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The Road

by John John Brown

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1.
The Road 03:42
You ever feel like nothing really matters? You ever feel like you don't have a voice? Like a dream left to die, a river running dry a heart without its beat You ever feel something in your soul is alive yet impossible to find? Like a road with no sign Hidden and divine and it leads to the meaning of it all Oh the road is all I'm looking for Yes the road hope that's it's much more Than a bunch of skin and bones Beneath a granite stone Yes I hope there’s a meaning to it All I know Is that it lives deep down Where the only sound Is the hum our spirits singing free Ooohh ooohh ooohh ooohh Oooohh ooohh ooooh oooh You ever feel like nothing really matters Then moments later feel your heart We're living and we're dying And everyday we're trying to just know the meaning of it all It's the silence in the glow The whisper in the soul It's the feeling that you know This isn't all for show It's the river running fresh The motion after death It's the spirit that is left It's the sun that never sets Oh the road is all I'm looking for Yes the road I know that's I'm much more Than a bunch of skin and bones Beneath a granite stone Yes I know there’s a meaning to it all Ooohh ooohh ooohh ooohh Oooohh ooohh ooooh oooh
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Heartshine 03:29
3.
The Wind 03:54
I was born on the streets below an underpass outside of Dallas beside broken glass I never knew my father the needle took his life, mother loved the bottle and left me for the night Thank God the wind's been on my side Thank God the wind's been on my side When I turned eleven I stole a pair of shoes I just kept on walking and stomped away my blues Winds been on winds been on winds been on my side It blew me into New Orleans where it saved my life Cause I was just a boy, Looking for a home I was just a boy When those jazz horns filled Jackson Square, And that old man placed that silver trumpet in my hands And when I played my trumpet you know I found my dream Felt the wind blow through me like a magical airstream The winds been in my belly living my whole life And when I blew those melodies you know I found the light You know I found the light You know I found the light And so I thank God Oh yes I thank God, Oh yes I thank God Thank God the winds been on my side
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Carpenter looking at what he's made Banker looking at his money saved Grave digger looking down at the grave at uncertainty Coal miner looking up from the hole Stripper looking down from the pole Wise man looking into my soul for honesty Madame Maya who reads minds couldn't read the hands of time but she told me she can find The border town in my mind A woman was stabbed in a parking lot They closed the windows turned the locks Looked away so they can't see Drew the blinds on decency When you look into the devil's lake it's plain to see The reflection looking back at you is never free It's a shackled soul in silver chains and the key Is broken into dust and bones I got lost at a carnival All the clowns just laughed at me a little boy he asked me if I'd seen Sincerity? Soldier looking at who he's killed Now one heart beats on that hill Nurse looking into her goodwill and blood spilled Red sun falling like a pack of lies Gonna watch the news from another man's eyes Maybe I'll die before I find The well of wisdom in my mind I been wheeling north and veering south Saw ten men in the devil's mouth Like a wolf pack hiding out Killing just for fun When you look into the devil's lake you just may see The reflection looking back at you is never free It's a shackled soul in silver chains and the key Is broken into dust and bones I wish I knew just where he sleeps I'd bribe the man who'd help me meet The man who walks on his bare feet named Honesty And I know that for he's real I saw him once unconcealed Feeding poor men his last meal With Dignity And Sincerity And Humanity With his soul
5.
In a small town graveyard Sits an old man who just prays Since she's died life's been too hard and he just thinks about their wedding day In his hand he holds a gold key Used to open their first home When he leaves he passes that old street The house is there but everything is gone And he's on his own again Like a leaf in the wind Born into this world alone In between we look for home Then on our own again On the outskirts of Reno A woman's face is black and blue She cries her last tear and then knows This isn't love what I've been through. And she's on her own again Like a leaf in the wind Born into this world alone In between we look for home Then on our own again Suitcase in a desert motel She thinks about the roads gone wrong Her makeup tries to hide her blackened eyes And hesitantly picks up her phone He had a tear that's been falling since he left his wife's gravestone But once he saw his daughter calling He knew deep inside he's not alone Cause she's coming home again Like a prayer in the wind Born into this world alone But I know there is a home in love my friend Yeah she's coming home again Like a prayer in the wind Born into this world alone But I know there is a home in love my friend in love my friend
