I know this is a long shot, but I would just like you to thank Jonathan for me. His music has helped me more than anything in this world. He inspires me to continue to write and knowing that he always stayed completely true to himself and never gave into temptation during a time of heavy drug use, got me through my drug addiction. Whenever my anxiety gets bad or I'm upset I can play anyone of his songs and calm down. I want him to know that I appreciate his soul.
I wrote this for Jonathan.
I'm Not Who I Was
Growing up I was full of anger` To everyone including my self I was danger My dial was set to 11 I just had to go, go go The world around me was too slow Self destruction was my best friend Waiting for my world to come to an end
As I grew and experienced real life No longer I needed to live by the knife I wanted to care and give affection Seeking a deeper kind of connection Learning it's not so much to be loved as to love Falling in love with the sky above
I always took myself too serious Staying up worrying until I was delirious It took so long to learn there's bigger things than myself Finally took off my ego and put it on a shelf I was a person spiraling outta control Now I'm in love with the human soul
Used to go out and look for a fight I would always stay out all night Now I wish harm upon none Let myself relax and have some fun No longer did I want to yell and scream I didn't need to be apart of any scene
Spent a while only feeling down Never would I smile I wore a constant frown I cared too much about things that needed to be let go The best decision I ever made was te let myself grow Now instead of wanting to start a riot I just want alittle peace and quiet
This is a cover of Jojo's Summer Feeling by my good friend Max. Please leave a comment and a like, it will make the poor bastard happy. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7LD_tm-5c&feature=youtu.be
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I know this is a long shot, but I would just like you to thank Jonathan for me. His music has helped me more than anything in this world. He inspires me to continue to write and knowing that he always stayed completely true to himself and never gave into temptation during a time of heavy drug use, got me through my drug addiction. Whenever my anxiety gets bad or I'm upset I can play anyone of his songs and calm down. I want him to know that I appreciate his soul.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this for Jonathan.
I'm Not Who I Was
Growing up I was full of anger`
To everyone including my self I was danger
My dial was set to 11 I just had to go, go go
The world around me was too slow
Self destruction was my best friend
Waiting for my world to come to an end
As I grew and experienced real life
No longer I needed to live by the knife
I wanted to care and give affection
Seeking a deeper kind of connection
Learning it's not so much to be loved as to love
Falling in love with the sky above
I always took myself too serious
Staying up worrying until I was delirious
It took so long to learn there's bigger things than myself
Finally took off my ego and put it on a shelf
I was a person spiraling outta control
Now I'm in love with the human soul
Used to go out and look for a fight
I would always stay out all night
Now I wish harm upon none
Let myself relax and have some fun
No longer did I want to yell and scream
I didn't need to be apart of any scene
Spent a while only feeling down
Never would I smile I wore a constant frown
I cared too much about things that needed to be let go
The best decision I ever made was te let myself grow
Now instead of wanting to start a riot
I just want alittle peace and quiet
This is a cover of Jojo's Summer Feeling by my good friend Max.
ReplyDeletePlease leave a comment and a like, it will make the poor bastard happy. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7LD_tm-5c&feature=youtu.be