Fore I Die

This is number 45 on the JB hit parade. Ha ha! Sure hope you like this song. It is one of the first songs I ever wrote.  I am running a little behind. I promised one a week and only have 45 songs on here at present. You can sort back through this blog from the first of the year to find the songs you like best. So, I need to post seven more songs before the end of the year. It's just a matter of sitting down and doing a little practice and playing. 

My main theme is still to get some songs out there and possibly have some artist or producer pick up on it and find one or more that they could use. The songs are all copyrighted but I would be happy to share if you see something worth producing. 

Please enjoy "Fore I Die".

"FORE I DIE"

copyright 1995

Johnny Blodgett

Every time I hear the groanin of a diesel train,

or listen to the whinin of a jet airplane,

or watch all those people go travelin by,

I want to go where they're goin'

I want to see what they're seein'

I want to do what they're doin'

Fore I die

Like a train that has no wheels to roll

Like a miner when there is no more coal

Like a bird without the wings to fly

I could cry, Lord I could cry

Every time I see a picture in a magazine

Of some far off place, where I've never been

I fold up the picture and I want to cry

I want to go where they're goin'

I want to see what they're seein'

I want to do what they're doin'

Fore I die

Come Back To Daddy

There was a beauty that I knew and loved 20+ years ago. I dedicate this one to her.

I wrote a few songs for this beauty.

 "COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY"

Copyr.
1994 J. Blodgett

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rights reserved

Johnny Blodgett
Composer

           

WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, AND SAW YOU WERE
GONE,

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO REGRET WHAT I'D DONE.

I'M NOT OFFERING EXCUSES OR REASONS AT ALL,

I'M BEGGING YOU DARLIN, I'LL EVEN CRAWL.

COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY, I PROMISE I'LL BE

THE SWEET SUGAR DADDY, THAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.

I WON'T EVER LEAVE YOU AND I'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE,

JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU.

                                                                                                                                              

I WASN'T MYSELF, WHEN YOU SAW ME LAST NIGHT.

BABY I KNOW I WAS WRONG, YOU WERE SO RIGHT.

YOU SAID I'D BE SORRY FOR TREATING YOU BAD,

GOD KNOWS I'M SORRY, YOU'RE THE BEST THING I EVER
HAD.

                                                                                                                                              

COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY, I PROMISE I'LL BE

THE SWEET SUGAR DADDY, THAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.

I WON'T EVER LEAVE YOU AND I'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE,

JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU.

                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                              

OH BABY FORGIVE ME, LET'S TRY IT AGAIN,                               

I PROMISE I'LL BE A BETTER LOVER AND FRIEND.

I'LL GIVE UP MY DRINKIN AND PLAYIN AROUND,                                               

NO MORE RUNNIN ALL OVER TOWN.

                                                                                                                                              

COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY, I PROMISE I'LL BE

THE SWEET SUGAR DADDY, THAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.

I WON'T EVER LEAVE YOU AND I'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE,

JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU.

                                                                                                                                              

I'M SORRY SWEET DARLING, PLEASE DON'T STAY
AWAY,                  

COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY, HE'S SO SORRY TODAY.

TAKE ME BACK IN YOUR ARMS, I'M DOWN ON MY KNEES,                             

WITH MY HEART IN MY HANDS, I'M BEGGING YOU PLEASE.

COME BACK TO YOUR DADDY, I PROMISE I'LL BE

THE SWEET SUGAR DADDY, THAT YOU WANT ME TO BE.

I WON'T EVER LEAVE YOU AND I'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE,

JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU.

Back Tonight

This song is by my son Jason. Glad to present this. I really enjoy hearing my kids sing. A beautiful clear voice and clean guitar picking. I am sure you will enjoy it.

The seasons come the seasons go.

 

A good friend made this fall wreath for me. I like how it goes with what's left of the summer flowers. 

Autumn has arrived and I am reminded of a song Johnny Cash sang on an old album "Now There Was A Song". The song was "The Seasons Of My Heart". Sometimes I have to think about what influenced the songs I have written and Johnny Cash is at the top of a list that includes writers like Merle Haggard, Gene Autrey, Chuck Berry, George Jones, Doc Watson and a host of others dating from way back and into the seventies and eighties. Today's music doesn't work well for me except for an occasional throwback sound. I enjoy basic. A simple and pretty melody and a good lyric. I am turned off by a lot of noise and driven arpeggio guitar or keyboard. Sometimes it just sounds like someone practicing. Then you have someone like B. B. King, who played pretty much one note at a time.

I have a few songs that I hope to put on here before the end of the year.

Here are some titles that are on my mind.

DON'T YOU WANT TO BE MY BABY                                       

COME BACK TO DADDY                                                            

DON'T BE WAITING FOR ME                                        

DOWN BELOW                                                                              

E.T. AND GRAPEFRUIT                                                               

WHAT AM I GONNA DO                                                             

YOU'VE GOT ME DREAMIN                                                      

I REMEMBER YOU                                                                       

YOU'RE ALL THAT MATTERS                                                  

HOLD ON THERE WOMAN                                                        

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME                                                    

DON'T BE WAITING FOR ME                                                    

FORE I DIE                                                                                     

LOOK UP,  THY REDEMPTION DRAWETH NYE                              

LEAD THEM HOME                                                                     

I WANT TO BE YOURS  

VICTORIA JANE                                                              

"Laura"

This is a little instrumental that I worked out a few years ago.  I am not counting this as one of the "One a week songs for 2015". I just wanted to put it on here. Hope you enjoy it. I call it "Laura". I am not sure why I called it Laura but that's what I called it I hope you like it.