Playlist Eric Johnson

eric johnson - cliffs of dover

INSTRUMENTAL

eric johnson - trail of tears

Take me from these earth bound chains
I must find it once again
The meaning of equality
We will never hide in shame
But forever guard the flame
Burning for eternity

Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears

Promises sometimes don't keep
Freedom, put to sleep, and now I know
(I lay my body down)
Written with the words you tell
Stories, a lesson in life from long ago

Hold on, hold dear
The time is near
When you'll know why
The spirit flies

Children carried on your back
Driven through the wind and cold
How have you become so few
But in the end, oh, I will see
Your spiritual liberty
Forever to be with you

eric johnson - from my heart

All these things we chase outside
Pull us down
Endless desire to give us joy
Can?t be found
Catching up to get my breath in this fight
Something is about to stir and it feels right
From my heart

Working in a new mirage to grab onto
Climbing up another?s fence, no better view
Where?s my heart?

I can?t say much
?much? is just words; they?re not real
Lead to the truth
Substance inside
I won?t hide
From my heart.

So much has been said
Turn off your mind, learn to feel
Close to your breath, all that you need
All that?s real

I just can?t hide, hide from the truth
You describe
So break me down into my soul,
I return? to my heart.

eric johnson - all about you

Through the pouring rain
I still feel the same, all about you
It's true, many folks agree
The answer can be all about you

Circles get broken
From the destiny's arrows
Lives set in motion
Is that how it's got to be?

All I've got to say
Please don't slip away, when life abounds you
And you know (it) hurts a lot, the pain
'Cause it's not the same withoout you

Circles get broken
From the destiny's arrows
Lives set in motion
Is that how it's got to be?

You gave me music first
I still have the thirst, to love you
And you know we still have a chance
Things could still turn right, all within you

So throw out all those hurting shoes,
Please don't turn on you, life's about you
And come on, 'cause you're the king of hearts
Now a brand new start, is all about you

Circles get broken
From the destiny's arrows
Lives set in motion
Is that how it's got to be?

Circles get broken
From the destiny's arrows
Lives set in motion
Is that how it's got to be?

eric johnson - alone with you

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Everyday
I'm alone with you
You know that's the only way I get high
My load is light when you shine on through to me
My soul you touch by and by
So all I want is to leave you something
That youalways remember your life through
My soul you touch when I'm here with you
you know that today you're gonna see
What I say is true
It's just every little thing you do
and I feel that we could touch the sky
Yes every little thing you do
and you know what I say is true
My soul you help to shine on through
what you do you do
What you do you do when you do yeah
It's just every little thing you do
And you know what I say is true
My soul you help to shine on through
Oh by and by, touch the sky, by and by
By and by, touch the sky, by and by

eric johnson - battle we have won

Everywhere are hearts and empty hands,
With no one there, to understand,
Future dreams, you're searching for a clue,
That sun don't shine, you never mind.

Don't get too discouraged in this life,
It's just a game, for now we play.
And soon or later things can work out right
This you must know, just wait and see
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.

All across the view, hills of desires,
The Knights, the Kings, the Queens, The Squires.
The serenading dreams, bound tears of hope,
They start to fall, keep standing tall.

So, don't get too discouraged in this life,
It's just a stage, we act upon.
Soon or later things, they work out right,
The sun will shine, the night will dawn.
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.

So don't get too discouraged in this life,
Our thoughts can breathe, sonnets of love.
Soon the winds of change will make it right,
This you must know, just wait and see.
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won--

In this life,
We'll set the sail, inside above.
Soon or later things they work out right
This you must know, just wait and see.
Lord, after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.

eric johnson - bristol shore

There's a place, I dream of, far away
There's a girl living there by the bay
She works at sea, for the land propriety
It's her duty, when they call, she's got to go

Oh, now I'm waiting for you
Soon again we'll meet
Yes, I've been hoping for you
I want to retreat to Bristol Shore

The Neptune World, she loves most, with ocean breeze
She protects the Trident Coast and seven seas
'Til she returns, I must find somewhere to go
She's been delayed at the Gulf of Mexico

Oh, I've been waiting for you
Soon you will arrive
Oh, yes I'll be hoping for you
Underneath the sky at Bristol Shore
(Oh, at Bristol Shore)

There's a light shining near, off the bay
Through the siren winds I hear, that girl say
Soon we will meet, there will be another time
That we connect, let it be another time

Oh, I'll be waiting for you
Keep an open door
Yes, 'cause I'm hoping for you
There beside the sea at Bristol Shore

Soon we will meet, let it be another time
That we connect, let it be another time

Oh, I'll be there waiting for you
Yes, I'll be hoping for you
Oh, I'll be waiting for you
Lord knows, I'm hoping for you

