Songwriters Of New York
 

 

 

John Lewis

John is 22 and is working on a post grad at Columbia.


Set my Soul on Fire

Set my soul of fire
Take my spirit higher
Higher than I’ve ever been
Set my past in flames
Play your cool games
Put nothing in between.

Set my life on fire
Take my spirit higher
Higher than I’ve ever been
Set my dreams in flames
Play your cool games
Put nothing in between

Set my mind on fire
Take my spirit high
Higher than I’ve ever been
Set my love in your heart
When we are apart
You know you are my Queen.

Run to Me

Run to me
Whenever you are lonely
Run to me
Whenever you are blue
Run to me
Whenever things aren’t easy
Run to me
And see me run to you

Run to me
When your dreams lie shattered
Run to me
When you don’t know what is true
Run to me
When life leaves you battered
Run to me
And see me run to you

Run to me
When all hopes are broken
Run to me
When you don’t know what to do
Run to me
Whenever you need comfort
Run to me
And see me run to you

Run to me
Until you’re tired of running
Run to me
You know that I am true
Run to me
And I will see you coming
Run to me
And see me run to you


Forgotten Dreams

As I walked out one summers morning
I saw a man I didn’t know
He spoke to me as if in warning
“You don’t know which way to go”

And so I walked and he told me
About the life I hadn’t seen
About the people gathered round me
People from forgotten dreams

And as he spoke I saw around me
A thousand people I had known
Some were living some were dying
Some had lived their lives alone

All their eyes were set upon me
All the hopes they’d ever known
And I knew in that moment
An inner peace I’d never known

All my worries all my heartaches
Look to me like grains of sand
Every day and every moment
I’d lived in the promised land

Time in a Tin Can

If I could trap time
In a tin can
If I could turn back time
I’d take away
The things I said
And you would still be mine

If I could change
All my tomorrows
And live in yesterday
I wouldn’t speak
The words I said
And you wouldn’t go away

If I could only
wake tomorrow
And find you were still here
I wouldn’t cry
Love wouldn’t die
And my eyes would know no tears

I’d Rather be Dead than Old

I don’t care what next year brings
I don’t care ‘bout them things
I don’t want to plan and plot
I’m just happy with what I’ve got
Keep you pensions, keep your rules
I aint like all you fools

I don’t care ‘bout the lies you told
I ‘d just rather be dead than old

What’d I want with big boys toys
Let me run with the boys
Don’t talk ‘bout my career
Why should you bend my ear
We just wanna enjoy ourselves
You can keep your old mans wealth

I don’t care ‘bout the lies you told
I’d just rather be dead than old

When you’re dead and in the ground
I’m the one who’ll play around
Your old world is course and cruel
I’m the one to break the rules
I know you never had no fun
But I do, and I’m young

The Touch of your Hand

The touch of your hand
The smell of your cheek
The breath on your lips
Oh I’m so weak
The sojourn of days
The lonely dark nights
Now you’re away
Nothing goes right

Chorus

And all night long I hear your voice
I hear it everywhere
I know that I have no choice
And you are not there

The setting of sunset
Upon your head
I have no regrets
Of times spent in your bed
But now I’m so cold
And you’re far away
How can I be bold
Throughout the day

And all night long I hear your voice
I hear it everywhere
I know that I have no choice
And you are not there

The length of your leg
The softness of thigh
The quiver of lips
The gleam in the eye
The husky low voice
I hear in my mind
Now mocks me because
you are not mine

Feel the Force

I can’t control my feelings
Feelings over you
Can’t control the love I have
And you know its true
I lost control of my feelings
Guess I’ve got no choice
Can you feel the feelings
Can you feel the force

I can’t control the love
Love over you
Can’t control the love I have
And you know its true
I can’t control the love
Guess I’ve got no choice
Can you feel the feelings
Can you feel the force

I can’t control the power
Your power over me
Can’t control the love I have
And I know you love me
You can’t control the power
Guess you’ve got no choice
Can you feel the feelings
Can you feel the force

Just Wanted to be Free

They thought
I could do anything
They thought
I could fly
They thought
Gotta believe in
Something
Don’t they know we live a lie

Chorus

Wasn’t born to this
How did it come to be
Didn’t want all of this
Just wanted to be free

They said
You can do anything
They thought
I would fly
They gotta believe
In something
But me, I live a lie

Chorus

They say
I’m a Superman
They think
It’s all true
They gotta say
More nothings
But I’m nothing without you

I See Them Passing Me, Walking Hand in Hand

I see them passing me, walking hand in hand
Pretty girls with guys who aint too bright
But me, I’m like someone from another land
I know I’ll be on my own again tonight

What do they see in these guys without a care
Good looking girls never look at me twice
I don’t understand, but it just aint fair
To love a pretty girl would be no nice

At night I dream of the girls I’ve yet to meet
Those girls will look after me just fine
In dreams the girls fall at my feet
And all I do is chose the best as mine

But the next day all I do is stand and stare
I need a pretty girl to take me in her hand
Come and get me girls, I’d love to spare
Come and get me girls, help me make my stand

Ooh ee Baby

I’d walked alone thru many nights
For years I’d walked alone
But your sweet kiss brought me round
Helped me find my way home
Baby, I’m at home with you
Wherever we may be
Baby, give me everything
Give yourself to me

Chorus

Ooh ee Baby,
I was woken by your kiss
Ooh ee Baby
I was born for nights like this

In the night when I call your name
You are close at hand
By my side thru good and bad
Help me make my stand
Always be there, never go
I can’t live without you
Always be there for
The love we have is true

Death Row Blues

Well, here I am on Death Row
Loneliest man on earth
Do you wanna hear the truth now
Hear the truth for what its worth

A whole long time ago
I killed the love of my life
Oh yes Sir, I killed her
Killed the girl who was my wife

My wife she was a good girl
Before she chased the dream
She still looked like a good girl
But she was not what she seemed

I’d leave the house in the morning
She’d follow me thru the door
But what I never guessed
Was my girl became a whore

I came home too early
Caught her with another man
I killed him with my knife
Guess you can understand

Now they’re waiting for me
Priest is standing by the door
Another fifteen minutes and
I won’t be here no more

So listen to me people
Before you go and take a wife
Just you understand
You might just lose your life


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