This song from a trip down to Nashville in the 70s.
We walked up and down music row (2nd Ave.)
Chasing a dream and full of hope.
So anyway for some reason my other song "Goin home to Nashville" did not render properly so I have redone the other song. I still owe you all number 34, and I will work on it. But in the meantime, here is number 35.
"SO LONG JOHN"
Copyr.
1994 Johnny Blood
Johnny Blodgett.
Sleepin
in the back of a pick up truck,
Money's
all gone, guess I'm outa luck,
There
ain't no place for John in Music
City,
My
socks are dirty, God I'm beat,
Music
row's a one way street,
For
some success for me defeat, I'm leavin.
(refrain)Music city just don't want me
Music
row has no place for me.
I've
tried everything I know, but it's so long John,
You-all
come again to Music
City.
I've
knocked on every door on music row,
Chased
this dream as far as I can go,
The
Grand Ole Opry will never know I've been here,
God
only knows the way it hurts,
Broken
dreams and dirty shirts
Now
it's time to move on down the highway
(refrain)
Playin
for tips in a Broadway Bar,
Hocked
everything but my guitar,
I
can't give in I've come to far to quit now.
I
gave my all and paid my dues,
wore
big holes in both my shoes,
could
hang around but please excuse, I'm leavin.
(refrain)
(alternate)
I
hate to leave the few I'm pleasin,
but
common scense and all good reason,say it's not the time and not the season.
This song has been on my mind for some time. I wrote this in the seventies I think. I say that because of the content. I didn't believe all that was written here until I accepted Christ and began to seriously study God's word. I was writing and sending material off to Johnny Cash. I would send the tapes and lyrics to Johnny Erdelyne who was the go to person for music for Mr. Cash's review. It was rejected but I always thought it would have been a great song for him at the time.
I must admit that I know very little about the newer music of today. I am still working on these songs and music still trying to produce some kind of interest. So much of today's music is not very appealing to me. Can't help it, I try but I still prefer music with a good melody and a strong and meaningful lyric. Too much of the stuff today is for a wrong message or just a special rhythm. Once in a while a song will come along with a special message and a strong melody. Some artists stand out of course. I enjoy a lot of energy and spirit in a song. I lean towards country but today's country is more of a rock song with way too much noise and it loses the beauty of the melody and you hardly understand the lyric. I do enjoy a lot of the new Christian songs and choruses.
This song "Read All About It" says a lot. It is a song of prophecy and comes from thoughts on the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, Psalms and Revelation. The message is the same. I think we are living in the times of the end.
Time for another new song. Today I am posting this one and dedicating it to my first granddaughter. She is an inspiration in so many ways and I love her so much. Wish we had time to be together more. This song was originally on my first Vagabond Heart Cassette.
This is song number 32 of 52. Posting one new song a week for 2015. If you follow the blog back to earlier posts, you will find one a week for this year.
Enjoy
"Oh
You Vagabond Heart"
Copyright
1994 Vagabond Music
Johnny
Blood Composer
Oh
you vagabond Heart
Why
can't you set me free.
Why
must you plague me with vagabond dreams,
Why
can't you let me be.
You're
a lie-er a thief, you've stolen from me
the
best years of my life.
You
drove me away from the dearest girl,
she
would have been my wife.
With
vagabond dreams you've branded my heart and
stolen
my very soul.
My
every thought, the hopes and the dreams
are
lost in my vagabond goal.
To
what purpose, for what reason have you left me to play
this
game to the vagabonds end.
The
lonely miles I've traveled today,
To
another lonely night I must spend.
Oh,
you vagabond heart, you've stolen the best from me.
I
gave you my soul,
for
a vagabond goal.
What
is there next for me.
Oh
you vagabond Heart
Why
can't you set me free.
Why
must you plague me with vagabond dreams,
Why
can't you let me be.
THESE SONGS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE BLOG
1. GOD'S GONNA GET YA FER DAT 2. KEEP ON KEEPIN ON 3. BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN 4. THE CORNER CAFE 5. IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS 6. THE RIVER OF LIFE 7. NASHVILLE’S BLUE BIRD CAFE 8. JUST LET GO 9. I CAN FEEL, I CAN HEAR, I SEE 10. UNDER THE WILLOW 11. THE LUNAR DREAM 13. PRAISE GOD, THE AGONY 14.DON'T PLAY THAT SONG AGAIN 15. I THREW IT ALL AWAY 16. BIG OLE' STAR 17. THY WILL BE MY 18. I'M FALLING 19. IT WAS ALL IN THE PLAN 21. THE FLAME IN ME STILL GLOWS 20. VAGABOND HEART 22. WHO PUT OUT THE FLAME 23. I JUST WANNA DANCE WITH YOU 24. Jesus, How I need Thee 25. I will yield 26. Amarillo Baby 27. Lookin at a Fool 28 Someone in Heaven today 29. Big Black Cat 30. I'M DONE WITH THE BLUES 31. TURN TO HIM 32. OH YOU VAGABOND HEART
"I'm done with the blues" is really one of my favorite originals. I especially enjoy the chords on this little Highway One Fender Telecaster. Then the second song on this set, "Turn to Him" is another special song. Songs about things we go through every day. God is good and he has blessed me in more ways than I can count. I hope these songs bless you.
