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GO AWAY, RONA!
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
So much has changed, that much I know
We're standing still, with nowhere to go
The truth is that I've failed, though I've tried
It's not just me who's stuck inside
Go away Rona, you've hung around much way too long, just go away
Go away Rona, it's not with you that I belong, so just go away
We've been warned of consequence
But nothing is making much sense
Infectious yes, no one can resist
We might ignore, but you still persist
Go away Rona, you've hung around much way too long, just go away
Go away Rona, it's not with you that I belong, so just go away
I'm staying in now every night
I'll keep my distance, as best I might
You're out everywhere, I've heard them say
I only want you, Rona, to go away
I've tried to wash and be free of you
But, now I need more than thinking anew
We come together and know that you're there
Just like a ghost that's borne in the air
Go away Rona, you've hung around much way too long, just go away
Go away Rona, it's not with you that I belong, so just go away
Behind a mask I hide, but not blind
And hoping that it's not me you'll find
The challenge is to keep you at bay
If only you would just go away
Go away Rona, you've hung around much way too long, just go away
Go away Rona, it's not with you that I belong, so just go away
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Something's All Right
05:29
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Something's All Right
words and music by Johnny Zawacki
Why don't we make it while we can?
Why don't we make it while we can, tonight?
And if we try you know we can
Yes, if we try you know we can
Because there's something on my mind
And I fear it will go away in time
Something's all right tonight, tonight
Why don't we take it while we can?
Why don't we take it while we can, tonight?
There's no mistaking that we can
Yes, no mistaking that we can, tonight
Because there's something on my mind
And I fear it will go away in time
Something's all right tonight, tonight
Can't make it alone
Not anymore, not anymore
Yeah, there's something on my mind
And I fear it will go away in time
Something's all right, something's all right
Yeah, something's all right tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight
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Homeward Bound
02:47
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Homeward Bound
written by Marta Keen (Thompson)
arranged by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
In the quiet mist morning, when the moon has gone to bed
When the sparrows stop their singing and the sky is clear and red
When the summer's ceased its gleaming, when the corn is past it's prime
When adventure's lost its meaning, I'll be homeward bound in tiime
Bind me no to the pasture
Chain me not to the plow
Ste me free to find my calling
And I'll return to you somehow
If you find it's me you're missing, if you're hoping I'll return
To your thoughts I'll soon be list'ning; in the road I'll stop and turn
Then the wind will set me racing as my journey nears its end
And the path I'll be retracing when I'm homeward bound again
Bind me not to the pasture
Chain me not to the plow
Set me free to find my calling
And I'll return to you somehow
In the quiet misty morning, when the moon has gone to bed
When the sparrows stop their singing
I'll be homeward bound again
© 1991, 2003 Alfred Publishing Co Inc
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Shannon Colleen
04:09
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Shannon Colleen
words and music by James Stafford Jersey and Johnny Stephen Zawacki
Gazing through the glass, controlling my awe
A moment I'd steal from that which I saw
Then my heart opened wide and these eyes filled with tears
Pushing back the thoughts I've concealed all these years
I thought she'd be a boy-child who would carry my name
That I would have loved, exactly the same
But a daughter is special, so soft and so warm
She glistened with charm, only ten minutes born
Have her, I do
Love her, I will
Now, in my life
Shannon fulfills
Have her, I do
Love her, I will
Now, in my life
Shannon fulfills
What I never knew I was missing
Oh, I never knew what I was missing
There's such a short time, before had not been
This little girl life, my Shannon Colleen
You see, I thought she'd be a boy-child who would carry my name
That I would have loved, exactly the same
But a daughter is special, so soft and so warm
She glistened with charm, only ten minutes born
Have her, I do
Love her, I will
Now, in my life
Shannon fulfills
Have her, I do
Love her I will
Now, in my life
Shannon fulfills
What I never knew I was missing
Oh, I never knew what I was missing
No, I never knew what I was missing at all
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Christopher (I'll Hold You Young)
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
It's a new world my dear, Christopher
Take your name and off you go
No one's slowing you, my Christopher
Falling back, I'm all aglow
I'll hold you young and in my heart
And even though we're miles apart
Let's share the day before the sun begins to flee
A hug, once more, I'll let you go
And as we part our love will know
The night falls soft, so close your eyes, remember me
For now you're, again, Christopher
And your smile, it falls my way
Don't let Chris return, when Christopher
Can let me relive yesterday
And I'll hold you young and in my heart
And even though we're miles apart
Let's share the day before the sun begins to flee
A hug, once more, I'll let you go
And as we part our love will know
The night falls soft, so close your eyes, remember
And in the quiet, I will remember
