Spend my days in a haze, floating 'round in the Marais
Nights under the bright lights at Mignon on Beaumarchais
Rouge wave gets me mumbling, then tumbling it takes me
Bouncing and rolling like a cork lost out at sea
Endless nights that haunt and taunt eternal seemingly
How the sirens come to me
But they're not real, just temptation in the deep
They all sing along to a luring song of prey
Melody washes over but can't make out a word they say
Tied my mooring line to wine, but it snapped back from the fray
So I row against the undertow, drifting, my anchor away
A drunken sailor lost and lonely in a sad and magic swamp
Saint Michel protecting me from everything I want
But darkness falls like thunder and that old dragon wins
Running 'round in circles, trying to reach the end
Trying to break the cycle of solitude and sin
Here come those sirens again
They all sing along to a luring song of prey
Melody washes over but can't make out a word they say
Tied my mooring line to wine, but it snapped back from the fray
So I row against the undertow, drifting, my anchor away
Pull the wax out of my ears, tie me to the mast headlong
My heart's free of fear, so let me hear that siren song
Play it loud and sing it proud and make it last so long
'Cause the night goes on and on, forever
They all sing along to a luring song of prey
Melody washes over but can't make out a word they say
Tied my mooring line to wine, but it snapped back from the fray
So I row against the undertow, drifting, my anchor away
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir Album Lyrics
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage Du Desir Lyrics
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
If The Sun Never Rises Again
I've been lonely long as I can remember
Until you came along
World was as cold as the wind in December
All the love light was gone
I still don't know why you let me in
Were you just lonely? Did you need a friend?
Did you see a broken man you thought you could mend
Sometimes beginnings can come from an end
Why can't the dream go on forever?
Why can't the night never end?
All we need is starlight in our eyes however
What if the sun never rises again?
Mhm
Yeah
And I know you're broken, but you hide it well
You lock it away like a scared little girl
And I know your secret, but I'll never tell
What would I even say? You know I hate to talk to the world
You and me, we don't need words to say anything
They just get in the way
Words could never compare to the games that we play
With our eyes in the moonlight
Why can't the dream go on forever?
Why can't the night never end?
All we need is starlight in our eyes however
What if the sun never rises again?
What if the sun never rises again?
Who knows?
Until you came along
World was as cold as the wind in December
All the love light was gone
I still don't know why you let me in
Were you just lonely? Did you need a friend?
Did you see a broken man you thought you could mend
Sometimes beginnings can come from an end
Why can't the dream go on forever?
Why can't the night never end?
All we need is starlight in our eyes however
What if the sun never rises again?
Mhm
Yeah
And I know you're broken, but you hide it well
You lock it away like a scared little girl
And I know your secret, but I'll never tell
What would I even say? You know I hate to talk to the world
You and me, we don't need words to say anything
They just get in the way
Words could never compare to the games that we play
With our eyes in the moonlight
Why can't the dream go on forever?
Why can't the night never end?
All we need is starlight in our eyes however
What if the sun never rises again?
What if the sun never rises again?
Who knows?
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Scooter Blues
I've been feeling like a piece of rice paper
Think I'll move to an island and turn into vapor
Get a scooter and a house on a hill
Fish all day just to fill up the grill
Spend my mornings making chocolate milk and Eggos
My days at the beach, my nights stepping on Legos
Wave to the world, screaming, "Hasta luego"
Everybody back home will say, "Where the hell did he go?"
Gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
I hear those islands calling my name
Since the first time I saw 'em, Lord, I ain't been the same
Maybe I'll end up in Chalong
Or over in Kata Not or up in Karon
Buy me a bar in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Learn how to kickbox so I don't get fat
And suck on some coconuts and play me some checkers
Lay on the beach 'til all my freckles connected
Gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
Oh, I'm gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
Oh, no
Think I'll move to an island and turn into vapor
Get a scooter and a house on a hill
Fish all day just to fill up the grill
Spend my mornings making chocolate milk and Eggos
My days at the beach, my nights stepping on Legos
Wave to the world, screaming, "Hasta luego"
Everybody back home will say, "Where the hell did he go?"
Gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
I hear those islands calling my name
Since the first time I saw 'em, Lord, I ain't been the same
Maybe I'll end up in Chalong
Or over in Kata Not or up in Karon
Buy me a bar in Nakhon Si Thammarat
Learn how to kickbox so I don't get fat
And suck on some coconuts and play me some checkers
Lay on the beach 'til all my freckles connected
Gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
Oh, I'm gonna hop in a boat, throw the paddle away
Offer my heart up to the break and the sway
Wake up every day in the sun
Kick off my flip-flops and go for a run
Gonna hop on my scooter, go down to the store
When people say, "Are you him?" I'll say, "Not anymore"
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
With the wind in my hair, I'm gonna scooter my blues away
Oh, no
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Jupiter's Faerie
For some reason, today I thought of you
Thought I'd look you up and see what you'd been up to
How long's it been? Ten years or maybe more
Since I told you not to call me, shut you out and closed the door
I'm sorry, I know it hurt, but I'd moved on
The memories remained, but the sentiment was gone
We belonged to the darkness and the moon
But I found a light so bright, thought I might live in its sun
Then today while walking lost, I saw a sign
That without effort brought your name to mind
So I decided to reach out after so long
Decided how we left, it was all wrong
It's okay to move on, but we don't have to closе the door
And after all, what are rеal friends for?
