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You Can't Fake Your Way Through This (Songs 2011 - 2014)

by Jonathon Ferris

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On the List 03:29
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On The List Words by: Jonathon Ferris 5/17/2012 Music by: Jonathon Ferris 11/15/2012 V1 So much on your mind You can’t tell what’s behind Those 3am wake up calls So you do your part to try and calm your heart with your mind bouncin’ round in your skull PC You know there’s so much to be done If you knew which was number one Chorus On the list of the things you need That ‘cause your soul to bleed on the list of what you yearn for Knowing your life should be more V2 So what’s in your heart you can’t make it depart you ask it to leave, but it won’t go you want it resolved Whatever’s involved Just please don’t be so slow PC Chorus V3 So come rest your soul Until you feel whole While the spirit moves unseen PC Chorus 2x Tag line line, vamp
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Can't Be Your Man 03:43
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Can’t be Your Man Words by: Jonathon Ferris 11/3/2011 Music by: Jonathon Ferris 11/8/2011 V1 The taste of dirt in my mouth The train still heading for the south Tripping down these grimy railroad ties Trying to catch your gleaming eyes Chorus: And I’ll try, but I can’t win I can’t be your man I can’t be your man The shape I’m in, the shape I’m in V2 Writing you letters ‘till my pen is dry Wetting the stamps with the tears I cry I’d do anything short of cutting off me ear If I thought it would help you to hear Chorus Bridge One fine day I’ll get it right And come down there on a red eye [midnight] flight I’ll show you who I really am But will you take me by the hand? [and I’ll tell you I can’t be your man] V4 Running after a wild goose Will get your neck rung in a noose But I can’t stand to live that way It strangles me a little more every day [Bridge] Chorus Tag
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What I'm Asking For 03:01
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What I’m Asking Words by: Jonathon Ferris 5/22/2012 Music by: Jonathon Ferris 5/30/2012 V1 It’s Tuesday morning, I feel half dead The bank account’s already in the red The doctors that helped, are now bleeding us dry I would shed a few tears, but it costs to much to cry Chorus: What I’m asking for, no one can disagree If they could help me out, they would give to me but their own pockets are full dirt Lord you can help me, without getting hurt V2 Well I roll out in the morning, from a restless bed Feeling numb in the heart and kicked in the head But you gotta keep going, those who stop will loose I might be in the wrong race, but at least I got shoes Chorus: V3 So now come here darling, wrap your arms around me and say a prayer that speaks to the need I’m gonna work for you, with the tools that I got and rely on heaven to connect the dots Chorus Chorus 2 Well you know I try hard, but it’s hard to stand by A man should be able to look his son in the eye When he makes a request any father would grant I’m asking you in kind, don’t tell me you can’t Ad lib out
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Only One on My Mind 04:11
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Only One on My Mind Words & Music by: Jonathon Ferris 7/31/2011 v1 I’m far away, alone, in this room but I swear I still smell your perfume part of me didn’t want to go but I can’t ignore the sound of road C You’re the only one on my mind girl You’re the only one on my mind girl No other one in the whole world You’re the only one on my mind girl v2 Driving at too fast miles an hour passing by all the signal towers heading down the highway outward bound setting a course for some strange town Chorus Bridge: I know that you’ll wait, I know that you’ll wait I know that you’ll wait for me Chorus v3 Now I’m checking out of my room Another morning where I can’t kiss you Four nights down, eight more to go ‘till I see your face not just hear you on a phone Chorus Outro
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If You Want Love 02:23
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If You Want Love Words & Music by: Jonathon Ferris 4/19/2012 V1 If you want love, get on over here If you want love, I am waiting dear I’m right here Come to me dear If you want love V2 If you need love, I’m the man for you If you need love, I can love you true I’m right here Just call me dear If you need love Chorus: ‘cause we need love just to make it We need love, no need to fake it We need love each and every day We need love, in every way V3 If you crave love, in the dead of night If you crave love, I can hold you tight I’m right here Whisper in my ear If you crave love Chorus: V3 Tag l 2x
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Playing With My Heart 03:47
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Playing With My Heart Words by Jonathon Ferris 2/1/2014 Music & additional Words Jonathon Ferris 3/9/2014 V1 They say the ones you love the most are the ones who’ll tear you apart I guess that’s why I still love you even when you play with my heart Chorus I know sometimes you give me the blues But there’s no one else that I’d choose To play with my heart Playing with my heart Playing with my heart Playing with my heart V2 Sometimes we walk down the street and were not hand in hand It’s Friday night and I got a show and you go see some other band Chorus Bridge Yeah honey I’m a fool for you Don’t put another fool line the line I’ll spend my life with you If you’ll be sweetly mine Chorus V3 I hope that I can pass your test Like I passed geography If there’s a map I know you folded it wrong Just so you can frustrate me Chorus, Bridge, Chorus 2x
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The Last Song 02:22
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The Last Song Words & Music by Jonathon Ferris 11/13/2013 V1 Fare thee well, what you have done has broke this camels back I can no longer make up for all that you lack I have tried and I’ve strove to make this last but I cannot move forward until you’re in the past Chorus We have come, to sing the last song We have come, to admit this was wrong To go on this long just playing the part has delayed the mending of my broken heart V2 Tied me up on string and flung me ‘round and ‘round Until you made me the joke of this entire town I have had enough punch lines My ribs are sore I’ll grab my clothes and guitar and head on out the door Chorus V3 I will miss you truly dear believe me when I say I wish it could be like those happier days When we walked hand in hand In sunshine or rain You left me stranded on the tracks in the path of a train Chorus 2x

about

In the midst of recording the Polar Vortex Sessions, Jonathon spent a couple of weekends in late June and early July of 2014 to put down an official version of a handful of songs that had been played live several times, and give them a recording for release.

A limited amount of hard copies (only 35) were made, and now they being made available on-line here exclusively on Bandcamp!

There are songs about coming to grips with a new normal, new struggles, time on the road, but holding tight and keeping it together. There are break up songs on here, but rest assured Mr. Ferris is thinking of past relationships.

"If You Want Love" and "Playing With My Heart" introduce a more soulful side to his writing; clearly he's been hanging out in Detroit more often.

This set of songs is a look at what Jonathon has been up to the past few years since "16 Months...", but certainly isn't every song he has written during this time (even outside of the Polar Vortex). Ferris is constantly writing song snippets and developing songs. Fellow songwriter Mike Vial has described him as a "songwriting machine."

Some of these songs, combined with the best-of-the-best from the Polar Vortex series may find themselves on future projects where they will be further developed.
Stay tuned there will be more to come for sure.

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released July 13, 2015

Jonathon Ferris did every freaking thing on this project.

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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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