You whisper not to get much closer
As I'm closing in on you
You stop me and you say it's over
I think it's overdue

A kiss
On my lips
A brush
Of your fingertips
It's true
Some kind of blue

Some kind of blue
Some kind of blue

You tell me now that something's different
The difference is you
If all we have is just one night
Then tonight will have to do

A kiss
On my lips
A brush
Of your fingertips
It's true
Some kind of blue

Some kind of blue
Some kind of blue

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It's never easy
After the storm
Who are you fighting
Three times going down
You're in love with your pride
And you've lost all you'd found
You wake in the morning
Yet the sun's going down

It's seldom quiet
When you're alone
Hearing the echoes
Of things that you'd known
You're fooling yourself
Now what do you have
A broken heart
And an empty bed
Is all she left

You took her for granted
So she took a ride
Why didn't you stop her
You still had the time
She's quickly outgrown you
And your selfish pride
And now you've got nothing
But an empty feeling inside

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After the storm
Bye-bye fly away
Fly away
After the storm
If you fold then you lose

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After The Storm

These lyrics sat forgotten in a notebook  for so long that the subject matter of the song no longer exists in modern society.   But somewhere in the world, there's a girl who used to work at the Hollywood Video near my house that caught my eye...

I could love her but
I'll never have to
She doesn't know that I'm alive

Behind the counter
She's like Madonna
I'm just a face among the crowd

I should just let it go 'cause
I don't even know her
She doesn't know that I'm alive

Video girl
Video girl
Video girl

She looks so cute and groovy
Every time I rent my movies

Video girl
Video girl
Video girl

She looks so sweet and pretty, so
Gotta go and get some videos

Action, comedy
Drama and family
Gotta time it right
So she’s not busy

Rom-com's, anime
Sports and documentaries
How am I ever gonna
Get this girl to notice me

Video Girl

2 TUFF 2 CRY

Seems like there's nothing left to do
But get started on getting over you
It might take a little time
But I know I'm gonna be alright
Still have the rest of my life
If I can only get through tonight

Frozen tears in the corner of my eye
I'm too tough to cry
I'm only being quiet 'cause there's something on my mind
I'm too tough to cry
Too tough
Too tough
I'm too tough to cry

Hard to admit it, but it's true
That what we used to have is through
It might take a little time
I gotta get that through my mind
but everything's gonna be alright
If I can only get through tonight

2 Tuff 2 Cry

BROKEN ANGEL

Sometimes we all fall
Tumbling to the ground
Though our hearts burn
Like a shooting star
The world turns
As we try to keep our balance
Some learn, while others fall

Down...
Sinking so far
Can we ever be together
If we never fall apart
All this twist and turning
As we try to make our way
Never stop trying
And you'll reach the sky someday

Fly high
On dreams broken angel
Fly high
Come rescue me
Fly high
On dreams broken angel
Come and wrap your wings around me

Sometimes it all seems
Just too much to handle
Sinking
Though we try so hard
It's a struggle
Just to carry on now
Some rise
While others fall

Down...
Sinking so fast
Forget about forever
It was never meant to last
Sit around and wonder
Just exactly where you fell
How will we know heaven
If we'd never been through hell

Fly high
On dreams broken angel
Fly high
Come rescue me
Fly high
On dreams broken angel
Come and wrap your wings around me

Broken Angel

Turn up that song on the radio
Drive around
Not really going anywhere
Like we even care

Don't remember ever even asking you
Gonna keep on doing what we wanna do
It’s true
Don't care if anyone approves

Radio
Radio

Sing along with the songs on the radio
Street lights
Whizzing by up above our heads
Gonna live before we're dead

Not really anywhere that we gotta be
Care free, no responsibilities
Tonight
Only one thing on our minds
Party Time

Radio
Radio

Radio

There she goes again
A common hooligan
I hear
Them say
'Cause everybody thinks they know
So much about you

So far your only sin
Is that you don't fit in
Their way
It's ok
'Cause none of them really know
That much about you

I think you'll find
If you give it some time
Things will get better
That's why I say

I know, you know
Everything will get better
If you let it
There I said it
But you know it's true now

I know, you know
Everything will get better
If you let it
Don't forget it
I believe in you now

Can't quite remember when
You ever blended in
With all the normies
And their ordinary days

