Michael Johnson (born August 8, 1944), is an American United States pop pop music , country country music and folk folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". To date, he has charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits in 1986's "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her... [read more] - Right Through The Heart
Baby goes for prettier boysWith shinier toys that make the most noiseThe way you look you could easily affordSlam your door on any given night's scoreWin the world with womanly wilesFlip your hair, flash a smileGet...
- You Can Call Me Blue
Well I'm not a foolish man but I'm half out of my headSitting here remembering the foolish things I saidHere nobody knows me, nobody asks my nameBut it doesn't really matter 'cause it feels about the sameChorus:You...
- Blame It On The Rain
Call it a day, throw your memories awayYou got your reasons and I got mineDon't waste your time while you're still in your primeBut I can't keep on flying blindLet's blame it on the rain, not the flowers and...
- Don't Ask Why
Ask me any kind of question, Anything you wanna knowTell you all about my lovers, Heartaches and laughterFrom a long time agoAsk me if I'm finally happy, I've never really been beforeEver since you happened to me,...
- Empty Hearts
Are you leaving, are you goingDid you think you could lose that feeling without me knowingAre you wishing you'd never met meDoes it just take a train whistle blowing to forget meAll the losing and the knowing but you...
- You, You, You
I was so full of hope, I was so full of plansI was so sure you'd love me back, take me for your manAnd I had so much love and I had so much timeI was sure you'd come aroundHow could I know you're not the kindOh you,...
- Savin' It Up
There've been lots of other girls since I first met youBut they haven't meant a thing at all'Cause I met you, girlWell that something deep inside of me that you can have so easilyIs waiting for you, only for youI've...
- Staying With It
This is it, this is what I've waited for so longStarting now, gotta trust these feelings coming onTake a chance even though I feel like I should runStaying with it, let my heart take me thereGot a feeling, ooh I'm...
- You Sure Fooled Me
I must have been too good to be trueSo trusting and so naiveYou must have laughed when you said I love youAnd I honestly did believeThe night I whispered don't be afraidI could've sworn it was love we madeBaby, you...
- After You
I still dream of yesterday, when it almost all came trueWe were living in a world with no goodbyesAnd as your laughter fades away, I still reach out for youHow I'd ever let your love just slip right byChorus:After...
- Dancin' Tonight
Don't waste time, it's now or neverThe girl won't stay at home foreverIt's time you treat her rightThe lady wants to got outDancin' tonight, under the lightsYou'd better romance her tonight, She wants to go dancin'So...
- Two In Love
Two in love, life is worth livingTwo in love, takes all your givingAnd you let it show and everyone knowsWhen you are two in loveOnce in a while, life surprises youTurns a gray day into blueThe sun shines for youWhen...
- Foolish
If I've treated you bad And I've acted unkindIt must be that my heart Is getting fooled by my mind'Cause how could I loseWhat took me so long to findSometime I get foolishAct like I ain't got no senseI get real...
- Twenty-Five Words Or Less
I like springtime flowers that grow along the laneI like sunshine showers and walking in the rainI like a three day weekend and Sundays at the zooAnd in 25 words or less I'll tell you why I like youYou got the...
- Sailing Without A Sail
In the dark of the night something magicIn the words that you breathe in my earLet the highway unwindGet me lost, love me blindTake me sailing without any sailRolling without a railTraveling on a mysterious trail with...
- Ridin' In The Sky
Which way's the wind, how hard does it blowUp over the hill and away we goRidin' in the skyYou never wanna come downYou never wanna touch the groundSomehow mother nature's Gonna bring you back downSky surfer, ridge...
- Gypsy Woman
Drifting through a caravan around the campfire lightLovely woman in motion, hair as dark as nightWith eyes that shine like a cat in the darkThat hypnotized me with loveShe was a gypsy womanShe was a gypsy womanShe was...
- Almost Like Being In Love
What a night this has beenWhat a rare mood I'm inWhy it's almost like being in loveThere's a smile on my faceFor the whole human raceI could swear that I'm falling in loveAnd the music of life seems to beLike a bell...
- When You Come Home
When you come home, fire'll be burning deep inside my heartI've been a fool, I never knew what missing you could put me throughWhen you come home, I'm going show you how I really feelI can't believe I ever let you go,...
- Give Me Wings
He asked her, what gifts can I bring youTo prove that my love for you is trueI want to make you mine foreverThere's nothing on this earth I would not doShe said, anything I've wantedYou have given willinglySo now...