Sunrise on a blue mesa, I feel that lonsome sound,
Highway's beatin rythym, for my lonely cry,
Amarillo Baby, since you said good-bye.
Our love was like the peaks, out in old New Mexico,
It was hot when it was hot, but in time it grew so cold.
As cold as the ashes underneath the fallen snow.
(The mountains tell the story of why I'm feelin low.)
(yodel)
As I listen to the whistle of a long and lonesome train,
Haulin coal out of the hills across the Texas plain.
Amarillo Baby, will I see you face again?
Will I find someone in Denver to take away this pain?
I'm aimin at the rockies to the mountains up so high,
It's gonna be hard to lose these blues, but I know I gotta try.
Love grew cold in Amarillo, it doesn't matter why.
I'll find another darlin, then I won't need to cry.
(yodel)
"Lookin at a Fool"
Copyr.1994
Johnny Blood Composer
John Bloood Music Co.
I know it looks to you,
Like everything is cool,
You think you see a happy man,
But your lookin at a fool.
Lookin at a fool....
A fool who still believes,
That the best thing in this life,
Is to love someone who loves you too,
And to live as man and wife,
To live as man and wife.
You think you see a happy man,
So happy and carefree.
If you could see inside my heart,
You'ld see this misery,
You'ld see this misery.
Passing time so carelessly,
With a lady on my arm.
I don't love her, she don't love me.
Can't do each other harm,
Can't do us any harm.
I'll keep searchin, waitin, hopin,
Someday there could be,
Someone who's just waitin,
For someone just like me,
For someone just like me.
"Someone in Heaven today"
Copyr. 1994
John Blodgett
Johnny Blodgett Composer
There is someone in Heaven today,
The love of my life taken away,
And Lord, I pray tonight,
If there's a chance that she might,
Let her hear the words that I forgot to say.
I love you my darling, I do,
The happiness I've known belongs to you.
Till the light fades from my eyes,
Till the stars fall from the skies,
Forever, and ever I'll be true.
While I was out walking today,
I thought of things I'd found so hard to say,
Of the way I cared for you,
Of the dreams you made come true,
But you're gone, Heaven's called you away.
I love you my darling, I do,
The happiness I've known belongs to you.
Till the light fades from my eyes,
Till the stars fall from the skies,
Forever, and ever I'll be true.
If there's someone you care for tonight,
Take her in your arms and hold her tight.
Say the words she longs to hear,
Let her know how much you care,
She may never hear the words if you wait.
I love you my darling, I do,
The happiness I've known belongs to you.
Till the light fades from my eyes,
Till the stars fall from the skies,
Forever, and ever I'll be true.
"Big Black Cat"
copyright 1994
Johnny Blood Music Co.
Johnny Blood Composer
I was walkin down the street. Saw a big black cat.
He was sittin on a fence, with his tail through a slat.
I pulled that black tail, he let out a scream,
it sounded like me babe, since you split my scene.
I gotta find that woman, before I lose my mind.
She left me screamin the blues, I lost all....track a time.
Cat ran down the alley, bout a hundred and five,
Just like you left me babe, didn't even say good-bye.
He turned round the corner, disappeared from my sight.
You know I miss you in the daytime, but I'm screamin the blues at ni-i-ight.
I gotta find that woman, before I lose my mind.
She left me screamin the blues, I lost all....track a time.
She left me screamin the blues, I lost all....track a time.
What fun for me to have family get together at my birthday party. My three children, Barry, Katie and Jason were good enough to offer their voices to my number 24th song for 2015. We use to be able to get together and sing all the time but as families grow and everyone is going in a different direction it is not that easy to do. I was just so blessed to have this time to sing with the kids.
The Lord gave me this song back in the early 70s. I trust that the Holy Spirit will bless you with music and lyric.
Just keeping up. These are the songs I have posted on the blog since the first of the year. I just added number 23, "I just wanna dance with you". I thought I had already put this up here but guess not. I hope you enjoy it. It is more upbeat and fun. The song is about a girl I met and fell in love with 20+ years ago. Would be nice to see her again and have another twirl around the floor. Amazing how the years roll by.
You'll find these by date from the first of the year.
1. GOD'S GONNA GET YA
FER DAT
2. KEEP ON KEEPIN ON
3. BORN AGAIN
CHRISTIAN
4. THE CORNER CAFE
5. IF YOU'VE GOT JESUS
6. THE RIVER OF LIFE
7. NASHVILLE’S
BLUE BIRD CAFE
8. JUST LET GO
9. I CAN FEEL, I CAN
HEAR, I SEE
10. UNDER THE WILLOW
11. THE LUNAR DREAM
13. PRAISE GOD, THE AGONY
14.DON'T PLAY THAT SONG AGAIN
15. I THREW IT ALL AWAY
16. BIG OLE' STAR
17. THY WILL BE MY
