Just like the rest
Oh hold me, mother dear.
I wear my armor under my skin
So I don’t forget my blood flows within
And you and I are one
Just racing round the sun
And laughing through our tears
I believe in a golden age
With pure fascination and faith that each day
Might wind up somewhere unexpected and real
But someday we’ll have to chose
Between fear, isolation and lies told as truth
And taking to the streets with something meaningful to say
Please stop the pain
Theres only so much I can take
I don’t know who I’m asking
But I’ll say it again and again
Please stop the pain
I’m telling you
My heart can only break
In so many pieces
But that’s where we are once again
I am not afraid to die
Cause I can see we’re all just here in line
Killing time anyway
And believe there is a why
The only question worth your breath
Is can we live before our death
Show me
I wanna know
I believe in a golden age
With pure fascination and faith that each day
Might wind up somewhere unexpected and real
But someday we’ll have to chose
Between fear, isolation and lies taken as truth
And taking to the streets with something meaningful to say
Please stop the pain
Theres only so much I can take
I don’t know who I’m asking
But I’ll say it again and again
Please stop the pain
I’m telling you
My heart can only break
In so many pieces
But that’s where we are once again
That’s where we are
Once again
All lyrics F.A. Johnson (SESAC) 2018
Molehill Mountain Music