- Whenever I Call You Friend
Whenever I call you friendI begin to think I understandAnything we are, you and I have always beenEver and everI see myself within your eyesAnd that's all I need to show me whyEverything I do always takes me home to...
- Amost Like Being In Love
What a night this has beenWhat a rare mood I'm inWhy it's almost like being in loveThere's a smile on my faceFor the whole human raceI could swear that I'm falling in loveAnd the music of life seems to beLike a bell...
- Cryin' Shame
Baby said she's leaving and you know She didn't even tell me why, why, whyShe really broke my heart when she Loaded up the car and said goodbye, bye, byeAll alone in this blues cafe, Wondering how we got this wayWhen...
- That's That
There's a quarter moon that's laying up on the ridgeAnd he's making up his mind to rise or to setThere's a lot of water flowing under this bridgeThere's a voice inside me saying "Get your feet wet"'Cause that's that,...
- I'll Always Love You
Standing by my window, listening for your callSeems I really miss you after allTime won't let me keep these sad thoughts to myselfI'd just like to let you know, I wish I'd never let you goAnd I'll always love youDeep...
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
She is fixed in his mind like the pictureHe's kept in his wallet for yearsAnd the image has never been tarnishedBy the blood, sweat and tearsAnd to him it appearsThat the moon is still over her shoulderAnd the ribbon...
- Our Snowflake Dreams
Our snowflake dreamsIn a crystalline flurry and swirlin' they hurryFor day has already begunCirclin' and siftin' and blowin' and driftin'And trying to outrun the sunOur snowflake dreamsIn their fancy dress laces, they...
- Chicken Road
Once I got a splinter in the joint of my little toeAnd a garter snake bit my knee by the bend of the little St. JoeHoney that's Missouri, the land of the dust and the toadIt's a wonderful town, Chicken RoadOnce I had...
- Ain't Dis Da Life
Ain't dis da life, ain't dis da lifeAin't dis da life deluxeLying underneath a shady old treeI thought I heard a little birdie singing to meHe said ain't deese da sticksAnd ain't deese da bucksAnd ain't dis da life...
- High On The Border
Take me under, take me downAnd bend me like the willowMorning's fire and night's desireAnd I'm burning on my pillowBurning on my pillowGo take off your walking shoesAnd spread your twinkle toesFortified for carpet...
- Lucky Stars
Time turns to dust things that we trustTime works on us more than you thinkGold goes to rust, it's gone in a flashIn the flick of an eyelash, just a winkBut you still make my heart turn overYou still make my love...
- Circles Of Fifths
My life goes on in a circle of fifthsAround from the downs to the glorious liftsIt turns face to face with a memory that shiftsAnd dances to a Gypsy songThe baby I was now is far round the bendI find myself humming...
- Movin' In The Same Circles
We called it quits a year ago, saw the writing on the wallAin't it funny how you know when you don't really know at allSee you 'round was the phrase as I remember that we usedWhen I think back on those days, all I've...
- Time Sweet Time
If you're lonely, wait awhileSomeone's coming by who'll fit your styleAll it takes is time sweet time aliveTo be giving you good reason to surviveWell I was lonely all my lifeHalf of me been fire and half been iceAll...
- O.B. Glad
O. B. Glad you're aliveAnd today is the one dayYou've been waiting to tryWalking out between the rainO. B. Glad I am hereTo have the fun to share the tearIt will be gone in a wink but honeyIt's gonna last longer than...
- Mr. Arthur's Place
Mr. Arthur's place is set about a mile just off the interstate highwayAnd it's kinda hard to get to so you really gotta know where to goAnd it's there you'll hear the music they played before the children were...
- Who's That Look In Your Eye
You used to never could let goNow you hold me like someone you don't knowI used to be your look of loveNow you're staring blindly like there's someone behind meWho's that look in your eyeWho's the man on your...
- Lifetime Guarantee
You say inside you beats a heart that could love someoneBut up till now you've only known the ones who hit and runJust because you hurt insideDoesn't mean you'll stay that way'Cause what the others never triedI can...
- If You Can't Feel Love
You closed the doorBefore I asked to have it openedYou say what for, love only makes you cryBut you won't even tryIf you can't feel loveThen it's only in your mindIf you can't feel love, all you need is timeBut you...
- I'm Gone
When you came to me, you said love could not eraseThe ever present memory of another faceI tried to make you love me, How could I be so blindTo think I'd be the one to change your mindAnd if I'm gone before you...
- Q.T.
