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Johnny Boy Ballad
03:53
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(written by Anna j Witiuk)
I took a little trip downtown
Last place I saw you
I missed the B-15 Northbound
So I walked the road
Winters are the hardest to know
That you could be out there
Cold, all alone, no home
Well, Honey, this city’s full of boys
Holdin on just like you
Too gentle for a world that wants to break
Your small body right in two
The man outside the Gem Spa stand
He asked me for mercy
With your outstretched, thick callused hands
They were your sweet brown hands
(humming)
O, my Johnny, O, my Johnny Boy
I hope you’re livin well
Your fragile eyes
But most of all your puckish smile
Comes back like a hurricane swell
There ain’t enough food in the world
To fill you up and make you whole
From what your daddy, he done to you
What your brother, he took from you
(humming)
I took a little trip downtown
The last place I saw you
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Today I passed you on the street
And my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side
And he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
And suddenly I got that old time feeling
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
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Honey, How Do You Do
01:51
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(written by Anna j Witiuk)
Honey, how do you do
all the things that make you
indescribably you?
What makes the lights flicker so
every time you open my door?
Well, honey, how do you do
Honey, how do you dream?
In rainbow colors
a kaleidoscope machine
Do you dance with Bugs Bunny and
Bo Diddley and his band?
Oh, honey, how do you dream
Honey, how do you love?
Do you call on Eros
and the great stars above?
Would you kiss me sore
on that one-two-steppin floor?
Oh, honey, how do you love
Honey, how do you do
all the things that make you
indescribably you?
What makes the lights flicker so
every time you open my door?
Well, honey, how do you do
Oh, well, honey, how do you do
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If I Needed You
03:14
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If I needed you
would you come to me
would you come to me
and ease my pain
If you needed me
I would come to you
I would swim the seas
for to ease your pain
Well the night's forlorn
and the morning's born
and the morning shines
with the lights of love
You will miss sunrise
if you close your eyes
and that would break
my heart in two
If I needed you
would you come to me
would you come to me
and ease my pain
If you needed me
I would come to you
I would swim the seas
for to ease your pain
Baby's with me now
since I showed her how
to lay her lilly
hand in mine
Lupe and Lil agree
she's a sight to see
a treasure for
the poor to find
If I needed you
would you come to me
would you come to me
and ease my pain
If you needed me
I would come to you
I would swim the seas
for to ease your pain
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Jellybean Lullaby
03:23
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(written by Anna j Witiuk)
O, if you were mine
I’d feed you the sunrise
Swing you with moon tide
O, jellybean
O, my candy queen
Sing, sing me a song
From the pines, bird in the morn
Break it down, let it go long
O, jellybean
O, you sweet thing
O, baby mine
O, baby see
O, baby I am
Your pod, you’re my sweet pea
I am your pod, you’re my sweet pea
Bring, bring me your sorrows
Though they be plain and few
I’ll toss them for the ‘morrow
Lo, lo Sugarbee
Lo, lo Sugarbee,
O, baby fly
O, baby free
O, baby, time
Is waning, slip into dream
Time Is waning, slip into dream
(Humming)
O, if you were mine
I’d feed you the sunrise
Swing you with moon tide
O, jellybean
O, my candy queen
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(written by Anna j Witiuk)
All I wanna do is harmonize on sad songs with my favorite people
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Anna J Witiuk Brooklyn, New York
Anna J Witiuk is a singer, musician, songwriter and storyteller living in Brooklyn, NY. Anna's sound is good-hearted honky- tonk, crooning blues, folk story and drama cabaret. She can often be found performing around her hometown of NYC with her band, Anna j & the Somethin Else. ... more
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