oooh how i dig it! hints of jason mraz, rushton bowen, craig david, matt wertz, and most of all mackenzie johnson! well done :)

Great song!  Really cool lyrics and love the syncopated rhythm.

It may seem easy but this tune has some intricate finger pickin' patterns that you must have impeccable timing to be able to perform and sing it at the same time. A song about a journey...Enjoy

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Matt Nathanson - "All I Have to Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers cover)"

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1. We Are We // 2. Soundtrack to a Crackhouse // 3. Glasper, Interlude // 4. Tallying // 5. Drought // 6. Bread and Blow // 7. My Feet So Far Below Me // 8. Spider // 9. Put Light Go // 10. Tree Fingers // 11. Simone, Here Comes the Sun

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Laura Izibor - Don't Believe A Word (Thin Lizzy Cover)

LYRICS: 

Ever since I was a little kid I knew what I wanted
But I was a bit shy so I never ever flaunted
haunted me all my life like a ghost in the night
but I wasn’t afraid to leave the closet open wide 

& growing up gets a little tough when
the kids are all mean & they’re leaving you out 
& they’re saying that you’re not enough
but you’re gonna get through this
see what the truth is
the cool kids from the past are gonna be biting their tongues

Oh yes, I know I’m young but I 
know things won’t come if I don’t try
time really isn’t on my side
What’s gonna happen tomorrow?

But right now I’m breathing, I’m alive
I’d rather seize it all & thrive
than reach the day I die
wish I’d have done it before cause

Life is short, life is short
So I’m gonna do what I want
I’m gonna do what I want with it [x2]

Now I’m looking to the future, 
learning from the past &
the present is a present but it isn’t meant to last
in the fast lane with the fast pass
screaming my name 
don’t forget it you’re gonna regret it
cause you letting me go, a damn 

shame on you, you didn’t believe it before
claim that you could read all the signs on the door
fame was something that was inevitable
I bet you wish you could touch me now

but I’m high up in a sky with a thousand stars
lies were being told & creating scars
& I know why cause all the hurt has taken me far
the haters & the naysayers 
are gonna be wishing they’d swung

Oh yes, I know I’m young but I’ve 
learned that it’s worth it when you try 
cause you’ve gotta fall a thousand times
before you die you gotta live through the sorrow

See the forest for the trees 
& be able to find 
the reason for the letters & the words that never rhyme
Cause when it is your time, you’re gonna wish you’d have done it before

[chorus]

starting over now
starting over now
before it’s over now
over now, now now   

[chorus to end]

Mackenzie L. Johnson Music 2014
ASCAP
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What I Want

What I Want - Original

Ray Lamontagne & Damien Rice - To love somebody

Hi Everybody!!  This time out, it's a collaboration with fabulous fellow SC'er Tom Barrow!  Man that boy can play, and the way he puts it all together is like magic!! He made me sound FANTASTIC!!! -- and thank you for that, Tom!! ^_^  If anyone listening to this hasn't checked him out yet, go do it!... But AFTER you listen, of course ;)

The song was originally sung by Nora Jones, who probably wrote it too, but in any case, we don't have the rights to it, we just wanted to play it and hopefully do it justice.

As always, thank you for listening!!!

What I Want - Original

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