In the quiet I'll not forget
In the quiet comes my December
In the quiet with no regret
You will always be my Christopher
Though everyone might call you Chris
So, if I should call you Christopher
Please don't mind it's just my wish
To hold you young and in my heart
And even though we're miles apart
We'll share the day before the sun begins to flee
A hug, once more, I'll let you go
And as we part our love will know
The night falls soft, so close your eyes, remember
You will always be my Christopher
You will always be my Christopher
You will always be my Christopher
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No Rearview Mirror
06:34
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No Rearview Mirror
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
No choices in the making
Our fate tossed into the wind
Yeah, something more fundamental
Was about to begin
Hold on and grip it firmly
As we fly on down this ol' road
The wheel's are spinning faster
Not sure, don't care, what's to unfold
But the radio's up and the pedal's down
Windows wide, it's our playground
And as we go, it's becoming clearer
That we won't need no rearview mirror
Where did we start? I don't remember
It doesn't matter much to me
Just keep going straight ahead, boy
The road is all we need to see
And the radio's up and the pedal's down
Windows wide, it's our playground
And as we go, it's becoming clearer
That we won't need no rearview mirror
Two lanes aren't enough to hold us
Speed limits can't ever slow us
Don't look back, join us
Feel the breeze
Where are we now? I couldn't tell you
Landmarks mean nothing to me
No goals, nor need of compass
Living is all that we need
Still, the radio's up and the pedal's down
Windows wide, it's our playground
Just keep on going, now it's much clearer
That we won't need a rearview mirror
No, we don't need no rearview mirror
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Not This Way
03:40
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Not This Way
words by James Stafford Jersey
music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
For years, I had hoped that the demons that you battled would release you
That the calls for money, calls for rescue from danger would stop
Not this way
Not this way
That the calls you were in trouble, being arrested, that you were stranded
That you had no place to stay, I yearned for all of this to stop
No, not this way
Not this way
The ver present fear for your well being, wondering where you were
Not knowing, not hearing, I ached for all of this to end
Oh, no, no, no, not this way
Not this way
Though I know, I know there's a peace
That you've found, but it's not for me
Still I love you
I love and miss you
My dear
Oh, my dear
My dear
My dear
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AS DARKNESS FALLS
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
You don't want to go, you don't know it's finally time
Nothing's up to you, nothing's new, it's redefined
You don't mind
You don't mind
Why?
Your enablers all, without sight they fall in line
Down with you they'll go, take the hate, say your goodbyes
You don't mind
You don't mind
Why?
As darkness falls, so falls the guise
The émigrés, we realize
There's not a wall of any size
And those returned, not it applies
In hallowed halls, reverberating lies
The lines are drawn, while tensions rise
And all that you do and say is unwise
Wipe what's discerned, the land's demise
You refuse to go and know, though comes your time
It's not up to you, that we'll do and redefine
It's now time
It's now time
It's now time
It's now time
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The Four Horsemen
04:59
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The Four Horsemen
from Revelation 6:1-8
adaptation, additional words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
I looked, and behold, there was a white horse
And he who sat on it had a bow
With a crown given him as he went out
To conquer and conquering, as he rode
And the next, fiery red, as it went out
With a rider given power to take the peace
And men would rise to kill one another
The great sword, he was given, is our caprice
It's the last hour, the Deceiver comes
Though many we've known here before
And so, it is done
An escaping no more
So I looked, and behold there was a black horse
And a rider holding scales in his hand
Saying, "A measure of wheat for a penny,
Three measures of barley, the same,
But don't harm the oil and the wine!"
I looked, and behold, there was a pale horse
On it was Death and Hades close behind
And given power to kill a fourth of the earth
By sword, famine, plague, and bests, so combined
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Hard Times Come Again No More
words and music by Stephen Collins Foster
arrangement by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count it's many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard time come again no more
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say:
Oh, hard times come again no more
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh, hard times come again no more
'Tis the the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh, hard times come again no more
So many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh, hard times come again no more
Oh, hard times come again no more
Public Domain, originally published in 1854 by Firth Pond & Co
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Johnny Z Owosso, Michigan
Spotlight Recordings is an independent company, based in Owosso, Michigan, originally conceived to release the recordings of Johnny Z. It has since grown to include other independent artists.
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