So far your only sin
Is that you don't fit in
Their way
It's ok
'Cause none of them really know
That much about you

© 2020 John Mendenhall

Better

Every time that we're hanging out together
Somehow I feel all alone
But the very next time you call me
I always pick up the phone

Do you ever even think about me
In your bedroom, late at night
Or is everything I dream about you
Just a figment in my mind

I never shoulda let it go this long
Everything I thought I knew was wrong
Here I go again with a break-up song
Cause you're really a Decepticon

Everything I thought I knew was wrong
I never shoulda let it go this long
Here I go again with a break-up song
Cause you're really a Decepticon


Sometimes I think you really believe in
All those things you say to me
But in your heart there's something else happening
And I'm just the casualty

I try to tell myself maybe
That's just how she is
But it seems like I'm noticing lately
Inconsistencies

Decepticon

Well she's never been to college
She got her GED
Gleaned all her refinement and polish
By watching daytime TV

She's a marvel to behold
Only nineteen years old
She's a white trash girl

She's a wonder to be seen
Trailer park beauty queen
She's a white trash girl

Late at night in the double-wide
As she closes her eyes to sleep
Gotta figure a way outa this life
What happened to all her dreams

I don't know
But I hope you get to go
White trash girl

I don't know
But I hope you get to go
White trash girl

She had a boyfriend named Grady
But he's no where to be found
Suspects she's pregnant with his baby
But she don't let it bring her down

She's a marvel to behold
Only nineteen years old
She's a white trash girl

She's a wonder to be seen
Trailer park beauty queen
She's a white trash girl

I don't know
But I hope you get to go
White trash girl

I don't know
But I hope you get to go
White trash girl
She's a white trash girl

© 2019 John Mendenhall

White Trash Girl

From the soundtrack EP to the book series
"The Orballian Chronicles"
Written & illustrated by John Mendenhall

Books & additional info available here:
www.orballia.com

Orballia

Heart of a Warrior

Heart Of A Warrior (Arama's Theme)

From the oundtrack to the book series
"The Orballian Chronicles"
Written & illustrated by John Mendenhall

WHAT OF THE WORLD (Llori's Theme)

What of the world outside
Perils and danger
Or treasures to find
Looking out my window I wonder
As I dream in the night
What of the world outside

Looking out my window
As far as I can see
A great big world beyond these walls
Is beckoning
Will I find adventure
Beyond the city gates
Or stumble upon the path
To where my one true love awaits

Static of the city streets
Sunsets in the ocean breeze
All these things I want to see
With my eyes

With my own eyes
With my own eyes

For years I’ve sat and wondered
What does the future hold
Clinging to security
Or will I be so bold
Cast aside these prison doors
I’ve made to hold me in
Spread my wings
A leap of faith
And let my life begin

© 2019 John Mendenhall Entertainment

What Of The World

What Of The World (Llori's Theme)

VALARIE

What has happened to the girl
I used to know from years ago
She's gone and all she left me
Was an empty shell

Those days are over
We're getting so much older now

Life is seldom constant
But you know I'll always be there
When you need someone to talk to
If you're feeling down

Looking back I find
It was all the little things
That meant so much

Valarie
Valarie...

What has happened now to us
We've grown and all we've sown is dust
Become some of the things
We thought we'd never be

Those days are gone an now
It seems we're far less bolder now

Time is in a bottle
Left uncorked, emitting vapor
Turn around and come back later
All those years are gone

And looking back I find
It was all the little things
That meant so much

Yesterday
Seems like I knew the answers
Not figuratively
I mean yesterday

She spoke to me
I believed in her
Not literally
But threads of truth

Valarie
Valarie...


© 2020 John Mendenhall

Valarie

I got my handgun
A can of mace
Avoid the alleys
The crime rate

Don’t go out alone
After dark
Carry a billy club
In the park

‘Cause I’m
Dressing for the weather
Yes I’m
Dressing for the weather

I had my basement
Lined with lead
Just in case of
Condition red

I’ve got supplies
To live a year
Spent a fortune on
Survival gear
‘Cause I’m

Dressing for the weather
Yes I’m
Dressing for the weather

© 2020 John Mendenhall

Dressing For The Weather

A re-recording of an old song I originally wrote & released in 1988

Don't cry now sunshine
You brighten up my day
Don't cry, it'll be alright now
Wipe your tears away