I'll be there waiting for you
And I'll be there waiting for you
Oh, I'll be waiting for you
(Soon we will meet)
I'm only hoping for you
Down at Bristol Shore

eric johnson - by your side

Everywhere are hearts and empty hands,
With no one there, to understand,
Future dreams, you're searching for a clue,
That sun don't shine, you never mind.
Don't get too discouraged in this life,
It's just a game, for now we play.
And soon or later things can work out right
This you must know, just wait and see
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.
All across the view, hills of desires,
The Knights, the Kings, the Queens, The Squires.
The serenading dreams, bound tears of hope,
They start to fall, keep standing tall.
So, don't get too discouraged in this life,
It's just a stage, we act upon.
Soon or later things, they work out right,
The sun will shine, the night will dawn.
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.
So don't get too discouraged in this life,
Our thoughts can breathe, sonnets of love.
Soon the winds of change will make it right,
This you must know, just wait and see.
And after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won--
In this life,
We'll set the sail, inside above.
Soon or later things they work out right
This you must know, just wait and see.
Lord, after everything is said and done,
This can be another battle we have won.

eric johnson - climbing from inside

There's danger when you dig
Deep into emotion, think I've dug too far
And I can't turn back now.
Strange kinds of feeling, climbing from inside
Is this what's called love, and why is it I hide?

All before my life, I've been shoved around
So I curse this scene around me
Need to bring that fence on down.
I want a ticket out to a new world
It's a world with you.
We'll celebrate our love

The two of us share something big and new
Cause you got to me, now I'm gonna get to you.
It's restless how I'm feeling
Sure can't call this home
I've got crazy indecision and it makes me want to roam

Underneath my skin, clouds are rolling through
This is scary stormy weather, it'd be a big rain without you
Climbing from inside
Oh you're on my mind

eric johnson - desert rose

Desert Rose that dances, in heat of the sky,
I must pattern my life about you;
You can make the most when the waters run dry,
Look into the well deep inside you.

My Desert Rose,
Born are the few;
Always with me,
A vision of you.

Acrolith reflection, that floats through my dreams,
Arid is the dust underneath me;
Something far away, a mirage so it seems,
What I long to see, oh, could it be?

My Desert Rose,
Born are the few;
Always with me,
A vision of you.

My Desert Rose,
Born are the few;
Always with me,
A vision of you.

My Desert Rose,
Born are the few;
Always with me,
A vision of you.
Don't fade away.
Don't fade away

eric johnson - east west

[instrumental]
There are silk clouds floating through a room,
Inside the clouds, there is a King's Crown;
The crown is made of beautiful panels,
Of different colors;
Inside the panels, there are three keys,
The keys open into a meadow with a long pathway,
Longpath Meadow.

eric johnson - emerald eyes

When I go and I get lonely
I begin to think of you
But I know a dream it's only
And I'm a fool

Someone said that you'd be long gone
And not to waste my time on you
I see you every day in sunshine
And I'm a fool

Emerald Eyes, I see you somewhere
Why your eyes so blue?
Love can be like holding your breath
Is that the way fools do?

I haven't the time to talk about it
But I admit I've been a fool
Though I shouldn't think about it
I need you

eric johnson - forever yours

Through the endless sea, pouring waves thunder a symphony
So I think of you, in my heart you know you'll always be
Wait that I might I'll be praying for your precious love
In my life, there won't be another I think of
Because I know I will always stay forever yours

Thru the highland mist to the magic strings of harmony
There two lovers meet, secretly unfold their majesty
Oh yeah, wait that I might, I'll be praying for your precious love
In my life, there will be no other I think of
Cause I know, I will always stay forever yours

Oh I dream of you

And all my troubles chase into the wind
I send my love to you, I send my love to my forever friend
And wait that I might, I am praying for your precious love,
In my life, there will be no other I think of
Cause I know I will always stay forever yours

eric johnson - fourty mile town

I got a way I can find you,
Down the melody ranch, I know you're there most everyday,
That's where you like to spend some time alone.
I need to talk to you,
Tell you what I feel, like warm hellos in the morning mist,
And you're the magic that turns my heart around.

Seems to me, we're really living way too fast,
Oh when we should let the story of love last.
Sometimes I just want to go and drift away...
And move on to some fourty mile town.

I got a way I can see you,
Close my eyes to watch the ancient water flow,
Like a crystal dance that paupers know so well.
That's the way kings keep dreamin',
Hold their head up high and live below fourty mile skys,
The way that it can be in ocean towns

Things of this world, guess we never really own;
Oh that mountain falls, and then we're goin' home.
We should try to make the best and get away...
And work on towards a fourty mile town.

Seems to me we really need to feel love more,
Oh, and ordinary simle opens the door.
Sometimes all I want to do is dream away...
And wake up in some fourty mile town.

eric johnson