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Johnny

from Spokedog by David Alan Thornton

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You cover the eastern wall
And you forget the other three
You're always about to fall
But in the end it's me

A moment or two to thing
And you'd turn tail and run
But you genuflect and drink
And hail the morning sun
But with the sun I'm done

Johnny, how's the Father?
My regards to the Father's Son
And the Holy Spirit too
I don't pray as much as you do
Johnny, keep it coming
You can see what a mess I'm in
Call it life or love or sin
As it is I'm paper thin
Hey, Johnny!

Can I keep the window shut?
The flies are getting bad
I'm stuck in a major rut
And it's the best I've ever had
Why are you getting mad?

Johnny, back to the altar
Settle down in the smokey smell
The candlelight you know so well
The holy stone on which you fell
Johnny, keep it together
I'm the one who gets to fall apart
If you ever did, it would break my heart
And that would be your cruelest art
Hey, Johnny!
Johnny!

I'm spiraling at such a speed
Kneeling now my knees would bleed
Freeing fingers for a fold
I would loose and lose my hold
But you've got knees and hands and wings to spare
Johnny, don't you care?

One by one, you clear the air
And I cry it isn't fair
Johnny, don't call a doctor
Lower me to the rocking floor
Keep me from that open door
If I go I'll get some more
Johnny, when is it over?
Will I live to the final bell?
Conjure me a counter-spell
Hide me from these hounds of hell
Hey, Johnny!
Johnny!
Johnny!

Johnny, is it the morning?
This is something I never knew
Have we always had the view?
I should pray as much as you do

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from Spokedog, released December 1, 2013

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David Alan Thornton New York, New York

Alaska-raised, NYC-based, singer-songwriter David Alan Thornton has has been called "too open-minded for the Midwest and too open-hearted for New York." As a performer, his "soulful vocal stylings compliment confessional lyrics that border on literary greatness." With a sound in the middle of David Bowie and Cat Stevens, you might call him an alternative-folk-rock singer, but who really knows? ... more

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