So I went home thinking I would try to call you
I searched your name and then I saw the news
That there was no more you
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
I used to write so many songs about you
Long after you went home that day
I laid alone so many nights without you
Spent years just hoping that you were okay
I cried an ocean of tears
Hoping it'd wash the pain away
But then today I read the news that you were gone
You'd left a year ago, chose to check out and move on
I guess the the pain became the only thing
Each and every day would bring
I'm sorry I wasn't there, I wish I'd known
I would've tried to give you love, it'd been so long since I'd shown
But then had I, maybe you'd be here today
Suffering and crashing from sadness and its weight
But in my heart, I guess I always knew
Somehow one of us would end this way
What's done is done, now there's nothing left to say
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
One more glass of wine for a love so true
Then another and another, for today one just won't do
There's no happy endings, only stories that stop before they're through
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
Thought I'd look you up and see what you'd been up to
How long's it been? Ten years or maybe more
Since I told you not to call me, shut you out and closed the door
I'm sorry, I know it hurt, but I'd moved on
The memories remained, but the sentiment was gone
We belonged to the darkness and the moon
But I found a light so bright, thought I might live in its sun
Then today while walking lost, I saw a sign
That without effort brought your name to mind
So I decided to reach out after so long
Decided how we left, it was all wrong
It's okay to move on, but we don't have to closе the door
And after all, what are rеal friends for?
So I went home thinking I would try to call you
I searched your name and then I saw the news
That there was no more you
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
I used to write so many songs about you
Long after you went home that day
I laid alone so many nights without you
Spent years just hoping that you were okay
I cried an ocean of tears
Hoping it'd wash the pain away
But then today I read the news that you were gone
You'd left a year ago, chose to check out and move on
I guess the the pain became the only thing
Each and every day would bring
I'm sorry I wasn't there, I wish I'd known
I would've tried to give you love, it'd been so long since I'd shown
But then had I, maybe you'd be here today
Suffering and crashing from sadness and its weight
But in my heart, I guess I always knew
Somehow one of us would end this way
What's done is done, now there's nothing left to say
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
One more glass of wine for a love so true
Then another and another, for today one just won't do
There's no happy endings, only stories that stop before they're through
I hear there's faeries out on Jupiter
And there was a time that I knew one
But today I'm feeling way down here on Earth
Crying tears of love in the light of mourning dawn
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Who I Am
I've lost friends and I've lost heroes
I lost everything I am, even my name
Been going through changes and finding clarity
And comfort in just knowing nothing ever stays the same
They don't tell you when you're born it's gonna be this way
They don't tell you until you die it's all a sham
They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to Heaven
And thank God
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
There's some days I ain't okay
And there's some nights I just wanna die
Then comes morning and the light from that blue sky
But I can't see thе sunshine through the thunder in my еyes
It's too late now for therapy to save me
And that old radio still won't play me
I can hold down the line, but I can't kick the can
Life ain't fair and God is cruel, but at least she ain't the man
They don't tell you when you're born it's gonna be this way
They don't tell you when you die it's all a sham
They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to Heaven
And thank God
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
I lost everything I am, even my name
Been going through changes and finding clarity
And comfort in just knowing nothing ever stays the same
They don't tell you when you're born it's gonna be this way
They don't tell you until you die it's all a sham
They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to Heaven
And thank God
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
There's some days I ain't okay
And there's some nights I just wanna die
Then comes morning and the light from that blue sky
But I can't see thе sunshine through the thunder in my еyes
It's too late now for therapy to save me
And that old radio still won't play me
I can hold down the line, but I can't kick the can
Life ain't fair and God is cruel, but at least she ain't the man
They don't tell you when you're born it's gonna be this way
They don't tell you when you die it's all a sham
They don't ask you what your name is when you get up to Heaven
And thank God
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
I couldn't tell her if I had to who I am
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Right Kind of Dream
Baby, I wanna change all the things you want me to
If you'll just let me come in off the street
I'll leave my heart so blue out on your doorstep
So when you come home, you can wipe your feet
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
I wanna taste all the grapes on your vine
I wanna leave all your bottles empty and broken
I wanna say that you're all mine
But words are often better left unspoken
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
Baby, I wanna change all the things you want me to
If you'll just let me come in off the street
I'll leave my heart so blue out on your doorstep
So when you come home, you can wipe your feet
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
If you'll just let me come in off the street
I'll leave my heart so blue out on your doorstep
So when you come home, you can wipe your feet
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
I wanna taste all the grapes on your vine
I wanna leave all your bottles empty and broken
I wanna say that you're all mine
But words are often better left unspoken
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
Baby, I wanna change all the things you want me to
If you'll just let me come in off the street
I'll leave my heart so blue out on your doorstep
So when you come home, you can wipe your feet
I wanna give you the right kind of dream
I wanna make lovestruck magic with you
They say that joy is fleeting and pain is forever
How I wish that happiness left scars too
How I wish that happiness left scars too
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Just like you do
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Mint Tea
[ Featuring Sturgill Simpson ]
Let me be the one to stitch the white thread
All this back and forth got me spinning in my head
It's got me bound up and blind, what can I do?
