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Hearts On Fire
03:26
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Hearts On Fire
I see you, you see me
Do you feel what I feel
Listen to hearts on fire
Have we time, have we space
To never let another minute waste
Listen to hearts on fire
In the middle of nowhere we’re in the same place
I remember yesterday feeling the same way
Said that you couldn’t stay
How did we get here, nobody knows
Shouldn’t we take this time
To see where this thing goes
Keep it on the down low
I hear you, you hear me
Do you feel what I feel
Listen to hearts on fire
In the middle of nowhere we’re in the same space
I remember yesterday feeling the same way
Tell me you’re gonna stay
Ray Johnson Copyright 2021
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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2. |
Appealing To Angels
04:26
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Appealing To Angels
How has your life been you ask again
I’ve played my best hand I stand as I am
Time speaks truth
What matters now is what you choose to do
Our world’s not the same so much has changed
Said you had a plan put trust in your hands
Time speaks truth
What matters now is what I choose to do
I’m appealing to angels is there another way
I’m appealing to angels need another day
I’m appealing to angels hanging on a thread
I’m appealing to angels instead
Hope we can be friends and meet again
No one really needs the suffering
Time speaks truth
What mattered then can’t be the way things end
I’m appealing to angels is there another way
I’m appealing to angels give me one more day
I’m appealing to angels hanging by a thread
I’m appealing to angels like the good book says
I’m appealing to angels instead
Ray Johnson Copyright 2020
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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3. |
Simple And Pure
03:24
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Simple And Pure
Sometimes in life words must be said
Straight from the heart not from the head
Get to the point nothing obscure
Could be a moment in your life simple and pure
Living a lie full of pretense
Moments in time hold no defense
We need to give more than we do
Could be a moment in our life simple and pure
Don’t want to weigh upon you heavy
Don’t want to lay on you at all
Everybody needs some mercy
When they know they’re gonna hit a wall
No one knows who”ll stand or who will fall
Don’t want to weigh upon you heavy
Don’t want to lay on you at all
Everybody needs mercy
When they know they’re gonna hit a wall
No one knows who stands or who will fall
Sometimes in life worlds must be said
Straight from the heart not from the head
Maybe it’s time to speak the truth
We need to find a way to pull us through
Swear that you’ll climb that high
I want to get their too
Could be a moment in our life simple and pure
Ray Johnson Copyright 2021
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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4. |
Coffee And Toast
04:33
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Coffee and Toast
I believe in good times I believe in pain
I believe I’ve lived both sides ended up this way
Somewhere in the middle is a shining light
Heading for it always whether wrong or right
Trying to keep it all together put up a fight
Every morning daylight leads to night
Something’s driving this wheel cart could it be a ghost
I think it’s time for coffee and toast
All the charisma and good looks should be enough for you
You play it safe with everything you do
Everyday you play the host, move along when you get close
Then it’s time for coffee and toast
Maybe I should distance from the daily past
Remember where I’m going, stay on the fast track
Try to keep it all together put up a fight
Every morning daylight leads to night
Something’s driving this wheel cart could it be a ghost
I think it’s time for coffee and toast
Someday I’ll grind the perfect roast
Ray Johnson Copyright 2020
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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5. |
5:30 In The Morning
03:25
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5:30 In The Morning
5:30 in the morning the sun begins to rise
Looking over your shoulder you see the fading night
You never thought that you would leave here after all this time
Another love has changed the feelings in your life
The words come so hard they hardly come at all
There’s a raging battle deep within your soul
You never thought that you would leave her after all this time
Another love has made it easy to decide
All she knows is something isn’t right
All she sees are shadows in the night
All she knows is something isn’t right
All she sees are shadows in the night
5:30 in the morning the sun begins to rise
Copyright Ray Johnson 2021
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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6. |
Ocean Blue
03:11
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Ocean Blue
Let’s sail away, live every moment with wind in our hair
Stones that we toss will gather their moss who really cares
When you reach for the truth every color bleeds through ocean blue
Hard to believe everything I see will someday be gone
Holding on dearly to what I believe can never be wrong
In a moment of truth every color seeps through ocean blue
Waves are so high and so am I, so much to be done
Sounds of the seas bring you to me with the setting sun ocean blue
In a moment of truth every color bleeds through ocean blue
Limited time I know that I might get in the way
All that I need’s a place to retreat the rest of my days
When you search for the truth all the colors scream through ocean blue
Waves are so high and so am I, so much to be done
Sounds of the seas bring you to me with the setting sun ocean blue
In a moment of truth every color leads to ocean blue
Ray Johnson Copyright 2022
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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7. |
Dark And Dusty Road
03:16
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Dark And Dusty Road
On a dark and dusty road she waits for me
Still she sits without a sound just to rescue me
I wake without a warning body pouring sweat
All consuming and alarming is where she makes her bed
Where she lays her head
I wake without a warning body pouring sweat
All consuming and alarming is where she makes her bed
Where she lays her head
On a dark and dusty road she waits for me
Still she sits without a sound just to rescue me
Just to rescue me Just to rescue me
Copyright Ray Johnson 2021
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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8. |
Can't Live That Way
05:42
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Can’t Live That Way
Got a question for you watcha gonna do
Now that you see all we’ve lost tell me you see the truth
I’m hanging on to my past everything I’ve been taught
Don’t see a reason to change
If It knocks upon my front door
Not what I’m looking for
See I’ve been lost for so long now I haven’t found my way
Hanging on to what history wrote helps me through each day
You need to look inside yourself to understand the pain
It lives inside of every heart can’t live that way
I can see where you’re coming from I’m feeling the same way
Any history that I’ve been taught is my yesterday
Man I can’t live that way
We will talk again
About the places we’ve been
When we open up
Remember the words we say
Man I can’t live that way
We’ve been lost for so long now we haven’t found our place
Hanging on to what history wrote brings us here today
We need to look inside ourselves to understand our pain
It lives inside of both our hearts what more can I say
Man I can’t live that way
Ray Johnson Copyright 2020
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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9. |
A Menu Full Of Dreams
04:14
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A Menu Full of Dreams
Sitting in a french cafe at a table set for two
Feeling every bit of 43 and nothing she could do
Wanting to go back in time
When her love roamed wild and free
So she chooses her next course in love
From a menu full of dreams
She always thought she'd be the perfect mom and raise a family
But that never worked out she couldn’t find that piece
Never found a man that she could keep
Remembering the times that she would weep
When choosing her next course in love
From a menu full of dreams
Funny how life comes as a surprise
Even though you see through the same eyes
That brought you to this sad cafe
All this time you could have called a friend
You should have known that someone would have let you in
You’re chasing the love that you need
From a menu full of dreams
A table set for two at a french cafe
Noticing the clock upon the wall
There goes another day
She doesn’t want to be alone tonight
But in the morning things will be alright
After chasing her next course in love
From a menu full of dreams a menu full of dreams
© Ray Johnson 2002
Soon To Be Famous Publishing
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Ray Johnson St. Charles, Illinois
My catalog consists of nearly 100 songs.
My musical styles vary, allowing me to create songs ranging
from acoustic ballads, to pop melodies, as well as songs with country overtones that touch on all genres.
Lyric concepts vary and speak of love won, love lost, accomplishments and interpretations of myself and of the world I live in. There are songs with more lighthearted themes as well.
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