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Crows
04:19
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Crows - Words and Music: Jonathon Ferris 4/7/2009
V1. Stay in here darling
‘Cause it’s darker than dark
I’m afraid I’ll never see you
If you step off the porch
Chorus: I here crows in the distance
It’s too dark for the nightingale to sing
(and the nightingale is too scared to sing)
Stay in here with me
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
V2. Well the crows are cawing
To their murderous friends
And the air is unsettling still
Just when and where will they descend?
Chorus:
V3. Is this some kind of omen?
Or am I reading this too much?
Why are the scavengers here?
What have they found to clutch?
Chorus 2x
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2. |
Midnight Flight
03:49
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Midnight Flight - Words and Music: Jonathon Ferris 4/4/2009
V1. Sometimes the scenic route
Is a straight line
Sometimes a happy song
Is the blues… Turn down the lights,
V2. ‘cause sometimes we see clearest
When it’s pitch black
And when you’re lonely
You know someone has your back
Chorus: How bad do you need it tonight?
How much do you need it to turn out right?
How far are you willing to go
On this midnight flight?
V3. You can know if you won or lost
Without keeping score
Just when you think you’ve had enough
You find you can take more
Chorus:
V4. Sometimes it’s when you’re hurting
You can feel the most peace
And when everything goes right
Is when you feel it least
Chorus 2x
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3. |
What a Year
02:59
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What a Year
Words by: Jonathon Ferris 12/29/2001
Music by: Jonathon Ferris 12/31/2001
V1 What a day, what a dear
What a week, what a year
This has been, come again
You’re not sounding too clear
I’ve been up, I’ve been down
Been away above of the clouds
What a year, can we stop here?
I think there’s something to be found.
Chorus: Three hundred sixty five days
Some of them being spent in a haze
Well the world keep spinning ‘round
but I got my feet on the ground
V2 Played best man, played guitar
out on the streets, under the stars
met new pals, chased new gals,
never getting very far
Got fed up, got chewed out,
came to find a new route
Took a trip, regained my grip,
now I know what it’s about
Chorus
V3 I grew up, regained some youth
Wrote this song in a booth
Saw some shows, took some blows
Standing up for the truth
Got out of town, got over fears
Had new songs ringing in my ears
Saw new sights, gained new heights
Just can’t wait for next year
Chorus
Tag 2x yeah I’ve got my feet on the ground
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4. |
Georgia Wrong Turns
02:52
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Georgia Wrong Turns - Words and Music: Jonathon Ferris 11/10/08
V1. You have a knack for sealing your own fate
The things that you say you’ll avoid, you meet with no delay
The devil you say is hiding, behind the garden gate
But I thought I saw your left hand and the latch at play
V2. You’re scared that everyone has a gun in there possession
But you walk down dark alleys with no hesitation
The killer you say is hiding just you see and wait
But you’ll be the very one who leads the way
V3. You want to ride one way, but you’re driven another
So you try to back seat drive, and turn the kids against their father
You say you want to show them history, and soon, that’s what they’ll be
When the cat jumps out, the car is ditched and misfit is what you see
V4. You have a knack for sealing your own fate
The things that you say you’ll avoid, you meet with no delay
The killer you say is waiting just around the next turn
Your think you’re in Tennessee, but you’ve taken a Georgia wrong turn
Outro ad lib
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5. |
(myself) Face to Face
03:20
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(Myself) Face to Face
Words by: Jonathon Ferris 2/3/2008
Music by: Jonathon Ferris 2/4/2008
V1 Weaker than I ought to be
But stronger than know
Frozen right where I stand
But so eager to go
Chorus: Take me to someplace remote
To a place where I can think
Maybe then I’ll realize what all this is supposed to mean
Can you spare me some time
Can you spare me some place
Where I can step outside of me, and see myself face to face
V2 A million thoughts race through my head
But I can’t pick a single one
To come to grips with and
Figure out what needs to be done
Chorus
V3 I feel like I’m spinning plates
On some old variety show
It’s just a matter of time before
Some platter hits the floor
Chorus
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6. |
Repeat Cameo
04:48
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Repeat Cameo - Words and Music by: Jonathon Ferris 10/09/08
V1: The first time we met I shared more
Than I had ever shared with anyone like you before
But I don’t hear from you no more
And no desperate knocks come to my door
Chorus: With the turn of page you were gone again
Wonder when in the story you’ll reappear my old friend
I know this ain’t the end
It’s a repeat cameo my friend
It’s a repeat cameo my friend
V2: You were freewheeling and wild
A God fearing Kerouac taking life mile by mile
When your girl conceive a reason for you to smile
You couldn’t stop being the wandering child
Chorus:
V3: We spent hours working on melodies and rhymes
Using chords from days of yore, struggling to find
But there never seemed to be enough time
Now your far away but on my mind
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7. |
Tortured Poet
03:41
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Tortured Poet
Words by: Jonathon Ferris 8/4/08
Music by: Jonathon Ferris 8/5/08
V1: Let me be your tortured poet honey
Let me walk around like I always have a headache
Let me mope around like I have concerns
That outweigh anything you face
Chorus: ‘Cause no matter how bad you feel
Oh I have to let you know it
No matter how bad you feel
It feels worse for the poet
V2: Let me walk around in old worn out clothes
With a storm cloud over me
Let me not shave or wash up
For at least half a week
Chorus:
Bridge: Oh but if I happen to feel good
I hate to break it to you
Poet lows maybe lower
But poet highs are higher too
Chorus
Outro
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Don't let the Devil Get you Down
Words by: Jonathon Ferris 4/9/01
Music by: Jonathon Ferris 6/4/01
V1. Well your out there fighting the good fight
But you hate it when the day turns into night
No matter how you try it don't come out right
But don't lose your grip honey hang on tight
Chorus:
'Cause you are seeking the truth and it's there to be found
But you have no where to go, so you just turn round and round
but hold on tight and don't give any ground
and don't let the devil get you down (optional repeat)
V2. You look at all the miles that you logged
and you see that you've done it in a fog
but still you search on, you know soon
the sun will break through the clouds of gloom
Chorus:
V3. looking at all the things you need to do
and trying not to let it get to you
some things you work through with pen and ink
while asking for more time to think
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9. |
Leaning Back
03:24
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10. |
You and Me
03:18
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You and Me - Words & music by: Jonathon Ferris 7/21/2009
V1. Well it’s been raining over our house
For so long but if we can start in the dark
We can be strong, and move on
You and me
V2. Well we’ve been wearing ourselves thin
Just to make heaven in the middle of sin
And heartbreak, I think we can make (it)
Your and me
Chorus: Well we’re building in the storm
Defying the norms, and they’ll see
That they can’t stop what must be
That there will always be, you and me
You and me
V3 They say this storm shall pass
Into the mist or into the ether
But after the twist, there will be this
You and me
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Jonathon Ferris Detroit, Michigan
Americana-Folk put through a great lakes industrial complex filter: you would think Jonathon Ferris did his writing sitting in a coffee shop on the edge of Detroit, looking across the street at an old barn on the verge of collapse. Down to earth, but street smart, a small town boy who loves the big city, he can spot a Packard at 100 yards, and tell you what's growing in that farmers field. ... more
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