The only thing that makes sense is being next to you
So put another band-aid on my bullet wound
Pour us both another cup of that mint tea
Sit down by my side underneath the moon
Tell me why you're so afraid of little old me
You need an early morning matcha? Girl, I gotcha
You know my days don't see the light
I go to bed with the moon, but should I fall asleep too soon
Wake me up for that mint tea at midnight
So put another band-aid on this bullet wound
Pour us both another cup of that mint tea
Sit down by my side underneath the moon
Tell me why you're so afraid of little old me
Words get in the way, but actions follow through
You don't wanna hurt me, and I ain't gonna hurt you
Even if I do, you know I won't mean to
And you're still gonna love me anyway
So put another band-aid on this bullet wound
Pour us both another cup of that mint tea
Sit down by my side underneath the moon
Tell me why you're so afraid of little old me
Tell me why you're so afraid of little old me
Writer: John Sturgill Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
One for the Road
[ Featuring Sturgill Simpson ]
Sit down baby
I got some things that you need to hear
Its been building inside me
And there's some air that we need to clear
What if I told you that Im not the man that you think I am
Would you listen or would I only hear the door behind you slam
In my face as I watched you walking out of my world
Knowing it'd be the last day that I could call you my girl and that I broke your heart There's nobody but me left to blame
And the face in my mirror won't be the same
I'll sit alone hoping you're ok but how will I know
You say these yes will never see you again after you go
I love you but I broke it
And the cracks are starting to show
So before you go here's one for the road
Ive been searching for a way to say that you should move on
And I think we both know that you'd be better off after you're gone
You'll find somebody that looks at you the way you used to look at me
And we both know its been a while since I was the man you used to see
Im so tired of walking around
Knowing Im the one that us down and I broke your heart
There's nobody but me left to blame
There was a fire between us but I blew out the flame
And ever since we've both been trying to hang on
But I think we both know that the fire is gone
Our love was a garden but it seems some weeds have grown
All the flowers have wilted and the seeds have all been sewn
So before we go here's one for the road
Writer: JS Simpson
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Copyright: Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Passage du Desir (French for "Passage of Desire") is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, released under the alter ego Johnny Blue Skies.
It was released on July 12, 2024, through High Top Mountain as Simpson's eighth total studio album. It has received positive reviews from critics. Simpson has stated that this album represents a new phase in his career and was not preceded by promotional singles, but will be supported with a tour under his proper name with Johnny Blue Skies as a special guest.
Simpson chose to adopt a stage name for Passage du Desir in order to remain in line with his stance of only releasing five original studio albums under his actual name; this excludes Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, as they were bluegrass renditions of previously released material.
The name "Johnny Blue Skies" was given to Simpson by a bartender in Lexington, Kentucky, who would introduce Simpson with the moniker whenever he would begin an open mic set at the bar.
Jacob Paul Nielsen of Stereogum stated that "shrouded in the new identity of Johnny Blues Skies, Simpson has crafted some of his best songs to date", comparing the use of alter egos to David Bowie and Bob Dylan.
-Wikipedia
Performed By:
Johnny Blue SkiesIt was released on July 12, 2024, through High Top Mountain as Simpson's eighth total studio album. It has received positive reviews from critics. Simpson has stated that this album represents a new phase in his career and was not preceded by promotional singles, but will be supported with a tour under his proper name with Johnny Blue Skies as a special guest.
Simpson chose to adopt a stage name for Passage du Desir in order to remain in line with his stance of only releasing five original studio albums under his actual name; this excludes Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, as they were bluegrass renditions of previously released material.
The name "Johnny Blue Skies" was given to Simpson by a bartender in Lexington, Kentucky, who would introduce Simpson with the moniker whenever he would begin an open mic set at the bar.
Jacob Paul Nielsen of Stereogum stated that "shrouded in the new identity of Johnny Blues Skies, Simpson has crafted some of his best songs to date", comparing the use of alter egos to David Bowie and Bob Dylan.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s): country, blues, soul, Southern rock
Producer(s): David R. Ferguson, Sturgill Simpson
Length: 41:43
Released: July 12th, 2024
Year: 2024