I see your car at the bottom of the hillIn twenty more seconds, you'll be hereI just got time to kiss my baby goodbyeShow her out the back wayGot some loving on the Q.T.Got me loving on the Q.T.Well the love ain't...
- Temptation
Casey ought to know by nowShe's had time enough to figure it outShe ain't gonna be no queenieShe's just way too down and outShe's saved her money but it will not help her nowTemptation, got to pay the...
- I Still Love You
The arms that long to hold you are empty tonightI've tried to live without you but it's useless to fightAnd how can I give my heart to someone newI still love you, I still love youHow can I forget you after so many...
- There's A Love
You don't ever have to change your worldCause I can fit right in, of that I'm sureAnd I won't ask too much of your privacyCause there's a place in time for you and meJust put your faith in me, we'll see it...
- City Of The Angels
City of the angels, spread your wings for meI've been other places looking for my dreamEastern cities move too fast, southern ones too slowI can't go back to my past and I need some place to growCity of the angels,...
- We Can Live On Love (Baby You're Just Like Me)
Baby, you're just like meWearing your heart out on your sleeveMaking it hard for me to leaveBut baby I believe you got it bad as meBaby you're just like me, You're not afraid to trust your dreamsOr to say the things...
- See You Soon
You know it seems I been about everywhereI been out of my mind for maybe a year or moreI don't believe the condition of my travelin' thingsTo look at them makes me soreAnd it certainly is awfully lonesomeWithout you...
- My Opening Farewell
The lady stands before the open windowStaring so far awayShe can almost feel the southern wind blowAlmost touching her restless daysShe turns from the window to meA sad smile, her apologySad eyes reaching for the...
- Got You Covered
It's time to ask the homeless to go homeHappenings must happen on their ownDeep in your bed the truth is knownYou do not stand together, you stand aloneYou're always talkin' about what you're doin'Who you're seeing...
- Pilot Me
No way I see through the stormPilot me, pilot meNo way I see to stay warmPilot me, pilot mePilot me, pilot meWhen I'm lost at seaBad dreams roll and risePilot me, pilot meNo tears wash my eyesPilot me, pilot meThis...
- In Your Eyes
- On The Road
Back in 1958, we drove an old V-8And when it turned a hundred thou, we pushed it a mileChorus:We didn't know who we were, we didn't know what we didWe were just on the roadHeading south from Canada on a graveled road...
- There Is A Breeze
There is a breeze that comes by here everydayFreshens the spirit, takes the dead awayThere is a sun that shines for you and you and meIt's been healing nights for centuriesFool, I say foolYou waste time as a ruleYou...
- Rooty Toot Toot For The Moon
The whole kit and caboodle is in disrepairThere's no where to go that's not hereLittle captains and cuckoos from here to TimbuktuAre counting their dough in the mirror(Chorus)Singing rooty toot toot for the moonIt's...
- Happier Days
Well I could sing you a song about the happier daysBut the happier days ain't hereString you along in a million waysAnd only the lies would be clearYou need something to believe in, right or wrongYou would sell your...
- You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
You have got to be taught to hate and fearDay after day, year after yearYou have got to be drummed in your dear little earYou've got to be carefully taughtYou have got to be taught before it's too lateBefore you are...
- Old Folks
The old folks don't talk much and they talk so slowly when they doThey are rich, they are poor, their illusions are gone, they share one heart for twoTheir homes all smell of time, of old photographs and an old...
- Rmpty Hearts
Are you leaving, are you goingDid you think you could lose that feeling without me knowingAre you wishing you'd never met meDoes it just take a train whistle blowin' to forget meAll the losing and the knowing and you...
- Jacques Cousteau
Well he's my favorite frogman you all knowHe's got a black wet suit and he's ready to goHe's got a mini-sub and he don't careIf he don't ever come up for airChorus:Cause he's Jacques CousteauHow low, how low baby can...
- Life's A Bitch
Fresh out of college, carrying a Ph.D.I thought with all that knowledgeThe world couldn't wait for meBut then my eyes was openedJust as wide as they could beNow I'm busy coping with this harsh realityTook some time to...
- Bluer Than Blue
Bluer than BlueMichael JohnsonAfter you goI can catch uo on my readin'After you goI'll have a lot more time to sleepin'And when you're gone looks like thingsAre gonna be a lot easierLife will be a breeze you knowI...
- This Night Wont Last Forever
This Night Won't Last ForeverMichael Johnson This Night Won't Last Forever(Bill LaBounty/Ron Freeland)Vocals: Michael JohnsonEverybody likes a celebrationHappy music and conversationI'd be lyin' if I said I didn't...
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