"Over and Over" by Alex Johnson

Recorded in Kyoto, Japan, May 2021 on a Macbook Pro using Logic Pro X.

Words and music by F Alex Johnson  (SESAC)
Artwork: F Alex Johnson
Photos: Jodi Nicholas

Keys, Mixing, Mastering and creative support by Shawn Berkeley (@shawn-berkeley)

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Lyrics:

I say hello 
when I don’t need to
And emphasize the way I feel
Any connection’s just  an extra
I realize that this is real

I try to speak 
But nothing happens
I use my hands but 
They can’t see

Nobody here 
Can understand me
I am a child
Again it seems

But I try 
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over and over again 

She sells the flowers on the corner
Holding the money in my hand
Always a hostage of my small talk
Never a means to any end

Chorus

Under the surface there is meaning
If one is willing to make friends
Pulling the rake along behind me
This is a path that never bends

Thanks for listening!


©2021 Molehill Mountain Music

Over And Over

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1. These Are The Days 2:41
2. Love Is All Around You 4:10
3. Always Been Summer 3:57
4. Keys To The Kingdom 4:21
5. Save Me 5:52
6. Want To Be Everywhere 4:31
7. Eyes Like Fire 4:40
8. Give It Away 3:41
9. Golden Age 7:20

Credits : Colorway is:
F. Alex Johnson: guitar/vocals 
Riley Godleski: drums/percussion/vocals
Matthew Clegg: bass

With: Chris Collingwood: backup vocals on “These Are The Days” and “Always Been Summer”

Produced by Colorway 
Co-produced by Danny Bernini 
Recorded and mixed by Danny Bernini at SpiritHouse Music, Northampton, MA
Mastered by Alex Saltz at APS Mastering, New York City 
Legal: Peter Irvine
Photo of Colorway: Julian Parker-Burns
Overlay Photo/CD Photo: Jodi Nicholas CD layout/design: Standard Design

Chris Collingwood appears courtesy of Yep Roc Records

What people are saying about These Are The Days:

“GREAT guitar throughout these nine, tight, non-overproduced songs. Very fluid and imaginative playing and Alex isn’t afraid to take chances. An excellent album.” 

—Tom Guerra, Vintage Guitar Magazine

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Thanks and love to:
 
Jodi Lynn Nicholas, Judith Ann Johnson, Lynda Jean Johnson (and the whole Johnson Family), Paul Brown, The Nicholas and Pierce Family, The Clegg Family, The Godleski Family, The Weld Family, Cindy Kunz, Bob Weiner, Keith Leverault, Gus and Lilian Coolbrith Jones, J Scott “Bow Bow” Brandon (RIP), Dave Hayes, J.J. O’Connell, Omar, Roy Faudree and Sheena See (No Theater), Andrew and Amanda Bissaro, Eric Marcelino, Brendan Leith, Eric Suher and all at IHEG, Jim, Peter and all at Signature Sounds, Don Francis Robinson, Paul, Rich and all at R. Michelson Galleries, Bob Cilman, The Young@Heart Chorus, Calvin, London, Tanzi and Joe Bob Cannon-Eckerle, Jon Christenson, Rufus Chaffee, Dan Daniels, Shawn Gundersen, Jim Gipe, Jessica Lapinsky, Alyce Mitchell, Ron Gallagher, Chris Gentes, and all the BPOMN family at Brew Practitioners, Eric, Sue and all at Fort Hill Brewery, Berend Dubbe, G.T. Thomas, Lisa M Butler, Connolly Ryan, Steve Sanderson (and all in Drunk Stuntmen), Paul Davies, Mark Alan Miller, Two Man Guy, Jeff, Sharon and Maryann, Krista Wallhagen, Patrick Moraz, Ed O’Connell, Henning Ohlenbusch for the lyrical inspiration for “Always Been Summer”, Danny Bernini, Paul McNamara, Alex Saltz, Mark Bové, Bob Balogh and all at Valley Free Radio, Joan, Michael, David, Monte, Mark, Joe and all at WRSI, Tom Pappalardo/Standard Design, Bronwen Hodgkinson/Ardent Design, Rick Murnane, Rie Saito, Chris Collingwood, Yep Roc Records, Eck Bulner, Sheryl Hunter, Ken Maiuri, George Lenker, Chihoe Hahn, Dave Phillips, Jon Varney, Charlie Hodgate, Bob Normandin, and Frank Zappa. 


Special thanks to The Village of Florence, The Spindle City, and you, yes, you, our fans for supporting independent, original music. We couldn’t do any of this without you.

Connect with us by writing to info@colorwaymusic.com, heading to www.colorwaymusic.com or looking for us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @Colorwaymusic
 
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01062

And on we go . . .

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Give It Away

Eyes Like Fire

Want To Be Everywhere

Save Me

Keys To The Kingdom

Always Been Summer

Love Is All Around You

"An American in Japan"

Music written and performed by F Alex Johnson
Words by F Alex Johnson and Shawn Berkeley (https://soundcloud.com/shawn-berkeley)
Artwork: F Alex Johnson

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Lyrics:

If you could leave
Where would you go
As if we even have that option
Anymore

I’m almost sorry to say

But I will be right over here
A day ahead and yet
So far behind the times


I can see through my clear umbrella
That the sky hasn’t changed 
Though there’s a lot I’m trying to forget
I’m dying to 
reset as the crows 
Call to me

The rust-red pail 
At every door
To spite a fire 
Such a lonely old eyesore  
And a bit just like me

Blackened alley
Smoke and chances
Drifting in and out of trances
Back to sleep

I can see through my clear umbrella
That the sky hasn’t changed 
Though there’s a lot I’m trying to forget
I’m dying to 
reset as the crows 
Call to me

