67 tracks by Saltyjohn
You Just Went Away
2023© John Schofield
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The lights of the fishing boats
Sway and dance in the night
I stand on the balcony
Looking over the bight
V2
A sweet breeze is carrying
The scent of the ocean
And with it the memory
The…
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My lyrics, set to music and performed by Gordon Todd:
The Bar at Sorrow Point
©2020JohnSchofield
Lizzy went in search of action
She found this old juke joint
Inside it she met Billy
It was the bar at Sorrow Point
They danced too…
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My lyrics set to music and performed by Gordon Todd
Torn Apart
2023©JohnSchofield
He set out on a thorny path
With a reckless love affair
The tangled web of lies he built
A burden hard to bear
He paid a price in shame and guilt…
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A song to mow your lawn by. My lyrics, music and vox by Chip.
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My lyrics set to music and performed by Gordon Todd.
Dolphins Dancing
2023©JohnSchofield
V1
Into the wide blue yonder
Sailing on a sparkling sea
Canvas flying overhead
Dolphins dancing in the lee
V2
I’m heading for the islands
Leaving…
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Music and vocals by Klaus, to my lyrics.
When Cupid Sings
2023©JohnSchofield
I met her at a party
I’d had too much to drink
She dragged me back to her place
I threw up in her sink
She didn’t chuck me out then
And she didn’t seem…
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My lyrics; music and performance by Gordon Todd.
I want to share my journey with you
2021© by John Schofield
I want to walk upon the old silk road
Where oriental traders strode
And I want to go to Kathmandu
On my way to Timbuktu…
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Music and performance by Gordon Todd, lyrics by me:
Meditation
2023©John Schofield
Once upon a broken heart
When my life had come apart
I searched for what could cure me
Was it a cottage by the sea?
What could mend the broken me…
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Music and vox by Gordon, lyrics by me:
That remind-me song was playing
On the juke box in the bar
And on my way to work today
On the radio in the car
Reminds me how you wounded me
And it sure brings back the pain
But I can’t seem…
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Music and performance by Alex Klages, my lyrics.
Secrets
2023©John Schofield
Chorus:
What a glorious favour you’ve done
What a terrible kindness it is
When you take a secret on board
And promise not to tell anyone
V1
You can tell…
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Music and performance by David G Harrington
Lyrics: Me
In The Afterglow of Dreams
Subtle shades of dark dissolve
Into half-remembered scenes
Sighs and slow awakening
In the afterglow of dreams
Vague thoughts and recollections
Are…
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This is another version of my song, also known as "It's Later Than You Think", a Jimmy Buffett style country rendition.
On a restroom wall in Baltimore
Above a broken sink
Someone scratched this message:
It’s later than you think
I…
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A love song, music by Elisabeth Roberts, sung by the Irish soprano Edel Murphy, lyrics by me:
Catch Me Gently
©2020JohnSchofield
This is love because it feels
Like I’m head over heels
Like I’m tumbling through space
At a supersonic pace…
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A song about climate change, my lyrics, music composed by Paul Henry and performed by him.
Circle of Life
2021©John Schofield
The sun beats down on the African plain
Where the long rains are late again
Waterholes are cracked and dry
And…
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Music and performance by Paul Henry, lyrics by me.
In Havana
2022©John Schofield
They dance to the band in a fancy taverna
Swaying along to the latino beat
A lithe don Juan tries to teach them flamenco
And the laughter spills onto the…
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Lyrics by John Schofield, music and performance by Paul Henry
The Things You Didn’t Do
2021©John Schofield
On a restroom wall in Baltimore
Above a broken sink
Someone scratched this message
It’s later than you think
I took this simple…
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Bobby Sommerstein has composed and sings his version of my lyrics to Magic Place. The Magic Place is based on uninhabited Hawksbill Cay in the Bahamas, where I would often anchor. And have a tot of rum.
Verse 1
There’s a magic place I go…
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My lyrics (slightly modified) set to music by Elisabeth Roberts and sung by Ronan Scolard.
The Call of the Sea
©2020JohnSchofield
Verse 1
We head for the Horn, sails tattered and torn
A cargo of grain from the east
And the albatross glides…
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My lyrics set to music by Robert Sommerstein.
I’m OK now
©2020JohnSchofield
Verse 1
I’m not sure I loved you all that much
I guess it wasn’t love, as such
Just a silly crush, I thought
Some kind of nasty bug I’d caught
I’m not sure…
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