If you need a friend to rely on
Come to me for a shoulder to cry on
If it seems your life has gone all wrong
Let me be your hope to get by on

Love can move the mountains
That stand in your way
Love can swim the oceans
That swept you away
Swept you away

May your tears dry now sunshine
Time will heal all your wounds
They'll fly away
They'll fly away

© 1987 John Mendenhall

Sunshine

Every time that you come sniffing around
I run for cover
Oh, here we go again
I don't know what you're expecting of me
We've been over
All of this before

You say
Let's give it another chance
I just don't have the strength
And you've
Been missing our lost romance
I'll tell you once again

Go
But you keep coming around
Go
But you keep coming around

There was a time when things were good between us
But that's over
Why can't you let it go
I really doubt you're even thinking of me
When you're sober
You just don't want to be alone

You say
Let's give it another chance
I just don't have the strength
And you've
Been missing our lost romance
I'll tell you once again

Go
But you keep coming around
Go
But you keep coming around

released December 6, 2023
Written, performed, and produced by John Mendenhall

In my saddest dreams
Never thought I'd be
Living out
This parody of a life I lead
It seems
The light in my heart has dimmed
Now I'm frosting over
Alone and nowhere
Again
So let it rain

Never really been a lonely man, but now
I feel the weight of this silence

Never really had much of a plan for love
But now the hardness of solace
Is crushing me
So let it rain

It feels like everything
Is falling apart at the seams
And it's all that I can do sometimes
To hang on

But then I hear the drip-drop pitter-pop
Little streams gently
Running down the window pane
Drip-drop pitter-pop
Little things
Reminding me
There's hope that I'll be happy again

So just let it rain

Never really been an empty man, but now
I see how hollow my life is

All by myself, I've never felt alone
But now this desolate twilight
Is swallowing me

So let it rain

Dear God, looking down from your majesty
Can you see the walls closing in on me
You know I've been faithful and tried so hard , and I'll be true
So please send me

Drip-drop pitter-pop
Little streams gently
Running down the window pane
Drip-drop pitter-pop
Little things
Reminding me
There's hope that I'll be happy again

So just let it rain

Let It Rain

I don't know
A thing about you
But I don't really know
Much about me too

Just that the feeling tonight
Is feeling so right
That I don't want to let it go

How this all started
I don't recall
And where this is going
I haven't a clue

But the feeling tonight
Is feeling so right
That I don't want to let you go

Two lovers in love
Tonight is enough
Together

Two lovers in love
Will live in our hearts
Forever

Let's just hold on to this softly
Don't let it slip away

I don't really know
Where to begin
Tonight is a canvas
Let's color it in

Because the feeling tonight
Is feeling so right
That I don't want to let you go

Two lovers in love
Tonight is enough
Together

Two lovers in love
Will live in our hearts
Forever

Let's just hold on to this softly
Don't let it slip away

© 2024 John Mendenhall

Tonight Is Enough

Dripping with ice
Like she's got it all down
Walks in the room
She's the toast of the town
No one would never know that she's just
Daddy's girl from a small town world

Working so hard
Climbing to the top
Left them all behind
Or so she thought
But deep inside she'll always be
Daddy's girl from a small town world

All those big glitzy lights
Of the big city nights
Instead of country roads
In your grandpa's Ford
So many things in your life
You find slipping away

Fly high
But never let them into your heart your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never forget who you are

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

All of your life spent chasing the dream
But when you look in the mirror, do you like who you see
Scratched and clawed your way to the top
But standing here now, do you like what you got
And what it cost

But tonight she's
Walking around
Turning every head
With her style and poise
No one suspects
That behind that dress, she's really just
Daddy's girl from a small town world

All the glamorous sights
Of the big city life
Instead of fireflies
On a summer night

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

You could have the time of your life
Or the darkest of times

Fly high
But listen to the beat of your heart
If you run around chasing the stars
Never let them change who you are

All of your life spent chasing the dream
But when you look in the mirror, do you like who you see
Scratched and clawed your way to the top
But standing here now, do you like what you got
And what it cost

You could have the time of your life
Or the darkest of times...

© 2024 John Mendenhall

Daddy's Girl

Imagine 80's Pop crashing into Pop Punk and you are pretty much there...

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