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Could they be in the red horizon? They may be in the newborn crying Oh could they be somewhere in the darkness? Or in a mansion somewhere down in Memphis? In Graceland Could they be in the canyon flower? They're surely in the dying hour. An old man from Montgomery Alabama Felt em' in the Hallelujah's of his Grandma Hi heart alive At a Baptist chapel in the summer of 55 Living in her words was something so eternal and divine The spirits in the silence Could they be in the autumn harvest? In the canvas of a starving artist Could they be a famous jazz musician? Who's returned as a blurry apparition…. Down In New Orleans Say Hey Louie is that you passing by? With a golden trumpet Drifting through the music of the night The spirits in the silence He slid off the bridge into the night rain With rust in his heart and shadows in his veins He knew right then he didn't wanna die Looking for an angel in the midnight sky But he's falling like a rock With the devil on his back into the black bay All his hopes and dreams came flooding out And he began to pray And when he hit it felt something caught him Like a blanket soft and warm beneath him And in the ambulance he started singing some hymn About the spirits in the silence All about the spirits in the silence
7.
Hello my friend. How you doing? I'm just the same, still got my name and my job But what I really wanna do is motorbike with you all the way to Machu Picchu We'll stop in Rio for a day Be in Bogota by May On road let's ride away With you Hello my friends How you living? I'm doing fine just killing time in my room I gotta question. Are you tired? of the same scene? Of the same signs? Have you lost your mind? Oh what I really wanna do is fly to Kathmandu and levitate with some Buddhist dudes And then we'll wake up and we''ll see Mt. Everest with our tea And walk around up in the clouds Oh what I really wanna do is fly an air balloon Just like they do in those old cartoons I've never been to Paris, France You know I'd like to make romance Under the stars beside the Louvre with you you you you you
8.
You ever feel like a boxer up against his heels? Ropes are gone you got nothing brother to rest on. You ever know the empty feeling of a dead end road? All your hope is gone Beneath the dirt and stone And you got no map to lead you home But you can pull on through Even though your heart is black and blue Just pull on through even though your heart is black and blue Press on through these hard times You ever feel like a soldier dying on the field? When the muscles gone And the wound is open bleeding to the bone Just know your hurt will heal your heart still feels and what you believe becomes real You can pull on through Even though your heart is black and blue Just hold onto love inside and it'll pull you through Press on through these hard times Some days are diamonds that shine But most days are mountains to climb to climb You can pull on through Even though your heart is black and blue Just hold onto love inside and it'll pull you through Press on through these hard times
9.
The other night I had a dream I'm riding a freight train In the California rain Lost beneath a violet sky Honey you were on my mind On my way to San Francisco Resting by my side a photo of your bright eyes Asking how I let you go and knew time suddenly was in control Somewhere in my mind I felt you fading from my view But in my heart I knew gonna live my life for you Gonna live my life for you That’s what I’m gonna do Live my life for you Somewhere deep inside my dream suddenly the train Stopped beside a wooden farmhouse And on the front porch in the light I saw you as my wife with our baby in your belly You called me up against your side And I felt the little heart beat inside I realize love is just a seed Buried deeply and everything you need And sometimes it’s frozen in the ice and snow And if I help it grow it’ll set me free Gonna live my life for you That’s what I’m gonna do Live my life for you Gonna live my life for you Live my life for you That’s what I’m gonna do Waking up into the day I somehow knew the way Thinking bout my dream I knew Just what I had to do what I had to do You lay sleeping by my side Today I'm making you my wife Gonna live my life for you That's what I'm gonna do Live my life for you Gonna live my life for you Live my life for you That's what I'm gonna do
10.
When I Die 04:16
When I die will I regret my days gone by? Will I wake up one morning cursing all my life? When I die will my love for you live on? Like a river in the night rushing into dawn Will I hold onto light inside? With everyday gone by? Or will I close my heart and let it fade away? Will I close my heart and let it fade away? Years from now standing on some ocean pier Will I be holding your hand and thinking bout the years? One sure thing that I know here and now Is I'm a better man baby when I make you proud Will I hold onto light inside? With everyday gone by? Or will I close my heart and let it fade away? Will close my heart and let it fade away? Will I close my heart and let it fade away? And as I wake my bones into the light of day Don't let me close my heart and let it fade away And when I shut my eyes beneath the blackest sky Don't let me close my heart and let it fade away

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released May 17, 2016

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John John Brown New Milford, Connecticut

No Depression: "The Road is one of those albums that suggests Brown’s talents have been stirring for some time. A supple and suggestive blend of astute Americana accompanied by a quiet, reflective glow, these ten songs offer up an air of quiet contemplation and wistful contentment." - Lee Zimmerman ... more

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