If I were to even die here
It would be too easy  
My body slung over
An old guitar
I can only pretend
To play for today


I welcome all your sunshine stares
Electric circuits made between the velvet chairs
On the last lonely train
I’m either on it
Or I’m singing at some 
All night karaoke bar again

I can see through my clear umbrella
That the sky hasn’t changed 
Though there’s a lot I’m trying to forget
I’m dying to 
reset as the crows 
Call to me

But they don’t know
I have to go
And yet the still call to me


©2020 Molehill Mountain Music

An American in Japan

Words and music by F Alex Johnson  (SESAC)
Artwork: F Alex Johnson

Recorded in Kyoto, Japan, September, 2020 on a Macbook Pro using Logic Pro X

Digital drum treatments/Keys/Mixing, Mastering and creative support by Shawn Berkeley (https://soundcloud.com/shawn-berkeley)

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"Carried Away"

Lyrics:

If you’re there
And you see this in time 
By the door there’s a bag with my things
Please don’t leave it behind

 As they say
I don’t know anymore than you
But I can’t wait till 

 We get carried away
We get carried away
 
 When you’re free
Could you just let me know 
I may only be able to talk
For a minute or so

 As the doors
Become the walls
I don’t know anymore than you
But I can’t wait till 

 We get carried away
We get carried away 

 I hear the knock at the door
But how do I know it’s you 

 I tried to learn
And play the game
Some pieces get lost
And some rules get changed

 May you and I
Remember today
As we say
Goodbye to the life we know

I believe
But I don’t really care
As each day begins again 
I’ll just see you out there

As they say
I don’t know anymore than you
But I can't wait till

 We get carried away
We get carried away

©2020 Molehill Mountain Music

Carried Away

"Right To A Reason" by Alex Johnson

Recorded in Kyoto, Japan, February 2021 on a Macbook Pro using Logic Pro X. 

Words and music by F Alex Johnson  (SESAC)
Artwork: F Alex Johnson


Mixing, Mastering and creative support by Shawn Berkeley (@shawn-berkeley) 

See, hear and connect with me at:

www.colorwaymusic.com
www.facebook.com/colorwaymusic
www.instagram.com/colorwaymusic
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www.colorway.bandcamp.com

Coffee fund is right 'chere:
paypal.me/falexjohnson 

Feel free to download this track and please share it if you dig!

Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:

I need you to leave today
Then she just stormed
Out the door

The car came 
this close to the fence 
I sat on my hands and cried

She held the cards
And the dice
And the titles
And the timing
Oh why am I just seeing all this now

And the words of a friend
Still e-cho like chants
There’s clues in every murder scene
X
I’ve got a right to a reason
And you know it at the end of the day
I’ve got a right to a reason
so I never make this same mistake

I’ve got a right to be part of this
But it looks like I’ll have
a little extra time     
So I’m gonna wait for it


I hear each day’s a gift
Who should I thank for yesterday   
I heard from my family
The things that they knew all along

If you believe
We only
Run for the ribbons
And no one can stand in our way

Finally taking first place
Fastest fading star
We’re only made of memories   

Here’s to the friends who tried
To warn me
Who love me
But I didn’t listen

Like a conspiracy theory
The flat earth
Was all I could see

It’s a lie
It’s a lie
And I can’t leave here fast enough
Not fast enough
if I tried (and I tried)

Chorus

©2021 Molehill Mountain Music

Right To A Reason

Colorway's Alex Johnson is an American rock guitarist/singer-songwriter based in Kyoto, Japan. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as Ellen and has toured the world making music for most of his life. Thanks for dropping by! 

About the band:

Colorway is F. Alex Johnson (guitar/vocals), Riley Godleski (drums/vocals) and Matt Clegg (bass). The band formed in 2012 in Northampton, Massachusetts and has played to thousands of music lovers all across the Northeast. Colorway released their self-titled debut in 2013 and The Black Sky Sequined in 2015. The ten song effort was called "One of the finest rock albums of 2015" by Ric Albano (Modern Rock Review)and Diffuser's Chuck Armstrong called the band's single "Come Back July" "impossibly catchy" when they premiered the video in 2015. The song was also chosen by the listeners WRSI 93.9 (AAA radio) as one of the top ten songs of the year.

The band's third album, These Are The Days was released on 6/21/18 and included Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne/Look Park) on backup vocals. The album--co-produced by Danny Bernini (Blondie, Martin Sexton, Stryper)--features nine songs about incredible love, loss, heartbreak and joy in this world we're forced to share.

Alex has shared stages with Foreigner, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Yardbirds, Delta Deep (feat. members of Def Leppard and Stone Temple Pilots), Ian Hunter and The Rant Band, and Television's Richard Lloyd (who called the band "amazing and inspiring"). The trio was also included in the 2016 Green River Festival which Rolling Stone named a "must see" music fest.

The band draws on their love of American and British rock mixed with inventive, energetic and melodic lead guitar. Colorway's live show is always a moving experience for the listener and the musicians themselves, as the band strives to elevate the room and connect with the audience at each live performance and with every spin of any one of their albums.


What people are saying about These Are The Days, the third full-length album from Colorway.

“GREAT guitar throughout these nine, tight, non-overproduced songs. Very fluid and imaginative playing and Alex isn’t afraid to take chances. An excellent album.” 

—Tom Guerra, Vintage Guitar Magazine

"Well worth checking out." --Punk Globe

"A tight unit whose brand of amiable pop-rock is captured here in clean, crisp recordings." --Music Connection Magazine

"Bravo! Bravissimo!! Universal material that will appeal to people from all over the world, at any age!" --Patrick Moraz, Yes/The Moody Blues

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