When sky blue gets dark enoughTo see the colors of the city lightsA trail of ruby red and diamond whiteHits her like a sunrise She comes and goes and comes and goesLike no one can Tonight she’s out to lose herselfAnd find a high on Peachtree StreetFrom mixed drinks to techno beats it’s alwaysHeavy into […]
Category Archives: John Mayer
Back To You
Back to youIt always comes aroundBack to youI tried to forget youI tried to stay awayBut it’s too late Over youI’m never overOver youSomething about youIt’s just the way you moveThe way you move me I’m so good at forgettingAnd I quit ever game I playBut forgive me, loveI can’t turn and walk away Back […]
St. Patrick's Day
Here comes the coldBreak out the winter clothesAnd find a love to call your ownYou – enter youYour cheeks a shade of pinkAnd the rest of you in powder blue Who knows what will beBut I’ll make you this guarantee No way November will see our goodbyeWhen it comes to December it’s obvious whyNo one […]
City Love
I never liked this apple muchIt always seemed too big to touchI can’t remember how I foundMy way before she came around I tell everyoneI smile just becauseI’ve got a city loveI found it in LydiaAnd I can’t remember life before her name She keeps a toothbrush at my placeAs if I had the extra […]
Great Indoors
Check your pulse it’s proof that you’re not listening toThe call your life’s been issuing youThe rhythm of a line of idle days Scared of a world outside you should go explorePull all the shades and wander the great indoorsThe great indoors Lamplight makes the shadows playAnd posters take the walls awayThe T.V. is your […]
Not Myself
Suppose I saidI am on my best behaviorAnd there are timesI lose my worried mind Would you want me when I’m not myself?Wait it out while I am someone else? Suppose I saidColors change for no good reasonAnd words will goFrom poetry to prose Would you want me when I’m not myself?Wait it out while […]
3×5
I’m writing you tocatch you up on places I’ve beenYou held this letterprobably got excited, but there’s nothing else inside itdidn’t have a camera by my side this timehopping I would see the world with both my eyesmaybe I will tell you all about it when I’min the mood to lose my way with wordsToday […]
My Stupid Mouth
My stupid mouthHas got me in troubleI said too much againTo a date over dinner yesterdayAnd I could seeShe was offendedShe said "well anyway…"Just dying for a subject change Oh, another social casualtyScore one more for meHow could I forget?Mama said "think before speaking"No filter in my headOh, what’s a boy to doI guess he […]